Donna Marie McCabe

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.