Katherine Bestine

If I could select zero stars, I would. My spouse had used Ms. Bestine in a previous court matter, working with her for approximately a year on a very complex case. Fast forward 6 years later, we contacted Ms. Bestine with a major update via email at the beginning of March, explaining that we would ne...ed to have a consult prior to our court date at the end of March. She sent a very snarky response stating that she did not have time to deal with this and that she does not advise over email, which she previously did in November when we had a question regarding our rights. My spouse called Ms. Bestine's office, and was then asked who he was and his phone number, and stated that he would get a call back. Fast forward three weeks, we still had not received a call. We call her office today, 3/20, and are told that she would like to schedule an in-office consultation, which we live two hours away and are now on a time crunch due to the next court date being fairly soon. Ms. Bestine's schedule does not allow any availability for an in-office consultation and we are now left scrambling to find someone to provide us a consultation prior to this court date. Steer clear of Ms. Bestine if you'd like a reliable, professional, and stable attorney.

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

I used Ms. Bestine for a divorce proceeding that was almost complete. She had court orders that she never filed on several occasions which cost me terribly. When I did speak with her she was short and agrumentative. She often would swear at me! I actually took a friend into the meetings just to wit...ness her behaviour. They were shocked. I ended up terminating my agreement with her since most of my communications with her were to remind her to sumbit court orders that were sitting on her desk for months. My new attorney reviewed my case and was shocked at the mess I brought in. I paid more to here than my previous attorney and she accomplished nothing! RUN!!!!

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!