Law Offices of William M. Henrich

Saw the ad in the Reader for William M. Henrich and thought I would call to ask about retaining him to finish my divorce. Completely rude and unhelpful. All I can say is I’m glad I didn’t hire him and pay any retainer fees. I’ve had a few attorneys on my case and this guy was totally unprofessional and gave me the complete opposite advice of what other attorneys had given me. Huge red flags. Do not hire this guy. I’m glad I didn’t.

Extremely professional, and well experienced in family law issues. My divorce had very complex issues, and Mr. Henrich was on top of everything!

Best advice I can give you from someone who has been divorced and also having paid child support for many years: DO NOT choose an attorney at random, ESPECIALLY through the San Diego Reader. I made this mistake many years ago and without going into a lot of detail involving this particular law office and Mr. Henrich, do yourself a favor and search around. Ask your friends who have actually hired family law attorneys. Do research first, google any potential attorney you are thinking of hiring. Don’t make the costly mistake I made.

I have the extremely unfortunate experience of arguring in court oppisite this layer. He is, as some have said, very condescending, overbearing and takes pleasure in belittling anyone, including fellow attorneys who oppose him.
He has no issues being less than truthful, and falsly stating «fact» in open court.
He is an unprofessional bully who belongs more along the ranks of Jerry Springer than the legal profession!

Let me say up front that I did not retain this attorney. Hopefully, I will save someone else the time I wasted by meeting with him. He was very condescending and talked to me like my questions were idiotic, yet he couldn’t answer what I thought were pretty basic questions. Isn’t that the reason you hire someone who knows the law, because you don’t know the first thing about it? Early on in the «consultation» I said something that made him remark «so money is tight for you». Which is not really the case, but I decided to go with that premise. I already felt at that point that this was not somebody who had much concern for his client. My experience with him was the reason lawyers get a bad name. Like reviewer Paul, I had an issue with the office staff, too. When I made the appointment, I specifically asked what documents I should bring and the woman told me that I didn’t need to bring anything. I would have the consultation and then we would go from there. I thought this was very odd and decided to at least take the original divorce papers with me. When he asked me why I didn’t bring the other papers, I told him what the woman had told me. He said «that would be very unusual». In other words, I made it up. My experience here was just really gross. Luckily, my next appointment was with an attorney who had answers and will be able to guide me through this process.

I used this law firm for my divorce and custody problems. Surprised at previous reviewer as everyone in the office was always responsive. Attorney Henrich was always available for me and I never waited long for him to call me back. My case lasted three years and every court hearing was same, the attorney was prepared and ready to go. What is funny is that my ex referred clients after it was all over. Mr Henrich, a Stanford Law graduate is extremely thorough but will give it to you straight up, no coddling.
I did pay for my consultation and in my opinion it was worth every cent. The office explained that if I retained his services within a couple of weeks, this fee would be deducted from the retainer. I never felt rushed and he spent over an hour with me the first consult. I guess it depends on the issues and complexity. I highly recommend Mr Henrich

I received a referral from a law firm secretary that works at a north county law firm. I called and left a message over a week ago and repeated my phone number slowly twice and got no response. I just called a few minutes ago and was told there was no one in the office or no secretary for a month.
Reluctantly, I made an appointment for aug 23 2011 and was told I would have to pay $ 125 for one hour of time. What happened to free initial consultations?
I will provide updates.