Joanne Patricia Monagan

Love how she’s got so many 5 star reviews everywhere but this was not my experience with her. She barely responded. Divorce went on for over 20 months. My divorce was not that complex. She let my ex husband put whatever he wanted in our settlement agreement & it turned around completely screwed me ov...er. Not only were her fees and bedside manner deplorable, but she put me in a situation where she gave me no real Legal advice. Would say just do whatever you think is best. Now due to her lack of support, I’m now spending thousands of dollars for a family custody attorney & will very likely lose my son & rights because she allowed him to put in something about not changing school districts. Towards the tail end of the divorce, she told me she’d never work with me again but it was because of my ex husband, not me. Why are you an attorney in family law if you don’t want to deal with jerks? All I asked was to get updates. Never got responses even in urgent situations. Just completely ignored me. Well guess what? She wasn’t the only one frustrated. She did nothing to help & only added to the stress while being pregnant. Thanks for ruining my life.

Ms. Monagan reversed a tragic decision by Albany Family court to rescind a 50-50 custody. She was methodical, smart and took the matter through to a reversal of OCFS finding to then broker an agreement in Family Court to return to 50-50. All in a matter of about 8 months. Meanwhile, two other lawyers... from Tully Rinkey had previously dropped the ball. Ms. Monagan is a complete professional.

I turned to attorney Joanne Monagan after months of deliberations in frivolous litigation focused on process issues, not facts, that threatened to consume interminable time and enormous resources. I had been represented by corporate attorneys who were happy to indulge this process with no plan to ...end it. Joanne quickly seized upon the precise legal issues that led to a swift dismissal by the court. I am therefore delighted to add my name to the long list of clients who publicly praise and thank Joanne Monagan, Esq., for exceptional legal representation. James, Albany, NY