Michele A. Ferris-Hansen

First and foremost this attorney failed to keep appointments over 80% of the time. When my abusive ex husband took custody away from me to withhold my children from me, she advised me to move out of state when I was on physical disability with no income and no means to travel, and she refused to as...k for any financial support or maintenance from him. This also left me without any means to be able to get back to Maryland to see my children for a long while. Then when a friend offered to help put up money to travel, my ex broke the visitation order 9 TIMES, refusing to allow me to see my children the amount of times I could have. MS. Hansen refused to file for contempt and when all funds were gone were I couldn't get back and I was panicked, she decided this was going to be too much work for her so she dropped my case, leaving me with NO ATTORNEY AT ALL, and I had no means to see my children at all for over 2 years being left without any money or any way to do anything about seeing them!!! She had over 200 hundred pages of evidence of physical, emotional, psychological, social, and financial abuse to my children and myself. She didn't bring up ANY OF IT TO THE JUDGE AT THE FIRST HEARING, NOR ASK FOR ANY OF THE VALUE OF OUR NEARLY $300,000 HOUSE WITH OVER $50,000 IN EQUITY, NOR THE ROUGHLY $10K IN ASSETS TO GO TO ME BUT TOLD THE JUDGE WE WERE NOT ASKING FOR THAT!!!!????...which could have helped me for travels to see my children minimally. As well as according to her inheritance IS MARITAL PROPERTY (despite Maryland law states it IS NOT MARITAL PROPERTY), so she said he can keep that as well! She is crooked and my counselor for PTSD from all the abuse I endured for 15 years from my ex advised I write this review to save anyone else from the nightmare Me. Ferris Hansen put me through. SHE KNOWS NOT A THING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND BELEIVES THE ONLY THING IMPORTANT FOR THE MOST FIT PARENT IS WHO EARNS THE MOST INCOME AND NOTHING ELSE MATTERS AT ALL TO HER!!!... ATTORNEYS ARE EXPENSIVE AND PLEASE DON'T WASTE WHATEVER YOU HAVE ON THIS WOMAN WHERE YOU COULD END UP IN MY SHOES!!!....Please find one who listens to your concerns and will work hard to help you and your children if applicable!!!!....Ms. Hansen will most likely NOT!!!