Reviews

Mr Goodson and his staff will provide you with professional highly dedicated and very courteous services If you need a family law attorney sensitive to your needs Look no further and Hire these folks now!

Mr. Goodson and his paralegal staff at the Virga law firm represented my children and I in two separate complicated matters. Mr. Goodson was highly motivated to represent me and he was extremely professional and pleasant to work with as well as the rest of the staff. Both matters were resolved with the best possible results and i would recommend this law firm especially Michael Goodson to friends and family!

The Virga Law Firm was amazing. All the way from my lawyer Michael Goodson. My paralegal Angela. And even the receptionist Cindy the staff is accurate, kind,and are straight to the point and knows what’s best for you and how to serve you.

Michael and his office staff are truly out of this world when it came to my needs. They completely understand the issues that I had and was able to resolve them in a very timely manner. If I ever need these type of services again they will be my first go to.

Mr. Goodson was a God-send to our family for paternal custody. He knows the law, and know what works, and doesn't BS around. He may be young, but he is going to go far with his knowledge and attitude. I do have to comment that the Virga firm, itself, is slow with paperwork and correspondence, and at times we were flustered with the bureaucracy of it, but we would do it again if it means Mr. Goodson would represent us.

Caring, compassionate, competent

Highly recommend The Virga Law Firm. The staff is very friendly and Mr Goodson was very helpful throughout my case. I would definitely recommend anyone needing a family attorney to talk to them.

Somehow my review disappeared go figure. My review is from my experience with the Fort Walton Beach office and my attorney Mr. Goodson. He was unresponsive during the entire year and a half ordeal. He did not provide professional representation during my case and ultimately costed me thousands of dollars. He failed to respond to myself or opposing counsel in a timely manner which resulted in a continuance of my hearing. I eventually agreed to things just to end me getting taken by my ex, her attorney and Mr. Goodson. I felt like it was three against 1 during the entire process. I have been serving for over 26 years in the military and I highly recommend that everyone avoid this office especially any military members. Disclaimer Mr. Virga did give me money back due to Mr. Goodson’s lack of communication which costed me additional time and money.

If you have a straightforward, uncontested Dissolution that does not involve children, this firm may work for you. However, if your dissolution involves children, larger settlements, alimony, etc, is going to require extensive time, attention, communication, and responsiveness, then this is not the firm that you want representing you with so much at stake. I can only speak from experience, and my decision to hire this firm to represent myself and my children was a mistake that not only cost me thousands of dollars, but has impacted us secondary to what I consider negligible representation. It sounds pretty harsh for a review, however, I would hate for any woman/man to experience the same thing after placing their trust and the fate of their family’s future in the hands of this firm. Not only is the legal advice/knowledge lacking, you will find that emails/Cleo messages either are seriously delayed, or do not get answered. Phone calls are not returned, even when you call your attorney’s office to advise them that your children were not returned home on the bus and you need to know what you can do (called twice no return call on a Friday). Court documents aren’t filed in a timely manner, even though you as a client have turned them in 3-4 weeks previously. Correspondences from opposing counsel aren’t shared or responded to, causing issues in your case. I could go on, but my hope is that you understand what you would be signing up for. If you think this is an isolated case, I assure you it isn’t. The payment plan sounds affordable, right? Think about it though. You will get exactly what you pay for each month, no more. If your case starts to become complicated, they are going to lose money on you by spending all that time on you. I assure you, you won’t get that time that you need or want with your attorney; I was told I couldn’t have an appointment with him. Does that sound right? I ended up firing this firm and retained a new attorney in my case to salvage what she could. What became very apparent right away was that there was a lot of legal information that I was never advised of in regards to what I was entitled to, as well as what should have been going on all along in my case. It has cost me twice as much now to fix what this firm didn’t do right in the first place. This is my review and I hope each of you seriously think about it before you make a decision. My purpose isn’t to trash the firm, but rather to inform anyone that is looking for help with their dissolution and needs a good attorney. Please keep looking. Your family is worth it.

Honest, straightforward, and respectful of the needs of their clients. My experience with The Virga Law Firm is, that they are adept, and professional in their legal service. I am very pleased that I am blessed to have retained a firm with such high level of competence.