Brenda Lynn McCune’s Reviews

In my opinion steer clear of her. Nothing but bad experiences on my part with her. Overcharges and work is anything but professional in my mind.

A terrible experience from start to finish. Shoddy work at best, lies, opened her briefcase in court to reference my case and it was EMPTY, dragged my case out for 2 years just to make more money, never returned phone calls, sent me scathing e-mails, her staff was horrid- constantly lying and covering for her, but she knew I couldn't afford to walk away because I had given her a retainer. The other attorney in my case ate her alive in court, it was a nightmare. I lost horribly, and ended up having to pay her 20K. When I tried to make payments, she threatened collections. Please do not use Ms. McCune for your legal work, it will be a terrible and expensive experience.

This attorney told me one thing when I hired her and said she reviewed my case prior to taking it. However, after she took a large retainer she back-tracked on what she said, forgot she looked at my file AND told me she never said the things she told me. This is the strangest situation I have ever been in. She would not refund my money telling me she spent the time. Then her secretary started not returning my calls to schedule an appointment. They continued to run up hours but didn't talk with me. I have had to confide in another attorney to help me deal with this lady. Truly awful.

I had a simple divorce that should have took no time at all but she drag it on for 2 years . Me and my ex were not fighting over anything we had no kids . But she just kept it going so she could keep charging me .
At one point at the very end I had to get another attorney because she filed arbitration and collections . The other attorney said that was extortion you can't go after someone 2 ways arbitration and collection when I didn't back down and said I would go to arbitration so we came to a agreement just because I was so exhausted from her she takes your money and beats you mentally down thats how I felt and it was 2 years later .
A horrible experience i wouldn't recommend her to my worst enemy .

I hired this attorney and she used up my retainer without producing value. She has a way of over billing and dragging the process out. This seems to be a deliberate business practice. I have worked with other attorney's in the past and have never experienced such questionable billing practices. I plan on reporting her to the Bar. She does not return phone calls like another reviewer posted. I experienced this and her staff is nasty and unprofessional when pressed for details and for definitive appointments. Brenda canceled at least 2 calls because she had a headache and had to go home for a migraine. Then there was an issue with her son's softball practice. She is overall very unprofessional and tries to position herself as someone who cares about you and your case. The reality is that it is a ploy to get your retainer. I have reported her to the Bar and hope others will do so as well, given the feedback on this site it seems there is a pattern in her performance and this is not isolated.

This attorney was hired to handle a few simple matters that took her months and months to handle. She ran up her bill and did not return calls. Her work was sloppy.

Met this attorney to hire her. At first she appeared like she cared and had the time to handle my case. I later discovered she does not return calls and over loads herself. I received little to know guidance and ended up switching attorney's to someone who is more competent.

Seemed to think my retainer was a free ride to bill clerical support and not produce quality work product. Ran up hours without value. Made clerical errors on paperwork. Was not responsive to phone messages.

Expected more value and insight into my case. Was not prompt at calls..

Hired her and fired her in the course of 3 weeks. She put on a good show to get my case and after that and numerous phone calls she operated in bad faith, was disorganized, didn't return calls. I couldn't tolerate such unprofessionalism and canned her.

She's average at best. Used her to modify child support. Would probably use someone else moving forward.

Lesson learned. I should have read the reviews online from Martindale, Avvo and others before I hired this attorney. I hired her in regards to a support order modification as my ex wife's income had increased. I found that the McCune Law Firm did not return calls. Sometimes I waited 7 - 10 days before I got a phone call. This is unacceptable to me and in my professional world I do not engage with vendors who operate with sloppy practices. I felt tied to have to work with her as she charged me a retainer in advance. I also caught typos on paperwork that her staff completed and I ws charged when I asked them to correct their errors. I did not think that was fair and I think there is no accountability with this firm. There seems to be a level of entitlement by this attorney and that she is immune from mistakes. She tried to blame me for the error which I thought was incredibly unprofessional. I cannot recommend this attorney and will not use her for future work should I need to revisit my orders again.

This is my own opinion any nothing more. I would stear clear from this attorney. Overcharged, sloppy work on my case, late for almost every meeting and court date. Comes across on first meeting then downhill from there.

I had a bad experience with the attorney. There was a lack of organization and attention to details on my case. Her responsiveness was really poor with phone calls unanswered for weeks. She showed no commitment toward settling the case, looking for leverage opportunity areas and did not take action on my requests. This was a frustrating and painful experience. I fired her.

Read the other reivews and take heed. She doesn't return phone calls. Her staff is disempowered to do anything without her. Disorganized and doesn't remember the details of your case. She will not work to settle and will use your retainer as it suits her. I do not recommend her. Don't believe it when they tell you she is well connected with the judges, it is just to get your money. Better attorneys out there and I fired her and got a good one who handled my case quickly.

She does not return phone calls unless you threaten to fire her. We won a judgement but she did not file the judgement. Repeatedly asked her to file the bifurcation documents which all parties had signed and she would not. Sloppy documents with incorrect information. Missing documents at trial. She likes to litigate and not negotiate. Likes to take your money and not get the work done.

Brenda did an excellent job handling my family law case. She was able
to effectively point out mistakes that my previous lawyer had made in
the case and strived to have them successfully corrected and changed.
My ex hired a well known Los Angeles law firm to handle her case. The
attorney handling the case thought she owned the court room and was a
real b****. Her approach was to try and bully me, the judge, and
Brenda. Well, neither of these worked. In a nutshell, Brenda beat
her up with facts and knowledge and the Judge also didn't buy into any
of her redundant, regurgitation of facts not relevant to the case.
Brenda held her own against this beast and didn't back down in
any way, shape, or form. I was very impressed and proud of Brenda.

I would certainly recommend Brenda to anyone needing an honest,
reliable, knowledgeable attorney who will fight for what is right.
Although my case is currently off calendar, I have a feeling it will
be on calendar again soon, and Brenda will be my #1 choice for
representation. For now, I'm only hoping that Brenda will willingly
accept the invitation to represent me in the near future.