Danyese Hobbs

Ms. Hobbs talks a good game. Her and her staff come off as stellar performers during the consultation process. Then I paid the retainer fee and all communications ceased. I went for weeks and months without any activity from her office. Finally I called and asked when I would be able to go to cour...t? At that time she put me off and a few more months went by. At this point I realized I had not even been back to her offices since I paid the retainer. So for several thousand dollars I saw her in her office once for the consultation, a second time when I paid the retainer but that was in passing, and a third time at the court house for my only and final hearing 9 mos. after paying the retainer fee. I received my court date notice by mail. We never even went over the case by phone or in person before appearing at the court house. There were a couple of emails with instructions for paperwork but that was it. I never even got a heads up on what to expect in court. During the court appearance I really wanted to tell the judge about this horrible experience but I didn’t know exactly what that would have accomplished. If I knew the judge would have made her refund my fee and allowed me to find another attorney then it would have been worth it. But without knowing the possible outcome I didn’t want to embarrass her and then still be out of money. I really wanted a new attorney. I ended up paying another attorney to fix my divorce. So I paid for my divorce twice due to ineffective counsel. The sad part is I paid for nothing. I don’t want this to happen to anyone else. The entire experience was expensive and horrible. I went to her because I thought she was an aggressive attorney that would speak on my behalf and get me what I deserved. Instead I was told by her that most judges would not side with me and that the events in my marriage that led to the divorce happened over a year ago so they don't matter now. She told me that she couldn't get me a better deal. Where I'm from somthing is better than nothing. I got nothing.