Ashley Danielle Bennington

My experience with Ashley Bennington as opposing counsel in my custody matter has been extremely negative. To be clear, I did not hire her; she represents my ex-husband. Throughout the case, I have been disturbed by the way she has characterized me personally. Communications and positions taken on... behalf of her client have portrayed me as “difficult,” as a bad mother, and as someone attempting to prevent the father from seeing his child. Those characterizations are particularly troubling to me because my actions have been centered on advocating for my child and addressing concerns through the appropriate legal and professional channels. There is a significant difference between disagreeing with the opposing parent’s position and personally portraying that parent as a bad mother. I fully understand that her responsibility is to advocate for her client. I do not expect opposing counsel to agree with me. I do, however, expect a family-law attorney dealing with matters involving a child to maintain professionalism and focus on the facts, evidence, court orders, and the child’s welfare rather than using personal characterizations of the other parent. Based on my direct experience with her as opposing counsel, I have found her approach unnecessarily adversarial and personally disparaging. My review reflects my own experience and observations during this litigation.

I cannot recommend Ashley Bennington. My divorce left me in financial hardship with long-range consequences in my inability to purchase another home, tax liability and years to recover financially. In retrospect, she was clearly outmaneuvered by opposing counsel on things that should have been easi...ly recognized by an attorney of her supposed expertise. Early on I felt I should have switched attorneys but did not. I paid for hours upon hours of 'preparation for court', yet she used none of it and barely spoke up in court. I don't think she was really invested in my case. Do your due diligence when hiring any attorney.