Attorney Brad Crider

My personal experience with Brad Crider is less than zero. I found him to be incredibly dishonest. But he was able to look me square in the eyes and be less than truthful. The rules of family law are confusing, but some are pretty clear. You disclose everything. So when one party is allowed to lie under oath, not disclose bank accounts, credit cards and move large amounts of money to an account that was never acknowledged, you know something bigger is at play. You pay your attorney and they represent you. They dig through mountains of documents and find the discrepancies and fight for you. I dug through mountains of documents and found the discrepancies and handed them to Brad. I did the work I paid him to do. It seemed like Brad helped my ex husband more than he helped the person that hired him and paid him and was unapologetic for his shortcomings. I asked Brad multiple times for this judge to recuse himself from my case for obvious bias and I was told it couldn’t be done. He told me he had a little exchange with this Judge during another case and he got in good with him. I specifically told him, trust me, I met this Judge before and it won’t matter how good you think you got. He didn’t care for me, but really took a liking to my ex. But my ex needed this very specific Judge and Brad pulled through. The things you learn along the way are bittersweet. There are great attorneys and extremely honorable Judges in this country. Sadly, in Arizona there seems to be a deficit and the Rules of Family Law did NOT apply with Judge Patrick Gard. He cherry picks the actual law depending on who’s in front of him and some attorneys are perfectly ok with that. All facts.

Beware! Hired Brad last year to handle 2 easy cases. One was dismissed because the other party didn’t show up. The evidence for that case was given to him on a silver platter, so not much was needed for that case. Divorce case took 7 months when it should have taken 2 at most. If hired, be prepared to not be communicated with and lied to. Had to file for unnecessary extensions in my divorce case because of Brad. My sister had to step in because he would not communicate, and he still did very little if anything at all. Divorce was final in July, had to wait until September for more paperwork. I have been calling, emailing, showing up in person, and still have not received an invoice, or a return of any unused retainer fees as of December 20 2024. I guess by the recent review on here this is standard practice for a professional law team.

So.. initially I had thought Brad was a good lawyer.. rehired him because my ex and his new wife harass and bully me and threaten me and my daughter want to be with me more and I don’t get child support or help and thought he could help me get child support and more time with my daughter it’s now been a year and a have I have paid him in full. No one responds to my emails or my calls. I asked for a copy of my retainer agreement only to find out I am blocked from emails.. I hired him August 2023. My daughter feels like I ignored her request of trying to get more time with her. I paid him for nothing. I’m struggling to make ends meet. My ex and his wife think I’m a joke.