Maureen B Godfrey

Attorney Godfrey's professionalism and dedication to my son's SSI Appeals case was without a doubt some of the best legal work I have seen. She was not only caring and considerate to my son's cause, but thorough through and through dedicating herself to the task at hand and did not stop until the app...eal was overturned in my son's favor, not just satisfied that the case was won, even then she reviewed the information/paperwork meticulously finding and further sending out paperwork to correct yet another error that would be in my son's favor yet again taking up the gauntlet and helping to complete the mission that she agreed to complete. And complete it she has with the utmost dedication. I truly recommend her legal services !

I placed an ad on craigslist for an attorney to assist me with a NY case for a flat rate. She answered said ad and agreed to a flat rate of $250 per court appearance. As I am a GA attorney, I drafted all of the paperwork in the case according to examples. All she did was file the paperwork, which ...some I sent to the court directly. Even though she agreed to a flat rate, from the beginning of the case she was charging the client by the hour in addition to the flat rate. Before I had the client sign a contract, I asked her would there be any additional fees because her contract referred to "expenses." She informed me that there should not be any expenses. I asked because I told her, I don't want the client getting a bill after the case is over. She worked on the case by making a few phone calls, sending a few emails and appearing in court. Never once did she say the client was being charged by the hour in addition to the flat rate. After 3 months when, because of my motions, the case was dismissed, she sent the client a bill for $1000.00. Then threatened to sue the client for non-payment. Mind you, she was suppose to be working on this for a flat rate of $500.00, $250 for 2 court appearances. I, as an attorney licensed in GA, was doing all the work to keep the client from being charged by her. She may have looked over all the pleadings I drafted after they were completed, but she drafted one motion in the entire case and I even asked was the client going to be charged for that, to which she never emailed back to say what the client would be charged. Little did we know, she was charging him anyway, the whole time! Beware of this attorney because even when she tells you that you're not being charged, she is doing a bill that you will never see until after the case is over. And if she tells you she is handling your case for a flat rate, she is not. She will charge some things at a flat rate, bill other things by the hour, and never tell you until after the work is done. Hire someone else who is honest and straightforward about their billing from the beginning to the end.