Reviews

I have known Maryse Allen for several years and found her to be an honest and principled attorney who strives for the best possible outcome for her clients. She artfully blends a passion to win with an efficient and effective work ethic. I would be very pleased to have her in my corner in a time of need.

Maryse Allen is the best of the best – she’s strategic, competent, responsive, compassionate, and perhaps most importantly, highly effective in the courtroom! When my then-husband asked me for a divorce in 2019, I knew I needed an exceptional lawyer that I could trust to serve as my advocate for what would become years of protracted litigation. I interviewed five top lawyers from across Northern Virginia and quickly decided on Maryse. Because we routinely prevail, my litigious ex-husband continues to drag me back to court. Over the past nearly four years, Maryse has represented me, repeatedly demonstrating her profound grasp of family law in a client-centered/human-centric way. High-conflict divorce takes a huge emotional toll and in Maryse, I found a lawyer who listens and has my back. I also deeply appreciate her iterative approach to my case, where I am a co-collaborator. She offers me options along with sound legal advice, and then we talk through various approaches, weighing the merits of each in a thoughtful, measured way. I never feel pressured to do something she has suggested; rather, Maryse empowers me with information and gives me the discretion to help chart our course. I imagine that my ex-husband will continue to battle me legally for years to come, and I could not feel more relieved, more comforted, and more confident than I feel with Maryse Allen at my side.

Ms. Allen did a great job on my case. I’m very pleased with the outcome and would highly recommend her.

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.