Reviews

I met Amanda through a mutual attorney friend a couple years back. She helped me through my highly contentious divorce and custody battle and I came through that with the most favorable outcome. I’d highly recommend Amanda to anyone who is going through any family law matters. In fact, I did recently recommend her to my own sister for help during her divorce. I’m super grateful for Amanda and her compassion and high level knowledge of the law during one of the hardest times of my life!

Amanda N. Sanchez ended up getting my case even though I didn't explicitly agree to work with her, when I signed on with Allysyn Overton. I indicated in our consultation that keeping fees low was a primary goal and Allysyn said she would ensure that happened. So, when I was unloaded onto Amanda after the attorney that Allysyn said I would be working with (who I was comfortable with) wasn't available, I wanted to introduce myself, my goals, and reiterate that I'd prefer not file unnecessary motions etc... and asked if she could advise the other party it might be in their best interest not to as well. I even thanked them for their transparency which is embarrassing now. Amanda emailed Allysyn and wrote "she is already complaining about the fees" - after my first email to her. What a disappointing way to talk about someone you're about to represent, immediately after retaining them. Allysyn responded "Just proceed as needed. She signed a retainer and I have emails where I tell her while yes we will be careful with your cost/benefit analysis, lawyers are expensive" Allysyn went out of her way to tell me that her team was not as expensive as others as they were cautious, that Amanda had a lower hourly rate, and that they would be extremely mindful given my situation. I was forwarded these emails by accident after I asked Allysyn about a line item that was $750 for text messages between her and Amanda. I asked if I could see them, and she sent me a barrage of emails I already had and other emails I was likely not meant to see. Another line item was $2000 for emails to assume the file from another lawyer when 1) I was told that lawyers typically do not charge to assume a file and 2) There was a dropbox link with all of my documents attached from the other firm which was quite organized. I ultimately saw the text messages and they were about Amanda's wedding. Amanda also would email me repeating questions she had already asked instead of just searching her email. All lawyers I have dealt with in the past have been succinct and mindful of correspondence. Despite my constant requests to keep things brief, there were needlessly long emails sent, meetings between them for who knows what. I have one email that Allysn accidentally sent me where Amanda says she has a call scheduled with me but doesn't know what to talk about. Amanda ended up abandoning my case after only working on it briefly. It seems irresponsible to take something on if you know you'll be leaving. Given the short amount of time she handled my case, I can't imagine she didn't know she was planning to leave. Amanda claims in her response that what I've written here is inaccurate but I have all her emails and text messages. She was very involved in my case.