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James Obeso

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Licensed for 29 years

Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Child custody

Language

English

About

Practices Areas

Child custody

Language

English

Contact

James A. Obeso475 Central Ave # S 401Saint Petersburg, FL, 33701-3808

Office: N/A

Website: N/A

Reviews

Carrie
January 3, 2019

I had a dependency case where my children were removed from my care. We were able to close the case with overnights and unsupervised and move into family court for 50/50. He is great with being aggressive when it needs to be done and very good at calming your nerves but being sure to not making any promises. This was involving my children, the number one priority in my life, and I trusted him with representing me. Highly recommend if you have your ducks in a row and need someone who will fight for you and invest in knowing your situation. Very responsive, easy to talk to and very educated.

Janet
August 18, 2014

Jim is an awesome attorney! The bad reviews on here are from Dependency clients (State takes your children) Dependency clients who have free representation think they can call the attorney 24 hrs a day and when you don't get right back with them, they get upset.

Ellen
September 25, 2013

I had a losing case that he turned into a winning case. Not sure about those other people's comments but my expierence with that office was totally opposite. His assistant informed me of everything and was very patient with me in explaining the process.

anonymous
October 12, 2012

I was asked for money two more times throughout the entire case. My husband and I did not receive our court appearance letters or information which resulted in us not being notified of court and occasionally having the other party tell us. This caused us to lose our case. He never gave any advice and gave incorrect information and did not take the time to know the ins and outs. After this experience I am not a fan of dependency court, it's laws or attorneys. We could rarely get a call back and if we did it was only to say everything will be okay. They did not respond to emails and could not receive faxes from the other attorney or parties involved( which contributed to us remaining uniformed). We would get to court and hear crazy nonsense and we were always unprepared. He did seem very knowledgeable about the law and he could be a good lawyer, just not for a losing case.

Nicole smith
October 22, 2021

He don't care about any of his clients he only cares about himself and he's a big fat liar the secretary is also a piece of s***

Suzanne
August 20, 2019

Mr. Obeso was my lawyer for 4 mos. I only met him once. We had a contract—$250 for his services and $90 for her (paralegal) services. He billed me at $250 per hour for her services. Need I say more. He started out seeming like a smart, caring lawyer. i was extremely disappointed and have been told I will have to resort to small claims court to get my money back. I will do exactly that when I return home in December.

anonymous
January 8, 2019

The lawyer is very unprofessional. Would not listen to my concerns on my case. The lawyer is very unorganized and untimely. He proceeds to do work without the consent of client. Very arrogant when it comes to communicating with client matters. This lawyer does not have the best interest of clients and i would highly recommend to look for other options in a legal represantation. Please look for another lawyer

Joe
July 1, 2013

An attorney is his not, didn’t care at all about my case just about getting paid. Extremely incompetent, after firing him I went pro se and did more for my case then he ever did.

Carrie
January 3, 2019

I had a dependency case where my children were removed from my care. We were able to close the case with overnights and unsupervised and move into family court for 50/50. He is great with being aggressive when it needs to be done and very good at calming your nerves but being sure to not making any promises. This was involving my children, the number one priority in my life, and I trusted him with representing me. Highly recommend if you have your ducks in a row and need someone who will fight for you and invest in knowing your situation. Very responsive, easy to talk to and very educated.

Janet
August 18, 2014

Jim is an awesome attorney! The bad reviews on here are from Dependency clients (State takes your children) Dependency clients who have free representation think they can call the attorney 24 hrs a day and when you don't get right back with them, they get upset.

Ellen
September 25, 2013

I had a losing case that he turned into a winning case. Not sure about those other people's comments but my expierence with that office was totally opposite. His assistant informed me of everything and was very patient with me in explaining the process.

anonymous
October 12, 2012

I was asked for money two more times throughout the entire case. My husband and I did not receive our court appearance letters or information which resulted in us not being notified of court and occasionally having the other party tell us. This caused us to lose our case. He never gave any advice and gave incorrect information and did not take the time to know the ins and outs. After this experience I am not a fan of dependency court, it's laws or attorneys. We could rarely get a call back and if we did it was only to say everything will be okay. They did not respond to emails and could not receive faxes from the other attorney or parties involved( which contributed to us remaining uniformed). We would get to court and hear crazy nonsense and we were always unprepared. He did seem very knowledgeable about the law and he could be a good lawyer, just not for a losing case.

Nicole smith
October 22, 2021

He don't care about any of his clients he only cares about himself and he's a big fat liar the secretary is also a piece of s***

Suzanne
August 20, 2019

Mr. Obeso was my lawyer for 4 mos. I only met him once. We had a contract—$250 for his services and $90 for her (paralegal) services. He billed me at $250 per hour for her services. Need I say more. He started out seeming like a smart, caring lawyer. i was extremely disappointed and have been told I will have to resort to small claims court to get my money back. I will do exactly that when I return home in December.

anonymous
January 8, 2019

The lawyer is very unprofessional. Would not listen to my concerns on my case. The lawyer is very unorganized and untimely. He proceeds to do work without the consent of client. Very arrogant when it comes to communicating with client matters. This lawyer does not have the best interest of clients and i would highly recommend to look for other options in a legal represantation. Please look for another lawyer

Joe
July 1, 2013

An attorney is his not, didn’t care at all about my case just about getting paid. Extremely incompetent, after firing him I went pro se and did more for my case then he ever did.

