Amy S. Davis

Upon receiving high recommendations regarding the work of Ms. Davis, my husband and I hired her to help with the legal aspects of adopting our son. I cannot say enough praises about the work that she did for us. Adoption can be an incredibly stressful journey but with the expertise and reliability of... Ms. Davis it was very comforting to know we were in such good hands. I could rely on Ms. Davis for prompt and clear responses to my numerous questions, she approached our legal needs with enthusiasm and care, and the vast knowledge she has of adoption law was necessary to complete our adoption process. I highly recommend Ms. Davis.

We are so thankful to have found Amy. Our adoption is somewhat complicated and she has provided honest advice, has proven her knowledge of the system, and has even been willing to "talk us off the ledge" late in the evening when we felt overwhelmed by the uncertainty in the process. She is flexible b...ut also straightforward when she feels that a particular course of action is best. I truly believe that she cares about us, our child, and our relationship with the birth mother, which is extremely important to us. She also has a good sense of humor, which is always appreciated during stressful times!

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.