Portia Lynn Douglas

I had a horrible experience with this lady. There are some upsides to her which I will get to in a second. I was thinking about filing bankruptcy. I am a Veteran. I have Veteran disability. I was filing Chapter 7. I know VA disability is protected due to I called and confirmed the VA. She was chargin...g me for chapter 7 bankruptcy and when I mentioned the words VA disability, it all changed. She told me she had to do more work with that which I didn't understand why due to it was protected and that she had to research that...and gave me a new price for service even though we agreed on the Chapter 7 price. Just do to VA disability she tried charging me over double of what I was paying. It was more than a Chapter 13 with people who have houses ect. I was in trouble with the law a few years back and looked at her and go "Wow, my defense attorney wasn't even this high." She started going into how she had to do "extra" work for this and that was the charge. She then looked at me and saw that I was not having it and mad and reading through her BS and she backed tracked and started stating it was the laws and regulations that were the reason why the price went double which I couldn't understand. I looked back and said you just told me it was because you had to do extra work and now your saying it is the Law and Regulations that I am being charged over 2,000 dollars for a Chapter 7? She backed track again and said it was the Law and Regulations and I told her which one is it you just said it was the extra work and I think you just caught yourself there and now saying it was the Law? I knew she was lying. While I was looking through everything and the paperwork...I was asking questions and kept getting excuse me I gotta go outside so that she can smoke. She would come back in and I would try to ask questions again and she excused herself again instead of answering me saying her husband called and she needs to call him to see what he wanted. This bothered me. Here I am trying to decide on something that will affect my life and you make it seem like I am not worth your time or a client but a person to get money from and it was my appointment and I should be the focus to make this decision. When she went out the third time, in my hour appointment. I had it. I got up. Grabbed my $300 dollars that I put down and didn't want to get into it with her and left her a note saying I wasn't going through her. I called a couple other lawyers and explained what she said and they offered to file for me the most was $1,000 dollars. So I say please do your research before you meet with her...she's smooth and she is a vulture who will take your money and charge you extra for no reason. The good thing about her is I didn't file. She did pull up my credit report and I didn't realize how great my credit was. She also did a chart showing that yes I owed money but it wasn't nearly as much as what people come in here owing...so I decided to be broke but get things in order to not ruin my credit. But please be careful of her. I have heard others that I have talked to that she tried this on them also and succeeded. So please do research on what you are wanting and asking before going to her so she can't trick you. Also, ask around for other lawyers and she what their price is before you commit to her. I had a problem with there are people in need and crisis and she takes full advantage when it comes to money to pay her. What she was charging me was another reason why I didn't file...I sat there and said hell what she is charging me I can use to start paying off my debts...I would never go back to her at all to be honest.

Portia Douglas and her staff were very professional and so kind throughout the whole process. Her kindred spirit and work ethic help make this difficult time in my life so much easier. I really appreciate all her compassion, hard work and wise decisions to help better my situation. If you are in n...eed of an bankruptcy lawyer I would highly recommend Portia Douglas.

Portia and her staff maintain a professional, yet very helpful and friendly atmosphere for clients. Bankruptcy can be an intimidating and fearful process full of unknowns. Portia will thoroughly explain your options, carefully review your documents, and generally handhold you through the legal proces...s. We were well informed along the way and she provided gentle reminders when we overlooked some details. Highly, highly recommended.