Dawn Marie Palange

I should have written this soon after I had to fired Ms. Palange for writing a custody order that favored my ex wife, was the exact opposite of what I was fighting for, and without consulting me before sending it to opposing counsel, but I wanted to make sure my account was closed with her before pos...ting this. When I was looking for an attorney for what was going to be a very nasty divorce, Ms. Palange sold me by telling me she knew who the judges played poker with on the weekends and that she was a former custody master and knew how to get me the best deal possible imply that had connections or at least she was well connected. If true, none of it helped. It the beginning she was all about my case until I started to see that she didn’t remember my case and I had to remind her of things we discussed. Then the focus for her was making sure she got paid. Despite all the billable hours she claimed she completed, her professionalism and ethics were very questionable which I found out when interviewing for a new lawyer before I fired her. I found out that items such as completing an inventory of assets and debts should have been done at the start of the divorce but wasn't. The final custody order was written in favor of my ex wife in the manner in which opposing counsel wanted. Was told by other lawyers that the custody order wasn't worth the money charged to complete it with several typos and grammar errors like it was thrown together. I found out through my new lawyer there were many things which should have been done previously and weren’t. Ms. Palange spent more time placating opposing counsel rather than fighting for my rights as a father and a client. Ms. Palange would refuse my request to go to court or allowed to be heard in front of the master or a judge. I could give you so many more examples, but I think you get the idea. If you need a lawyer to represent your interests or go to battle for you, Ms. Palange is not the lawyer for you.