Whitney Rae Lonker

I wanted wait until I heard from my attorney in VA before I posted any reviews, long story short I would have to hire an attorney in FL to recover any of the $7500 Ms. Lonker obtained from me for work she did not complete. Certainly, I would spend more than $7500 on an attorney and I'd prefer to spe...nd my time and money on warning the general public of the unethical practices of this firm. I was referred to Ms. Lonker by one of her high school friends from Roanoke, VA to see if she could help me in obtaining emergency guardianship of a family friend who has been abandoned in FL by his family. I spoke with her once on the phone never to speak with her again. She was in a "meeting" she was "out of town" and I had the pleasure of speaking with Shawna, her assistant, who always was sure to mention she worked for two attorneys and always had to go to the doctor. Time was passing and my friend was slipping into a deeper state of dementia, which could have possibly been avoided had Ms. Lonker actually did what she said she could do. In the beginning I believed she had the motivation to help us, but now the only part of our only conversation that resonates is that she mentioned she knew the importance of moving quickly on a case like this because she had a client whose husband actually died during the process. It took the office, after several phone calls, one month to produce the initial paperwork, which required a lot of information from me to complete (information I could have provided from the beginning if they knew the paperwork require to take on this case). During the extended amount of time, it took to receive the paperwork I called to give them several opportunities to get out of the case as it appeared they were unable to efficiently or effectively process this case. I was assured it was possible and every time they said I would have something by "8pm" the next day. I would give them a week and then I would follow up. By the time I received the paperwork my family friend had fallen deep into dementia, and he was beyond my taking care of him in my home. I sent an email to this effect and had not heard back from their office for an extended amount of time. In addition to this lack of communication I never received an itemized invoice to reflect how the retainer had been utilized to this point. To add insult to injury, Ms. Lonker took it upon herself to discuss my character with my friend who recommended me to her. Please do yourself a favor and steer clear of this attorney. I wish I read the reviews on the Google platform before signing the retainer and sending her $7500. Not only am I out of the money, but I also have no idea where my family friend is in Florida. My heart is broken.