Shane Lee Jimison

Shane assisted me with gathering information on some out-of-state divorce issues, and most recently handled a divorce for a very close friend of mine. He understood that my friend was dealing with limited resources, and gave some helpful advice about how to best file given the circumstances. He man...aged to deal with a uncooperative spouse and turned what could have been an adversarial proceeding into a relatively smooth and pain-free process. Shane also is great at responding almost immediately when called upon (which is why I find some of the other reviewers' comments somewhat surprising). I've spoken with other clients of Shane's who would also vouch for his conduct and integrity. I would highly recommend Shane to handle legal issues within his scope of expertise in Virginia.

This review is to prevent any others from experiencing a similar situation. I will keep it to bullet points so as to remain dispassionate. -Hired Mr. Jimison in May 2011 and by November 2011 he still was unable to even get a hearing. -My ex-spouse missed the "answer deadline" by nearly 3 month...s, but Mr. Jimison failed to act as well, so instead of getting a default judgment her attorney was able file an answer almost three months later. -I have tens of unanswered emails and he did not return a single phone call until I threatened to go the Virginia State Bar. -He did not respond to my emails in writing. Thus you cannot hold him to any commitments. -I corrected the divorce complaint he drafted, and then the complaint he filed still had the mistakes in it which I previously corrected. -He told me he filed my divorce decree in September and that I was very close to being divorced. When I emailed him two weeks later to inquire he did not respond. When I emailed him three weeks later he did not respond. Now on October 31st (almost 8 weeks later) I still have not status and don't know if my case is even with the judge. -After dealing with Mr. Jimison's complacency on my case since May, on October 31st 2011, I have decided to hired another attorney. -I will update this review to see how long it takes to forward my case file. -The phone answering service for Mr. Jimison is unreliable. -Mr. Jimison had every opportunity to complete my case and even had a no show from the "opposing team" the issue was he did not pay attention, did not return calls, or do due diligence. There was some procedural issue which Mr. Jimison had with the filing and I feel he was not forthright about it. -He claims that the volume of cases he does makes him some type of expert, but I found that he was unable to dedicate time to the particulars of my case. -Mr. Jimison is elusive. Again after threatening to complain he began to return phone calls but then he would act like nothing was wrong. "Hi, how is it going?" -After, failing to take action on my case and under the threat of reporting him, he then tells me that my ex-spouse filed an answer to the divorce complaint. She was served in June and given three weeks to answer. In September her attorney files an answer. Mr. Jimison did not even bother to tell me when he received the answer until almost a week later. At that point in time he offered to refund my money. The bottom line was he did not deliver what he said he could. My opinion: Mr. Jimison cannot give individual attention. He cannot deal with particular situations. He has no office to help him an it shows in the quality of his work. He may be able to help if you have no pressing issues and it's almost a divorce you could handle yourself. If you care about your case and want updates and returned phone calls. I do not recommend Mr. Jimison. I was very frustrated with him and felt that I should have gotten another attorney months ago, but he continued to string me along as though he was going to be able to do something and what is worse he spoke just that way, "you are so close to getting divorced". That was my fault. I will be taking my complaint to the Virginia State Bar.

My now Ex-Husband and I had been seperated for almost four years. When we called Shane we were expecting outrageous fees and a whole lot of headache. Instead we were welcomed with a very knowledgable and understanding guy! He knew we were done and he understood "the quicker, the better" attitude w...e had. We actually filed at the beginning of January 2011 and we are now officially divorced as of the end of January 2011. The fee was reasonable and the service and process extodinary. If you want a painless and easy divorce, Shane is your man! I don't know a lot of people that can say their divorce was actually pleasant ;) Thank you Shane for our awesome experience!