Reviews

I originally met with Darren for a consultation for him to guide me in modifying my parenting plan. My situation was a little complicated and I needed to get full custody of my daughter, but I thought as long as he guided me this one time, I could save those extra costs. My new fiance' and I sat down with him and after about 20 minutes I looked at my fiance' and said, "we HAVE to hire him". He was clear and direct with everything, but I felt as he truly cared to help me. We ended up hiring him and I am forever thankful we did. With such an exhausting and emotional process, he made it as simple and clean as possible. I felt he was incredibly fair in his fees and it was worth every penny. I tried to be as helpful and organized as possible in everything he needed from me, and he was always appreciative of that. I felt so confident through this process and it was finalized so much quicker than I thought possible. I now have full custody and so much peace of mind. I will absolutely return to him if I need anything further and I will ABSOLUTELY recommend him to anyone needing help or guidance in Family Law.

At 300 an hour one could expect a little bit more professionalism and responsibility from Port Gardner Family Law than has been experienced.

Elizabeth is very rude, cunning, and ignorant. She looks at herself as a judge and not a mediator. She make inferences about people and believes what she thinks about you to be true. She is heartless and cruel. By far the WROST mediator I have ever encountered.

Horrible experience with Elizabeth Turner as a Mediator, rude, ruthless and arrogant!

It wasn't that you were unable to answer my questions, it was the manner in which you spoke to me. Instead of being helpful and civil, your demeanor was unprofessional and rude. Politeness and civility are still important. I choose not to be spoken to, in the way you spoke to me. It is not acceptable to be rude in my opinion. I would not ever choose to do business with someone who chooses her words as you do.

Now that my father's estate is closed I feel free to say why rated you a one-star. Your demeanor is very rude and unprofessional. You spoke very rude to me in a pretty emotional process. but the biggest problem I have with you as a mediator is you did not even hold yourself to the tedra mediation agreement you wrote on 10-6-2017. You wrote that if we had to come back to you each party would pay. But when we were forced to come back to you you wrote a second agreement that the estate had to pay all the fees. Because you knew my drug addict sister didn't have the money to pay. Greed! You then wrote a second agreement conflicting with what you wrote in your first agreement. My sister failed her first drug test, and you gave her a second chance. That wasn't written in your first agreement. And certainly wasn't written in my dad's will! I had to protect my dad from her stealing from him when he was alive. Then I had to protect his estate and wishes from her and ultimately you from taking what is not deserved. you write agreements that are left open-ended so clients are forced to come back to you. Then you change what you and your clients agreed upon. You drugged this process along simply so you could make more money. I would not recommend you to anyone. I feel you are very unprofessional and untrustworthy! Reply to your response: It's not that I felt unheard! I feel you wrote this agreement so that we were forced to go back to you, more money for you, and you didn't hold up to what YOU wrote. You couldn't follow through with the agreement YOU wrote!

I was relieved to see that Elizabeth was able to reach an agreement with my former wife in my Dissolution/ Child Custody case prior to trial. She was well prepared and represented my best interest , and did not back down under pressure.