The original attorney I hired was in October, 2017. He was paid $2500.00 in advance for his services to probate my Son's will. I called him in December and asked what the delay was. He told me, "There have been long trials and the holidays are coming up." etc. I think that he was making excuses.
Near the end of March 2018, his secretary told me that he was never going back to his office. I live in Corpus Christi, Texas, so I had to make a special trip to his office in San Antonio to get my Son's original will. My $2500.00 was never returned to me, and he had never filed anything pertaining to the will probate.
I needed to get another attorney and found Mr. Kim Pettit on the internet and liked his reviews. I had a meeting with him the early part of April 2018. He agreed to take my case to have my Son's will probated. In less than 3 weeks, Mr. Pettit and I were in Probate Court No. 1, and my Son's will was probated just as he had promised. After we left the courtroom, Mr. Pettit advised me on several other things that I needed to do before everything was finalized. I did as I was told and all is finalized now thanks to Mr. Pettit.
To show you how honest Mr. Pettit is: I told him that after his service with me was finished and if there was any money left over from the retainer fee I had given him that he could keep it. He refused. He would only take money for the work he did and nothing else. The work he did showed on the bill he sent me and it was real easy to understand.
I think he did a super job and in a timely manner, too.
If I ever need a lawyer, he's the first one I'll try to get.
I highly recommend this fine gentleman.
