I strongly advise against using Melissa Cipriano as a Parenting Coordinator. In my case, she went outside her defined responsibilities and billed aggressively, resulting in more than $12,000 in charges in a single month. Her overall communication style was consistently dismissive and unprofessional, ...and her involvement increased conflict instead of helping resolve it. Based on my experience, I would strongly recommend staying away from this firm altogether. The owner repeatedly demonstrated that financial gain was prioritized over addressing a child’s needs.

Don't ever use this person as a lawyer or parent coordinator !!! Not competent esp. when charging $450/hr. She also does not allow her retainer be edited to capture or refer to court or consent orders. She is also plays the middle so as not to offend either party in the hope that they will rehire he...r at the end of her term instead of calling out the offending party most frequently. She doesn't follow either existing court orders or state parent coordinator guidelines or recommend that you follow existing orders - she will even change them in violation of state law. She also wastes your money by dragging on "issues" that don't exist or that she should not even have engaged on. Self-serving interests at best, appearing only to making money.

Absolute worst. Wish I could give them zero stars. I've used Bart Lombardo who was so bad I fired him and then used the owner Melissa who was just as bad. They dragged everything out for years to generate more legal bills. Could never get updates, they missed important emails from the opposing attorn...ey, wasn't prepared for court, the list goes on and on. Melissa even accidently sent me emails meant for other clients MULTIPLE times. One of the emails had sensitive information with a disturbing video attached. I couldn't believe how unprofessional this office was. Biggest waste of money I've ever spent and I encourage anyone who is looking for a family attorney to look elsewhere.