Reviews

Let’s face it...... Divorce Attorneys are not your Momma or your Poppa. I was greeted and led into Diana's office sat down and offered something to drink. Just then, this little Firecracker walks in and "WOW". Her first words to me were "I'm The Wolf! (Pulp Fiction ref. The Fixer) “What can I do for you".... SOLD.... Diana is and has been a consummate professional as well as a very studied and prepared individual. Diana has been my Savior through this horrible time in my life. I couldn’t be happier with the results (considering). Want to get your issues resolve? Diana and her Team of professionals are your team to get the job done. Thank you Diana and Team…..

Diana has not only represented me but my fiancés case. My case was high conflict and 3 years of continual litigation. While some may go “OMG 3 years??? Be done now!” It isn’t how family court works. Diana got me the exact things I wanted and needed. And mostly protected and stood up for my son throughout it all. My fiancé used her to modify as well, which ended up being high conflict but a couple short months later he too got what he asked for and more. Diana is excellent at what she does, and I trust no one else but her. She is honest and up front and knows the court inside and out. She has represented a handful of friends of mine as well. I only refer people to her. Don’t believe the negative reviews.

Terrible lawyer. Makes a ton of promises after collecting a $6500 retainer. Told me I was guaranteed 50/50 and that my kids mom would be paying me child support. Did not get 50/50 and I am still paying child support. Don’t waste your money and find a better attorney.

Please consider why Diana might get ANY bad reviews! In case you can't figure it out, being really good at family law means that you will inevitably piss the other half of the equation off. And, since matters of the family are so emotional and near to the heart, there is going to be backlash. In fact, I'd be willing to predict that many of the bad reviews are from women who have lost to her in court... "hell hath no fury than a women scorned". Diana is an amazing lawyer who doesn't just seek to represent anyone for the sake of money. In fact, I have come to realize that while she does have a great number of wealthy clients, she values all of her clients the same. In fact, I would venture to say that since she has such a heart for matters of the family, and all things wholesome and true, she doesn't care to look at the $ behind each scenario. Instead, I believe she takes on cases that have the heart of morality; what's best for the family/children, most. And, this was certainly true with my case. I will keep it short in stating that after 18 years of what most thought to be a stellar marriage, mental illness crept in and created an absolute monster in my ex. wife. To exasperate the situation, she was/is in complete denial of the massive wake that she is leaving behind her. And, as such, she continually ratcheted up the attacks on me, my kids, my extended family, and our closest friends… I am talking dirty, unrivaled, conniving attempts to sabotage, demean, slander, demoralize, and emotionally exhaust anything that is good. In all the chaos and uncertainty, Diana was there. Yes, she was there for the family court process, the hearing, the litigation, and the filings, etc.; but, unlike most other lawyers, she was also there ethically and morally. She was not only capable in the matters of a nasty divorce that one cannot prepare for and that are unseen, but she was extraordinary in being able to assist in communicating these things to her client so that I could mentally, emotionally, and physically prepare for what was to come. Hearing how the process will transpire, what to expect, and even predicting what a crazy spouse will likely try next - these are the things that aid in Diana's invaluable resource as a family law lawyer. I cannot speak highly enough of the women, lawyer, communicator, and defender of morality/justice that Diana is, and I would recommend her to any of my closest friends and relatives. Thank you for all that you do/did Diana!

I retained Diana for a family matter. She is non responsive to phone, text and email communications, questions and more importantly taking actions. She does not follow through with what she said she was going to file and constantly gives excuses for not doing it. She is non responsive with opposing councel, which can be detrimental to your case and does not go well with the judge, which means that Negatively affects your legal matters. I hared another attorney to clean up the mess. Your valuable family matters MUST be in the hands of a reputable attorney! Please don't make our mistake of hiring this attorney!

This person created chaos for our family for years for our mother’s simple divorce that should have been take care of through ADR. Darth Rader was hired by our mother, who has cognitive issues. We though we were hiring someone to protect our mother but it turns out our mother was an easy target for what looks like elder legal abuse. Darth Rader thought it was a good idea to put our mother on the stand instead of doing what a good and honest lawyer would do, settle through ADR. She is super disorganized and had very little idea with what was going on with our mother’s case. She seems incapable of clear communication and avoids whenever confronted. She wants to seem tough but decided to quit one month before 4th or 5th “final” court date and when she found out I was driving across the country to figure out what the issue was with the inability to get a simple divorce finished. It seems to me that she hid from coming face to face with me. That says a lot about her lack of integrity. We were forced to hire another attorney and while interviewing attorneys, many shared that Darth Rader is dishonest and difficult and that “she’s in this for the money”. This is hearsay but I’m just repeating what we were told countless times. Also, there are many bar complaints against Darth Rader which get removed after a short period. Dealing with Darth Rader seemed like some sort of racket. Ask around and call the bar before deciding if you want to hire this person. There are many honest and kind attorneys out there so save yourself grief and do not hire any predatory type of attorney.

