Stadhouders Lawyers - Stadhouderslaan 49

Ik heb de ondersteuning als zeer prettig en kundig ervaren.

Ik ben eerlijk en duidelijk geholpen door Clemens Mesker van Stadhouders Advocaten. Ik waardeer het pro-actief meedenken, erg kundig. Aanrader!

ECHT SLECHT. Het probleem dat ik heb was met mijn huisbaas, ik heb alle bewijs dat ik haar naar de rechtbank kan krijgen, voor het overtreden van de regels van mijn contract, en het proberen om me te verdrijven zonder een rechtszaak die onwettig is) maar ze ontkennen me te helpen met het excuus, dat maar eigenlijk willen ze me niet helpen, omdat ze er de voorkeur aan geven in plaats van naar de rechtbank te gaan, om met haar mee te gaan, dus op deze manier zal wat geld verdienen, en zij zullen ook verdienen. Dit is een zeer slechte behandeling en het heeft niets te maken met recht en gerechtigheid.

I worked with Heleen Scheer, one of the lawyers at Stadhouders, to handle my divorce proceedings. When we met, she seemed professional and competent. However, that quickly changed. My wife walked out unexpectedly, leaving me with no money and no source of income. I do not know how I'm paying rent, or buying food next month. I expressed this to Mrs. Scheer on our first call, in our first meeting, and in a followup email that same day. However, Mrs. Scheer never followed up with me. She assured me she would be emailing with next steps, and that she would reach out to the judge to start the proceedings and get a temporary injunction. After multiple emails and phone messages, I was forced to fire her as my attorney. It was clear she did not take me or my case seriously. My recommendation: go elsewhere. You'll get better representation there.

Short review: What a nightmare! Avoidable issues and mistakes lead to my case taking 2.5 years! The whole process seemed either unprofessional or incompetent from my experience (read details below). I don't recommend this place to anyone. Extensive review: My case was processed by Heleen Scheer. I decided to work with her because she seemed approachable and professional during our first meeting. She had told me the case would likely take a few months to under a year during this first meeting. Then the issues started. Issue 1: The first papers sent out to the other party were apparently handed over wrong / sent in wrong, so that we lost months. Issue 2: My case was stationary at the court for over 1 year. It did not occur to my lawyer to inquire about what was taking so long, until I asked her to (after which she called and sent an email). It turns out the papers were assigned to a court employee not currently working. After more weeks of waiting without any feedback I called the court myself ONCE: a few days later the case was processed! Issue 3: The second set of papers: the bailiff apparently went bankrupt after weeks were already invested. Not itself a mistake by my lawyer, however she failed to inform me of this for weeks! I requested the documentation on this, as the trust in her was severely damaged at this point. Months lost again. Issue 4: Ms Scheer "forgot" to make a necessary posting at the newspaper. She forgot not for a few days, not even for a few weeks... she "forgot" for 3 months! And only remembered after an email from my side asking about the end of the procedure (as the waiting time after the posting needed to be for 3 months). Another 3 months lost There also were many more smaller issues regarding communication and being informed along the way. Overall: I wish I had chosen someone else to represent me. From my experience my lawyer was not proactive at all, my case and time seemed of little interest to her and my case was very obviously not a priority. I think the way my case was handled was highly irresponsible, we are talking about legal procedures and not about getting a pedicure, after all. Any time I wanted any information I had to chase after it, often writing more than one email to get a reply. I feel like the bare minimum of effort went into my case (and sometimes not even that). I can only recommend that you save yourself the headache and emotional turmoil and go somewhere else. Ps: The one positive thing was the assistant Ariane Wachsmuth. She did a great job when she had to call to inform me about yet another disaster or mistake. She was very balanced and kept calm even though I was very upset at the phone sometimes.