Law Office of Kenneth C. Gallagher Ken Gallagher, men's rights attorneymens rights attorney orlando KEN GALLAGHER RIPPED ME OFF, THEN THREATENED TO SUE ME IF I TALKED orlando Florida

REGARDING KEN GALLAGHER "MEN'S RIGHTS" ATTORNEY IN ORLANDO

Dads... or anyone, please DO NOT hire this guy. Here's briefly what it was like dealing with him, from my perspective and in my opinion:

OVERVIEW: he charged me $2,500 and did basically nothing, then showed up to court totally unprepared.

I was involved in a contempt motion with  my ex - she filed against me , and I filed against her. Evidence was critical - both to defend against her claims, as well as to prove mine. 5 months prior I had suffered a 2tb data loss that the data backup company was taking a very long time to restore. By the time I reached Ken Gallagher's office they had just finished the restore and I discussed with Ken Gallagher personally, in detail, that I would be providing the evidence straight away and needed them to review it and get it in in time. I further explained to him the sheer depth and breadth of the evidence meant that once they had it, it was going to take time to go through it and we only had a week before court. He agreed. I didn't know what "submitting it in time" meant in terms of how long prior to the court date it needed to be submitted,  and was specifically dependent on his office to get this done. again - he agreed.

1. he charged me $2,500 on the Friday I hired him. on that day I SPECIFICALLY told him that if I hired him I wasn't going to deal with a lackey attorney in his office, but wanted him to personally represent me and I wanted unfettered access to him. and if it was going to be any other way I'd hire someone else. upon entering into contract, I made them specifically write this into the agreement that he would be my attorney.
2. when I attempted, on multiple occasions, to contact his office or his staff they responded only sporadically and even then with run-around answers that helped nothing. the few times they did respond in a timely manner it was always useless and otherwise deflective in nature and not really answering questions or getting to the heart of the issues I was addressing.
3. By Wednesday I had had enough and finally got through to someone at his office who said the evidence would have needed to be submitted to the court and opposing counsel by the following day (Thursday). so i took an entire day off work to get this done. I submitted it to them on Thursday with the instruction to get it into the courts and the other attorney's hands IMMEDIATELY. they outright refused and stated they would not submit any evidence without having a chance to review it. I DEMANDED that they submit it but they still refused the wishes of their client
4. when they refused,  I took it upon myself to send the evidence to opposing counsel (would have submitted it to the court too, but had no idea how). to at least get it in their hands so they couldn't say they didn't receive it (perhaps putting a judge in the position to allow the evidence). 
5. on Friday when I contacted his office they changed their mind and said it actually needed to be in by Wednesday, so either way a day late. So now we have not only the issue of NO evidence being submitted, we have them not even giving me proper legal advice. this meant two important things
   • I had NO evidence to support my claim that she was in contempt
   • I had NO evidence to protect myself from her claims of contempt
   • IN OTHER WORDS: he had completely wasted my time and money, and put me in danger of losing my son (or at least some of my guaranteed time with him, which is exactly what happened)
6. all throughout the entire week it was a cat and mouse chase with gallagher and a staff that I can only describe as totally careless and incompetent. It was extremely rare that he would respond via email and, to the best of my knowledge, didn't pick up the phone once to return any of my phone calls. I sent him several emails that were marked for their urgent nature, and they went ignored.
7. Through our subsequent contact they informed me they would be sending an alternate attorney other than Mr. Gallagher. I reminded them of my contract and how it had to be Gallagher. They denied this repeatedly until finally they had to acquiesce. It’s unbelievable and unconscionable that we even had to have this discussion.
8. On the day of court (I believe it was the following Monday) Ken Gallagher showed up totally unprepared. He had none of my evidence with him (that I had submitted to him the week prior) meaning two things: A) he hadn’t even reviewed it B) he wasn’t even interested in making a good faith effort to see if he could convince the judge to either continue the hearing or attempt to submit at the last minute. 
9. When I queried him about the length of the hearing, and whether or not he was prepared, he very arrogantly dismissed my concerns and said something very similar to: “this is a 30 minute thing. It’s no big deal. We’re in and out”. I had to explain to him that he was completely wrong about the length of the hearing. It was 1.5 hours, with an hour for my ex, and 30 minutes for me. He chuckled under his breath and assured me he knew what he was talking about. So I asked him “ok, if you’re so sure, why don’t you open the file in your lap and look. You know.. the one that has no evidence in it”. sure enough, it was 1.5 hours. 
10. In other words: TOTALLY UNPREPARED in every sense of the words.
11. At this point I had to make a choice between using an attorney to protect me who knew absolutely nothing about my case, or just attempting to defend myself since I knew what my case was all about and knew all the ins and outs. It’s a horrible decision to have to make, but I decided to do it myself. So I dismissed him right there in front of the judge. 
12. I was able to successfully defend against the contempt portion, but in the process my ex’s attorneys pulled some legal maneuvers to take yet another day and more time away from my son and I. I also was forced to take my own request for contempt against her off the table and do it another day (still pending) since asking for a continuance would make it so I can submit evidence later.

There are lots of other details and things they did wrong… but this is some of the more important stuff.

IN SUMMATION:

• 1. I hired Ken Gallagher to defend me against my ex’s contempt motion and he showed up to court totally unprepared
• 2. I also hired him to prosecute a contempt motion against my ex, and he showed up to court totally unprepared
• 3. He had no idea how long our hearing was , on the morning of the hearing
• 4. He ignored and, in my opinion, specifically attempted to thwart my attempts to submit evidence through non responsiveness and wrong information 
• 5. He then denied my direct order, as his client, to submit the evidence I submitted to him

DADS - Do yourself, and your relationship with your children a favor - DO NOT EVER HIRE THIS GUY