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.

I have worked with Shannon for a few years now with regards to 3 separate issues and she has been highly effective with her execution and clear with her advise. 1. I have 50/50 legal/physical custody with my 3 kids. The first issue was me trying to get either full physical custody or for my x-wife... to actually spend time with the kids when they were in her custody; and for her to stop abusive behavior. Naturally my x-wife made many false counter claims with no evidence and asked for child support (despite being a high income person). Shannon did an excellent job asking the right question to my x-wife during the pre-trial disposition (which resulted in answers that would make it difficult for her in court); also Shannon did a great job explaining to me the law and what we can do to get the results I wanted. We built a solid case for court, however she was honest with me and the reality is it takes many incidents (and not just a handful) for my x-wife to lose physical custody. The end result was that we got my x-wife to sign some papers that said you can't do X, Y, or Z and I got the result I was looking for; a better mom. 2. Situation number two was a crazy x-girlfriend that said she was sad that we broke up and because I returned her stuff to a friend during a 5 second visit of just dropping it off she claimed I caused her to go into emotional distress, even though I haven't seen her in 6 months and just texted her to pickup her stuff (that she asked from me) from her friend. The first time this went to court I thought it was such an easy case I actually tried to go against her lawyer. I almost won, but my x-girlfriend was talking about how sad she was, her life is meaningless, she shakes all the time in sadness, going to therapy, crying in court, etc then the judge said she would grant a protective order, despite there being no legal basis. So I called Shannon and appealed. This went to court and Shannon blew it out of the water and the judge within the 1st minute of court said this should be dismissed and for the remaining hour or so just dismissed my x-girlfriend. Shannon did a great job being clear, compassionate, and focused on the law. The lesson learned here is to use a lawyer in court even if the case seems simple to win; it's difficult to cross examine someone as the defendant. 3. The last and most recent situation was drafting up a pre-nup for me and my fiance. It was written amazingly well front the first draft and without argument my fiance agreed.

Shannon Kowitz was the best thing that happened to me while going through a nasty divorce. I hired Brenda Fishbein first and that was a huge mistake. Brenda was only interest in stretching it out for as much money as she could get and could have cared less about me personally. Shannon was sensitive, ...caring, and wanted the best for me. She was always available for me to talk to me or would return my calls in a timely manner. She kept me up to date and never left me hanging as to what was happening. I always knew what I was being billed for. She got the job done fast instead of stringing it on forever. I would recommend Shannon Kowitz to anyone I knew who was going through a bad divorce. She is top notch, knowledge, sensitive, and cares about your situation. Anyone going through a divorce should have her on their side.

IIt has been a pleasure working with Shannon. She proved to be very thorough,concerned and sensitive to the nature of family issues during this emotional period. She kept me fully informed of the process through every step. She expertly negotiated with opposing attorney, saving both time and money ...yet insuring my concerns were successfully addressed. I could not be more satisfied with both the result and the path that took us there. I would both recommend her services and call on her again in the future if needed. Thanks Shannon