I called Bottoms Law Office because my wife was divorcing me, but Bottoms law helped me out a lot…read moreof the way and were very helpful. I would definitely recommend them to anyone.

I was very displeased with the services that I received from Elder Law Guidance. I provided all of…read morethe information requested in timely fashion. We were assigned a "team" of a lawyer and an assistant. No problem with the girl lawyer. She was very nice, professional and informative. The assistant was pretty useless in my opinion. I should have insisted on talking to the lawyer more when the assistant didn't return calls when I had questions. I would be a "good guy" and let it slide and call back sometimes weeks later thinking he would call me when he had time. That was my error in judgement and it cost me. They accomplished half of the goals we set and the half they accomplished amounted to nothing in the long run due to the untimely passing of my mother 3 months after retaining the Elder Law Guidance office. They DID NOT get her Medicaid established and blamed it entirely on the nursing home not getting some paperwork filed. I retained them when it was obvious Mom was going to need permanent nursing care. If their assistant had been on point, I feel this would have been caught in a timely matter. I encouraged the assistant to call the nursing home and the nursing home would tell me they hadn't been contacted. They would try to call him and would leave unreturned messages according to the nursing home. I was told by staff, "They never fail to get Medicaid approved once they start a case" and "We'll fight to get this approved" by the assistant. They failed. It was part nursing home and part Elder Law's fault in my opinion. When I began to get disgruntled with the handling of the case because of months of lack of communication and insisted the assistant give me monthly updates, he went three months before I was called again for an update. That was by the lawyer after I left an angry message with the receptionist. Useless!! I just needed some help during a time where my Mom's health was failing and she was actively dying. I thought retaining a lawyer to protect some of her assets and keep me from having to go through the rigamorole of getting Medicaid would be worth it. They charged $10,000 to protect approximately $80,000 and to get Medicaid taken care of. I justified it then and took care of my Mom during that time. My advice is to pursue Medicaid yourself and deal with it yourself. I could have had Medicaid denied on my own. If you can't do it, then go to another firm. I dealt with another firm that my Mom estabilished a trust with in Louisville and we had NO problem with them. I wish we had went there again but I went locally. My mistake. $10,000 goes a long way toward funeral costs. That fancy old house that the office sits in wasn't cheap to refurbish and they have obviously spent plenty of client money to fix it up. Their Google reviews are enhanced by the reviews of the old mansion tours that have passed through. They denied my request for half my money back due to my complaint of poor service with them claiming a lot of time was put into the case and that they had earned it. My common sense says that after the service I received overall, I must disagree that the asssistant or the lawyer put in the time they are claiming was put into this case. It seemed that I only heard from them when the assistant needed another paperwork. I was never kept informed until it was too late and Medicaid was completely denied. They did offer to explain in more detail why my request for a refund was denied in an email. They said that would be free of charge! How thoughtful! Two stars because they did get a plan together to protect some money and some numbers crunched for Medicaid that didn't go through.

This team of professionals is the most exceptional group of people I have yet to meet. They are…read morededicated to going above and beyond in their services. I highly recommend them for your estate planning needs, especially if you are needing Medicaid Long Term Care.

Asked these guys a simple question in seeking legal advice - "we own a home and rented it out - the…read morerenters caused damages far in excess of the security deposit - about $4000 worth, they gave a 5 day notice as to when they were moving out while on a month to month lease, and they took a tv that did not belong to them. What can we do?" They said "if less than $2000, it's not worth doing anything." (that includes small claims court). For the rest of the stuff, they had no answers, except, "hire us for $200/hour." No telling what the resolution could be, if we should expect to collect any of our losses, just essentially a "hire us and hope." Who in their right mind pays $200/hr for a job in which there is no clue as to how many hours it will be/what the end result will be? I know lawyers have to make a living and respect the hourly rate, but to be as vague as these guys were, they are an absolute waste of time to talk to. Look elsewhere if you actually want lawyers who understand things.

We usually deal with Josh when my wife needs legal assistance with her rental properties and they…read morealso did both of our wills. Josh is the son and you have his dad and their secretary also. They are so awesome. Very easy to talk to, they shoot you straight and I really look forward to seeing them when we go in there. I'd love to have Josh as a neighbor. Ive dealt with lawyers that were very stand offish and made me feel uncomfortable and then there's these folks. I'd be totally comfortable letting them handle any legal issue I had that they were capable of handling.

I hired Mr Birdwhistell in May of 2011 to do a simple divorce proceeding. Pretty easy as I left and…read moredid not want any material possessions except my car. The divorce was filed with the court on 5-20-2011. Birdwhistell day on my divorce for almost 2 years. My divorce wasn't finalized until 1-16-2013. There is no reason that my case should have taken that long. Everyone I know that divorced had their divorce completed and finished within 3 months. The only reason I think that Mr Birdwhistell placed my divorce on the back burner is because it was a cheap divorce. His cousin referred me to him and he gave me a "discount" of $700 for the divorce. So I truly believe if you are going to pay big bucks to Mr Birdwhistell - he will get you finished right away. Money talks. You get what you pay for. He is supposed to be the best divorce lawyer in town, but only if you can pay for it. Otherwise, he will sit and sit and not help you a bit. I had to text him finally in January of 2013 "I just want to be divorced- what is going on?!" So it took 20 months for my marriage to be dissolved. I would recommend anyone but this greedy bastard.