Whitney Rae Lonker

Stay away from Whitney Lonker. She will make sure to drag you to an endless nightmare. I found that out too late. I dug out her online reviews 3 years later since I hired her to work on my divorce case. She was torching me for 3 years, just the same as the other victims claimed in their reviews. Ther...e were many people in the same boat if you dig if deep of the cases she handled. I'm not particularly eager to do online reviews, but I have to do this one. I was an immigrant with insufficient English, and the poor acknowledges the American system back five years ago. She faked empathy and kindness at begging, and then she changed to an ultimate person after she received your money and do nothing. She tried several appointments with me, but I have been rescheduled over 50 times in 3 years (I'm not exaggerated), and I only met her twice in life. The first time, make payment; the second time, calm me down, play nice again but do nothing. When she sees this review, I am sure she will reply that I only paid a little money. Well, she offered one payment for one case. Then found out my ex is very difficult to deal with. She won't ask me to pay more or tell me to go somewhere else ( I wish she does that ), at least my case won't take so long. She is proficient in doing this: take the money as much as she can and doesn't care if she can do it. Last year, my boss referred me to the best family law firm in Jacksonville - Lasky law firm. They finally help end this nightmare. They are expensive but worth it. My lesson learned in a hard way: hire a cheap and unprofessional attorney like Whitney Lonker. You actually will end in burning more money and time!

I met with Ms. Lonker in August 2016 to discuss a divorce. After an impressive song and dance, she agreed to take my case. I was never given an opportunity to think about hiring her. She did not let me out of the office without charging my son's credit card for $4000. I called and texted her ever...y few weeks asking how my case was coming along. Never got to talk to Lonker, always had to talk to the secretary. Finally in February 2017, I was so frustrated with no action whatsoever on my case and no direct communication from the attorney that I called, sent a letter and texted her that she was fired and I wanted my money back. Guess what? 6 days later she filed the petition for divorce that was cut and pasted from an old one without my permission. Filed a complaint with the Florida Bar and got nowhere with that either.

Our phone consultation was awesome and I felt very comfortable hiring Ms. Lonker to represent my son. We tried to have a meeting with her asap before the case was filed, but she was sick so we waited over a week. After our meeting, she told us upon reading the police report, she felt that she had to ...file a motion to suppress. She expressed that my son should not have been charged with the felony that he was charged with. As we were leaving, she asked Shawna to see if the case had been filed. Shawna said yes. Ms. Lonker said, "OH NO" I waited too long. She told us we needed to be in court in two days. She called when we got home to accept a crazy plea deal. The plea deal was very misleading and very unfair. I feel she definitely dropped the ball, took our money and did absolutely nothing to get my son a better outcome. Not to mention, she gave us wrong information and also didn't tell us very important information that luckily we found out on our own or he would have been charged again! My son was innocent of the felony that he was charged with and is still paying for a crime he didn't commit. He is only 19, and his life is ruined. I guess $4,000 for a couple of hours work isn't bad for her, but we are paying for our decision for the rest of our lives.

I was nervous...about everything. From getting a divorce to even meeting with a lawyer. Whitney shouldered my fear & guided me through the very emotional divorce process with the utmost compassion, truth & ethics. She was aggressive when she needed to be & I really know she had my true best interests... at heart. She guided me through the law like a teacher & held my hand like a friend. I feel forever indebted to her for always making me feel cared for & important. If you follow her advice, she will not lead you astray. I recommend her to everyone who needs anything in law.

I hired Whitney Lonker who works for this firm because told me she was aggressive, honest & responded quickly. However, she quickly proved to be neither of the latter two. Whitney was supposed to represent me at my injunction. She sent forms for a Divorce & Injunction at a higher cost, which I qu...estioned her on via VM several times and she never responded. She did call me the day before and worked out an agreement with my wife. At 6am the morning of & said she called me and said she was sick and would not be able to attend. I asked to have someone from her office represent me & she said "no". The day before the injunction she worked out with my wife & her attorney was a dismissal of the case. The judge was upset with Whitney & he called her "UNPROFESSIONAL" for not filing the correct forms stating she was representing me in court. Whitney told me she would have the consent forms to me within two business days. A week goes by & she puts me off & tells me "I've been working on them & will have them to you tomorrow". This goes on for weeks when she suddenly sends me an email asking for my wife's information so she can start the paperwork. During that time I was sending emails following up on forms & asking her to call me as promised. She scheduled several phone meetings with me, but never called me and never answered her phone when I called. It would take her days to return my phone call. I ended up firing her due to lack of response, broken promises to send me consent forms. I had to email her boss requesting some form of refund and the consent forms. He threatened to bill me for his time during the negotiating and promised to refund some money and send consent forms. I did receive a small refund, but I never received the consent forms, which was the only reason I dismissed the injunction in the first place. However, she billed me anyways for reading ALL emails & time negotiating & meetings discussing consent, but she can't produce forms. At this point, I've filed an injunction against my wife per Whitney Lonker, she didn't appear in court as promised & nobody showed up to represent me, she took days and sometimes a week to respond to my emails or phone calls, she could not produce the consent form as promised and waited three weeks to tell me she needs my wife's personal information. Keep in mind during that three weeks she kept telling me she was working on the forms and will have them to me shortly. She had three meetings with my wife's attorney and never asked for it. She talked to me several times and had a 45 minute meeting once and never asked for it. DO NOT HIRE WHITNEY LONKER...she has delayed everything promised to me and has never supplied me with the agreed upon deal we worked out with my wife. She has billed me for the time she spent reading my emails asking her to call me as promised and emails asking for the consent forms sent to me as promised. I had to select Divorce as the case she was handling because Injunction was not available.