Gordana Schifanelli

Gordana is headstrong, to the point and honest. She earns her respect as a lawyer. She is proficient and well versed. She worked with my husband and I when no one else would take us seriously and our custody case is now happily closed in our favor.

As a mother of a newborn child, I had so much on my plate to begin with. That was until I realized that I was going to be "battling" for custody. My knowledge of law was sparse, as I had never been in trouble nor had I gone to court for any reason. I felt like I would have to climb an uphill battle to educate myself in EVERYTHING. Fortunately, I was led to Schifanelli and Associates, where I requested the attorney services of Gordana. I had attempted to speak to numerous attorney's prior, with little or no satisfaction as to what I wanted to achieve, or believed was right. I knew that the client/attorney relationship was supposed to comfortable. Gordana immediately contacted me and was so knowledgeable and versed in law and put my mind at ease about how scared I was about the situation. Her advanced knowledge in this area of custody was so apparent. I kept informing her that there was no chance that the other party would settle. Needless to say, with all of my worries, fear, and lack of knowledge, I received what I was looking for because of Gordana! Gordana was available for me any day or time. She was so responsive. The best part was that she provided me with her professional knowledge and what the courts would look at versus what each party would particularly want. She assisted me and keeping emotions at bay and kept me focused on the important outcome, which was to do what was in the best interest of my child. In the end, we have settled out of court! This saves me so much time, money, missed days at work, and anxiety of the constant back and forth of things. She made this possible due to her hard work and dedication to this case. We went from the other party not wanting to agree to anything, to settling with a 50/50 split of custody, the other party dropping all child support I would have to pay, 50% of all costs for our son, and extras I wanted that they were not willing to give at first! I truly hope that no one I know has to go through custody, but if anyone does, I would without a doubt recommend Schifanelli and Associates in a heartbeat!!! Thank you for making what seemed like such a scary, difficult situation into such a success in terms of providing myself and my son with what is best for him.