Deanna Lyn Istik

I cannot say enough positive comments about Attorney Deanna Istik . During my divorce, Deanna was outstanding in every way. From start to finish she provided great advice,leadership, experience and communication and the feeling of knowing my interests were protected at all times. An absolute pr...ofessional who deserves far more than a 5 star rating. If you want the best, you do not need to look any further. Thank you so much Deanna and Sinatra Istik Law!

Deanna made an already painful divorce exceptionally long, more stressful, and emotionally and financially draining. I ended up needing another attorney to finish what she had barely started. The other attorney was able to get me a better agreement , and signed within three weeks of meeting me. Att...orney Istik made me feel like an inconvenience instead of a paying client. There was a lack of communication and organization. Each time I wanted to speak with her about anything, I would make an appointment for a meeting. At each meeting, I would bring a folder with all my information and documents, along with questions and concerns. Each time, it was like her meeting me for the first time. She didn’t know me or my case. After representing me for over a year, she mentioned in a meeting that she needed look at my file because she still had not been through everything. She would set up phone calls and meetings, only to ghost me on calls and cancel meetings last minute. At one meeting , she put stacks of papers in front of me, told me to go through them and let her know if anything “jumped out at me”. She then left me in the room alone for over an hour to search through documents on my own, that I had no idea what I was looking at. When I brought this up to her, she told me she had other clients paying her a lot of money that she needed to get to. Although I had paid her more than a year of my salary at that point, apparently it wasn’t enough to be a priority client. I was emailed the morning of a deposition to be told it was postponed. I had no knowledge that it was even scheduled that morning because she did not communicate that with me. She was paid in full each month for two years. She continued taking action towards a trial even though I told her I wanted to settle and financially could not continue that route. Then two days before an important milestone in my case was to take place, she emailed and told me I needed to pay my bill or basically she was done with me. I told her I was confused about what I owed, why I owed it and reminded her that I told her on at least two occasions, I was out of finances and needed to settle, but she ignored it. I told her If she would have talked to me and explained what her charges were for, I would have made arrangements to take care of it. She had no communication with me about a bill or what needed paid and when. Instead of giving me the opportunity to understand and take care of what I needed to, she completely discarded me. When I questioned why she was doing this to me, she responded “You work in a dental office, I wouldn’t ask you to pull my teeth for free so you can’t expect me to work for nothing “. I was completely devastated and shocked at how she spoke to me. She kept me waiting, confused and feeling hopeless much of my two year experience with her. However, I couldn’t have imagined it would end with her draining my finances and having to go to another attorney to be divorced. My case was not that complicated. There was such little effort to help me, even though she was paid. The fact that another attorney was able to accomplish so much in under a month, validates the amount of urgency here. If you are not ok with having a representative with a lack of communication, organization and compassion , look elsewhere. I constantly felt like I was a bother to her, instead of a paying client. Her work seems to be hit and miss. I obviously was a huge miss.

I never had to experience a contested divorce matter before and really didn’t know what to expect and as a 70 yr old professional business owner, I never thought I would have to deal with one…but by God's grace He placed Deanna right where I needed to be. Her boundless desire to put my case as a top... priority and prepare each and every detail of my case with precision, it comforted me as I navigated through my journey watching her tactical but fierce passion to provide my desired outcome. My biggest challenge was my current health and she made my life less stressful knowing she had my back and I knew then I was going to be ok..Deanna is a super star and I would highly recommend her…and I’ll be reaching out to her soon to provide some advice for other matters soon for my estate…and lastly…I wouldn’t want anyone else to represent me…well done my friend…!!!

Very good! I don't have too much experience with the law, but she was kind, punctual, took time to explain things. She was kind even when explaining mistakes I made! Very concise language, not a hint of pretension. Easy to work with! As thorough as she was, she also did not waste a second of my... time, even when I was confused and unsure! I absolutely recommend Deanna and her firm! I almost wish I could get divorced again just because of how wonderful they were to work with!