# Best Divorce Lawyer in St. Louis? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 24, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218 "2010-01-24T11:14:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/1 "2010-01-24T11:14:06Z")
No sleazy/cheesy. I just want a fair deal. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/2 "2010-01-25T15:15:22Z")
Here use this: [http://www.martindale.com/](http://www.martindale.com/) Also, if your spouse hasn’t gotten an attorney yet, go meet with the top 5 and discuss your potential divorce with each of them. Hire the one you think is best. The other four should be precluded from representing your spouse due to conflict of interest. ---
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/3 "2010-01-25T15:22:51Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > Also, if your spouse hasn’t gotten an attorney yet, go meet with the top 5 and discuss your potential divorce with each of them. Hire the one you think is best. The other four should be precluded from representing your spouse due to conflict of interest. This would not work well in St Louis, which I am sure has a much larger population of divorce lawyers, but I once knew a woman who took that even further and called every single lawyer (who dealt with divorce) in the phone book for their area. She told each the bare minimum about her divorce, just enough to keep them from representing her husband. Her husband was forced to hire an attorney from another county and pay for travel time in addition to the regular attorney fees etc. But this was in a much smaller town so her phone calls amounted to wasting a day or so…in St Louis I would imagine such an endeavor could result in wasting weeks of time. Not that I recommend doing anything remotely like that. If you truly are only interested in fair representation then hiring who you believe to be the best should be enough. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/4 "2010-01-25T15:27:43Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > Here use this: [http://www.martindale.com/](http://www.martindale.com/) > > Also, if your spouse hasn’t gotten an attorney yet, go meet with the top 5 and discuss your potential divorce with each of them. Hire the one you think is best. The other four should be precluded from representing your spouse due to conflict of interest. So nice to see people jump to “here is how to screw him the most” rather than “here is how to get a fair and reasonable seperation.” ---
**Author:** ![Rumor\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/5 "2010-01-25T16:32:23Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > Here use this: [http://www.martindale.com/](http://www.martindale.com/) > > Also, if your spouse hasn’t gotten an attorney yet, go meet with the top 5 and discuss your potential divorce with each of them. Hire the one you think is best. The other four should be precluded from representing your spouse due to conflict of interest. Any half-decent attorney who practices family law knows that this is a common game. They won’t delve into any details which would preclude them from representation without getting a retainer first. ---
**Author:** ![kathmandu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kathmandu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kathmandu)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/6 "2010-01-25T16:56:01Z")
oqbmeyCGH&\* ---
**Author:** ![kathmandu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kathmandu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kathmandu)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/7 "2010-01-25T17:08:34Z")
Sorry about the last post. That’s what happens when you leave the room with a four year old and a computer. ---
**Author:** ![Rumor\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/8 "2010-01-25T17:09:23Z")
> [@kathmandu](#): > > Sorry about the last post. That’s what happens when you leave the room with a four year old and a computer. awesome. 🙂 check your on-line brokerage accounts 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/9 "2010-01-25T17:09:35Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > Here use this: [http://www.martindale.com/](http://www.martindale.com/) > > Also, if your spouse hasn’t gotten an attorney yet, go meet with the top 5 and discuss your potential divorce with each of them. Hire the one you think is best. The other four should be precluded from representing your spouse due to conflict of interest. That’s what I’m going to do when I get married. Just talk to attorneys about my potential divorce. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/10 "2010-01-25T17:11:37Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > That’s what I’m going to do when I get married. Splendid! Will your wedding registry be with West Publishing? ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/11 "2010-01-25T17:13:59Z")
I don’t have to think about \*THAT \*until I get a date. 😃 BTW, this is about her being stuck with a shlub like me. Not the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![Rumor\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/12 "2010-01-25T17:17:41Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > Splendid! Will your wedding registry be with West Publishing? pfft. Lexis is far more upmarket 😃 Thomson is just so… ubiquitous. Not enough cachet-via-exclusivity. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/13 "2010-01-26T03:41:21Z")
Back to the OP … My wife is a corporate attorney in St. Louis. She recommends Bryan Hettenbach 314-863-6200 212 S. Central Clayton She has sent several clients to him for divorces and all have been pleased with the workmanship & the results. Definitely not a sleazeball. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/14 "2010-01-26T04:14:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Back to the OP … > > My wife is a corporate attorney in St. Louis. She recommends > > Bryan Hettenbach > 314-863-6200 > 212 S. Central > Clayton > > She has sent several clients to him for divorces and all have been pleased with the workmanship & the results. Definitely not a sleazeball. Interesting, I’m meeting with an attorney on Weds very near that same address! Seems like a good fit, but I’ll keep this info in mind as well. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-divorce-lawyer-in-st-louis/526218/15 "2010-01-26T04:22:05Z")
From the “Burns And Allen” radio show… Gracie is interviewing a lawyer for George who got a parking ticket Gracie) Now Mr Smith, what kind of lawyer are you? A corporate lawyer? A criminal attorney? Or just a plain shyster Lawyer) [taken aback] A shyster? Gracie) Well that’s honest of you to admit it. Now are you a good lawyer? Lawyer) I think most people would call me an excellent lawyer Gracie) I’m not interested in what most people would think. If I was, I wouldn’t have gotten married …And now back to your regularly scheduled thread… 🙂