Kelly E. Miller

My ex-husband served me with an ex-parte order in 2014. The hearing was 11 days after I was served. Needless to say, I was in a bind and needed a lawyer fast. I found Kelly through someone I knew, and she was able to take my case last minute (and for a small retainer, which is a plus). However, I tru...ly believe I was pigeon-holed as a "bad mother" from the beginning, and feel I was treated as if I should just "take what I can get" because I won't get custody of my child. At mediation, I felt pressured by her to give the other side (my ex) everything he asked for. When I told her I didn't want to agree, and wanted to take my chances in court, she told me that I should just agree to what was being offered, because it could be a year before a judge saw me and no judge would ever give me more than every other weekend with my child (who I've raised alone since day ONE). She told me I wouldn't win, so I needed to sign the agreement. I felt like I had no other choice, and because of my lack of legal knowledge, I consented to an order stripping me of most of my parental rights. It's been a year and a half since then, and guess what? I'm doing my case pro se, and the judge is actually giving me my child back. I should've had a stronger voice when it came to that, but I went with what my lawyer said. Over $8000 for one and a half sessions of mediation and ONE court hearing, and I ended up in an even worse predicament than before. She might be a wonderful lawyer to someone else, but if you've got any sort of past at all, don't bother with her. If you're lawyer can't see that people can change after their mistakes, they're not a lawyer for you.