Hoover D Robert

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I hired Robert Hoover in Feb. 2013 and terminated my contract with him in June 2014 after spending $ 275,000 in legal and experts fees. I later learned that the majority of the expert advice that Robert Hoover deemed necessary for custody and financial settlement were indeed useless. Through the involvement of experts Robert Hoover’s firm organized many unnecessary meetings where Robert, the expert and Robert’s assistant (a young attorney) attended, and I walked away paying almost $ 5000 for these meetings without much progress in advancing my case. Robert Hoover was also not keen in helping to hire a mediator or a private judge to settle the case, which is exactly what happened in my case after I terminated my contract with him and hired a new attorney. The Hoover firm also charged me $ 24,000 for subpoenaing documents, most of which were not even used by either his firm or the second attorney that I used later to settle my case.
In my opinion this firm doubles and sometimes triple charges for services they provide and the work provided is often of poor quality. I hired Hoover based on his experience but most of the work in my case was done by a young assistant with very little legal experience. The problem with the set up of this firm is that you are told that it is cheaper than other firms because most of the work is being done by the assistant. However, in reality both Bob Hoover and the legal assistant (along with a paralegal) are charging at the same time. I didn’t mind the expensive service if the work done was of high quality but it was not. I suspect that had I not fired Robert Hoover my case would still be ongoing with no hope of resolution in sight.
I suggest staying away from this firm because their strategy is not to help you to settle your case but to prolong the case as much as possible so that more unnecessary meetings and hearings could be scheduled for the purpose of charging more billing hours. For my case, the best strategy would have been to work with the opposing attorney to settle the case out of court, which is what happened when I hired a new attorney who was able to close my case in 2 months.