Morgan Diane Brooke-Devlin

After being blessed with fantastic DINK (double income, no kids) marriage for over a decade, my marriage, sadly, took an abrupt, unexpected downturn and dissolved after having children.... "Life happens". I was referred to Morgan for divorce representation. She is very detailed, knowledgeable, and... knows Virginia family law in addition to having advocated for women's rights in divorces earlier in her career. She did an outstanding job in negotiating my divorce based on fault grounds, which is VERY difficult to do in this day and age. The divorce took many years to negotiate. I wish did not need Morgan's legal services but "Life Happens". I highly recommend Morgan's knowledge, professionalism, follow through, tenacity, and ability to represent your legal challenges when "Life Happens".

After working for a law firm in another state for several years, I was able to discern what makes an attorney client relationship successful. After I moved to Virginia, I was referred to Morgan Brooke-Devlin for a personal matter, assessed her qualifications and hired her. Morgan Brooke-Devlin’s exc...eptional legal knowledge, excellent analytical capabilities, good solid judgment in problem solving, along with efficient and effective communications, all led to a successful outcome. Also Morgan Brooke-Devlin’s many years of legal experience were evident especially in the courtroom.

My divorce was finalized May of 2014. Ms. Devlin was unprepared in one of our court appearances; she incorrectly filed a lis pendens, for which the judge reprimanded her harshly; I did a lot of research work in her office; Ms. Devlin joked that we were only up against a "collections attorney"; she di...dn't even fight for me to keep my dog that I owned before the marriage! I came out of divorce with little more than $20,000, the amount she said I owed for her billing; Ms. Devlin laughed that my ex-husband had to pay $100,000 for services to his "collections attorney". Ms. Devlin didn't fight for my hybrid portion of the $900,000 home; she didn't fight for anything for me, but let the "collections attorney" over take the whole divorce trial. Ms. Devlin can't even provide me a copy of the Final Divorce Decree. I was mentally broken and broke by the time the Divorce Trial was finished; I had to sell my jewelry when I had to vacate my husband's house just to have food and money in my purse. I worked hard to repay a friend who paid my retainer to Ms. Devlin, as my ex-husband cleaned out our bank accounts and left me penniless before the divorce, even conning me out of my 401K savings. Ms. Devlin has been paid in full by receiving all my tax refunds from 2013 and a final balance check. On February 26, 2015, I sent an email requesting a Fee Refund of $10,000 from Ms. Devlin, concluding her fees were arbitrary and capricious, and her results were essentially non-existent on my behalf. Ms. Devlin says I still owe her more money, yet she refuses to issue me an invoice after my numerous requests. Who stops lawyers like her from doing further damage to those of us who are already going through traumatic divorces? I was already broken and broke, however I provided her with every financial document I had to show my monetary input into the marriage. She certainly did not put 80 hours into working on my case; especially if I am sitting at her desk and in her office doing the work!!