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Kelly Collins Ashby

2.3
Rating: 6.5

Licensed for 24 years

Divorce and separation Lawyer at Winchester, VA
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Child Custody, Adoption, Elder Law

24 South Kent Street, Winchester, VA

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Licenses

Licensed in Virginia for 22 years

State: Virginia

Acquired: 2003

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in Delaware for 24 years

State: Delaware

Acquired: 2001

Inactive

No misconduct found

Location

Law Office of Kelly C. Ashby, P.C.

24 South Kent Street, Winchester, VA, 22601

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Kelly Collins Ashby's Reviews

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2.3 /5.0

4 Client Reviews

Posted by anonymous | December 31, 2025 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Efficient and knowledgeable

Appreciate Kelly so much. She helped me figure things out quickly and efficiently when I felt in a hurry on a legal matter. Highly recommend.

Posted by anonymous | December 20, 2021 | Hired Attorney

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No words

Kelly Ashby acts tough and like she will fight for you, but don't believe it. She has no grit beyond paper. She will not fight for you in court.

Posted by anonymous | April 2, 2019 | Hired Attorney

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Awful

Kelly advised me that having another child with my wife was grounds for having child support modified. We filed it in court, had a date set, and then she decided she didnt want to represent me anymore. I believe she purposefully backed me into a corner, knowing I couldnt win. I actually had to spend ...thousands of dollars with another lawyer, and ended up with no change, and made several concessions to my ex-wife (who has a drug addict living with my children, but that's another story for another day). Kelly is biased against men, plain and simple. Do yourself a favor and RUN if you are male.

Posted by anonymous | May 10, 2017 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

We had to constantly remind her of the court's deadlines.

We hired Kelly as an adoption attorney last year. It turned out she actually had very little experience with private adoption. Our adoption counselor, Erin, was our saving grace, Erin would tell us what we needed to have Kelly do. Without Erin, we AND she would have been lost. Kelly failed to fi...le our last bit of paperwork on time and caused our final court date to be delayed by six weeks. We also found out after the fact that her fees were much higher than average. I feel that we were really taken. We paid a lot of money and had to pretty much do her job for her (or at least our counselor did.) I can't imagine what might of happened if we had relied solely on her knowledge and follow through. It is not easy to write such a bad review, because Kelly was actually very nice and friendly. I just wouldn't want anyone else to go through the stress we did.

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Rating:  6.5 (Good)

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