Samantha Kay Grosland

DO NOT HIRE! All your intake will be done with her dad Terry, and him and Samantha will tell you different things. Very confusing to begin with. Be careful when retaining her for an uncontested divorce. All she did was meet me briefly twice, (she was late both times) and she filed my divorce paperwor...k for me (which I was charged for ontop of my retainer fee) and when my husband countered, I had to beg to counter back. She IMMEDIATELY wanted me to pay her an additional $5,000 contested divorce fee. She did very little work at this time. You’re supposed to receive 10 hours of work with your contested retainer and I met with her a total of 45 minutes and she filed over paperwork. That is not 10 hours. I kept my emails few and brief and she said she did too much back and fourth with me which BLEW MY MIND. She later told me I owed her $7,000 to move forward if I did not agree to my husbands counter and she revoked her counsel. She is the daughter of 2 lawyers and there is a difference in earning your success and it being handed to you!

I went in for a contested divorce. Worked out payment issues fine. Spent a month doing my discovery documents for Ex. Grosland was my attorney. She never requested the same from Ex. Which I did not know until I changed law firms. Paid 2000 to start towards fees. 8 months goes by and no attempt ...to schedule mediation or anything she just sent an MDA with no reply. Then Ex attorney’s send documents about my case to Grosland, I get a call to come to office and bring 4,000 more to continue case. I go and am threatened by her and Terry that I need to pay 6,000 to continue case, not the 4000 that Grosland emailed me about and that I owe 2500 immediately and if I don’t pay I will lose and will end up “living under a bridge”. Terry demands the money at that moment and says to call my family there on the phone and demands credit card for the fees. In the oh so graciousness of his heart I can pay them 2000 and walk away with nothing for 10 months of basically nothing. I felt robbed and betrayed. My new law firm took my case represented me professionally and charged less than Frizzell and finished the divorce in 6 months. I do not recommend this firm. Which is sad as they started so nice and positive that they could help. Beware.

After signing a retainer I received one inbound phone call, after which all communication was done via email through the front desk assistant. Had no idea she was negotiating a settlement on my behalf with opposing counsel regarding a custody dispute in divorce. When called in to meet with her again ...she pushed a permanent order in front of me that ‘she almost accepted’ and used intimidation to try and get me to sign. This was only 30 days after having been served. When I asked for a second opinion she withdrew as counsel.