Laurie Ann Parker

We found ourselves in a long, difficult two-year process of trying to protect our young granddaughter. Ms. Parker was professional, competent and amazingly compassionate as she worked with our family. She took tremendous amounts of time understanding our concerns and CARED about our granddaughter's... well-being. There were times when she showed up and didn't charge a fee because she CARED. We don't know what our future legal needs might be (and we pray we don't find ourselves back in the courts fighting for our granddaughter); but if we do, our first call will be to Ms. Parker.

Having a time sensitive issue to be handled concerning my children, I went to Ms. Parker. She assured me she would fight for me and my children and handle the situation immediately. Not only did she mishandle the situation, she failed to file any of the necessary paperwork. After repeated unsucces...sful attempts to get her to take action, I fired her and asked for my money back. She informed me I had run over my retainer, even though she had literally done nothing. I asked for backup and she provided false records and filings that had never seen the light of day until I asked for a refund. She talks big with no results. The impression I got of her is that she likes to "play" at being an attorney without following up and actually doing anything. Because of her incompetence and inactivity I completely lost all momentum and it cost me being able to take care of a situation that was very detrimental to my children's well being.

I met with Ms. Parker regarding some family trust and family law issues. Our consultation went very well and I retained her that day. After waiting more than 4 weeks to hear anything regarding my trust we finally met, where she stumbled all over her information as if she had not even familiarized h...erself with my trust. It was very frustrating and she even admitted to not being on her game and very tired. She concluded that I needed to hire anther attorney. I made another meeting with her to discuss my family law matter but before we met I received an email with a letter stating that she was no longer going to represent me because she felt she had lost my trust and was sending back half of my retainer for the family law portion. That was fine, except that we never had a conversation about this and she basically charged me $1500 to tell me I needed another lawyer. I called and emailed several times to discuss this matter but still have never heard back from her or her firm. Very frustrating and unprofessional. I hope in the future she will be more forthright and honest with her clients.