Brandon D. Beardsley

As a stay at home mom, I knew I was facing a very challenging divorce. It would involve custody, alimony, assets, etc. I was so anxious and nervous. I had asked everyone I knew around town who was the best... and every single answer was Brandon Beardsley!! Most said they knew first hand, because the...ir ex had hired Brandon, and they sure wished they had him as their attorney instead!! That's a superior compliment to any attorney. From start to finish the staff made me feel like I was their most important client. They walked me through the entire process and reassured me along the way. I am thrilled by the outcome of my case. He deserves more then 5 stars!

Brandon listens, strategizes and knows his way around the St. Johns County court. He saved me from PAYING alimony, got me back into my house, and got my kids back to me after a long drawn out nasty divorce proceedings, custody evals, psych assessments, and wage assessments. Brandon went way above and... way beyond what most attorneys would have done. But if you want to win, he can't do it all by himself. You have to have your documents, paperwork, etc. ready to battle. Best part was he kept me sane the whole miserable time and proved patience will provail. He also tried to minimize expenses by NOT responding to every rediculous motion filed against me until we were in the hearing. Day one he said to do what he said, even if I didn't always agree. He was right - 99% of the time :). His strategy worked and I am forever grateful.

I hired Brandon as my divorce attorney to help me win custody of my daughter. He told me that he knew about these "20 factors" that the court considers and that no other attorneys knew about this, so he had an "edge". He sent me financial affidavit paperwork to fill out without instructions. Whenever... I called he was never there. I left messages and he never called back. He did not respond to my emails. He sent interrogatories to my husband without telling me or asking for my input. He did not ask me for any "facts" regarding me or my husband. He received financial statements and never shared them with me. He set a 2 hour practice session to go over things before my first hearing and cut it short at one hour claiming that we were "ready". During the hearing, he allowed the opposing counsel to control 75% of the time, and only objected to testimony twice. He asked me questions that we did not practice, which caused me to hurt my own case. He did not ask me my side of the story for any of the lies my husband told on the stand, so his story became "fact". He failed to even mention my husbands documented suicide attempts, which I thought were highly relevant. He didn't file contempt charges when my husband removed the entire contents our home and took everything.