I had paid an out-of-state lawyer to go to bat for me on behalf of my grandchildren, 5k. 1500 miles from where we live.
He took his fixed fee and kissed up to the judge. My mistake was to hire an attorney who regularly practiced in that county. The judge gave credibility to an granduncle of the children and we had a recording where that uncle had said on a phone call that he didn’t give a damn about court procedure and our attorney wouldn’t use that. We lost. The grandkids had to endure two more years of hell in that state until a miracle came along that closed the case.
The lawyer was a thief. In the end his actions did nothing to get my son his custody back.
Family court is a rigged game for the woman and it does not matter who you hire or at what cost.
Let me ask you. What do you think is a fair fee? I ask that considering people have overhead, insurance, staff, etc.
Free? Lawyers can’t guarantee results in the court system since that is an impossible situation. So tell me what your ideal situation would have been?
Let me guess - not pay anything and get everything you want. right?