Ashby Lawton Jones

These are the attitudes I chose to maintain over the last 12 months, and I could not be more pleased with Ashby and the outcome of my divorce. My wife chose to give up on our marriage, but she agreed to an amicable mediation and to forgo a big court battle for the sake of our daughter. However, s...hortly after she moved out I was served with a summons to appear in family court 17 days later. She chose not to be fair, and was asking for full custody of our daughter. I was devastated, and scared. After many conversations with friends, one recommended Ashby stating that he had the unfortunate experience of being on the wrong side of the courtroom from Ashby. He said that if he had to do it all over again, he would hire her. So I met with Ashby and in that one hour consultation, she had my wife pegged and knew exactly how to handle my case. I left our meeting feeling assured and, after a lot of prayer, I surrendered the outcome to God and hired Ashby. With just 2 weeks to prepare a counter complaint and appear in court we really had our work cut out for us, but Ashby and her staff were great. Ashby was very articulate and did a great job of putting me at ease and giving me confidence. Ashby turned out to be very smart and intuitive in many ways. Without ever meeting my wife, she really did a great job of understanding my wife's personality just from our conversations. She also had enough experience with my wife's attorney to know what we could expect from her and how she might advise my wife. Everything Ashby said would happen did happen. My wife chose to settle in lieu of battling it out in court, we were able to finalize our divorce in 12 months without it dragging out, and the outcome of our settlement was exactly what I would hoped for had we gone through mediation. In our first meeting Ashby told me that she was expensive but worth it... this also turned out to be true. Maybe her retainer and hourly rate is more than what other attorney's might charge, but in the long run I know I would have paid much more to a "cheaper" attorney and jeopardized that which is most valuable of all... my relationship with my daughter. I never wanted to be divorced, I never wanted to be in family court, and I never wanted to be in a situation of having to choose an attorney, but I am grateful that God led me to Ashby. So there is no doubt that I highly recommend you hire Ashby. And, if you do, be sure to Trust God, believe in Ashby, and be a good client. God Bless!

I had a horrible experience with another attorney in the area. I had to hire Ashby to clean up the mess and had learned so much from my consultation and she confirmed that I was working with someone who did not have the competency to have accepted my case. I had to hire Ashby to stop the bleeding f...inancially as well as get the job done that the other lawyer could not figure out how and what to do. Ashby was beyond reasonable in billing, never padded, and fair for the work completed. You will NOT pay her to learn the law. Beware of hiring a lawyer at a lower rate but they may not understand how critical strategy is and what needs to get done. Do NOT let a higher hourly fee turn you away as you will pay less in the long run for her to get the job done and get it done right. I have had many lawyers in dealing with the same situation and she is the ONLY one I can speak positively about. Not only is she fair in all these other areas but she communicates with you when you need her to and I mean on weekends! Yes Saturdays and Sundays. I pray to God I will never need her again but if I do she will be the only lawyer I ever use and recommend. How refreshing, how glorious, a lawyer that doesn't lie, that isn't a shark in a bad way and is fair in billing, with intelligence and competency to boot. When you are done reading this call her and hire her. Find a way to get the money for the retainer and you could possible even see a refund the way I did. No brainer, no brainer, no brainer. Learn from my mistakes and make the right decision for the first time. Not only did she get the job done, it most likely will never return. I will continue to refer and sing praises as long as I can. In all fairness if things hadn't turned out the way I wanted, I could honestly still say she is a class act AND a lawyer! Good luck I hope everyone makes the right decision and NO I am not a relative or friend of the attorney or her family. She was referred to me by another woman I met.