I REGRET hiring C Luke Gunnstaks and Gunnstaks Law Firm. I have in writing from Gunnstaks, that I "would receive all of my money in the IOLTA account." When I began to realize in August 2017 (after the court hearing the end of July and only a few days after the second mediation) what had happened in my case and began asking for Gunnstaks to be accountable for his actions and also his invoicing and statements, Gunnstaks began saying I was delusional and needed psychiatric medical care. He withheld $25,054.75 from my IOLTA account for the months of Aug. 2017 to the final decree date of 12/04/17 which equals a billing of approx.$6,236.87 a month! There were NO in-person court appearances or mediations and I had to be proactive forwarding documents to Opposing Counsel myself. I also began doing my own research and found many discrepancies from what I had been and what was a reality. Thus I began asking more questions in reference to accountability. Gunnstaks continued telling me I was delusional and need psychiatric help and would not sit down and go over his invoices. His taking the $25,054.75 was also above and beyond his being paid $18,850.00 in cash, for a Divorce for a couple who were both over 67 yrs. of age, married 10 years at the time and had no children. Grand total received by Gunnstaks: $43,904.75! Gunnstaks had told me he would have my divorce final by 08/02/2017 and it was not final until 12/04/2017. There were also many other issues from August going forward. I was in shock the day of my court appearance and when I received my case docs, I found that Gunnstaks DID NOT HAVE ANY HANDWRITTEN NOTES from the first Mediation! I then wanted to settle and Gunnstaks told me "Rebecca, give me 2 days and I will have the cases!" He later told me he had them. 2nd Mediation, he did not have any cases pertaining to my issue. There are so many other issues; filling out the original Contract of Services in the wrong name, and filling out a single Limited Power of Attorney in 3 different names, Rebbecca, Walter and Watler and changing the date without my initials! He forwarded to me the wrong Divorce Decree to sign for the court, and he changed items on my Divorce Decree without my knowledge or consent and forwarded them to Opposing Counsel! The list does not stop here. Gunnstaks was to provide me with ALL OF MY ORIGINAL CASE DOCUMENTS and HIS HANDWRITTEN NOTES WERE WITHHELD! He would not forward them to me by Certified Mail, so I had to send a 2nd Courier to pick them up.Gunnstaks banned me from his office so I was not able to pick up my own documents and a Courier had to sign for them "blindly" not knowing what was or not being received etc. thus the second courier. I also had to hire another attorney to review and make corrections necessary to my final divorce decree.

This is what Gunnstaks wrote in a Certified Letter to me with a check for the balance of my IOLTA account after he took out "what he thought was fair and reasonable expenses" ($25,054.75): "It is my sincere hope that you will seek professional mental health care as I have only recently suggested, and I hope that you will faithfully follow any medication recommendations of your treating physician/psychiatrist, in order to avoid being foreseeably found to be a danger to yourself and/or to others by a Judge of a Probate (Mental Health) Court." I feel this is a threat.

Gunnstaks began claiming I was "delusional" and all of the above adjectives in August 2017 going forward. 
Why then, did he continue to invoice out over $25,000.00 to someone he claims is delusional and in need of psychiatric health care and why did he not withdraw from representation? 

I am currently reading the Rules for an IOLTA Trust Fund and Gunnstaks invoicing was disputed in August 2017.  If I am reading the "Rules" correctly, the $25K was to remain in the trust account until Disputed Issues were resolved.
In an earlier email from Gunnstaks when I told him his invoices and statements were in dispute, he replied that the disputed amount would remain in the IOLTA Trust Fund until the dispute was resolved.
I have an email from Gunnstaks dated 02/13/2018 that states:
"You will not be refunded any amounts"..." of money already spent!"