Julie Ann Dichtel Byrd

Julie Byrd

The name provided and the facts and information in this comment do not match any case I have had in the last 10 years. This office has never had a contingent fee agreement with any client ever. Although divorce is a very difficult process, clients are expected to put forth the effort to be reasonable and see through the emotion clouding their judgment to negotiate on financial matters in mediation. No one is forced or coerced into agreeing to any settlement. No person has ever been forced or coerced into agreeing to anything in this law office. Sometimes clients feel the pressure of alternative dispute resolution, but it is the attorney's responsibility to help the client sift through fact and fiction, good vs. evil, and reasonable settlement offers vs what a court would likely do to craft a unique settlement to their case. Attorneys naturally make recommendations to each individual client based on the facts of their case. Not every case, and not every issue in a case, will have an agreement reached and that is a fact of life. Every client is given personal attention and all telephone calls are returned. Some clients feel the need to call on non-emergency matters multiple times in an hour, dozens of times a day, or refuse to accept information and notifications from anyone other than the attorney. An attorney, like a medical doctor, employs professional staff to extend his/her reach and to meet the needs of every client. The attorney employs that professional team to assist each client in getting from point A to point B as quickly, inexpensively, and painlessly as possible. Sometimes during the course of a case, events that occur have an impact on the outcome. Those events, sometimes, are caused by the actions of a client. Some of those events are external and just occur (like economic cycles, loss of job, children's behavior).