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12 Mar, 2018 by Bob
We met with Ms. MacLachlan to identify the legal steps to evict an individual that refused to leave our property. She took the time to explain in detail what was required- she explained our rights and the tenant's. She formulated a notification to the tenant and ensured it was sent and recorded in a timely manner. The notification was effective and we were able to resolve the issue. Ms. MacLachlan was very professional and responded to our request quickly and efficiently. We would not hesitate to use her services in the future.
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09 Mar, 2018 by John
I hired this attorney, paid her requested fee in TOTAL at first meeting, $1000 Dollars!. I was told it would be a one-time flat fee and so states our contract. I did not get the professional representation she promised and after pressing for results she proceeded to drop her representation of my case with the court. She never took a written note at any of our several meetings in person in her office. I had to hire another competent attorney who handled my divorce the correct way and in a timely manner! Near the end of our relationship she asked me for more money. I have documentation.
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11 Aug, 2016 by Lori
Attorney MacLachlan is my attorney and got my money from divorce settlement from several years ago. She did the necessary paperwork and got payments started for me. She really cares about serving her clients. I would highly recommend her to anyone
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11 Oct, 2024 by Anonymous
Bad experienced with this lawyer.
Not recommend it to friends and neighbors.
No tricks for the business please...
Thank U
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16 Oct, 2023 by Leslie edwards
Ms. Banks was my attorney starting in January 2011 and represented me for several years from that point, through more than one custody battle. My case was extremely complicated and convoluted. Page definitely did her homework and took all the extra steps to fight my case. She even came in and watched some public cases that could have affected my case, in order to be fully prepared to fight for me. It was a long, hard battle, but we came out on top in the end, and Page played a vital role in that. I 10/10 recommend her as an attorney.
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12 Oct, 2023 by Anonymous
Did not tell me i was divorced until after i had used medical insurance, resulting in a large bill not being covered. Sent property division paperwork to the wrong branch of the military.
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14 Apr, 2024 by Michael nichols
Emerson is great.
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07 Mar, 2024 by Ashley landers
06 Mar, 2024 by Amanda bentley (mandy)
12 Sep, 2023 by Andrew segal
Honest and fair.
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15 Jul, 2021 by Rita campbell
20 Apr, 2021 by Brad arnette
12 Sep, 2023 by Andrew segal
Honest and fair.
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15 Jul, 2021 by Rita campbell
20 Apr, 2021 by Brad arnette
12 Sep, 2023 by Andrew segal
Honest and fair.
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15 Jul, 2021 by Rita campbell
20 Apr, 2021 by Brad arnette
12 Sep, 2023 by Andrew segal
Honest and fair.
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15 Jul, 2021 by Rita campbell
20 Apr, 2021 by Brad arnette
12 Sep, 2023 by Andrew segal
Honest and fair.
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15 Jul, 2021 by Rita campbell
20 Apr, 2021 by Brad arnette
20 May, 2022 by Anonymous
She never let him know what was going on. He even showed up at court because he was not notified it was canceled. He missed a day of work and she apologized but she was expensive and he would've been better of with a cheap lawyer that took time to explain and cared about their client. I don't recommend her.
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10 Apr, 2019 by Paul
Going through a very tumultuous and contested divorce, I had to fire two previous counsels because they were not listening and acting upon my demands. With less than 2 months before mediation and trial, Ms. Alexander worked tirelessly to ensure she was very familiar with my case and had to play "catch-up" because my previous counsel did not submit crucial documents in a timely manner nor provided the due-diligence and technical expertise that I was paying for. Without a doubt, anyone going through a contested divorce needs Ms. Amy Alexander's methodical and technical approach to resolve their divorce. When I met Ms. Alexander, I referenced my scenario as "we're in the 4th quarter with 2 minutes left and I need a miracle". She delivered!!! This isn't a bunch of hyperbole, she literally save me thousands of dollars in alimony and child support. Finally, she is one hell-of a meditator who knows the law.
