Reviews

I appreciate that Sean is working on gaining our trust back after our experience of hiring him & left feeling like what we set out to get done wasn’t able to. Updated: although we did not fully get the outcome we truly believe should have back when we hired him in 2012 with the situation and circumstances from Mr. Smallwood’s work on our case. He did reach out to provide the documents we had asked for to see where the funds went & although I still believe our representation should have ended with better & more results as he had called it a “slam dunk case” at the first meeting, I now believe his intentions and understanding has dramatically changed at the new reviews he has received.

Sean seemed like a great attorney when we hired him. Unfortunately we were extremely disappointed. He was representing my husband for timesharing and child support. On top of being extremely impossible to get a hold of, after 9 months he has done absolutely nothing for our case. His paralegal Leiya is awful. Too many times did I have to call multiple times over several weeks to get her to do anything she was supposed to. It took several months just to get her to request Financials from the other party and another several months to get a rough draft mediation agreement, which had nothing in it we had discussed for our side of the case. If you want an attorney who will sit back in mediation, not fight for you, never contact you or do what he says, and a horrible paralegal, then Sean is your guy. Otherwise, save your money and go elsewhere.

I spent years, unsuccessfully attempting to have my child support modified because of my eldest son's emancipation. By use of paralegal services. I was finally convinced that I needed a lawyer. Sean Smallwood offered me a good price for his services, considering that I had already done so much of the work myself. I hired Mr. Smallwood at the end of March 2015. Admittedly things didn't start very well. I didn't hear from his office for a couple months. It wasn't until I called at the end of June that we got things going. I waited a couple more months for a court date without any updates. Months passed and no court date. No one could figure out why we couldn't get a court date set up. After ten months of this I decided to call the governor's office. Then I started receiving calls from the DOR, telling me how they weren't going to review my case, with legal language I couldn't understand. After several calls from the DOR, giving me every excuse under the sun, I had to wonder, "Isn't my lawyer supposed to be handling these things"? But, Finally, a court date was set. At the end of May 2016, a year later! Well, now I finally got my modification! My son is now 23yrs old. Except for now, almost three months later, after my court hearing, even though I have the final judgement, the DOR has not adhered to it . I immediately called Sean's office. It's taken a long time to get answers and have the DOR to do the right thing. I took a look at Mr. Smallwood 's reviews and found out that they were having issues with their office personnel. Mr. Smallwood has spoken with me and has offered to continue to handle matters. We have a court date set up now for clarification. I hope and trust matters in the office have been resolved. Because of the consideration Sean has shown me, I do hope that his law office will be a success. I have edited my review to show all things as they have proceeded in my opinion.

Bad experience with this attorney. Hired this attorney back in 2012 for modification of custody. After three years, the attorney asked for more money even though nothing new had been accomplished in two years. Attorney ended up withdrawing from my case after I refused to give more money. Would never recommend this attorney. Please educate yourself on attorney's before hiring this man.

I had an appointment on Wednesday in Kissimmee at 430 went there and I was called and told they no longer work out of the office and the lawyer was in court in Tampa but they would call me back on Thursday and there it is Monday and I left a lot of messages and still nothing at all very mad and disopointed

Lack of professionalism from staff. We waited for almost a month to receive our contract ( ee called the office few time to let the know) and we never got it.Sean seems to be a good lawyer but to bad we never received our contract to do business.

Not a good attorney! Will make you pay all this great amount of money to end up removing himself from the case! Doesn't care about the client personally just after the money. Hands down not a good attorney to go to!

Have a Florida Bar Complaint substantiated against this attorney due to his awful representation of me. Unless you enjoy losing just about everything you worked for on a case, avoid this disaster waiting to happen. Absolutely ruined all work on my case. The FL Bar confirmed Sean Smallwood's work from my 2016 court case to be poor and penalized him for it. Avoid this attorney as he will ruin your efforts.

Extremely Satisfied Client. Sean represented my husband in his child support case. He was our first choice and we knew after hiring him and spending time with him he would be the best in our situation. From the minute you enter his offices in downtown Orlando till you enter the court room you feel a very relaxing and very comfortable atmosphere. Sean really took his time in explaining everything and making sure we understood all aspects of the case and how it was going and what could happen and what could not happen. We are extremely happy with the outcome of our case and lets just say : YAY!!!! Sean is an incredible attorney and a great person. He has a family sense of doing things, a brilliant mind and a great sense of humor. We highly recommend him and will be hiring him in the very very near future to fix a couple things on another case we have. PS.... He is extremely affordable too!!! We Thank you Sean and all your wonderful employees at Sean Smallwood Offices!!!

I went to see Sean after finally deciding to move forward with my divorce. I had already talked to another attorney who made me feel like I was just another appointment. From my first visit with Sean Smallwood I felt comfortable with him and could see that he really cared about my situation. From the start of my case until the end he was always there when I needed advice, and even today well after my case is over he has shown concern and compassion for me. He surely knows what to do from a legal point of view and that along with his caring touch on his cases I would recommend him to anyone. I consider Sean Smallwood not only my attorney but a friend.