Reviews

I hired Susan Donahue to represent me in my divorce. Initially she seemed knowledgeable and friendly and we went to the first court hearing. This is when everything fell apart. I was expecting her to stand up and fight for my parenting plan and instead she kind of stood there and mumbled until the judge told her that she needed to wrap it up before lunch. At this point her demeanor changed, I assume she was embarrassed but she became very rude, condescending and started lecturing me on things I needed to be doing in my personal life. When she told me things that I knew where inaccurate and I would ask a question she would snap at me. I am used to a certain level of disrespect but I have never been billed 200 dollars an hour to sit in an office and constantly take abuse. When it came time to start totaling up the assets I watched her fumble through the process, make repeated math errors in excess of 50 thousand dollars and explain things to me that I knew were not right. At this point I really began to question if she had ever done this before. After about 30 minutes of this complete incompetence, I got up and just left. She called 911 and told them that she believed I was suicidal and recommended I be put on a 72 hour involuntary hold. Luckily I knew the police officer, we chatted for a minute and headed on our separate way. This behavior was absolutely insane and I cant believe she is even allowed to practice law with such a minimal grasp of what she has chosen to do for a living. So I have paid Susan Donahue over 6 thousand dollars and I am in the same position I would have been if I had simply signed every document my ex-wife's lawyer had put in front of me. If you are looking for a competent attorney to fight for you through a divorce, keep looking. Do not make the same mistake I made, a one star rating seems too generous for this woman.

I consulted with this lawyer, instead of listening to facts, she would jump to conclusions. She never got the facts, she assumed. She asked for an outrageous amount of money,which I would have never gave her, personally she didnt seem she could do the job, (she told me she had never done that type of work) or was even competent handle this case. This lawyer is very rude and judges a potential client on their appearance.