Amanda Jo Lewis

Hired Amanda Lewis for my son seeking custody of his daughter. Had an initial one hour free consult where we both spoke w/Amanda at length and made it very clear Full Custody was our only goal and the reason she was hired. My son already had a visitation order in place that had been violated by the c...ustodial parent multiple times. He saw his daughter only six days out of 365 last year and not at all this year. Despite the order granting him well more visits. The family has not seen the child either. Show Cause orders were filed by my son. Despite the strength of my son's case, because there are other factors I can't disclose as it is still an open case, Amanda constantly tried to convince him to accept a settlement from the opposing counsel for visitation. There was NO fight in her to support his desire and direction and she constantly billed him for excessive conversations w/opposing counsel. We paid $3100 and were billed an additional $1k and we are nowhere near the court date set for Nov 2021 by her. Nor has she reviewed the case with him for her strategy. I contacted her firm Dahlberg, Worley, & Yah to request they provide some guidance as she did not seem competent to handle a case independently. I never heard back from the office. Instead Amanda sends an email to my son accusing him of declining ALL reasonable settlements and quits! She then billed him $25 for writing this letter! Truth is, he was not interested in any settlement regarding visitation as the custodial parent has not followed that order for three years! He had already told her no after she'd asked him three different times. He pleaded with her to just believe in his cause. Offer a settlement on his behalf for custody and visitation to the nonconpliant parent! My son has been deployed out of the country serving our nation and can't even have routine conversations with his daughter because there is such a disregard for him as the father. Amanda knows this. Perhaps it's because she does not have children of her own and cannot phathom that type of pain. RUN in the other direction from this lawyer!!! The firm is no better. She practices under their guidance. I was told because she'd only been practicing for a year, that she would not be alone and she would have the support of the senior partners with experience and that wasn't the truth at all!! They take your hard earned money and leave you high and dry without even offering alternative counsel!! My son wasn't getting invoices as stated he would. By the time he saw an invoice months later, they said his retainer fee was spent and he owed even more! She nickels and dimes you for anything and everything with no known progress! RUN in the other direction from Amanda Lewis AND this firm!! I hope this is helpful for anyone unsuspecting. Who wants to pay $3100 PLUS...by the time the court date arrives...for a lawyer who has not provided you the service you were promised and doesn't believe in your cause!