John E Sheehy

I do not even know where to start. I have been in a very troubled marriage for 9 yrs with MANY domestic violence issues. I finally had enough . I was referred to Mr. Sheehy by one of the officers who had come to my home during a violent occurrence with my husband. I had filed a restraining order that... same evening. Furthermore, i already had an attorney i had done my " homework " on and had extremely high ratings from her clients. Unfortunatly i went with john because i needed financial assistance from my dad and his rate was a bit less. Well needless to say you get what you pay for. My husband ended up hiring my " first" pick of an attorney. John represented me in my restraining order case.. However, i can not even call it that. He did nothing! I had a pile of paperwork of previous DV occurences, harrasement charges officers had filed against my husband and john advised me not to show the presiding judge. The judge said " council do you have anything to add?" He was shaky and nervous and basically left me on a ship without ores. Oh i forgot to mention he made numerous mistakes in my certification ( testimony) to judge. Wrong dates with wrong events. So basically i looked like i was not credible after i spoke. Furthermore, same thing in my divorce papers. Lastly, he was not at all personable or accessible. I always got a VM and lucky if he called back the same day. When i did speak with him he seemed irritated, always in a rush and would CONSTANTLY say" the longer i am discussing this ( whatever it may be) you are running up my time and before you know you will run out of your retainer. Well of course i lost the restraining order case and my husbands lawyer actually commented on his very poor inability to perform in court and told my husband she truly felt bad for me. I ..in the end decided to give my husband 3 months ( as he pleaded) to get the help he needed for his issues. John said this would not be a problem I already paid for the filing etc. and papers are goid for 6 mths. Unfortunately, a little over one month it was right back where it was and i told john to proceed. Mind you i had just filed.. This was 34 days later. John said " ok you need to replenish your retainer of $3,000 and i will proceed! WHAT!!!!! STAY AWAY. Even more callous was the fact that i was informed of this in a letter! Please do your research and find a professional.