Mary Beth Kelleher Fisher

I do not recommend Mary Beth Fisher for any family law matters. She allowed ongoing abuse from my children’s father and often dismissed serious concerns, even laughing them off during joint meetings. She would yell, interrupt, provide false information, and talk over others, then go unresponsive for ...months before sending invoices for her “services.” Instead of mediating conflicts, she added to the past trauma and made biased decisions that did not benefit the children. I’m sharing this to help others avoid a similar experience.

As a school administrator, I have worked with numerous child custody attorneys and parenting coordinators, but my past experience with Mary Beth Fisher has compelled me to write my first negative review. My intention is to protect children and the families involved in future cases. Mary Beth Fishe...r contacted our school regarding a student's tardiness, which was well within district policy, and attempted to disparage the child’s mother, who has consistently demonstrated herself to be a dedicated parent and an active volunteer within our school community for many years. The call seemed more like a venting session, where she frequently deviated from the relevant information. She generated stress to the family and our staff and the call served no constructive purpose. She also sought to alienate a well-liked child without any justifiable cause, merely asserting that she had the right to contact us. A more appropriate approach would have been to consult our school policy online, which would have clearly shown there were no issues warranting such negative attention from her. Instead, she chose to misuse her position as a court-appointed representative to intimidate parents, teachers, administration, and, most regrettably, the child involved. My primary concern is always the well-being of our students. Our school intervenes in co-parenting situations when we believe a child is in danger, at risk or when school policy has been violated—none of which was applicable in this instance. Instead, Ms. Fisher used the call to intimidate and engage in unfounded gossip, questioning our well-established policies and the integrity of those involved. The end result of the call with Mary Beth Fisher, along with several meetings with teachers, counselors and parents, was that there was no reason to have engaged everyone in the first place and no further action needed. I cannot, in good conscience, recommend Mary Beth Fisher as a parenting coordinator or attorney. Her conduct is decidedly unprofessional and falls far short of the standards required to effectively support families and children.

The parenting coordinator assigned by the court, Mary Beth Fisher, has been completely ineffective and left a very negative impact in our case. She is highly unprofessional on every level and doesn’t get her facts straight before approaching a situation between parties. Her lack of professionalism a...nd empathy made an already difficult process even more challenging. She tries to exert her “authority” creating unnecessary drama that negatively impacts the children and all parties involved. We could go on and on about her failures. Other attorneys that have worked with her in the past have also expressed the same opinions about their cases. They do not like working with her and it’s well known that she has moved from firm to firm. Extremely unprofessional. The first couple of reviews below from years ago are the most accurate ones. You can see with the more recent reviews, she must have had someone add a few fake “positive ones” within a month’s time to save face. Any reviews below that are spinning her as positive are highly inaccurate. She is a total disgrace to the system. We were extremely disappointed with her services and would not recommend her to anyone in need of genuine support and guidance for their family. The court system is only causing further damage to a family by assigning Mary Beth Fisher to their case. If she is assigned to you in your case for any reason, I would highly recommend you speak to your attorney and petition the court to change the parenting coordinator before it is settled.

Mary Beth represented me in custody proceedings and she was the best attorney I think anyone could hope for in these situations. She was extremely knowledgable, not only regarding the laws we were dealing with but also in the preferences of the officials we met with and the ins and outs of the partic...ular circuit we were dealing with - I think that, among other things, was really what led to our victory in the case. My case, like many, was extremely emotionally charged and Mary Beth went above and beyond to help me through that. She was kind, compassionate, and a fiercer fighter for my child's well-being than I think even I thought I could be at times. She handled challenges and blips without a single misstep and was extremely professional throughout. I truly believe that if your legal situation involves your child's best interest, Mary Beth Fisher is the first and last attorney you should look to for help.