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23 Oct, 2015 by Anonymous
Attorney Amy N. Alexander helped us with our private adoption of our daughter. She was thorough, and kind and has the best intentions of everyone she works with. She works well in the legal system and well with Child Services in Huntsville, Alabama and knows her stuff.
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25 Aug, 2023 by Anonymous
She was rude, unprofessional, and practiced poor ethics. She has a bad attitude, and seems very entitled does not follow directions also does not have a good demeanor with most family court judges in Madison County. She works for one of the big name on the door guys but that still doesn’t guarantee the quality of her work.
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12 Aug, 2021 by Teresa
I naively went to Amanda Canupp for my divorce (2017). I told her about the abuse I suffered. Physical, emotional, and mental abuse. I've come to learn, after firing her for later services (2021) that all she did was put my case in a que/ on a conveyer belt without dedicating any personal focus or attention to my case or custody scheduling. I've come to learn that my ex should not have 50/50 custody with me, and because the case settled, there is nothing I can currently do. It should have been done right the first time.
Four years later, I need the help of my attorney to file a contempt charge. Not only does she ignore my requests, but my ex-husband filed one, because Amanda blatantly ignored my request, I was not able to file my counter in time. She WASTED hours and weeks and money. I would call and/or email and receive no response for over one week, multiple times, during a time I was in great need and paying for her services. This happened on many occasions. Her excuse when I got her on the phone was that I was not at the head of her cue, and she assured me that when my case came up, I would be the priority. This is non-sense, and her lack of dedication and delays caused me to incur more expenses and I was not able to take the actions I was paying for her to assist me with. I fired her, humorously enough, she emailed me back within 30 minutes, and 'told' me we would "discuss it tomorrow", as if I were a child. I did call the next day, and gave my complaints. We talked for about 45 minutes, not at my request. Guess what.... she charged me for that phone call to. She works under a respected name in Huntsville, AL, which is why I hired her, but she is not a advocate for her client. The money I invested in her services for my contempt $6,500 (in 2021), was money wasted, but was still obligated to payed. I went on to another attorney, and my case was resolved with LESS cost and a positive affect. If I had stayed with Canupp, I would have been out $12,000 and a negative final impact to my case. I am certain. Lanier Ford should reimburse the $6,500 I paid this firm for my contempt case, but if I called, i'm sure they'd charge me for that too. I am a single mother, educated, was going through difficulties in my life and received no respect from this attorney.
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01 Nov, 2019 by Steve
Amanda picked up my case when my prior lawyer abruptly closed. She reviewed and revised my filing including pleadings and QDRO. She made improvements and resolved all of my concerns in same business week. Her charges were minimal and her services were outstanding. Had I started with Amanda, I likely could have closed my case in half the time at half the cost.
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31 May, 2024 by Chris
I generally appreciate how they handled the case itself. They helped me to understand what was important and make sure we did what was necessary.
That being said, towards the end of the case, they asked for an additional retainer which I paid with the trust that any unused retainer would be refunded. I ended up negotiating an early end to the case, which brought it to a close sooner than expected.
After the case closed out I patiently waited for the judge's orders and final executed agreement and it wasn't until I contacted them twice that I was finally given these documents. They told me that their email server had crashed, though apparently they made no effort to verify that necessary communications had gone through.
Once I told them I wanted to close out the case and get my final itemized billing statement it became very difficult to reach them. I had to contact Legal Shield just to get Mr. Campbell to answer.
He eventually sent me a statement with many obvious overbillings, such as:
* an erroneous process server fee (which he admits)
* billing for a subpoena for a court appearance Mr. Campbell missed (which had to be rescheduled, everyone else was there but him)
* billing for me to go back and forth with them to obtain the end of case documents they never sent me
Mr. Campbell said he would review the statement and make any corrections then get back to me. However, since this response from him I haven't heard back from him and it is clear that he is not interested in providing fair and accurate accounting.
I'm not sure what's going on, if he's just busy or if he really doesn't care and thinks it's beneath him to be accountable to his client who's paid him thousands of dollars for representation. Whatever it is, it's unacceptable and he should be ashamed of himself.
