Jef Henninger

I retained Mr. Heninnger approx Feb of 2018. I wanted to initiate divorce proceedings against my abusive ex husband, who I had made several police complaints against. I was almost destitute, but I scraped $2000 together for a retainer. Mr. Heninnger assured me $2000 would cover the divorce. However, I was having a very difficult time in my life - a very sick child, home was in foreclosure, out of work. It became clear to me that the timing of this was not right. I did not have the time or energy to fill out paperwork and track down tax returns. In April, I and my chronically ill child were evicted from my home. I needed to postpone divorce proceedings until I had a home for my son, and a job. Mr. Heninnger told me this was impossible; that I had to go through with it. He has a very abrupt and bullying manner, and I was at the lowest point of my life. I was afraid that I had wasted the only money I had by giving him the $2000, so I allowed him to badger me into going forward. I

I hired MrHenninger to represent me He told me on the phone that the fee would be $and to mail it to his office I mailed the check, and after they received it, his office then stated they needed me to sign an agreement This was a 'retainer agreement' for $1500.00, and there was nothing stating that the costs would not exceed $as discussed I called MrHenninger with my concerns, and he assured me that the purpose of the agreement was to deal with people who might be calling his office frequently with questions and taking up a lot of time with questions, and that the costs shouldn't exceed the $ I never once called his office until it was nearly a week prior to my court date and I still had not heard from anyone to confirm someone would be at my court date to represent me When it came to the actual court date, we were at court for less than hours The prosecutor agreed to drop the case since they did not file the paperwork within the time period r

I retained MrHeninnger approx Feb of I wanted to initiate divorce proceedings against my abusive ex husband, who I had made several police complaints againstI was almost destitute, but I scraped $together for a retainerMrHeninnger assured me $would cover the divorce
However, I was having a very difficult time in my life - a very sick child, home was in foreclosure, out of workIt became clear to me that the timing of this was not rightI did not have the time or energy to fill out paperwork and track down tax returnsIn April, I and my chronically ill child were evicted from my home I needed to postpone divorce proceedings until I had a home for my son, and a jobMrHeninnger told me this was impossible; that I had to go through with itHe has a very abrupt and bullying manner, and I was at the lowest point of my lifeI was afraid that I had wasted the only money I had by giving him the $2000, so I allowed him to badger me into going forward
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