Carolyn Elaine Powers

Carolyn took one of my moat challenging experiences and made it 10x worse. In 2015 I retained Caeoly to assist me in filing for divorce from my now ex-husband. It was to be a simple divorce as we did not have much shared or contested property. The only major point of contention was the custody of... our young child, as we had agreed to no spousal or child support. After paying the initial retainer things seemed to be going okay; however after only a court hearings and emails to my ex's attorney she had burned through the initial retainer. Ok. I place more money to retain her. During this time my ex agrees to let me back into the apartment which I was an occupant on. We set up a date, time, I rent a moving truckand get my family to take off work to help me get my belongings. As I am preparing to leave my ex text me and says je does not want me in the apartment. I immediately call and email Carolyn, who knew I was to get my belongings that day, to ask what I should do. I did not hear from her, but did hear from the apartment place who said my name was on the lease and he could not stop me from entering. The police were called to ensure that there were no issues and that I only took what was mine and the our childs. There were no issues. When I arrived back home I saw a message from Carolyn stating that I should not attemp to get my belongings; however the message was sent long after I had contacted her and even after the issue had been resolved, which I let her know. I then receive an email from her stating that she was dropping me as a client because I went against her advice! And she kept my retainer that I had just reloaded. I was devistated and also had to find money for a new attorney. Luckily a family friend was able to help me out. When she took over my case she was able to see that there was things Carolyn didn't file and emails that hadn't been returned, that was dragging my divorce out. My new attorney helped me wrap up things quickly. I would not recommend Carolyn. I felt she took advantage of me, was either scared of my ex's attorney or less qualified, took my money and ran. If it wouldn't have cost me more money to get my money back from her I definitely would have looked more into it. Do yourself a favor and save you money by not falling victim to Carolyn Powers.

Hired her for child custody case. My husband and I prepared all court documents and Mrs. Powers did not promptly follow up on serious issues pertaining to my case. I never received any billing statements per mail as informed by Mrs. Powers. Asked for billing statements via email and was shocked to ...read balance of approximately $9,000 dollars not including $2,000 retainer and we only went to court 2 hours! Yes she spent time outside of court on my case , but her billing statement did not reflect work on my case. Very disappointed and would not recommend. She was very caring but not good lawyer overall. She had my mailing address wrong multiple times, my husband and opposing counsel names wrong entire time. Do not recommend. Her bill was several thousand higher than my ex husbands !

Carolyn Powers is highly knowledgeable, accommodating, assertive, thorough, dedicated and is an excellent human being. I was given an amazing job opportunity out of state that required me to relocate. Although I had primary physical custody of my children, my ex and I shared legal custody. He agreed ...to let the children relocate with me until I sold my home, had given required notice to my employer, and was less than one week away from attending required training (across the country) for the new position. Carolyn came highly recommended from a colleague of mine. After hearing my story, Carolyn agreed to meet with me even though it was her day off. I was immediately impressed by her pleasant down-to-earth nature and strong, assertive presence. She was very thorough in collecting every bit of information needed to present our case in court. Her listening skills are unmatched and attention to detail unparalleled. She knew exactly what my ex might present in court and had the fore site to plan for any /all scenarios. Carolyn was beyond prepared for our case and her confidence and support was incredibly encouraging.