Attorney Grayson Martin & Christopher Barnds and Paralegal Stephanie Brown were there for me in my time of need. When no one else would take my case (my prior counsel never wrote up my divorce decree and refused to acknowledge my request for it) they stepped up without hesitation. They earned my trust and respect through and through -- true professionals who genuinely care about their clients. I can't recommend this firm highly enough. read more

They threw a disabled person a questionairre they already had all the info shafted me took my consultation fee a week in advance then backed out and now say they are waitoing 5-10 business days to return it. HORRIBLE FIRM Johnson County TYPICAL read more

They are the absolute worst do NOT put ur trust in these people. I asked for my baby daddies address for 6 months and Grayson Martin withheld it from me and milked my retainer till it was completely empty and then finally gave me his address which "coincidentally" was in another state she wasn't licensed in. Not a single change was made from the time I hired her till the end of my case. Do NOT go here. read more

Requested help on CS modification. Won my case. Will utilize Barnds law in the future. Thanks team. And Sean is an awesome office manager, keep him around! read more

If you have any sort of complicated situation and need a guardian ad Litem (GAL) do not use Chris. He is currently on probation with the Kansas bar for issues related to his conduct and interactions with opposing counsel/GAL. Because of his probation, he is not well positioned to pushback against a GAL and do what is necessary to represent your interests firmly. My experience with him echoes the complaints that got him on probation. There is a general lack of organization and preparation. After discussing with other local attorneys, and specifically asking if his reputation could be jeopardizing my case I was told - YES. Like other review below I've been told I have reason to file a complaint about the way my case has been handled. I did my research before retaining him however the probation had not hit the news yet. I should have trusted my instinct and cut my losses sooner. read more

I reached out to this law firm after being told they specialized in father's rights and would work with people on the retainer costs. They asked for $100 to be paid before speaking to any lawyer and said if one were to be retained the $100 would roll over into the retainer. This was said as if that would make a dent in the retainer they would ask. They did not/ will not mention that they will ask for 50 times that amount to retain them. It honestly shocked me to think they claim to specialize in father's rights and are asking for $5000 down. I would assume they know the average American doesn't have that lying around waiting for the day they'll need legal counsel. Morally, they would be doing the bare minimum to be upfront about what they will expect financially before they take any money from anyone, especially knowing that person is already going through a difficult situation legally. I can't speak to their abilities in a court room but, at very least, their ethics are lacking. They wasted my time and omitted crucial information, thus stealing income needed to support my family. All for a 20 minute phone call which, would not have been longer than 5 minutes or happened at all, if they were up front from the start. At least a fourth of said call consisted of them asking for more money. They should be transparent about what they will require BEFORE potentially making difficult situations worse for people seeking help. read more

Had a consultation with Chris Thompson. He was combative unhelpful and laughed at us as we explained a very tragic situation. Every time I asked him a question he asked me a question back instead of answering it. He acts like a frat boy with a bunch of inappropriate shooting and basketball metaphors. Do not recommend. read more

Horrible experience. Do not hire this firm. I was embarrassed to have this law firm represent me for a PFA order. The attorney was filling in for my attorney and he knew absolutely nothing about my case. He actually made things worse for me. I would have done a better job representing myself. I wound up rescinding the PFA on my own because I couldn't trust my legal counsel to protect me. I thought I was paying $400/hour to be protected by an established firm. Instead, I felt like my kids and I didn't matter to them. Only my money. read more

I worked with Kaitlin and her paralegal Kyra as well as Sean and Mia on the office side of things. Honestly, they were all amazing. Kyra answered emails promptly, Kaitlin was always able to take a phone call by appointment and talk me through my options and next steps. Everyone was really patient, professional, understanding, and reasonable in all aspects of the case. 10/10, I'd recommend them to anyone! read more

If you're looking for more trauma, this is the place to go. I wish I had done my research before picking this law firm. Not only was I not valued as a client, I wasn't respected and treated poorly. All they care about is money and I was even being charged $25 more an hour than my contract says. Do business elsewhere! read more