I hope the next person in my position reads these reviews before laying there stressful times, in the hands of Diana Rader. Expecting to get what was promised. After reading reviews I suddenly realized I am currently dealing with the same issues others have explained in their reviews. All True Personal Experiences! I have a handful of Custodial Interferences, currently forced to get a Order Of Protection against the other parent who has continued to violate the orders and harassing my employer and myself. Almost a year later I am still in the same position I was when I hired Diana Rader. After two weeks of hire, things I was told were going to happen. Never Happened! Things changed without being kept informed that they were changing tactics. My first hearing I was put with her assistant, he is no longer with her firm. Things were filed to the courts without being sent to me before filing. Leaving multiple messages at the office, you will not get return phone calls as promised. Emails I have kept track of, that were never answered. Questions on what was needed to help the case along. I was told things were filed that were never even filed. Waited 9 months for the evidentiary hearing, to have Diana claim we should wait lack of preparation for the evidence. Now with a month left I am forced to hire a new attorney to do things that should have been done way before it escalated this far. Her cell number she gives out has vm that is full and unable to leave messages. I have been told she will call back, never happens. Scheduled appointments that are constantly reschedule or times changed. I just about gave up before talking to several other attorneys about my position, firms asking why nothing has been done on the contempt, or why the hearing was continued. Last PD officer that came out to do a Custodial Interference made the same comment as the other law firms did. Why it has been allowed to continue with reading the court orders, and the extent to build up what I had laid out for her at the time of the report. Waisted time and money to still be in a horrible situation dealing with my situation. With all things said, almost seems like Diana is helping the other parent slide by while I am being told I should just do what mom wants until our hearing is rescheduled. I’m done being told broken promises. Hope this helps the next guy who is in my position dealing with the other parent getting away with everything but what’s in the orders.

I retained Diana Rader and her office to handle a family law matter. In my initial consultation, Diana was on time and appeared competent and I decided to pay her a retainer of several thousand Dollars. Frankly, that was the last time Diana was either competent, professional or responsive. As a former attorney, I found her performance to be completely unacceptable for the following reasons: -She rarely, if ever, responded to my emails or telephone calls -In speaking with her about case strategy or discovery, I needed to suggest what needed to be done next because it was very apparent that Diana had done little or no review of my file. In turn, I was forced to prepare all discovery requests and responses. In sending my response to opposing counsel, Diana failed to submit a response signed by me which, along with Diana’s non-responsiveness, violated Arizona Family Law Rules and caused opposing counsel to request a deposition, further adding legal expenses to both sides. I took the deposition of the opposing party and had defended my own deposition. -Even though I asked her to represent me, Diana tasked an inexperienced first-year associate with handling my case. Even though I requested that associate to be removed from the case after several glaring mistakes, she refused. Diana appeared to do next to nothing in this case. To the contrary, she constantly missed deadlines for the filing of discovery responses which resulted in an order for the payment of legal fees to be entered against me. -Even though Diana was contacted by counsel to discuss settlement, Diana failed to adequately convey opposing counsel’s willingness to settle the matter. It should be noted that the case settled shortly after Diana effectively withdrew from the case. -To add insult to injury, despite the fact that Diana had done very little substantive work and required me to prepare the substance of all discovery requests, discovery responses and all essential case strategy, she requested payment of additional legal fees in excess of $3000 approximately one week before trial even though she knew I had no money and I needed her for the trial. When I told her I could not pay the legal fees at this time but would be willing to pay them later, Diana immediately filed a Motion to Withdraw as Counsel less than 5 days prior to trial. Thankfully, opposing counsel was extremely professional and we were able to settle the case on the eve of trial. It was clear that a settlement could have been reached much sooner but for Diana’s lack of responsiveness to opposing counsel’s attempt to reach her. In my professional opinion as an attorney, I believe that Diana Rader should be avoided at all costs. In my career as an attorney, I have never encountered a more incompetent and unresponsive attorney. If you do not believe me, please contact me. I also believe that if I had not been an attorney who understood that she was mishandling this matter, this case would have ended very badly for me.

Diana Rader saved my life. She destroyed my loser husband who was trying to take my kids and leave me broke when other lawyers told me I didn’t have a chance. The judge who we went in front of told me I was lucky to find her and that she was one of the best. I will bet any amount of money that my loser ex husband posted an anonymous negative review here because Diana absolutely destroyed him.

I hired this woman at a very stressful and traumatic time, which is probably the worst time to hire anyone! She convinced me she was what i needed, so i fired my other lawyer and went with her. Immediately, things did not happen the way she said. She said she would take care of letting my other lawyer know that she was now my new counsel - she DID NOT. In fact, my other lawyer called me to see how I was doing, and had no idea I actually hired another lawyer. That was an awkward conversation I had to have and one I was not prepared for. Next, she said she would have a document written by the end of the week and it would get filed with the court. She DID NOT do this until the day before our court date, giving me no time to review what she wrote. The document she wrote contained inaccurate information and statements that I was not comfortable with, but I couldn't do anything about it because it was already filed with the court. My next complaint is that I never, not once, got a call returned, or an email returned. Her assistants never called me back either. I have filed a complaint with the Bar because of her unethical behavior. After I fired her, it took nearly a month to get money back and I never received the copy of my service fee agreement as I requested. Basically, I got nothing but false promises and a lighter pocketbook from her. She's definitely a "Boutique" lawfirm.

Diana has been my lawyer for 9 years. She has faithfully represented me through several shenanigans that my ex-wife has attempted to pull throughout my son’s life and every step of the way Diana has been there to make sure I get the visitation I am supposed to have. My ex-wife is on her fourth lawyer now, but I have only ever needed Diana as she is smart, determined, capable and has been fiercely loyal to me and the best interests of my son.

I hired Diana to help me extend child support for my daughter, and in my opinion, Diana did not meet basic expectations of communication and expertise while she represented me. I hired a different lawyer to fix her mistake and advise me. Based on my own experiences with her, I would not recommend Diana to anyone.