Michael F. Stake P.C.

I would absolutely recommend Garrett Oates to anyone. Super personable and an all around amazing, caring man. He has helped me twice now and always gave me the best advice. He cared about my case and got it done so incredibly fast. He is my attorney for life (I hope I never need him) but if I do, he will never disappoint.

Garrett Oates was great in dealing with my case. He went beyond what I expected in getting me a far better outcome than I thought was possible. Very professional and always prepared. Garrett also always treated me with respect and was very personable in helping ease my mind in a very stressful time for me. Highly recommend Garrett, I couldn't be happier with the outcome he got for me.

Garrett Oates was very knowledgeable and prepared for the case and I walked out of court with everything settled exactly how I was intending it to be. Really great job and I recommend him to everybody for family law 100%

I recommend Mike to anyone needing a family law attorney.. He doesn’t waste your money on nonsense and is completely upfront with you from the beginning. Mike thank you for not only being an awesome attorney but also the support you gave me in a hard situation.

There were multiple ways that I feel I was underrepresented in my divorce case. My particular case was difficult with a lot of extenuating circumstances. I don't believe that he fully understood or exploredmy case and the legal grounds that I had with which to fight for my custody rights and financial assets. I incurred monetary and personal damages in regards to my kids under his counsel.nnI have come to this conclusion through research into my case post-divorce. I am currently working on seeking further legal advice and on making modifications to the existing decree. As a result, I have consulted with several respected attorneys in the metro area. I have learned more about my case and Oklahoma law as time has passed, and while consulting with other attorneys, I have asked specific questions regarding my case and the law. The answers I have received have shed light on legal options and opportunities that were available to me both now and at the time of my divorce. Yet, the options and opportunities I have pinpointed were never presented to me while going thru my divorce.nnI get the impression now that this might have been his first case with complications such as mine, or certainly one of his first. He convinced me right and left that I didn't have a strong case to go to court, and encouraged me that I should accept what I could get and move on considering the circumstances. In reality he should have advised me to stop the case altogether until I had fully recovered from a major surgery and the influence of a mentally and emotionally abusive ex-husband. I also deserved the opportunity to get settled into life with a job (I was a stay-at-home mom before the divorce) and a place to live. These factors all qualify as reasons of duress in Oklahoma and give a person the option of waiting to settle a divorce until after the duress has lessened or stopped.nnHe could have also referred me to an attorney within Cleveland County, since he knew I my first priority would be relocating there soon to be close to my kids. Any further legal representation post-divorce (which I knew I was going to revisit the decree and pursue changing parts of it) would require me to get an attorney in Cleveland County anyway, so given I needed time to recover, time to find a job, and to relocate, that would have made the best sense. My desires and legal rights would have been much better represented after a period of time had passed. I believe his billing was accurate and fair, as it appeared correctly represented through the documentation of my bill.nnHowever, I feel like it was obvious on his part that I should have waited and that it was his job to present this important option under the circumstances. Even if it meant he would lose my business by recommending I wait, or by presenting to me that legal option, I think it was clear that this information was merited to be shared. Unfortunately, it was not. I look back now and I know with certainty that extra time would have changed the kind of decree I signed off on. I would have understood my case, my rights, and where I stood in fighting for those rights if granted the opportunity to recover from the major duress I was under.