Stephanie Mathiesen

Stephanie mathiesen review I have never left a review for anything in my life. I used Stephanie mathiesen for a custody case years ago, which was a huge mistake. I could write pages of reasons why but to keep it short as possible , she wasn’t even there when my case was called multiple times, ...she couldn’t be worse with reliability and communication if she tried. I just read her other reviews and cannot believe how similar my experience with her was. I stopped using her and switched to legal aid and actually got the results I was fighting for. The legal aid attorney actually did what I hired Stephanie to do. I will literally take the time out of my day to tell anyone that may hire her details of why you shouldn’t. I know nothing about other attorneys in her firm but don’t confuse the firms review ratings with her personal ratings. I even attached a screenshot of how reliable and responsive she is and that’s just a single one lol. In hindsight it’s almost laughable that she could even be recognized as an option to represent someone in a custody dispute. Thank god for legal aid because in my case they did what Stephanie couldn’t

This woman should not be practicing law. She is lazy and incompetent. She ignores phone calls, emails and left out pertinent information in my petition and dragged my case on until I was forced like many others to fire her. At first I retained Todd Zimmer and he porned me off to this woman. I am now ...spending my nights writing a complaint to the bar instead of spending time with my children and family. A friend just told me they’re getting sued for Malpractice and there is an article online about it. Read away and stay away from this woman and firm. Theyre greedy incompetent pigs in my opinion .

I was originally pleased with Ms,Mathiesen's work from the time I hired her to handle my divorce in August 2021 through early 2022. At that point things abruptly changed. She failed to provide the other attorney with documents I submitted in August 2021 . This came out during a court appearance in... February 2022. From that point on multiple instances of unanswered e-mails, promised phone calls that never came, last minute notice of court appearances, continuances, adjournments. At that point I downloaded the court calendar and now ask her to confirm that posted scheduled dates are still on. Money owed to me from my spouse that I was told would be coming never did. On all issues I have documentation. Changes in my monthly fee without any explanation. I've used lawyers for house closings, adverse possession case, litigation against a state agency. I never experienced the lack of communication and lack of professionalism as I have now.

After meeting and giving her $1,500 of a $2,000 retainer I felt I would be well represented in my custody and support cases. Four days later I received a call from Stephanie telling me it is a bad idea to drive my son to school while the case is still in court. She then said she would call me on Mond...ay. This was the first red flag. She never called. I waited till the end of the day on Tuesday and still no call. Stephanie had adjourned my case on 9/25/18 so I was anxious to know what the new date was. After still no communication I sent an email on 10/3/18 asking what the date is.Stephanie returned my email a few minutes later telling me she scheduled a conference on 10/10/18.With no mention of when my next court date was I let her know I will call the court myself and get the new date. Stephanie then emailed me on 10/3/18 and said she did not receive the new notice and still did not know what my new court date is. When I called the court I found out my new date was 10/10/18 the same day she said she already scheduled a conference without my knowledge. I was upset because this would have forced me to adjourn the case again. Meanwhile my son and I are suffering from an unfair visitation schedule. I know now that she scheduled the conference with my ex-wife's attorney on 9/28/18. I know for a fact my ex-wife knew the new court date on that same day. So either during the conversation between the attorneys on 09/28/18 there was no mention of the upcoming court date and Stephanie scheduled the conference on her own, Never confirming with me. She didn't even tell me about it until I asked her what my court date was. She finally told me 5 days later on 10/3/18 about the conference. So either she is incompetent and scheduled the conference without knowing the court date or she lied about not knowing the court date to benefit the opposing consul and was going to string me along to the last minute before i had a chance to back out. It wasn't easy I finally got my court documents back. HOWEVER Stephanie and her partner still charged me $672.50 for nothing. The worst part is that there is a brilliant 12 year old boy who just wants to spend time with his dad. His dad borrowing money in order to have a fighting chance in court and these disgusting people charged me money for nothing. My only hope is that in the retainer agreement it says no legal services will be provided until the $2,000 retainer is paid. It never was. So lets see what small claims court says. None the less it is my recommendation to stay far away from Stephanie