Jeffrey E. Marshall

My experience with Mr. Marshall can only be described as an exercise in frustration. In my view, he repeatedly bowed to my former spouses whims, their lawyer's bully-ness and consistently failed to protect me and my kids. On the plus side (big plus), Jeff did get me primary custody. This should h...ave been very easy since my former partner abandoned them. However, he failed miserably in getting me the child support owed for 3+ years. He repeatedly avoided trial, getting court dates only after I pushed VERY hard. His 'advice' for out-of-state law was horrible, mis-leading and false. Save yourself the headaches and find another lawyer.

Do not hire this attorney. If you believe that your case has a good chance of settling out of court, then hire a mediator, and by all means, settle. Save yourself time, money, and energy. If your ex has exhibited very bad behavior, and there is little chance of settlement, and a judge needs to hea...r what has been happening so that you can get a order that protects you and your children, then hire an attorney who is willing to take your case to trial. I paid over $30,000 for trial prep that didn't happen, as evidenced by Jeff's refusal to even look at important documents that I had brought to him. His trial prep consisted of going over (and over, and over) a questionnaire that I spent hours on myself. Then when an offer for settlement came to us 10 days prior to trial, Jeff put a great deal of pressure on me to settle, which would have been detrimental to me, and my child. It became evident to me that Jeff had never intended to go to trial with my case. I did not cave, fired Jeff, and found another attorney who was willing to take the case with less than 1 week left to prepare. Before I fired him, Jeff admitted that "95% of his cases settle out of court." If I had been told that upfront, there is no way I would have hired him, given the circumstances of my case.

No honesty in commitment to client . All about money. Made promises he could not keep. Manipulated to delay my case settlement for 4 months to drain my retainer while allowing me and my family/kids to suffer. I was totally betrayed in my trusting him when it came to getting results/taking action wh...en a settlement offer came knocking on my door by the opposition counsel asking to make an offer to settle when I hired him. He delayed the settlement for four months knowing my family/kids had been suffering for long time being separated unnecessarily. He totally ate up almost all of the retainer just to get a questionnaire filled out that he sent with 100 questions that he himself did not read before meeting the opposition counsel. He came to meetings not knowing the details of documents sent pertaining to the case details. He was always too busy and unreachable when I needed most to get answers to my questions. When confronted he asked if he could get out of the case just before my hearing date. How is this ethical? He had me pay for additional mediation (mediator and his time during mediation) charges to reach a unreasonable settlement offer after the same opposition counsel asked for same settlement offer 4 months before and used up the entire mediation to come up with terrible custody arrangement that betrays common sense and that I am still awaiting finalization. Unreasonable and Unnecessary charges such as an example:- > $47 for filing medical records of my son in his office after I gave him a copy for record were billed to me. He manipulated by his delays to settle when it was offered months before and we ended up loosing my time and my children's time together forever for trusting this man doing the right thing on time. Please decide to choose someone who puts your trust above his bank account balance.