Carrie
January 3, 2019

I had a dependency case where my children were removed from my care. We were able to close the case with overnights and unsupervised and move into family court for 50/50. He is great with being aggressive when it needs to be done and very good at calming your nerves but being sure to not making any promises. This was involving my children, the number one priority in my life, and I trusted him with representing me. Highly recommend if you have your ducks in a row and need someone who will fight for you and invest in knowing your situation. Very responsive, easy to talk to and very educated.

Janet
August 18, 2014

Jim is an awesome attorney! The bad reviews on here are from Dependency clients (State takes your children) Dependency clients who have free representation think they can call the attorney 24 hrs a day and when you don't get right back with them, they get upset.

Ellen
September 25, 2013

I had a losing case that he turned into a winning case. Not sure about those other people's comments but my expierence with that office was totally opposite. His assistant informed me of everything and was very patient with me in explaining the process.

anonymous
October 12, 2012

I was asked for money two more times throughout the entire case. My husband and I did not receive our court appearance letters or information which resulted in us not being notified of court and occasionally having the other party tell us. This caused us to lose our case. He never gave any advice and gave incorrect information and did not take the time to know the ins and outs. After this experience I am not a fan of dependency court, it's laws or attorneys. We could rarely get a call back and if we did it was only to say everything will be okay. They did not respond to emails and could not receive faxes from the other attorney or parties involved( which contributed to us remaining uniformed). We would get to court and hear crazy nonsense and we were always unprepared. He did seem very knowledgeable about the law and he could be a good lawyer, just not for a losing case.

Nicole smith
October 22, 2021

He don't care about any of his clients he only cares about himself and he's a big fat liar the secretary is also a piece of s***

Suzanne
August 20, 2019

Mr. Obeso was my lawyer for 4 mos. I only met him once. We had a contract—$250 for his services and $90 for her (paralegal) services. He billed me at $250 per hour for her services. Need I say more. He started out seeming like a smart, caring lawyer. i was extremely disappointed and have been told I will have to resort to small claims court to get my money back. I will do exactly that when I return home in December.

anonymous
January 8, 2019

The lawyer is very unprofessional. Would not listen to my concerns on my case. The lawyer is very unorganized and untimely. He proceeds to do work without the consent of client. Very arrogant when it comes to communicating with client matters. This lawyer does not have the best interest of clients and i would highly recommend to look for other options in a legal represantation. Please look for another lawyer

Joe
July 1, 2013

An attorney is his not, didn’t care at all about my case just about getting paid. Extremely incompetent, after firing him I went pro se and did more for my case then he ever did.

Carrie
January 3, 2019

I had a dependency case where my children were removed from my care. We were able to close the case with overnights and unsupervised and move into family court for 50/50. He is great with being aggressive when it needs to be done and very good at calming your nerves but being sure to not making any promises. This was involving my children, the number one priority in my life, and I trusted him with representing me. Highly recommend if you have your ducks in a row and need someone who will fight for you and invest in knowing your situation. Very responsive, easy to talk to and very educated.

Janet
August 18, 2014

Jim is an awesome attorney! The bad reviews on here are from Dependency clients (State takes your children) Dependency clients who have free representation think they can call the attorney 24 hrs a day and when you don't get right back with them, they get upset.

Ellen
September 25, 2013

I had a losing case that he turned into a winning case. Not sure about those other people's comments but my expierence with that office was totally opposite. His assistant informed me of everything and was very patient with me in explaining the process.

anonymous
October 12, 2012

I was asked for money two more times throughout the entire case. My husband and I did not receive our court appearance letters or information which resulted in us not being notified of court and occasionally having the other party tell us. This caused us to lose our case. He never gave any advice and gave incorrect information and did not take the time to know the ins and outs. After this experience I am not a fan of dependency court, it's laws or attorneys. We could rarely get a call back and if we did it was only to say everything will be okay. They did not respond to emails and could not receive faxes from the other attorney or parties involved( which contributed to us remaining uniformed). We would get to court and hear crazy nonsense and we were always unprepared. He did seem very knowledgeable about the law and he could be a good lawyer, just not for a losing case.

Nicole smith
October 22, 2021

He don't care about any of his clients he only cares about himself and he's a big fat liar the secretary is also a piece of s***

Suzanne
August 20, 2019

Mr. Obeso was my lawyer for 4 mos. I only met him once. We had a contract—$250 for his services and $90 for her (paralegal) services. He billed me at $250 per hour for her services. Need I say more. He started out seeming like a smart, caring lawyer. i was extremely disappointed and have been told I will have to resort to small claims court to get my money back. I will do exactly that when I return home in December.

anonymous
January 8, 2019

The lawyer is very unprofessional. Would not listen to my concerns on my case. The lawyer is very unorganized and untimely. He proceeds to do work without the consent of client. Very arrogant when it comes to communicating with client matters. This lawyer does not have the best interest of clients and i would highly recommend to look for other options in a legal represantation. Please look for another lawyer

Joe
July 1, 2013

An attorney is his not, didn’t care at all about my case just about getting paid. Extremely incompetent, after firing him I went pro se and did more for my case then he ever did.