Highly incompetent attorney. Shannon Kowitz cannot manage court deadlines, gives poor legal advice, ignores emails or phone calls for weeks when she does not know something. I hired her to represent me in my divorce case. Shannon made such a mess of my case, I terminated representation with her, hire...d another attorney and had to spend thousands of dollars trying to undo the damage Shannon Kowitz caused. Don't trust Shannon Kowitz with your rights especially if you have children.

Shannon is an outstanding Lawyer. She represented me in my divorce and custody case. Shannon was always a phone call away no matter what time I needed her. When things got rough during the times I was denied seeing my children, she was always there to give me sound legal advice. I’ve always been fear...ful of being in court hearing horror stories about men not having a chance when it comes to being awarded custody. With Shannon’s help we where able to totally turn my whole custody situation around. I was awarded full physical custody and I have joint legal custody with all tie breaking authority going to me. Shannon I will never forget what you and your firm has done for me and my family. We will forever be grateful. If you need a reliable caring Lawyer, Shannon and the Mulinazzi Law firm is the way to go.

This review is for Shannon Kowitz of the Mulinazzi law firm, and to lesser extent, Thomas Mulinazzi, the firm’s namesake. My wife left me in April 2018, taking with her my only child. We had few assets and the vast majority of our disagreement was over our then seven year old son, who my wife wa...s limiting me to occasional day visits. I hired Shannon that June, seeking joint legal custody and 50% physical custody. After our initial meeting and hiring her, I had little communication with Shannon that summer. I think we talked twice by phone in which she counseled me to spend more time with my son to establish grounds for physical custody but gave few details on how to accomplish this. In September my wife got aggressive, saying she would deny my offer of joint legal custody and offering only one weekend every two weeks. Shannon’s strategy to counter this was that I should pick up my son from school and from cub scouts without telling my wife and have overnights to establish custody that way. My wife is highly strung and very combative and I did not like this advice at all, fearing angry confrontations and possible legal ramifications. Shannon, and later Thomas, would not deviate from this plan or offer me any alternatives despite my repeated requests for a different strategy. During one of these frustrating phone conversations, I cursed, not at Shannon but about the situation, caught myself, and apologized. Shannon laughed, said she dealt with much worse regularly, and that my bad language was the least of her concerns, or something similar. I didn’t think much of it at the time. I resisted Shannon’s advice throughout the fall, but she still insisted it was the only way to reach my goals. Finally, in January, after much prodding, I picked my son up from scouts on a weeknight and instead of taking him to my wife’s home as usual, I took him to my home where my wife soon appeared, frantic and angry, banging on the door incessantly. Eventually she left in tears, but my son and I were both shaken. Shortly thereafter my wife’s new law firm sent me a nasty threatening letter over the incident, that Shannon said was proof that her strategy was working. February brought my first time in court, a scheduling hearing. Shannon never showed up. I sat in shock as my wife grinned at me throughout, flanked by her two lawyers. Shannon later called to apologize, and promised she was putting something in the mail that would make it up to me. Two days later, a $5 Starbucks gift card arrived. Shortly after this, Shannon and Thomas summoned me to their office for an important meeting. It was only the second and last time I met her face to face. I was hoping for a new strategy, but they doubled down on the same ”just take him” strategy and spent much of the meeting bragging about their prior record against my wife’s new firm. A few weeks later, in mid-March, I was very frustrated with the lack of new ideas while in another phone call, and said something to the effect of “Shannon, right now I think you’re a shitty lawyer, and you probably think I am a shitty client, but I need a new strategy from you”. Although the conversation had been moderately heated, she didn’t seem bothered by it at the time, and we continued talking for several minutes and got off the phone cordially. The next day, Thomas called me to say that Shannon didn’t deserve to be called a shitty lawyer and that the firm would no longer represent me and that I had a week to find new counsel. The happy ending is that after a few rough weeks, I did find competent counsel, and did eventually get joint legal custody and improved physical custody with an understanding that 50% custody will occur in two years. Due to a lack of communication and strategy, as well as abandoning me at a crucial time in my case, I would not recommend Shannon Kowitz or her firm to anyone who wanted a positive experience in a divorce proceeding.

I had the opportunity to work with Shannon on my divorce last year and I couldn't have asked for a better lawyer. She was very professional, knowledgeable and so very empathetic. As is expected it was one of the lowest points of my life but working with Shannon gave me the hope and confidence I neede...d, knowing that I was being very well represented. In the end it all worked out great and I even got a refund for the unused portion of my retainer. I'll definitely recommend Shannon Kowitz and the Mulinazzi Law office to anyone who needs their legal services.