Mary Judith Barnett

I hired Attorney Mary Judith Barnett to represent me in a custody case involving my daughter, trusting her to protect my rights. I paid a $2,500 retainer, expecting legal support. What I received instead was neglect, abandonment, and serious harm. For over 18 months, she failed to file a single mo...tion—no motion to vacate an unconstitutional custody order, no request for visitation, and no objection to improper venue. A custody order was issued against me without notice or hearing, and I have not seen my daughter in over a year due to her inaction. She also breached confidentiality by sharing my private legal information with another attorney without my permission. In May 2025, she abruptly quit by email with no formal motion to withdraw, leaving me unrepresented and deeply impacted emotionally, financially, and legally. She then sent a final invoice for over $1,400, including a $750 “conference” fee—despite doing nothing meaningful on my case.

Mrs. Barnett has represented me in MS, FL, and has helped me in an advisory capacity in NM. She has done her utmost to help me and has routinely assisted me throughout her tenure as my attorney. Furthermore, it should be noted that the supposed car crash suit, was never directly related to her so... much as it was her insurance company ALLSTATE which even the clarion-ledger covered. This means, it wasn't even related to her in any financial capacity as it was ALLSTATES financial capacity.

Misrepresented herself as being knowledgeable and more than capable of providing dual representation in proving my innocence against Criminal Arson Charges, fighting my Insurance company with results of having my Loss Claim being honored per my Policy, as well as representing my best interest in endi...ng an abusive marriage via Divorce. Knowing nothing about anything to do with any of this, under an absorbent amount of stress, traumatized and suffering with PTSD I entrusted her to do what was adamantly assured she could & would provide. A nightmare of a decision on my part and years of one after another mind boggling shenanigans that ended up being the opposite of what I’d been assured the outcome would be. To tell the entire story would require writing a novel.