Rhoads & Armstrong

I was recommended to Michael Armstrong by an attorney out of Dallas. Michael and his staff were really great to work with. They were very professional, efficient and handled it quickly. I will be using them again if I need them or recommend them to others. Thank you again to Michael and his staff for all their help.

I hired her for my divorce and custody battle. She completely failed me on every level. I lost full custody because of her. She didn't even try to get me to win. I was young and had never been through a divorce and I picked the worst attorney around. Please if you're a woman and looking for custody do not use this woman. She gave me absolutely no advice or guidance during my divorce. This woman completely failed me because she wouldn't do her job! She only cares about money and not people's lives.

It was highly recommend to use Mike Armstrong. After using for him for a year, I dropped him as an attorney. I heard he was cut throat but he was anything but. It always seem like I was bothering him. That’s not what I expect as a client. After taking to who recommend him, she said he was good on his own but maybe turned into a robot because that’s how Johnnie works. He always pushed to settle. While in court continue to tell me that they judge doesn’t want to hear the case (or something similar) and to hurry up through it. I sought out other legal advice and was shocked on things I could have done but didn’t because it always appeared for Mike to take the easy way out — going to my early point where I was always bothering him. Also I noticed that the paralegals/suport staff seem to change over a lot. It was hard to get monthly detail bills and follow ups. Most of the time, I would see my paperwork posted on the courts webpage days before I received it from the office. I gave 2 stars because when he is in court, he’s strong. Just everything before and after sucks.

Johnnie was recommended to me as a lawyer who would fight for me in what I was told would be a simple case with my ex husband. She took a flat fee because she was so confident in the case. Well, that confidence ended up being arrogance. She dropped the ball because she assumed my ex wouldn’t actually follow through with going to court. I gave her more than enough documentation to defend me and she didn’t try to prepare anything until the day before the court case. I’m a single mom and was extremely disappointed in her "representation" that left me out of funds and none of my concerns were even addressed in court. You could tell that my case wasn’t important enough to her to even pretend to try. She wanted to get in and out and that’s what she did, she had no regard for the impact left on my son’s or my life.

Mike Armstrong is amazing! He is the most passionate attorney I've ever had. He fought hard for me to get my son back. He worked so hard and put is heart and soul into my case. He puts himself in his clients shoes. He is not only a good attorney but an all around good man. I praise God that he led me to Mike. His communication is awesome and quick to respond. Definitely got the job done

When I was going through my divorce and custody I chose to use her. After that things took a turn. During our 9 hour mediation, she was with me for about 2 hours of it. The other 7 she was on her phone talking to other clients. She billed me for the full 9. She also billed me lawyer hours (350) for work I know for a fact her paralegal did (150) During mediation she told me that what I agreed to was the best I would get. Then afterwards continued to rack up the hours. She billed me for 21 hours total, and no way in hell she spent that much time on my case. Later, she was representing another person whom I was dating his ex and disclosed some things to him about me. What was attorney-client privileged and what was common knowledge is grey at best. But tread lightly with her.

Paid the retainer and received a forwarded invoice almost a month later... request for refund of retainer due to non response and change in circumstance were met with silence... when someone pays over a grand to retain for a simple case and then gets radio silence... not a good experience. Why hire an attorney when this is the service level agreement