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Posted by anonymous | October 06, 2025 | Hired Attorney

Ignorance.....failed trust

Ms. Shine was hired to assist in a brief file, charged over $17000.00 (2024) failed to file, took the money and took a tropical vacation for 10 days. Had she filed the motions as requested, it would have resulted in a positive outcome as the USSC identified the offense as not being a crime

Posted by anonymous | August 01, 2023 | Hired Attorney

Worse lawyer.

Backed away from defending me after charging over $60k in fees. Incompetent. Admonished by the Judge in open federal court. Manipulation of clients is her strategy. Pressured and manipulated me to plead guilty to a charge of which I was innocent.

Posted by Dmitry | June 25, 2022 | Hired Attorney

Waste of money

Good luck to all the positive reviews. She was hired by my family to do a post conviction appeal. The motion was a boilerplate with history of law rather than any issues being raised. A complete waste of my one shot to freedom. She basically took the money and copied the motion from text books. Terri...ble lawyer, would definitely NOT recommend.

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