Reviews

Maryse Allen represented me for a month in a divorce. She has charged me over $8,000 and did not produce any of the paperwork necessary for trial that she said she would be on top of to produce during our initial consultation, as the 90 day deadline was then a month away. In our initial consult she also told me that she would give me a warning when my retainer was running low and would not charge me over that amount of my initial fee without warning me first, so that I didn't have a surprise bill. During the time she was my lawyer she sided with my soon to be ex-husband and advocated his position, pressuring me saying that I had to listen to her and to him. Based off of her failure to prepare for trial and pressuring me to agree with my ex-husband I let her go. She then informed me that she had spent all of the retainer without preparing me for trial, failing to subpoena records that I needed financially. It was a few days away from the deadline, so there was no chance and no effort had been put forth to get the documents. Now, I have a new lawyer who I had to pay to re-review my files and case and I will likely have to get my case continued maybe even to the New Year, which is very costly for me. The one month that Ms. Allen represented me set my case back significantly and I would have been in a better position if I had hired someone else.

Responsive and attentive.