Mandi Deyerle McDonough

Ms. McDonough has been an amazing lawyer. As a Soldier I couldn’t ask for a better person. Ms. McDonough understands military training and other things regarding military. She works with you when you can talk to her and fights for you. Also as a father, it can be difficult for you to get to see your ...children but she is a pit Bull and will fight every inch. I could not have had a better attorney!! She fought for me and my children until I got the outcome that was needed. She is a non-stop fighter, easy to talk to, and always made me feel that my case was important, even though she has many other cases. I have gotten calls and emails late at night (and even on some weekends) when other attorneys wouldn\'t even think about their clients. There are not enough words to say how grateful I am for her and the team.

Attorney Mandi McDonough was an absolute answer to prayer. Despite working from home during the pandemic and like most of us who had to juggle our jobs and our children who were home from school; she was juggling her elementary aged son and her newborn daughter who was born during the pandemic all wh...ile tirelessly working hard on my case fir my family. I found her to be compassionate, timely, encouraging, strategic and very knowledgeable. The first court date she outlined my case perfectly and held my now ex husband accountable for everything he had done. I was awarded custody, child support, generous alimony and attorneys fees from the Judge. Later I found out from my ex that his lawyer charged him $2,000 extra retainer up front because of the fight he knew he had being up against my lawyer. I can see why, she is very strategic, honest and knows the law. I needed a lot of hand holding and needed a lot of explanations throughout the process and she was always generous with her time. I read a lot of reviews before I hired her and there were a few negative that concerned me but way more positive. The negative ones I read were NOT my experience at all. My experience was excellent and professional from beginning to end. After working with Mandi for over a year on my case and getting consistent communication and professionalism, I think those few negative reviews were from angry people on the other side like my ex who she destroyed in court and not from real clients of Attorney McDonough. I would recommend her 100 times! She helped me through the worst period in my life with kindness, empathy and brilliant legal strategy.

Mandi is as smart as a whip and cares deeply about her clients. She is tough and battle-hardened but also honest and passionate about justice - a rare combination. She is exactly the kind of attorney my Biblical counselor told me to use and I was lucky to find her. Mandi and her team spent countles...s hours preparing me for my custody hearing - often providing advice well after office hours. She never made me feel like I was bothering her with my many questions and always provided immediate answers at crucial moments. And Mandi is a true force in the courtroom. This is not just a job for her - this is her true passion, gifting, and calling. Mandi is an incredible woman, whom I admire, and she will fight for you and your children.

After so many months looking for the RIGHT attorney, I found the one! Mandy McDonough. I’m not even in the same state and right away she briefly heard me out and what was going on with my case. Took a few days for her to get everything in order for me. She is very persistent with her work and gets it... done. She will fight for your child like her own! I’ve found inner peace knowing I have her as my lawyer! Not only is she an amazing lawyer but her staff is amazing as well! I’m grateful and blessed with her! TEAM McDonough!!!

Mandi presented herself as a caring, concerned person who didn't want more clients but felt compelled to help!! She said she would "discount" her fees because she was so committed to this case! (We later found her fees to be the same as others charge) We paid the retainer and didn't hear from her ag...ain for weeks! Her assistant assured us she was working on it....."She is in court right now, she has your file at home and it is her HIGHEST priority..etc...etc......" For 6 weeks we called, left messages, texts. ANYTHING to get her to respond!! Finally she returned an urgent request and berated us for interrupting her vacation! When we questioned her lack of communication she threatened to withdraw from the case. When she was easily outmaneuvered by the opposing attorney she responded with a late night call laced with vulgar rantings but no real explanation for how it happened or what her plan would be going forward. When it became apparent she had no real intentions of working this case, we tried once more to appeal to her through an email detailing our concerns and basically begging her to help. Within 5 minutes she called (After months of little or no response) and began screaming that we were NOT her priority! She had a lot of other cases and she was sick of hearing from us. She immediately withdrew from the case and has yet to return our files or an explanation of charges to our retainer as requested. For nearly 4 months of her having this case she filed the initial paperwork and returned 3 phone calls which lasted approximately 10 minutes each. We almost lost custody!! And would have had it not been for an awesome attorney who took this case and managed to accomplish in 3 weeks what Mandi couldn't or wouldn't in months!! There are some honest, hardworking attorneys out there! Mandi McDonough is not one of them!! You're almost better having no attorney than one who doesn't file timely, doesn't respond to opposing attorney and misses court procedures. We have now heard from many others who have also been very disappointed and will be following through on further action with the Georgia Bar Association.