Heidi C. Bloom

I am happy to attest that after 3 long years in a very high conflict divorce, Heidi Bloom came through for me financially in an manner that greatly exceeded my expectations. I live in Pinehurst NC and had to turn to Raleigh to find an attorney who was willing to tackle a case involving a high profile... physician in our community. There were no issues of child custody, but a great deal of financial issues to unravel. The length of time it took to resolve my issue was more of a reflection of my spouse's legal stalling than Heidi's efforts. I truly appreciated her advice, total (brutal) honesty , and expertise. I can understand why some clients might think that attorneys are too harsh and uncaring. Everyone arrives with differing sets of circumstances. Attorneys are not your therapists, and you are paying them to navigate you to the best outcome given your situation. . Heidi was amazing in her timing of filing items which greatly benefitted my case. She is extremely busy, but her paralegals always helped when I needed to pass information along. I felt that she did as much as she could to ensure that I wasn't paying too much for outside experts to analyze business entities. Heidi's presence in the courtroom is impressive. She's professional, yet unrelenting in Mediation . It's evident that she is respected by her peers. As a professional woman myself, I respected her efforts to get me to focus (divorces bring out the crazy in all of us). Besides being a great attorney, she is a very nice person who takes your case very seriously. My Alimony and Equitable Distribution documents were signed in court yesterday. I am still thrilled at what Heidi accomplished for me. I have and will continue to highly recommend her to anyone in a divorce situation.

I have probably one of the most complicated divorces and custody situations imaginable which has dragged on for a long time due to my own mistakes. Heidi is extremely professional, an incredible memory and a fantastic understanding of the law. She is a very caring person and she can tell you her... opinion but has always been very diligent to work for what I wanted not her. She has a very kind heart but she is completely unabashed in telling you the cold hard truth whether you are ready to hear it or not. I have been angry with her and argued with her before thanking her for helping me see what I wasn't. I have been exposed to many opposing lawyers in my case and Heidi is the only one who really displays integrity and honesty. She plays hard but fairly. She isn't out for dramatics and she believes in settling things out of court if possible but not afraid to fight. In the courtroom is where she is extremely effective, articulate and passionate. I believe that her complete honest conviction and how she expressed it made the difference in my custody case. She is very organized in her thoughts and makes very rational arguments. She cares a lot about what she does and her reputation for honesty and being a straight shooter matters a lot - judges know which lawyers are serious and which are histrionic clowns. She has always been sure I was honest in what I say and works hard to develop the best strategies possible. It is a big firm. Heidi isn't always the best at returning calls sometimes. Sometimes you have to call twice or maybe three times. But at the times when time mattered, it was always the first time or she had already called me. With every experience I had- and seeing how bad the legal system is, how slimy the other attorneys are- I am very proud to have worked with someone of Heidi's character and someone I respect a great deal as a person and a lawyer.

Worst lawyer EVER! Beware. Heidi talks a big strategy, IE she will legally harass the defendant to get them to acquiesce. She will threaten to drop your case at the 11th. hour, if you attempt to express any polite and respectful displeasure with her failure to follow through or handle issues in a... timely manner. Painfully slow response time, if at all. If you politely inquire on your case status, she will become rude and threatening and resort to dishonesty by claiming not to have received important time sensitive correspondence . Another tactic was the ruse that she sent replies that mysteriously never arrived. Purportedly messages ended up in this large firms spam and trash filters with no explanation as to why or how they got there . In return for lots of $$$ and a lot of hard work on my part providing the facts and information needed to get the results she indicated she could get, she was totally ineffectual, frustrating, aggravating and added exponentially to the stress of the case she was entrusted with. Over a period of months, she was totally unsuccessful in getting even ONE deposition from the defendants or any witnesses. They played her and out-smarted her at every turn, making her seem slow, easily manipulated, unprepared, ineffective and incompetent. Needless to say, after spending tens of thousands of dollars, she got absolutely zero results. The frustration, stress, aggravation and plain meanness Heidi caused was immeasurable. It doesn't seem quite fair when an nonobjective lawyer with his own goals comes along and writes a nice review to offset unfavorable reviews and bump the score up... There should be separate categories for reviews by clients and reviews/endorsements by other lawyers: colleagues, lawyer relatives and lawyer friends.