Teresa Sexton Cole

When it became clear that mediation (with a different attorney) was not going to work, I retained Teresa to help me establish a separation agreement and eventually finalize my divorce. From the very first conversation, I found Teresa to be smart, understanding and knowledgeable. A 30 minute conversat...ion with her was more productive than hours of dialog with other attorneys. She provided multiple options for resolving the many challenges with my difficult divorce, always with an understanding of my priorities. Teresa is easy to work with, responsive and effective. I would highly recommend her!

Teresa was able to sort through my incoherent babbling, my kids fears, their father's constant posturing and legal maneuvering, years of legal documents and a very emotionally charged situation and get the results the kids (and I) needed and wanted - which is to say, no more flying across the country... to spend 4 weeks of their summer in less than safe and enjoyable circumstances. The kids spent all year worrying about their summer visit - literally from the time they returned they started worrying about the next visit. (And so did I.) I did not want them to stop seeing their father, but after several years of anxiety, bad stories, etc. felt it was time for him to come here to see them. They also were done wasting holidays with him, as he didn't actually celebrate the holidays, and meanwhile they were missing celebrating with the family, so they wanted to stop holiday visits as well. Teresa was able to talk to all of us in a meaningful way, understanding what we wanted, were afraid of, didn't want and assuring us constantly that we were not being unreasonable and in fact, that we had put up with way more than we needed to, that the law provides protection for the kids when visiting the other parent. (Previous lawyer had assured me there was nothing to be done about the situation.) I can't explain how hard I, in particular, was to work with, but Teresa was able to parse through my turmoil and determine what was going on, what needed to be done, guide me though the steps I had to take, guide the kids through their parts, and of course, prepare a valid legal defense that ultimately was agreed upon. She totally supported us, she exhibited a very clear understanding of the law and post divorce situations. She and her team were also responsive, reliable, intelligient, professional and very skillful with us and with the opposing counsel. We have had several years of peace with their new visitation plan, thanks to Teresa. She truly gave us our lives back. I have talked to her recently on a new unrelated matter and she was very helpful with that. I have recommended her to other women going through difficult divorces the past few years and they have been very happy with her. She will fight for your rights.

I used this lawyer for my separation and divorce from my wife and she convinced me to sign a separation agreement that pays my soon to be ex-wife spousal support (an amount equals one third of my paycheck each month) for a period of up to one year. After 6 months of paying spousal support I find ...out that the agreement didn't specify any end date and the spousal support payments are valid until the divorce is final or until my ex finds a full time job. I ended up dropping her immediately as she got me stuck to an agreement which drained my pocket plus having to pay all the lawyer fees. Also, my ex acted as if she was trying to look for a full time job and only got her self a part time job and took advantage of this deal and continued to get spousal support from me for almost two years now. Thanks Teresa and Cole for your help.