Reviews

Mrs.Helwig was the BIA for my younger sister about 2-3 years ago throughout the ongoing case for custodial modification between my father and his ex-wife. When I met with Mrs.Helwig, she was very friendly, and even more, she was very compassionate to the situation and my sister. When she met with my family, she showed real interest in getting to know each individual member, and asked questions that revolved around the stability of our household and my sister. She never once brought up the opposing party, or her opinion on that side of the case. She was not biased at all, and only had interest in what was important - my sister. Rather than engaging in friendly, meaningless conversation, she got down to the nitty gritty, and did her job. When the case turned out in my father's favor, his ex-wife was very spiteful and blamed Mrs.Helwig, calling her "unprofessional and biased". However, that is not truthful, and quite frankly she acted out as a "sore loser". As someone who was not directly involved in the case, but as a mere outsider who has been in both homes, I can honestly say that Mrs.Helwig did her job, and she did it well. PSA to those who write bad reviews because the case did not turn out in their favor: find something better to do with your time!!!

Over 2 years ago my husband and I received full guardianship of our nephew from his mother who has severe mental health and drug addiction problems; 6 moths ago his mother filed to terminate the guardianship with the courts. Needless to say my husband and I where both scared and knew we needed a good attorney to represent us and help us protect the best interest of our nephew. Finding Nina was such a blessing. I knew from the moment we spoke she was the attorney for us. I felt like I had known her for years and I had never met her before. Nina was able to have the motion to terminate dismissed two times (the mother filed a 2nd time after 1st dismissal). It is rare to find an lawyer who truly cares about their clients and the law. Nina exudes professionalism and compassion for the case and her clients. I could spend an entire day writing out how much I love Nina and what a gifted Attorney she is, but there is not enough space her to do that. Finding people like Nina in such a cruel, selfish and greedy world is rare. I believe that things happen for a reason and that people are placed in our lives for a purpose. Nina has changed my view on our legal system by showing me there are still great Lawyers out there who actually are in it because they care about the law and about the people. There are not enough stars in the world for me to give Nina. She is and will always be the #1 lawyer and in my personal opinion should receive an award for her dedication and compassion to the law and her clients. If you need a family law attorney do not pass up the opportunity to have Maryland's Best attorney represent you. Contact Nina Today and see for yourself :)

I found Nina Helwig to be an articulate and considerate best interest attorney for my children. Despite the outcome of my custody trial, I believe my children’s best interest were first and foremost in Nina’s delivery to the court. Her findings and recommendations were impartial, and she drew her conclusions based on facts ascertained during her numerous interviews of myself and the other parent, school officials, and other parties who are actively involved with my children’s day-to-day. Despite not gaining custody as I had desired, I believe Nina did an excellent job and really believe she is an advocate for the child (children), and is not a representative for either parent’s interest.

Nina was a blessing to us during my custody battle in America in 2011. Nina was recommended by the court as Best Interest Attorney to my two children and rescued the children from their violent father and his unaccommodating wife. Nina came on board at the dying moments of the case, when I had almost lost hope and was about to head back to England, without my two children. She came and changed all that for the children and myself with her incredible work. Nina was quite thorough with the way she handled the case. She quickly made things go easier than we had anticipated with her thoughtful guidance and experience and this was truly appreciated. Beyond legal advice, she showed great care as a human being, listened to the children, took them out for lunch and became a friend to them. A friend they could trust and speak to, as they were so fearful to speak to dad and his wife who forbade them from speaking to anyone else, including myself, their mother. Nina, you were a blessing and joy to work with and I can’t imagine what we would have done without your recommendations and presentation in the Child Custody case. Nina, I want to thank you again for doing a great job representing my children. We’re so grateful to you and look where we are now – we’re on the other side! I feel like I have gotten to know you fairly well; as have my children. It has been emotionally stressful for all of us, but we have remained strong. You were incredibly supportive and now, it is unto another stage of our lives; a much more positive one. Thank you so much, again!

Mrs. Helwig did an outstanding job in our guardianship case and I would highly recommend her to anyone needing her services. Custodial/Guardianship cases are never easy for either party no matter the circumstances they are almost always an emotional rollercoaster and it was nice to have someone we could trust and that really cared about the case to work with. We had a very complicated case that did not have much if any case law to go off of and she did an excellent job doing research to make sure her filings were correct for our case. Mrs. Helwig kept us very well informed throughout the entirety of the case and when we had questions (which we had a lot of) she was always quick to respond with an answer. Mrs. Helwig made sure to gather all the information pertaining to this case and speak with all parties involved, the children’s BIA, Counselors, Psychologist, opposing counsel, previous courts, etc. and she went over all the previous rulings and pleadings on this case. We could not of had better representation for our case.

Attorney Nina Helwig is a most professional, personable, empathetic Attorney and one who operates with the highest integrity and always in the children's best interest. She has worked tirelessly in a most challenging guardianship case for us and has made it her mission to steadfastly keep us informed, explain what needed explaining and at all times, has worked alongside the BIA in order to achieve the right result for the children involved. Nina has an amazing ability to put the human and warm side into her work, whilst always making sure she covers all aspects of what needs attending to in the difficult scenario of guardianship cases. Nina was recommended to us bya School Counsellor and we now know why that is...she's fantastic and a rare breed of Attorney....we could never have got through all we did in the success of our case without Nina's special blend of professionalism, care and empathy. We highly recommend Nina to anyone looking for a successful and dedicated Attorney. We wrote an earlier Review but accidentally didn't complete the star rating the way we should have - to show EXCELLENT so I'm hoping this will be more correct. Thanks Debbie

When I was thrown into a custody case Ms. Helwig, I had no idea what to do. My ex was refusing to let me see my daughters and was making up stories about me that were not true. Ms. Helwig was appointed as the best interest attorney for my daughters, and she saved the day. She contacted all of my daughters principals and teachers, school counselors, their therapists, and neighbors. She really got to the bottom of the situation and showed that I was a good father. Now I have complete visitation with my daughters!

Ms. Helwig did an excellent job as the court appointed Best Interest Attorney to represent my 9 year old daughter last year. She did an incredibly thorough job, interviewing over 20 witnesses from both sides, reviewing all of my daughter's school records, and speaking with her therapist, teachers, and friends of mine and my ex-wife. She also made my young daughter feel very comfortable when she met with her several times at both residences to discuss her wishes and desires. My attorney told me that she was a fantastic BIA and he was correct. She was in frequent contact with my attorney as well as my ex-wife's attorney, and gave a long detailed oral report to both counsel that led to my ex-wife and I settling the case and saving a lot of money in unnecessary legal fees. The two negative reviews below seem to be written by two parents who were more focused on their own interests rather than on the best interest of their minor child.