Elizabeth Anne Tener

I've got attorneys in every aspect of my business life, having been an entrepreneur for the last 16 years. While I never "want" to spend money on attorneys, a great attorney is worth its weight in gold and I never cheap out on them for that reason. But when I pay for the best, I expect to work with t...he best and Beth Tener, in my opinion, is a "B" player who gave my family and I a "D" effort, but was quick to charge "A" rates, beginning with a $25k starting retainer. Initial Consultation: I asked that she review a summary of things before showing up and said they could charge me extra hours for the consultation to do so. Beth showed up, admitted she didn't review it, and then proceeded to ask me questions that were all answered in the overview. I would normally NEVER hire someone who failed me on day one, but because a close family friend said she was really good, I proceeded against my better judgement. In my experience, when attorneys are bad during the courting phase, they'll be even worse in the engagement; no different than most relationships. I fought hard to get my children and I into counseling and had to go through attorneys to make it happen, which Beth delivered on. Beth told me she felt the counselor recommended was one of the absolute best in Central Florida, so I invested $400/hour for 7 months for sessions for all three children (expensive). However, in my opinion it felt like the counselor had little experience dealing with cases of extreme parental alienation, which to me felt like a material miss. The counselor eventually came back, according to counsel, with professional conclusions majorly in our favor, which is what I wanted, so I could finally start getting my family and I "some" results. I'd take "anything" at this point in terms of positive outcomes. Of course, the second we got that news, Beth's team asked me to replenish my retainer, which I promptly did, and had few issues with that because I thought we were finally about to get some results. The straw that broke the camel's back (our final 60 days -- to me, felt like a complete cluster): On 9/20/25 I met one-on-one with Beth after the above news from the counselor, we discussed options, and she committed to having some work completed in a week -- drafting a letter instead of filing a motion. Then as I was replenishing my retainer I said I'd rather file the motion for contempt than write a letter; acknowledged by her staff in writing on 9/30 and 10/06. On 10/6, the paralegal even wrote back talking about "the timing of the motion". On 10/20, they admittedly delivered the wrong work and blamed it on a new staff member; producing the letter instead of the motion for contempt. We had a call, Beth apologized for the miss, and we concluded that her team would perform some calculations around the financial impact to me for one of the options being considered, before producing the motion. She said these calculations take "two and a half seconds to produce" and committed to delivering them in a week. The calculations ultimately never got delivered after weeks of excuses and commitments that they were coming. That felt like the SMALLEST-possible task and even THAT she couldn't deliver on. When they finally produced the motion, it was in my opinion, one of the most rushed and half-baked motions I've ever seen in my career. To double down on the embarrassment, I then requested records from the counselor, at Beth's request, and what was produced was not in line, at all, with what Beth had told me was the case, as I understood it. I fired Beth / GreenspoonMarder on November 22, 2025 after what I would personally describe as a nightmarish mixture of missed commitments and failures.

I really can't say enough good things about Attorney Tener. Her knowledge and expertise are invaluable. But more importantly she is deeply compassionate while being balanced and logical (a VERY difficult mix to achieve!). She has taught me how to be assertive when necessary without being aggressive o...r passive-aggressive. Working with her over the last 1.5 years has helped bring civility to a situation that I was convinced was headed for a nasty court battle. I couldn't be more grateful for her and her team!

Beth was hired on the recommendation of my previous attorney when the case, a request for modification to alimony, would not settle. The request for modification was not unusual, however, there were constant roadblocks thrown by opposing counsel including claims that the original MSA was only signed ...because I was terminal and expected to die within 12 months. While I had cancer in the past at the time of signing there was no evidence of disease so I was not expected to die. Needless to say, there were continuous challenges throughout the case. Beth not only handled everything professionally, which I found challenging at times, but she stayed focused on the issues at hand. Beth knew which issues to address and which ones to limit the reaction to. For each mediation and hearing, Beth was organized and prepared which was very apparent as the opposing attorney was not. Beth and Liz (paralegal) had a system that they had everything accessible as it was presented. The result that Beth was able to achieve in my case was very favorable. I'm thankful she was able to settle the case before trial. I would highly recommend Beth.