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Janet Elizabeth Boyd

1.0
Rating: 6.8

Licensed for 34 years

Family Lawyer at Stafford, VA
Practice Areas: Family, Bankruptcy & Debt, Guardianship ... +2 more

385 Garrisonville Rd Ste 203, Stafford, VA

About Janet

Practice Areas

5

Practice Areas

Family 75%

Divorce, child support, spousal support child custody and visitation, adoption equitable distribution

23 years

75%
Bankruptcy and Debt 10%

Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankrtupcies

23 years

10%
General Practice 5%

Landlord/tenant, contracts

5%
Guardianship 5%

For incapacitated older adults and children turning 18

23 years

5%
Wills and Living Wills 5%

Simple wills, Powers of Attorney and Advance medical directives

5%

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Licenses

Licensed in Virginia for 21 years

State: Virginia

Acquired: 2004

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in District of Columbia for 27 years

State: District of Columbia

Acquired: 1999

Good Standing

No misconduct found

Licensed in Pennsylvania for 34 years

State: Pennsylvania

Acquired: 1991

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Janet Elizabeth Boyd

385 Garrisonville Rd Ste 203, Stafford, VA, 22554-1599

Law Offices of Janet Elizabeth Boyd

385 Garrisonville Rd Ste 203, Stafford, VA, 22554-1599

Law Offices of Janet Elizabeth Boyd

Stafford, VA, 22554

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Janet Elizabeth Boyd's Reviews

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3 Client Reviews

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Posted by anonymous | July 23, 2025 | Hired Attorney

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Worst attorney ever

Miss Boyd was not only the most unprofessional attorney I have ever experienced. She was very incompetent. I have been involved in court for 30+ years. She would make the worst attorney look good. She did not know what she was doing. She did not know the law. During the court proceedings the judge ha...d to tell her on three different occasions that what she was arguing was not before the court to stop arguing it. Judge ask her. Did she have anything to say about what they were in court for. She told the judge know Your Honor. She would not listen to her own client, nor would she listen to others who knew more about the case than she did. If anyone is looking for an attorney to support them and give 100% she is not it. She did not do her research. She was not prepared even though she had the case for nine months. I could have done it better than she ever did and I’m not a good attorney again. Do not recommend anyone to hire her as an attorney as she does not know what she is doing.

Posted by anonymous | April 5, 2025 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

What a mess

Was absolutely awful. Filed my paperwork the day of court and almost forgot to so it then also, ran if up to the cleek when we sat outside the courtroom then when asked by the judge about it lied and said "my client filled out the paperwork wrong. Like what?!? Resulted ib my recieving $0 for support... and I practically had to demand she enter a request for a hearing to recieve it after months of her putting it off telling me that would be disscussed during your divorce. I gave her two retainers and had to tell that she did not work for the other party. As my retainer dwindled down the second time and her making my situation worse than when we started I told her I would be ending our client/Attorney agreement because I could no longer afford it a few days later she requested I come in to sign an end of contract agreement and whwn I did I asked what I owed thinking it would be $100-200 since I stopped service as soon as it was going to run out but instead was given a bill the size of a phone book for $5000. I honestly feel she worked with the opposing attorney because she did such an awful job. I would strongly advise against hiring her. She failed me and my children in every way possible. The other reviewer summed it up perfectly an absolute Joke.

Posted by kc | January 2, 2025 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

joke

Janet Boyd is a joke of a lawyer the absolute worst lawyer I have ever had. She will do nothing for you and seems to know nothing of the law or how to help people out of their situation

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Experience

Rating:  6.8 (Good)

Education

1990

American University Washington College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

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