Kathleen G. Galen

I hired Ms. Galen to handle my divorce which included child support and child custody issues and I am extremely disappointed in how she handled the entire case. Ms. Galen told me at the beginning of my case that she would contact me weekly to give me updates and tell me about any progress that had ha...ppened with my case, I actually had to find out from my soon-to-be ex wife about ANY changes in hearings, paperwork that needed to be filed, or Friend of the Court updates. The only time I ever spoke to her was when I contacted her first, and then she would chastise me about perhaps giving my ex wife half of my retirement (we are both in our early 20s and she has a full time job), or the fact that since I asked my wife for a divorce that she had every right to be upset with me and everything she was asking for I should probably acquiesce to. Not only did she tell me personally that I was in the wrong, but she told my wife's attorney that she did not think highly of me and that I was "acting like a baby" throughout the whole case. When I confronted her about saying this, her only reply was, "It doesn't matter what my opinion of you is," - no denial or apology. I think if you hire someone to look out for your best interests and that person looks out for the opposition, that person is unethical and has a lack of integrity; if Ms. Galen thought that she couldn't represent me to the best of her abilities due to her personal feelings about my case, then she should have told me that up front. Not to mention the countless grammatical and spelling errors included in all of the official documents she prepared and then charging me to correct her own mistakes. I still haven't received my divorce decree because she said she had already gone "above and beyond" her duties and she was "done with this case" the day that the judge signed off on it. If you are a man, do NOT hire Ms. Galen to represent you in your divorce case, it is apparent to me now that she only feels sympathy for the female side in a child custody case and will not represent you fairly.