Sheila G. Passenant

I was in a pretty sticky situation with my children's other parent and Ms. Passenant and her firm were amazing the whole way through. Given the circumstances leading up to hiring them, we got the best outcome we could've hoped for and they set me up for amazing success with my children and my hopes f...or maintain custody. They also were great with communication and advising against listening to my own biases. I am eternally grateful, and indebted, to Ms. Passenant and her firm for all the long hours and hard work they did to help me find success in what felt like a hopeless situation.

I would highly recommend Sheila and Ali in Divorce and Custody suits. Both always had my best interest as the focus of the case and were most professional and ethical throughout the entire process. They were extremely organized and up to date on current laws and never once did I hesitate on their rec...ommendations for me and my children. Having Sheila and Ali representing me was the best decision I made during this difficult time in my life.

I engaged Ms Passenant for a divorce and child custody matter and had to change counsel approx. six (6) weeks later because she was woefully inadequate compared to opposing counsel. She encouraged, read practically forced, me to sign a Consent Order that was not in my interest. I know this because th...ree other highly respected attorneys have since reviewed Ms Passenant's work on my case and said as much. Nine (9) months later I am still living with the negative impact of Ms Passenant's extremely bad advice. As some others have also stated, at times Ms Passenant was very difficult to contact and failed to return phone calls or emails. Unless you are on very good terms with your ex and there are absolutely no issues under dispute, I would not recommend engaging Ms Passenant to represent you in a family law matter. In fact, given my experience, I cannot recommend the services of Ms Passenant at all. Full stop.

Sheila was excellent about keeping the children first and foremost in my divorce proceedings. However she bended to the opposing party way too easily, shushed me if I disagreed with her offer, gave away large amounts of money at the end of mediation just to be finished and went totally MIA in the fo...llow up to my divorce mediation. Her associate Kristen Shearin is a ding bat. Billing was incorrect multiple times (twice I got someone else's bill) and couldn't even spell my name and address correctly. I can't believe I paid so much money for so much aggravation.

When I contacted Passenant & Shearin Law I was trying to do division of martial property process on my own due to financial issues after a very difficult divorce. It is very difficult to do on your own. I felt awkward about everything I was going through and did not realize how hard it was doing it ...on my own. I contacted the office through email and they immediately respond back to me within 12 hours and started working on the case right away. The ladies did not judge or make me feel uncomfortable about my situation and they was very honest about the whole case from beginning to end. They did not make me feel like I was just a client they made me feel like I was part of the team being available anytime of the day or night. They work so well to together as a team and communicated with each other to the point if I contacted the office all the staff could assist me with any question. They kept me informed with all documentation and contact with the opposing attorney. I felt very secure with their law firm cause they was very knowledgeable about my whole case, being honest and upfront from the beginning gave a sense of comfort. I am very satisfied with all their work, knowledge, with caring attitude and concerns that they all came together as a team and poured into my case. As a person that never thought I would never go through this situation after 23 years of marriage it was a blessing to find and awesome group of ladies that gave their all for the best interest of me.