Colleen Patricia Steele

Last February I hired divorce attorney Colleen Steele. The all-inclusive charge was $1,000 which I paid her in one payment. Divorce papers were signed by both parties at the end of February. At the end of April I called Ms. Steele to see when the court date would be. At that time she said she had not... filed the papers. I had her mail them to me and I went and filed them myself. When I filed, I had to pay $195 filing fee which should have been included in the $1,000 that I paid to the attorney. I called her and she stated she would mail me a refund check. Today I still have not received the check. Since that call in April she does not answer my calls or return my messages. I called the courthouse and they stated since I had an attorney the attorney had to be the one to request the court date. What I need from Ms. Steele is for her to get me a court date and to refund my $195. That's not an unfair expectation.

I hired this lawyer for my divorce. After the court hearing and the divorce was granted she never sent the papers for the judge to sign. It took me to report her to the Board of Professional Responsibility to get her to do her job. The Board found her at fault and I understand she received a penalty.... Also, she smell like alcohol on the day of the divorce trial. My pastor was my witness and I was embarrassed.