Kathryn J Laffey

Had a meeting to discuss the need for a separation agreenent. Even though everything was already handled she recommended proceeding. More than 3 weeks abs several reminder calls passed before she mailed me the agreement which had errors. I never received a hard copy just the emailed drafts. I was b...illed for the agreement as well as the emails to send it to me. The court advised it was unnecessary. I notified her on May 30 that I was terminating her services and it took until July 12 to get the balance of my retainer returned and only then after I sent a certified letter.

We hired Mrs. Laffey to mediate a contentious divorce. Her price is more expensive than some others in the area, but we wanted to hire someone who specifically handles divorce mediation. When we sat down with her, we were horrified that she insisted that we spend hours working out every bit of m...ath on an unorganized scribble-covered legal pad (and doing the math in her head), rather than using the spreadsheets we had prepared, and previously agreed upon. Every question she asked seemed designed to delay us. For our questions, she often responded that she would have to look up the answer. A week after that meeting (which ended without actionable next steps), when we asked her if she would look at some updated agreements for us, she pushed us to meet again in person. We declined (since all we wanted was a brief review), and she didn't get back to us for weeks -- despite repeated inquiries. As we worked forward it became clear that the ONLY time Mrs. Laffey will reply to your contact requests is if you are requesting an in-person meeting or something time consuming which will eat up your retainer. My ex and I worked our way through the divorce without her -- despite our differences we could agree that she was unhelpful and time-wasting. And, unsurprisingly, she was unresponsive for a long time to our requests to return the remains of the retainer. All contact requests were ignored. Eventually, however, she did return the remaining amount.