Reviews

I spoke to Stuart after speaking to two other law firms and I knew he was the right choice. His knowledge of family law and no B.S. attitude is what I was looking for. Stuart communicated with me very well and put me at ease with the whole legal process. No question was to small or unimportant for him not to take the time to answer. His staff was very friendly as well and kept me informed with court dates and proceedings. They also made you feel that your case was important to them and they had your best interest at heart. Peterson Law is a firm I would recommend.

This guy knows his stuff! I highly recommend Stuart Peterson for all your family legal matters!

Stuart is caring, honest and attentive. Stuart has helped me and my family with child custody, parenting time and child support. He is personable, professional and trustworthy. Thankful for his helpfulness and service in our times of need.

Thank you Stuart Petersons you are amazing!!

I have worked with Stuart twice. The first was pre covid 2018, the second was post covid 2021/2022. Pre covid I found Stuart to be on top of everything and easy to reached. Post covid there was times that it was hard to reach him and a lack of communication. When I brought up my difficulties in reaching him he advised he was having issues with staffing due to covid issues. I was disappointed but I understood the difficulties he was going through. When we went to court Stuart was on top of everything, he knew my case and exhibits well. I was overall pleased with the outcome of my cases. I found Stuart’s pricing very affordable and I appreciated his flat rates. All of our scheduled meeting Stuart was knowledgeable of my case, gave great instruction on what was needed and answered all my question. I know some other reviewers stated you get what you pay for, I feel you get what you put in. I put in many hours building my case with Stuart, he provided great legal guidance, knew how to present my case in the best light, knew how to talk to the judge and fight the opposing attorney. I have recommended Stuart to my friends struggling with family legal issues.

Where do I start? Stuart was referred to me on a recommendation from a good friend and it has been one of the BEST decisions I have ever made. I went through a divorce with a woman that I was married to for only a few months and we share a son together. my previous lawyer was so ineffective, slow and COSTLY that I had to drop him after our divorce ruling. This particular lawyer cost me 10s of thousands of dollars! For a marriage of only a few months! Our divorce ruling was so lopsided because this lawyer couldn’t defend me against her blatant lies in trial. I think he may even had fallen asleep during trial. I was devastated. Then Stuart Peterson shows up and all is right again! Stuart took on my case and immediately went to work. My ex was initially trying to file for emergency custody of our son based on lies she was willing to testify in court on and Stuart had that motion thrown out immediately. He defended me and saw through her attempts to extort me out of more money through more child support payments. Had that motion thrown out. He had the judge reduce my child support payments to what it should be saving me a couple thousand dollars a month. She then filed another motion for more money, Stuart fought for me and those were thrown out. She wouldn’t meet me at the court order exchange location for our son and Stuart fought to get that location set and we won that. Ever since taking me on as a client we have prevailed over 5 times. It is so refreshing to hear my ex wife get shut down as she tries to lie during testimony. The judges aren’t buying it anymore. It is because of Mr. Peterson. Stuart is a realist and honest. He listens and cares. He’ll tell you the truth and shoots it straight. He knows the evil that some people can do to keep their children out of the other parents life and he fights for what is right! I wish I knew of Stuart from the get go. There are lawyers out there and then there are solid people like Stuart that take your case seriously and help you fight for what is fair and right. I wouldn’t consider Stuart my attorney, I would consider him a friend. Please take it from me, let Stuart help you fight for what’s right. You won’t regret it.

Stuart has been representing me in family court for several years now. He knows the case history and even calls my kids by their nicknames. He has been through several ups and downs with me as the challenges of my specific situation tend to come with a lot of headache. Working with Stuart, I’m able to breathe easy knowing I don’t have to haul in paperwork, worry about serving my ex husband and file motions or responses on time. Stuart and his team are responsive and professional. I can’t say enough good about him. Family court is an emotion-driven field. Stuart is able to acknowledge the hardship that comes with family court issues while still maintaining a focus on the facts and what the court needs to be able to make a resolution. If I could give Stuart 10 stars I would. I can’t say it enough, he doesn’t advocate specifically for me, he advocates for what’s best for my kids and never fails to show that they are at the forefront of all of the work he does.

Stuart was very knowledgeable and answered all my questions, he stayed on top of my case and got back to me when ever I felt I needed an answer. I highly recommend Stuart and the lawyer firm.

I would not recommend Stuart under any conditions. Yes, he is much more affordable than most attorneys, but I found out the hard way that you will lose more money using him than you would paying for a good attorney. He will not give the time of day or effort to fight for you, nor will he be easy to reach and communicate with. He has been very sloppy throughout my whole divorce and I have had to constantly correct his mistakes. The most recent one was where he sent me a consent decree with someone else’s name on it - clearly it was copy + pasted. Unfortunately I did not catch in this copy + pasted consent decree that a term for a house sale was different than what we discussed on the phone, and it cost me thousands of dollars. He showed no remorse for his mistake and threatened to drop me as a client when I pointed this out and told him I was upset. I felt cornered and helpless - not the feeling you want when someone is supposed to be fighting for you. That mistake was one of many that he made, but take into consideration this: he is cheaper, but you get what you pay for. His sloppiness and carelessness will most certainly cost you in the end. Please do yourself a favor and hire any other attorney and spend the extra money to do so. It will save you so much grief down the road.

Be careful. Gave him $500 to begin divorce, and no follow through, despite my reach outs. Completely ghosted me. Loss of money hurts, but not worth retaining another attorney to get the money back.

Thank you so much for all your help! I highly recommend The Peterson Law Firm.

Stuart started out great I thought he was a great attorney who worked very hard. After a few weeks/months he started missing appointments with me, ignoring messages and phone calls. We finally went to court and won but the case wasn’t over Stuart kept telling me he was working on the case still and will help me as much as possible. After a few months without hearing from him he finally got back to me about my case and told me he would file a motion for it. After a month I asked for an update on the motion and he said he hasn’t heard anything back about it but later that day sent me a motion to sign (so he never filed it before since I didn’t sign anything before). After he sent the motion in to be filed I called he dozens of times and never heard back from him. Today, I finally had the finances to get a new lawyer and they told me he never filed any motions so to the court it looks as if I haven’t been trying to get custody of my son. You obviously know what you’re doing as a lawyer but you can’t just drop out of a case with no word whenever you feel like it. I really hope you work on this for your future clients.