Sharon Robertson Chickering

I hired Sharon on the advice of a counselor/mediator who my ex-wife and I mutually initially agreed to see. When the direction of divorce was decided, I hired Sharon. She gave outstanding advice but I was a difficult client, and often rejected her advice. If I could go back and listen more caref...ully and "obey" her advice, I would. It would have been much better if I had. She essentially did as well as could be done under the circumstances. My only gripe was she agreed to a GAL that I strong reservations about. She held him at bay. However, when I could no longer afford Sharon this GAL and opposing counsel ganged up and made mincemeat of me and eventually my new counsel. The moral of the story: listen to Sharon closely and heed the advice. She's also a charismatic, funny, and enjoyable professional. Something we generally don't find among lawyers. Most of them are pills but not Sharon. Hire Sharon. Pay your bills. Heed her advice.

I had the same experience as the other reviewer that Ms Chickering dropped as a client. She did the same thing to me. She never seemed to be truly interested in my case except for my initial consultation. She prepared documents that had incorrect information which I had to pay for and then pay for... her to correct! Basic info that we had talked about. This happened several times with revision after revision. She was not helpful in the initial hearing either. Very passive and didn't stand up for my rights. She seemed very hurried. She wanted to do all the drafting of the documents, I figure because her secretary does them for her and She still charges her rates. Even when I let her know that my ex's attorney was going to write up the final agreement for approval, she took it upon herself to write it up so she could charge me. Guess what? Half of it was incorrect which meant I would have to correct it and pay her to revise it. When I confronted her on this she dropped me as well. She never gave me any advice on support or anything and I finally gave up and just settled for what my ex proposed because I was tired of fighting between us, as she was never really involved in negotiations, that was entirely done between my ex and myself. In the end, I just want to move on and have peace. Very unprofessional.

I hired Ms. Chickering to represent me in divorce/child custody matter. Her assistant would call and I would NOT be able to get off the phone with her. She used up alot of my time/charged me for phone calls where I learned nothing. Ms. Chickering was NOT prepared when we went to my custody hearing. I...nstead of focusing on the issues I addressed with her during out meetings, she brought up something completely arbitrary that made me wonder if she had me confused with someone else. My results were the opposite of what I had hoped for. I was skewered by the opposing counsel and she did not try to stop it. She is not aggressive at all. I will say that she is a very nice woman. Just not what I had expected because in our meetings she seemed to be very knowledgeable. When I addressed my concern to her, she dropped me as a client, and said I'd used up all of my retainer.