Barbara Flum Stein

I am not one to write reviews and this is actually my first one, but I felt obligated to let people know not to waste their money. I spent $4,100 in 2 and 1/2 months letting Barbara Stein represent me and we got no where. I trusted her for advice to lead me in the correct direction with getting sol...e custody of my 2 year old child and to protect me from my abusive husband. She convinced me to take my 2 year old child off my PFA and for me to withdraw the PFA after 90 days. I should have represented myself at the PFA hearing because I would of been better off and probably would of been granted a PFA for at least 1 year. She always seemed too busy when I called her with my concerns on how supervised visits were going with my 2 year old child. She told me that 3rd parties didn't exist anymore to do the supervised visits, so I am stuck with his family members. I don't trust them, they aren't being civil, and they refuse to tell me where they are taking my child. I was trying to fight the appointed supervisors at the PFA hearing, but she convinced me to do it. It's like Barbara Stein is working with the other side and I felt like a big negotiation to her. This is people's lives she is dealing with and a 2 year old's safety, so now I am stuck with an alcoholic father who still drinks and drives with his son in the car and he's supervised by his family who don't speak up to him and allow him to do this. I wish I had someone to warn me about her before I wasted my hard earned money. I am a single mom who wasn't receiving any type of support for over two months and I had Barbara charging me $300/hour for continuances. I had to hire new representation and I asked Barbara for a final bill and she was overcharging me for hours that we weren't even together. I should have received some of my money back for unused services, but I did not. She is not an aggressive attorney at all and I felt like she didn't even prepare for our case before court. Please don't waste your time nor money! Your better off defending yourself!