Reviews

Absolutely horrible to work with! I wouldn't recommend her to anyone! Charged me $10,000 for a simple fill in the blank protective order document that was only supposed to take just a couple hours to fill out. She filed this document with false information despite me asking her to fix the mistakes. She was belittling and bullying to me throughout the couple weeks I tried to use her. It was so bad that I told her that I was thinking of using someone else for my divorce, and she got upset and dropped me for the protective order case which I had a hearing for just a couple weeks later. I had to quickly try to scramble to find a new lawyer and ultimately lost my protective order after having to spend even more money to try to get a new lawyer up to speed and to try to fix her many mistakes. Absolutely a nightmare of an experience! Do NOT use her!

If you're at the beginning of your divorce process you're probably a little scared and looking for someone who can give you advice and who you can trust. At first Emily seemed like she was exactly that and during my free consultation with her she came across as someone who would fight for me and protect me. I hired her thinking she was a high powered attorney that would get the job done, but in the end all she ended up being for me was a high priced attorney who cared more about getting paid than protecting my best interests. With only an 18 month marriage and a full pre-nup in place I should have had a slam dunk case, but Emily consistently dropped the ball and got caught off guard by my ex-wife's pro-bono freshman lawyer's antics and it cost me dearly. Emily's response to me everytime I'd get screwed was "well it could be worse" and she'd quote some other case she was working on that was a lot costlier. I never felt like she was in control or knew what she was doing, her communication was spotty, and she was constantly charging me to fix her blunders. Ultimately I felt like she didn't really care about me as a client and had more important things to worry about. With that said, I gave her a couple of stars because I guess she could have been worse.

Emily strongly represented my interests and the interests of my minor child and even, ultimately, those of my young adult children. She listened to my goals, worked in accord with my ambitious timeline to dissolve the marriage and applied both her legal skills and social perceptiveness to critically examine the unique circumstances and identify weak spots in legal strategies. While no one could fully anticipate what the other side would do, Emily’s impeccable judgement, focus and professionalism reinforced my bargaining position and delivered a swift settlement that was better than expected.

Emily Smoak and her team were there for us when we needed her most. She was able to represent our family's best interest and negotiated a settlement that was far better than originally proposed. Regular communication and consultations were very much appreciated. Working with her calmed our fears during a most difficult time.

After an emergent situation with my teen daughter, I was feeling completely helpless. I had called for help from police to court offices and others just to be discouraged. I called Emily Smoak's office and spoke to Conor Murphy. He listened, was patient, very encouraging and helpful without money being the first words he spoke. I felt truly understood, and immensely reassured. He was able to answer some basic questions, clarifying how I could go about addressing the issues and how the law office could assist should I need it. I cannot tell you how unique, kind and memorable this experience was, and will look no further for any of my law needs. Excellent!

Last year I went through a very messy and emotional divorce. I don't know how I would've navigated it without Emily. She is very knowledgeable and got back to me in a timely matter with any issue that came up. She is fair and gives reasonable advise. Having Emily on my side gave me the confidence and strength to make it through.

I went through a divorce and it was nasty on his part and Emily helped me through the whole thing calmly and very professionally! She knows what she’s doing and you can tell she loves what she does! She’s incredibly smart and very protective and professional! She helped me get through a nasty divorce quickly and helped me get custody of my daughter! She knew what the focus was(getting my daughter) and she helped me get there! I highly recommend Emily Smoak and I will always refer others to her for divorce and custody!

As hard as divorce is Emily was always there to answer my questions and a pleasure to work with . She was always available to answer my questions quickly and competently. I would highly recommend her to assist you in a most unpleasant legal matter. What I found is that you need someone that you can communicate with clearly and that listens to your needs. Emily did both 100% for me.

Emily, was my attorney during an emotionally charged divorce and custody battle. The advice and representation was personally tailored and she handled the courtroom like a professional. Although it was a difficult time, the outcome was positive due to the work Emily put into it. I have recommended her to several close friends based on the quality experience I had.

Ms. Smoak is a very smart and capable attorney. Ms. Smoak has represented friends of mine. In each case she was very responsive, meticulous in her preparation, and very successful. Ms. Smoak is a very good attorney who I highly recommend.

Emily has been my attorney for the last 12 years. I don't think either one of us thought my divorce would be the treacherous and vindictive struggle that it was. Who knew that in 12 years I would be in court 3 different times for a single divorce. Through Emily's thoughtful and common sense counsel, with what could have been an absolute horrific experience, my case was resolved with very positive outcome each time, one of the times I was even awarded significant attorney fees. Emily is always one to take the high road, encouraging those around her to do the same. I will always be grateful to Emily for her wisdom, experience and especially her ability to empathize, most people can't or won't do this.

Family law can be painful when you are sad and your life is crumbling around you. But, I was fortunate enough to meet an exceptional human being who took my part and fought the battle for me, Emily Broadhead Smoak. Now, she was an exceptional attorney, calm, poised and very knowledgeable, and we had a stunning victory over injustice that was a complete legal knockout (I have had very few of those in my life). But that part wasn't the part that moved me. Prior to our moment in court, we sat through about 20 minutes of a rather acrimonious divorce where a man and woman who were once in love spewed poison at one another. I heard Emily very low but quite clearly say to herself "I don't think my husband could do anything that would cause me to divorce him like this". Stunned, I sat still for a moment. And asked, Nothing? and this part I am less clear on but it went something like this..."after sitting through these cases and seeing the pain I just couldn't do it'. That impressed me...deeply. Here I had the legal equivalent of a Great White and she was a believer in marriage and commitment and didn't thrive on the seedy side of the business. She was a friend to me when I needed it, a calm voice in a storm and a great human being. And just in case you were wondering, Justice and Emily prevailed