Kristen Marie Shannon

The only, but huge, issue I had with her services is that I found her to be extremely uncommunicative. Not being an attorney I had no idea what to expect, and she did next to nothing to prepare me for court. I was not told what would happen, how to prepare myself, what to know, what to do, what she n...eeded from me, what anyone needed from me, etc. I felt the entire time that I was very low on the totem pole in terms of priority. After working with other attorneys since, I now know that this is not the norm. My entire case ended up being fought on evidence I had to proactively gather without being asked - because I became scared that she was not following through and guiding me properly. Had I not done that, I sincerely believe I would have lost in a big way. In court, you could tell she was bright, and sharp, and handled herself very well. In fact - I am utterly baffled at how much skill she appears to have, but how poorly she handled the case. At the end of the day the case went worse than expected, and I did everything possible to help myself - but my attorney could have done so much more. I'm not sure she even cares or knows how much those mistakes cost me. For the above reasons I couldn't honestly recommend her.

During the intial visit and each time I met with Ms Shannon, she appeared to be somewhat timid> At one point I remembered thinking that I needed an attorney with a little more "umph". Ahh...hhh was I surprised! This is a smart attorney. She is thorough and tough when she needs to be. Not only diid ...I see a great deal of "umph" but when my case was done, I'm also sure the opposing attorney was thinking, "umph..umph...ummm" because she surprised him too!!! Attorney Shannon will work hard for you. But...what impressed me the most was her response to my telephone calls and many questions. Her receptionist (Anne) was on point as well. Although, I hated the fact that I needed an attorney, she make the process a little more bearable.