Danya Ledford Vanhook

I had hoped when I initially hired Ms. Vanhook that because she had been a former family court judge that she would know all of the ins, outs, loopholes, and best ways to sway judgements for her clients. She doesn't. I thought because she was a mom, that she would be sympathetic for my particular sit...uations and predicaments, she wasn't. I thought because of time constraints and my location she would work hard to fast track my case, nope. I actually felt like she was partnering with my ex's attorney to keep continuing the case so I could not get custody of my son, and told her so. Firing her did not make it clear I was done with her lack of professionalism and assistance. She took money from me to do a job that wasn't done. I stopped paying her and told her that there would not be another dime until she got me to court. I feel she should refund my money, as I did her job myself. The most she did was file a motion for me, that I paid for, and appear in court for the weekly sorting of cases and agree with counsel to continue continuing the case. I don't think that was worth what I paid, as that may have equaled less than 30 minutes of time dealing with my case alone. She never, in her tenure on my case, let me know my son needed to be subpoenaed to appear, he's 12. She never truly gave me the information I asked for and rarely took it upon herself to contact me. Firing her twice didn't make a dent for her to withdraw, until I took matters in my own hands with a judge. Don't use this attorney for child custody/divorce. Ms. Vanhook does not put the needs of her clients first. If you want updates or questions answered, you have to contact and contact and contact Ms. Vanhook before you get an answer, which is probably a half-truth answer at best. I got myself on the docket for my custody trial. I may not be an attorney, or handled myself perfectly in court, or was told I had to subpoena my son, so he did not get to include his voice and let the court know how he felt, but I got the job done and I am now waiting on my court order from the judge. I am glad this is over and no matter what happens, I know it's more than I could have expected from Ms. Vanhook based on Ms. Vanhook's previous work and care on my case. I had to give her at least one star, but in my opinion, deserves none.

We hired Danya to represent our son with a difficult case involving many charges. The entire process was long through the court system, Danya stayed by our side through the whole thing. She represented us well and all charges were dropped. I could not be happier with her service and dedication to our... son. Would recommend 100%. Thank you Danya

I hired Danya for a very difficult custody case. She was very effective in assessing the situation and getting to the point without wasting time. She stroke me as very intelligent and passionate about her job and justice. My ex-husband, with whom I have domestic violence history and I've been divors...ed for 5 1/2 years now, left town 2 years ago and got married, leaving our daughter in my care, which I was very grateful to see happen and fully supported his decision. However, that move had a negative impact on our daughter. Recently he showed up with false allegations and police at our door, and took her into custody, under false allegations. His lawyer is a very questionable character, with whom I dealt with in the past. Five years ago, he was able to trick meinto agreeing to things that were not to my benefit, but to the benefit of his client, despite the facts of the matter. I was scared, without money and with a free lawyer that was doing the best she could. This time around, I had Danya. She came very highly recommended by another fiend lawyer. I was proven right in my choice to trust her. Danya delivered fast and furious. She did exactly what she promised the first time. She was very effective in hearing my points, assessing the situation and delivering under high stress and limited time. I don't know how she pulled that rabbit out of the hat, but his lawyer was destroyed. She was cutthroat no matter how lowd this guy got. His clients (my ex and his very rich family) were left extremely disappointed. She didn't give-in to the pressure and delivered flawlessly. I am so thankful for having her on my side. God bless Danya and I will continue to pray for her and her future successes. Thank you God, thank you Danya and the judge, for serving justice and getting me my daughter back.