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| - I accompanied my husband to a free consultation with these guys. My husband unfortunately had fallen onto hard times prior to us meeting and has piles of debt that's grown over the years that we aren't sure whether or not we can ever afford. After a long discussion, we decided we may need to contact a bankruptcy attorney to find out what our options are. We chose to meet with Haines & Kreiger because my mother had filed bankruptcy through them several years prior and never seemed to have a problem with them.
We chose to have our free consultation on a Saturday. We were told not to bring any paperwork, which I felt was odd. I ended up bringing paperwork anyway, thinking it'd be useful. I also brought along a list of questions (20 or so) that were our biggest concerns. I thought they'd be useful as well. They weren't.
Upon entering, we signed some paperwork and we were introduced to Mr. Kreiger. He was dressed in athletic shorts, sneakers and a casual shirt. I'm all for casual days in the office, but it was a little too casual for an attorney for my taste. It made me feel like we were just a quick stop on his way to a raquetball game.
In the consultation, Mr. Kreiger's cell phone kept going off constantly with texts and phone calls, which he would check throughout. I felt slightly insulted. I know the consultation is free, but com'on man, you gotta convince me you're worthy of shelling out $1,600 in attorney fees if we select you to represent us. Is this how you act in court? Or just when you're with potential clients?
The consultation overall was a letdown. Mr. Kreiger didn't really guide us through the bankruptcy process as much as we had hoped for. He took one look at our information and told us that he didn't feel it necessary to file. He didn't explain why. Instead, he wanted to plan out the option of suing the debt collectors for repeatedly calling us. We weren't very interested in that, because it was a whole set of drama we just don't want to get into. We kept trying to steer the conversation back to bankruptcy, but he kept steering it back to filing a lawsuit on the creditors. Finally we just gave up trying, and just sat and listened to him talk about his plans for a lawsuit we didn't want to file. We said we had no more questions, despite still having a book full of them, thanked him for his time, and began to leave. As we were walking out, he told us that once we got past this lawsuit, then we could file bankruptcy. It took everything in me not to scream. Suddenly bankruptcy was a good option for my husband now that we were leaving and would have to PAY for another consultation to get our original questions answered.
We left his office with more questions than answers. Mr. Kreiger seemed very intelligent and capable, however, his downfall is that I feel he doesn't seem to pay attention to what truly matters- his client.
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