Melissa Linnet Newmons

This attorney is horrible. Please save your money and hire someone else. I wasted $4000 on this attorney, ended up firing her and having to dish out another $4000 on another attorney for my case. Melissa says she is going to do everything you want to here in the beginning to get your money and then... doesn't follow through with anything she told you she was going to do. I told her I didn't want to do mediation and wanted to go before the judge instead and she said that I had to do mediation and actually initiated it and then didn't even show up for it and had someone else there pressuring me to agree to terms I was not happy with. She also made me look bad in front of the judge because she never turned in my financial affidavit like she was suppose to do. Whenever you call her office you are not able to speak to her and you will get a return call 3 days later. She does not make you feel like your case is important and she never once called me to update me on my case. I always had to call her to find out what was going on. I was fighting for custody against a parent with a domestic violence history and she told me that 4 years ago was too long ago to use against him....like What??? And then guess what......he was arrested for the same thing a month ago. She actually makes you feel like she is not on your side. I told her over and over again that I wanted to request that the father to pay the attorney fees because I couldn't afford it and she slipped it into the mediation paperwork saying each party will pay for their own attorney. She also didn't even request child support for me. I have to give up my child to a stranger 3 times a week and she doesn't even ask for child support that I requested. If you are going through a custody battle please do yourself a favor and do not hire this attorney. You will lose!