Kathleen Elizabeth Gaines

Several years ago I retained Ms. Kathleen Gaines for a divorce (her address at the time was 4701 Military Rd.). Her performance never impressed me. I had to go to court on numerous occasions and nothing was achieved. Once, when I arrived at her office for a scheduled meeting, I only found unsupervise...d children sitting at her desk and playing with her computer. On that day, she made me wait more than half an hour. On another occasion, when she arrived late to a court date, I waved at her so that she would be aware of my presence. As if living in her own world, she just sat down to browse through the pages of her fashion and style magazine. She didn't even pay attention to what was going on in the court room. Later on, she attempted to make up stories of what had happened on that day, but she became silent when I told her that "I was in that court room the whole time." Not being able to give me any updates, she would just tell me that my case was in "limbo." There was no plan, no vision, no strategy, just a desire to continue adding hours to the monthly bill. During those years, the only true help that I received came from agencies that address domestic violence. Of all the lawyers I have hired in my life, Ms. Gaines is by far the worst one. I didn't even see honest effort on her side. Thankfully, I have come across much more efficient, reliable, and determined lawyers since then.