Donna Marie McCabe

Very similar to the Thomas Valva case. She accused me of trying to interfere with my ex husband’s parenting time. My 4 year old daughter was very vocal about her father touching her inappropriately. Due to be having my young daughter’s accusations investigated several times she requested for custo...dy to be removed from me and given to the abuser. My daughter was very unhappy living with her father and was suicidal. Her father would go months without speaking to her. Her father was physically abusive to me upon pickups and drop offs. Each time I went back to court for these issues and altercations she did everything in her power to block me from regaining custody. Regardless of what my daughter spoke with her about, she would NOT relay those messages to the judge. When she was contacted by my daughter’s school due to their concerns regarding my daughter she told them that I was a liar and I should not believe anything I say, although they were trying to report what my daughter was telling them was happening to her. She misrepresented my daughter and to this day my daughter and I are in therapy. They one thing I can say I am thankful for is that my daughter is still alive. Donna Mc Cabe had no concern if my daughter lived or died. If you are represented by her, RUN!!!

“But after Donna McCabe, who had been appointed to represent the children in the divorce action, informed New York Supreme Court Judge Zimmerman that Mrs. Valva had been interfering with her access to the children, Judge Zimmerman decided to award temporary custody of the children to Mr. Valva. Judg...e Zimmerman did, however, allow Mrs. Valva unsupervised visitation with the children. “ https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-valva-divorce-case-child-dead-20200227-b5yom76hanhlbpgqgl2vmajmdq-story.html Great job Donna! You are Complicit in the murder of this child. Claiming alienation which is junk science!!! You are a horrible person and I hope you lose your law license as you deserve to.

Represented me in custody/visitation case. Provided very lackluster representation. It's understandable that lawyers are quite busy however she never returned my calls or emails. Never did follow up with my case. Impossible to get in touch with: left numerous voicemails and emails and never received ...a response from her. While in the courtroom, she volunteered and told the judge the she would write up a temporary order on the spot for the judge to sign. Following the same proceeding, she carelessly made the comment that she wasn't writing up the order. She agreed that she would submit that same order later on and never did so which caused confusion for visitation and custody terms on the next court date. During those months in which I've worked with her, she never made an effort to consult with me and when I tried to approach her about it she'd constantly tell me we'd discuss things later yet never did follow up when I reached out. Consequently, she constantly came to court unprepared without any background on how to move forward with my case. Very unprofessional as she had the audacity to insinuate that I shouldn't have decided to have children with the opposing party and that I should just deal with the situation as it is (in spite of the fact that there was domestic violence present in the relationship). This lawyer was more against me than for me. It is my opinion that she is either burned out or has a preference for handling certain cases, in other words, working with clients of a certain background/ race/ culture over others. She needs a refresher course on Attoney's Model Rules for Professional Conduct; specifically in regards to the Client-Lawyer Relationship and Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession.