Amy S. Davis

Amy is a knowledgeable adoption attorney with not only high integrity, but compassion and diligence. We used her for an out of state adoption for our twins in 2001, so it was only natural to use her again for our current adoption. Since our current adoption was through DSS in another county, she wo...rked diligently with the DSS attorney in the other county to assure proper wording was placed on the court order from the judge so that there would be no impeding processes. Added to this was an out-of-state birth father who refused to sign any documentation nor give addresses of his whereabouts. Joan, Amy's trusted paralegal, worked unending on locating the BF so our adoption would proceed in a timely manner. Bottom line, we've experienced 3 adoptions all with extenuating and challenging circumstances without any delay or stress. She has made these experiences wonderful and has taken a lot of the burden off so we can enjoy our growing family. I would not hesitate to recommend her and have to several people.

Adopting our little girl was the most stressful, emotional, and ultimately joyous time of our lives. Having adopted 2 kids herself, Amy knew exactly what we were going through. She was our cheerleader when things looked bleak and our legal expert when we needed to finalize the adoption. We will ...be forever grateful for her help and compassion.

Ms. Davis gives poor a bad name and it is unfortunate Avvo does not have a lower rating. It is difficult to find a lawyer whose judgement and execution was so meager as hers, and yet it was even worse with her choice of office staff. Point of fact, soon after our adoption case proceeded Ms. Davis ...removed this area of practice from the front page of her web site. Point of fact, Ms. Davis told us her specialty was agency and foreign adoptions. What she got wrong: Nearly everything; from misinterpreting and misapplying North Carolina's adoption laws (specifically family adoption), to delegating all but one of our interactions to her even more inept secretary/paralegal "Joni" , to refusing to contact us personally, to repeated mis-mailings and mishandling of critical and time sensitive documents. Again, I can't reiterate enough that we were only afforded ONE face to face meeting with Ms. Davis and that this was the ONLY contact we had with her. Countless calls made to her office during normal business hours were directed to voice-mail or were outright ignored; in general I would estimate that 1 in 10 calls were actually returned. Her choice to maintain irregular office hours and a four day work week were also impediments. And when we did get a hold of someone (insert Joni) we were given the same excuse multiple times that they were swamped with bankruptcy work for other clients... At one point, after months of mishandling our case, Joni had the audacity to ask us who was going to pay for the added work, the work they brought on themselves through ineptitude. The effect: What was essentially an uncontested Adoption turned into a 3 year nightmare. In the end we had to follow up and work with DSS and Clerk of Court ourselves to redirect critical filings and paperwork, including the application for the reissued birth certificate. I'm glad she has refocused her practice toward bankruptcy, because as an adoption attorney we feel she failed us.