As the Law firm tried to get my post removed, because of not being a customer or involved. First I was a customer and have documents to prove it, Secondly during my friends divorce I was made to sign a legal document since I was with her and involved in the whole process. Since I was hearing everything from phone conversations that Chris contacted me, to in office meetings about her divorce, and also they copied me on all emails, and took my payments to be applied to her account. The office manager was very happy to discuss anything to deal with her bill, letting me know about court, and probably the worst part was he asked me to take funds from my trust and put them towards my friends divorce bill. (I'm in the process of scanning in all the emails, phones calls translated into writing, documents and waivers I signed and all receipts showing payment so YELP can now know every detail) https://casetext.com/case/in-re-barnds It saddens me to even write this review. Chris Barnds helped me with a case and I referred him to do my friends divorce. He truly did nothing but cry wolf for money when there was a positive balance. The day of court, he was late, and falling asleep during her court case! I couldn't believe my eyes so I recorded him nodding in and out! Upon his recommendation of filling bankruptcy, my friend did! During the 'meeting of creditors' Mr.Barnds joined and kept calling the trustee 'your honor' and was corrected four times! He admitted that he knew nothing about this part of the law, and made a foul of himself! After reading the reviews and researching, I see he was suspended from practicing law, and this wasn't his first time! Look at the Yelp reviews. It's just sad. Then you can go to jococourts.org and see he didn't pay his back tax's ! All public notice! Worst part was when my friends account was getting low, he called and I heard with my own ears while he encouraged to have me transfer money from my trust account to her legal bill account!!!! I have this still saved! From my email to him and his response you could tell he was caught off guard and trying to figure out how to word it! I would post the email, but the names I don't want to be seen. Run from this firm!!! Go online and search the court records and see his suspension, and past infractions and you can see people are not making up this. NEWS By Sarah Motter Published: Jun. 19, 2023 at 8:46 AM CDT TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - An Overland Park lawyer has been put on probation after the Kansas Supreme Court found he violated the Kansas Rules of Professional Conduct on multiple occasions. The Kansas Supreme Court says that Case No. 125,968: In the Matter of Christopher C. Barnds, is an original proceeding of attorney discipline. It recently placed a 3-month suspension on him from practicing law in the Sunflower State. Court records indicated the suspension has been stayed pending the successful completion of a 2-year probation - effective from the date the opinion was filed. Officials noted the decision was made in response to violations of the Kansas Rules of Professional Conduct. He has been found to have: read more

I had the absolute WORST experience with an attorney at this firm. In fact, because of him & his behavior, lack of respect or service & now, obsession with trying to take more money from me (that I don't have BECAUSE of his ineffective job), I am in the middle of a divorce from an abusive man who's been able & allowed to ramp up everything he can to make things even worse, so he has. I've reached out for help from the other people in this firm & literally nobody will respond. I've had 3 retired attorneys review my case & all 3 said that this was extremely poor work & I should actually file complaints. I am worse off now than I was BEFORE I hired this attorney & his attitude & downright disrespectful way of speaking to me have left me wondering who he actually was working for, because it seems as though it was for my ex. I hate leaving reviews. Especially negative ones. But this is my life & I'm at a point where I'm completely ruined & cannot afford another attorney because he took every dime & hardly did anything. And now I'm staring at ANOTHER bill. I'm so upset with myself for not trusting my gut when I felt like this wasn't the attorney for me at the beginning. I should've paid attention to my intuition. read more

I had a lot on interaction with Barnes Law. My boyfriend Sam was a client of David West. He has also given a review of them.You can see that review on their google reviews. It is not allowing me to post my review on google about them. Everything he said is true and did happen. I was at every meeting and court date. I was there to hear every phone call. So, I have every right to give my opinion of the interaction I had with Barnes Law. I do know that they do not like when people give bad reviews. They turn into bullies and threaten to take legal action on you for stating your opinion. The way my boyfriend was treated was not okay. David West told us from the start that he does not take many clients, because he wants to make sure he can focus on our case. Which turned out to be not true. He never once fought for us. He allowed the other lawyer and Judge to state things about his client that were never true. He never objected to this false information he just let them put false information out there. David West also put wring information about that he was just told 30 minutes before a court hearing. He did not do any prep for our case. We were frustrated with the whole process. I feel like they just wanted out money and they would just do a sub par job for us. Which is awful because we were fighting for equal rights for my boyfriend's son. David West made this case go to places that it should have not ever gone. We are now trying to pick up the pieces of the destruction David West did to us. The was we were treated is not okay and I have had experience with child custody lawyers. A good google search will tell you if they have had any problems in the past. I wish I would have done that in the beginning, but we need a lawyer quickly. I guess this is what you get for not do your research and relying on their 5 star reviews they had. I know now that they bully and threaten you if you give a bad review. That is why they had a 5 star review. So, if you are looking for a good child custody law I would really do my research before picking them. Also, just looking over their reviews. Some of their five star reviews have the same last names of employees that work for Barnes law. I just did a quick google search and found this information out. Good luck to anyone who picks them to represent them. read more

Nick Stanley is amazing!! You will not go wrong with him. He definitely puts you at ease and does and awesome job!