Tara E Steinnerd

Tara did a fantastic job representing me through a bitter divorce. She was attentive, open and honest regarding my absurd amount of questions and concerns throughout 2020-2021’s COVID crazy virtual court hearings. Tara’s rates commensurate to her work production were far less than what she deserved!... The best advice Tara repeatedly gave me, was to keep calm and let her do her job…yes, I was very stubborn. Everything work out great in the end, where my post-divorce happiness is due to Tara’s representation and professionalism.

She was my lawyer from 2020-2021 and half the time I didn’t know what she was doing for that much money. Every time I turned around she wanted more money and then if payment wasn’t made she would threaten to withdraw over and over again. She didn’t a good job representing me nor did she even get my c...hild support takin care of. I ended up doing my case alone and winning with out her and getting my support. I wouldn’t hire her nor recommend her to anyone.

Tara took on my case during the pandemic. During 2 or 3 occasions when I tried to reach her via phone and email I was presented with an automated message informing me that she was away on travel. Why would you take my case if you planned to be unavailable due to traveling? Ironically she withdraw fr...om my case citing her reason as I was bad at communicating with her when most of the time I could not reach her because she was away. My daughter was awarded temporary custody to her aunt until my pending custody hearing because Tara did a horrible job representing me. It’s obvious by how quick she was to withdraw that she does not care about her clients. Unfortunately most lawyers only care about money and fairfax court unfortunately does not take you seriously if you don’t have legal counseling.

From our first conversation I knew Tara was the perfect fit. She was very concerned about my case and took the time to review carefully on my consultation. She was excellent in court, addressing every subject thoroughly and as aggressive as you would want any lawyer to be. If I need to handle another... case she will be my first call.

Tara was hired for my child custody case. She sent me a draft of a motion, to which I provided edits, then she filed the wrong version of the motion and charged me for her time “editing”. She later contacted me from her personal phone, which I did not know was her personal number, so when I continued... to contact her on the number with questions because I couldn’t get a response to my emails she very rudely told me to never contact her on that number again, and withdrew from my case without even communicating with me less than 2 weeks from my court date. She has been publicly admonished by the Virginia Bar Association for other professional conduct in 2017. BE WARNED