Amy R Shevlin

Amy Shevlin

Unfortunately, this client chose to write a negative and untruthful review after my assistant politely contacted her regarding her arbitrary refusal to pay her remaining balance with the firm. If this client wanted to handle this child support enforcement and modification herself and avoid paying legal fees, she could have done so. However, she chose to retain counsel and freely signed a Fee Agreement which very clearly stated our hourly rates and further stated that it is impossible to estimate total fees at the outset of a case based on an infinite variety of factors as every case is different. I voluntarily and without request discounted thousands of dollars from her invoices as a courtesy to a single mother supporting two children, I secured $3,000.00 from her ex-husband towards her attorney's fees, the settlement at mediation was well over $18,000.00, which was significantly higher than her ex-husband's actual arrears, and I got her ex-husband to agree to pay all mediator's fees so this client would not need to worry about any additional expenses. I worked with this client and allowed her to make payments toward her invoices over many months instead of requesting payment in full. This client paid $6,440.00 in legal fees, not $7,400.00 as stated (which will actually be $4,440.00 after the additional $2,000.00 towards attorney's fees is paid to her by her ex-husband via the structured settlement agreement). At no point in time did I ever tell this client that the amount her ex was "agreeing to should cover the remaining balance," nor did I ever change my fee structure. I have very little control over how long a case will ultimately take to come to conclusion, especially since this client wanted to avoid a costly motion hearings and depositions, so I did my best to work amicably with a non-cooperative pro-se ex-husband who subsequently became represented by counsel and amended his pleadings prior to mediation. Leaving negative and defamatory reviews online will not absolve this client from what is legitimately owed to the Firm after her case was resolved very much in her favor thanks to significant effort and time spent on her case.