Merril Sue Chin

I was the plantiff in a case. She was the defense attorney. I filed for custody a month prior and received an answer to that filing less than 24 hours before court, the judge then allowing me to file my own affidavit. She then went as far as to scream 3 time In open court I have an addict Brain. This... lady is out of touch. I have zero experience acting pro se and I walked out of court that day feeling like I won the battle. Buyer beware for sure. She also was emailing me her inter office correspondence between office personnel I had to email her to let her know what she was doing.

During the consultation, she appeared capable. After I signed the retention agreement this ended. Documents were lost, conversation notes forgotten and to reconstruct such, I was billed a 2nd and 3rd time. Court dates were continuously pushed forward because she scheduled frequent vacations but I w...as living with the realities of the unresolved issues. Her desire to represent me seemed to run hot and cold but as the paying client, I needed an attorney to represent me regardless of mood. When she did not understand something, she became hostile and aggressive. Personal insults were the norm and I was expected to pay my monthly bill before seeing the itemization. When I made the decision to seek other cousel, she delayed returning my records, either because they were temporarily lost or in a last attempt to gain a few more dollars. I had to contact the office multiple times to schedule the pickup of these documents.

From the beginning, highly unorganized, rude, condescending, always forgetting paperwork where I had to produce for her again. Not helpful with questions, made me feel like a dummy for asking. She always takes phone calls on my billed time. Worked on other cases during my billed court time. Did not ...work effectively with other attorneys which in turn took longer to get my case moving forward. Ultimately sought alternate competent council who moved my case forward quicker in one month than she did in one year. Has no permanent office help, so always unprepared. Always looking for money before an itemized bill went in mail. Be careful to watch her billing properly. Seemed to always go away on personal business which pushed my court dates out further. Highly dissapointed!! I would never recommend her to anyone.