Law Office of Christopher Haaff

When you first meet with him he tells you everything you want to hear. After you pay his retainer he's done with you. He does the bare minimum. Never returns calls or emails. He works hard at trying to work the least amount possiable. Hopefully it's not too late and hopefully he has not done too much damage. He had court dates that he didn't tell me about. When I told him what I wanted he said he understood but did not follow through do not use him. Now Haaff is trying to get money from me that he says I owe him. I only had him for three weeks before I fired him and somehow he thinks he did almost 6000 dollars worth of work and he messed up calculations that ended up costing me an extra 340 dollars a month. When I contacted him on his wrong calculations and if he used the 40% max cap in determining support he said he would get back to me and guess what he never did.
8 years ago (14-12-2017)

I hired attorney Chris Haaf in the Spring of 2017 to help me with a dispute between my ex wife over time with my son, and to help pursue a few other modifications in our joint parenting agreement. When I first met with him, he was very personable. He played up the fact that he was also a divorced father, and that he had family in my same profession so I related very well to him. He had a firm handshake, looked me in the eye, and needless to say I felt very good about providing him with a large retainer. That was the end of the good things. From the first month, Mr. Haaf was extremely poor at returning phone calls and emails. Days up to an entire week, with no responses. I would try him at the start of the business day, mid day, and evening. Once i did finally reach him, he would always have an excuse. Whether it was helping other clients or busy with his family, there was always an excuse. He explained that he liked every one of his clients to feel like “they were the only client.” I decided to give him one more chance. As my next court date, one which was very important in my case about a week out, I figured it was my turn in importance. Still no responses via phone or email. As my case was less than three business days away, I ended retained a different attorney. I sent him a certified letter and email to notify him that I would be taking by business elsewhere. And his response, you may be wondering? It was an invoice, showing how he carefully used every dollar of my retainer, some of it highly questionable. My favorite part was how there were items listed, “at no charge” after I notified him that he would no longer be representing me. Unbelievable. I have requested a partial refund in his retainer fee, almost two weeks ago, and have received zero response either way. Now I am paying another attorney to undo some of his motions, as they were wrong and having to start from square one. A complete waste of time and money. I would not recommend Mr. Haaf for any legal needs.
8 years ago (08-07-2017)

Great attorney - very knowledgeable and experienced.
8 years ago (10-08-2017)

Chris Haaff is very knowledgable, and always works in the best interest of his client!
9 years ago (18-11-2016)

Mr. Haaff overseen the adoption of my daughter in Dec. 2015 since that time we have inquired countless times as to her birth certificate. March 8th 2016 was the last time we have heard from Mr. Haaff and with no birth certificate? We paid him in full Jan. 15th 2016 as agreed and now we can't get Mr Haaff to return a e-mail or phone call as to how we can acquire our daughters birth certificate... We paid for a service all we are ask is for that service to be rendered.... Very disappointed
9 years ago (08-06-2016)