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Smith Schafer Davis & Gaertig LLC

Family law attorney in Beatrice, NE
Reviews: 4 | Overal Rating: Bad
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Review Left On 03/02/2020
Vicki Jackson

An attorney from this firm really tried to do a number on our family. He handled our family trust. He rewrote things 3 times through the years but the final one was the clinker. He suggested to my dad, while Dad was recovering from a stroke, that he needed to change his trustee to a local trust company, (the one he likes typically works through). Dad, not thinking clearly in the hospital, said sure ok. In the process of doing this, He took it upon himself to also remove a portion regarding purchasing annuities for beneficiaries at time of death, and at time of death all household affects went to bank and attorney to sell instead of immediately becoming property of beneficiaries without discussing it at all with Dad. Dad suggested a couple changes and the attorney would not make them stating it would "mess up the page numbers" and he didn't want to have to retype the whole thing again and "trusts aren't written up that way." He did end up making a change but they were opposite of what Dad had requested, extending number of years for payout of assets to beneficiaries instead of shortening them. He had them sign a doctored up trust like this without them knowing what they were signing while they were still in rehab recovering from strokes. He then handed out differently stated trusts to the beneficiaries and the grantors. It was discovered 6 months later that there were two different trusts signed a week apart and what they actually said. They were livid! This attorney had pressured the grantors while they were in nursing home to sign the new trust without going over it with them citing a shortage of time. It became necessary to hire another attorney to restate things correctly. Anyone who would take advantage of the elderly like that with that level of corruption should not be practicing law.
Review Left On 03/02/2020
David Fiala

Really poor experience, would not recommend.
Review Left On 12/02/2019
Shane Whitehouse

Seem knowledgeable but it's difficult to actually speak with a lawyer. More than twice I've been left to just hours before an appearance, once even less than an hour before. And I was handed off to an associate that time.
Review Left On 11/02/2019
James Bowman

Poor service and professionalism

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