Stephanie N. Davis

Ms Davis has a background primarily in criminal law but also takes on cases for separation, child custody, child support, and divorce. She brings toughness to the court but she’s not as competent on the Family Law side as I expected. I did not get the outcome that I expected during my custody/suppo...rt/alimony cases and I feel like she was not realistic with me about NC family law and the temperament of Wake County Family Court judges. Wake County Family judges are very progressive and there is absolutely no preference of the mother over the father if all things considered equal. We went in with a 1980/1990 strategy and it just didn’t work. Additionally, opposing counsel and judge corrected her a few times and on occasion I felt like we could have prepared better. I hired Attorney Davis for initial hearings but I ultimately decided to represent myself midway through the 2-year ordeal and I felt better about the outcomes I was able to achieve on my own … with no additional money needed. Once I, myself, understood the system and how the judges rule, I set my expectations accordingly. But biggest lesson learned is that I should have just compromised with my ex-husband from the beginning. It would have saved a lot of time, energy, and money… and kept things peaceful moving forward for now we co-parent our daughter. But you can’t expect an attorney to give you that advice.