Katherine Bestine

Do not hire this person and save yourself a lot of heartache and money…She did not keep me informed, she was disrespectful, rude, condescending and seemed to purposefully drag things out when our divorce should have been a quicker process. As I read in other reviews, she seemed to be working for the... other side as evidenced by her actions and was against me throughout the entire process…she never spoke to me as her client but as someone substandard to her nor did she prepare me for anything to come so I would know what to expect, then she would get angry with me for not knowing something …it seemed that I was telling her what to do at times…it was the most horrible experience

Ms. Bestine was assigned as my children's law guardian for several yrs. She never believed anything I said. She interviewed my oldest child for more than 2 hrs and didn't believe her testimony of abuse she suffered from my ex-called her a liar. My ex was convicted on 6 counts of child abuse and she s...uppressed that evidence and had custody taken from me and gave him my children. She convinced the judge that I needed to be investigated based on my ex's word. I went almost 6 yrs of supervised visitation and the investigation showed I was a good parent and my ex was the problem. She is very unprofessional and often yelled and cussed at me when I called to tell her that my ex was not complying with court orders. She would tell the judge that she met with my children when in fact, my children said they had not seen or spoken with her in YEARS

Ms. Bestine is a high priced attorney who delivers low quality service. I think she cares more about getting her name up in lights rather than properly representing her clients. She was ill prepared for an important court date and then did not fully inform me of the details concerning what was said.... This lack of communication caused many problems. If she was away, her staff knew little about my case, which caused me to spend time and money on phone calls to make sure her substitute had the facts correct. She communicated very little with me and acted like she didn't care about me or the outcome. It appeared like she had a bias for the other side. I also didn't appreciate her attitude and foul language. Stay away from this attorney if you want value for the money. She is not worth it.

I was a client for Ms Bestine. There was never a time when she would return my calls, and i didnt call very often, only in an emergency situation. She never kept me informed of anything..i may as well have represented myself. I felt as though she was for the other side at many times. She forgot to ha...ve something put in my divorce decree, and i lost $5,000.00. When my alimony was supposed to stop, she waited 5 months to do anything about it. That was an extra 200.00 per week that was leaving my paycheck, but she didnt care. She never seemed to be in the fight for me, which made me very upset. I often though she was in cahoots with the other attorney. To make a long story short..i lost everything in the divorce, and actually had to pay extra. So i urge anyone that is looking for an attorney, do not go to this firm. It will end up costing you 13,000.00 in attorney fees, and you will loose everyting. OH, and it also took me 3 1/2 years to get divorced. I rate her as two thumbs down!