S Maria Shiloh Averill

I had the WORST experience with Maria Averill. Maria Averill was very good upfront with selling me on her experience and ability to help. She was prompt and courteous before hired. She asked for a large retainer and then failed to communicate with me, emails and requests were just ignored, she billed... me for more than half of the retainer within the first 6 months, in which nothing but a piece of paper had been filed. She was rude when I did speak to her (I spoke to her assistant most of the time as she seemed to constantly be on vacation when I called). She was combative and very unprofessional at times (tried to prove me wrong when I pushed about issues with my case or my account). Getting any statement of account was nearly impossible and she created billable hours for anything to burn through the hefty retainer she requested. If I had not continuously persisted to get answers I am not sure she would have ever pursued any legal action in a timely manner. The work completed by her office is sloppy and often full of typos. She is either overloaded or she is just lazy. I don't know if any lawyer is decent and divorce is so difficult but do not hire this lawyer.