Stacey DeVall

An absolute horrible experience with Ms. Duval - She was recommended to handle an appeal for me and on our one and only call she talked a good game. I sent her $6000.00 and what I got was a three page appeal sent in. The opposing attorney responded and I pointed out many false statements and incorrec...t information on his response. Ms. Duval told me, via email, that any response on our end would be overkill and unnecessary. Needless to say we lost the appeal as I knew we would. Her response was to say "I don't know what happened!" again via email. Other than one phone call her communication, which was rare, was via text or email. She didn't even pick up the phone to tell me that my appeal was denied. In my opinion she is lazy and very unprofessional. I would never recommend her. To date, he has not called to explain the denial.

Ms. Devall was retained for a child custody case. Within the first month of retaining she informed me that the opposing party actually informed her of a procedural error in which she made; that should have been red flag #1. From the beginning it seemed like she meant well, but was clearly over-extend...ed and did not have the time to commit to my case. I regularly had to ask about the status of my case, and would often go days or weeks without a response. Phone calls, emails, and texts would go unreturned. I would have no communication with her until maybe a day or so before a hearing, in which it would seem as if she was playing catch up. Needless to say we would appear before the judge unprepared. There was even an instance where the judge scolded her for not correctly filing paperwork, additionally, evidence and paperwork failed to be filed on my half behalf, leading to embarrassing moments in front of the judge and opposing counsel. Because of this, may case has dragged on and damaged my case, causing me money, time and my legal rights. I attempted on multiple occasions to reach her to address my concerns, asking if I should pay more money to get more attention to my case (on more than one occasion), and even directly asking if I should seek other counsel. None of my attempts were reciprocated or returned. Finally, I decided to take it upon myself to seek new representation. I have had multiple consultations with attorneys (of which I neglected to bad mouth Ms. DeVall in any way), and the overwhelming consensus among all of them is that my case has been mishandled and most of my money retaining a new attorney would be spent cleaning up a mess and doing damage control. If a lawyer does not have the bandwidth to handle a case, it should be stated in the beginning, or it should be flat out refused.

I would like to take the opportunity to Express my gratitude to the Devall Firm, primarily, Stacey. From the first time we met, she stopped what she was doing to address my situation. From that moment, I knew that Stacey was the one for the job. Through the conversations and time well spent, I can ...say that I have the opportunity to spend more time with my Son than in the past. Stacey says what she means and means what she says. She is loyal, committed and determined. I am grateful, the Devall Firm was apart of my case.