I placed my trust in him and was not treated like a valued client in the end. Keep that in mind when you think of letting him hold onto your retainer. You may not get it back and he may not care to be transparently accountable about how it was spent.
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20 Feb, 2024 by Anonymous
Hired John to take on a claim I had against a car insurance company that was incredibly difficult to deal with in settling this matter. The Insurance company's client rear-ended me, sent me to the hospital and I had lasting injuries afterwards. John immediately took the case and spent nearly a year arguing with the insurance company. In the end, he got a huge settlement for me!! Amazing attorney!
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26 Apr, 2019 by Anonymous
I hired him there was no communication and had me pay extra to refile in the same courtroom on the same case that he told me he would file elsewhere never asked me what I wanted in the matter basically just showed up and went with it
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10 Mar, 2017 by Anita
He was AWESOME!!! My daughter hired him to get custody of her son. He was very dedicated and informative of what was going on and what need to be done next. He helped us understand the paper work that he was doing. With all his hard work my daughter got what she was asking for in court. He was to this family a God sent! I recommend him to anyone who needs his service.
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15 Feb, 2014 by Laura
I hired Mr. Hess over the phone to represent me in a custody case that my ex had unexpectedly filed. (I was living out of state at the time.) My initial meetings with him went well and I trusted that he would do a good job defending me at the pendente lite hearing. This was my first experience in a courtroom setting and I was largely ignorant of the rules governing testimony, particularly as hearsay is concerned. Apparently Mr. Hess was ignorant also as he failed to object to much hearsay given by the other side. He also allowed a lot of irrelevant testimony into the record without objection. I lost custody at the hearing and I firmly believe that his poor representation had a lot to do with it. He's a nice guy but was extraordinarily careless with the most important thing in my life. I hired a different lawyer to represent me at the final hearing but unfortunately the damage had already been done. I am still trying to dig out of the hole created at that hearing over 10 years down the line.
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06 Apr, 2023 by Anonymous
She saw me after only cancelling 4 times. When we did meet it was as if she was rushing me out. She charged a pretty big amount in my opinion for only seeing em once never returning my phone calls or emails and only saying one thing in court for me. I would choose another lawyer.
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21 Feb, 2021 by Renea
JoLayne is not only through, knowledge but professional . She returns calls even after hours and on weekends. I don’t know what I would of done without her. I’m using her now for a separate issue. I’ve referred her to several other friends and they all have found the same to be true. Thank you JoLayne for being so awesome!
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30 May, 2018 by Anonymous
While representing me, she filed to return all my phone calls nor did she provide timely helpful advice.
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12 Dec, 2023 by Anonymous
Bruce Gardner just showed up as a trial lawyer for his client intentionally ineffective to secure a conviction for the government !! Never discussed or prepared a defense for his client and representation insufficient compared to competent representation of a BarCard attorney .
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06 Nov, 2023 by Anonymous
“This statute, it just, you know, Alabama, let’s just face it, it wants to make it easy to put people to death, and they’ve sure succeeded.”
Bruce Gardner defending a cop killer. Guess it was too easy for your client to kill a cop because it’s easy to do in Alabama, but you weren’t concerned about that were you?
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23 Nov, 2017 by Anonymous
Did literally nothing except tell me to have faith in him so I wouldn't fire him
Then he quit when it was time for trial
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10 Oct, 2023 by Anonymous
If I could give her zero stars, I would. Was not educated enough to represent my case so I switched lawyers, nickel and dimed me for every cent to practically do nothing at all for the same amount that my new lawyer charged to finish up the entire case and do all the work. Spoke over me, did not follow through with what I told her I wanted to do, did not believe in me or my case, and had to be told what do by me asking my a friend of mine who is a lawyer. Do not hire.
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22 Mar, 2019 by Anonymous
This lawyer was friendly at first but after we hired her she was rude, could not keep up with facts and would all but call you a liar when she remembered facts wrong. She does not like you to ask questions and doesn't explain
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