Leslie F. Ditlow

A friend of mine gave be her number, as she worked on her divorce case, and everything went well. She was eager to set up an initial meeting - in her house - in which she was very hopeful that this would move quickly, and we would win the case. She took my retainer (which was too much after spea...king with other lawyers), and then good luck in getting her to set up, and keep a meeting. When we did finally agree on a date and time, as that time drew near, she blew it off, and no phone calls or communication of any kind. Also, not very knowledgeable. She did not even know that after over 10 years of marriage, I was entitled to my spouses SS benefits. She was sure that was wrong, until we looked it up on the internet. Really? She was the one who should have been telling me that - not the other way around. As I read in a previous review, she does not like to return calls or texts when under stress. She just disappears. I wish I would have read that before I gave her my retainer.

I really liked Leslie on a personal level. We hiredanother lawyer for a criminal case and he brought her in to consult as he was not experienced enough to handle it. She really knew her stuff and showed much compassion. We were supposed to have another hearing within a month of going to court and it ...was never scheduled. I repeatedly asked her what the status was and if I got a response at all she would say "I'll see what I can do to speed up a date." and nearly a year later we finally got her to have the court schedule it after going back to our original lawyer who had to contact her twice. I would not have hired her again for custody due to this but she was very good. I also looked up the docket sheet myself and saw that the court had scheduled this hearing for 2015, 2 years after it was supposed to be scheduled. I assumed this is what took so long and that it was not her not doing the job. I figured she was having trouble with the courts bc the hearing was scheduled and no one could find it. So, my husband and I hired her agin to handle child custody. I asked her she would be able to file papers the first week in Dece,bet and she said yes. The case took an unsurprising turn and so we waited 3 weeks to make a decision on what to do. We needed to add a lot more detail to our filing and decide if we wanted to go that route. We did and she was to file the papers the week of Christmas. Never happened. I did not hear from her from the day we returned the papers to her that week u til January 23. The response Ito was that she had some health problems and was down for a little while and she would see what she could do about a date. I knew then and there that she never filed the papers because if she had we would have gotten a letter in the mail from the court with the date. I have contacted her weekly since that day in January and gotten no response. NONE. I finally asked for a refund for the deposit we gave her and haven't heard back on that either. Surprise, surprise. She really messed up this case for my husband bc we needed to act on something his daughter's mother was doing immediately. She totally dropped the ball. If you can get her to respond to you though, kudos bc she really does know her stuff. What good is that though if she doesn't do the work you hire her to do?

Ditlow is not organized is always last minute with her filings. does not do things you discuss with her and has psychological problems which she will only reveal after you sign representation.(she cannot drive on large roads. bridges and has problems with tall buildings and elevators) make sure you... question her on this. When she is stressed she will ignore the situation instead of confronting it. she will leave you hanging

Leslie represented me in my divorce and was willing and able to produce the results that I expected. Everything was filed in a timely manner and although always respectful in the court was able to show teeth to my ex-husband which made me feel like I got my money’s worth. Prompt for court and timely... with answering any question which I had regardless of how big or small. Reasonable rates would recommend.