Ashlee Lynn

To all the staff at Grewal Law....specifically Ashlee. About a year ago my family began a journey that I knew would be an uphill battle. Looking into my daughters eyes and seeing the tears on her face made the decision to begin that battle an no decision. My wife and I began our search of an... attorney who we thought would have my daughters best interest in mind and would listen to all the facts and would be able to advise us accordingly. Being a father who didn't have much faith in the Friend of the Court system I knew we would have a lot of tough decisions ahead of us. We interviewed another attorney who had advertised themselves as a member of the ADAM (American Divorce Association for Men) and would fight for fathers rights. From the start of this initial consultation my wife and I felt he was not listening to what we were saying and told us we were crazy for trying to obtain custody of a minor child who was already living with her mom. We had pleaded and tried to get him to understand it wasn't us trying to get custody. It was our daughter indicating she did not want to live with her mother and stepfather any longer for a multitude of reasons. It was very disappointing as I was hoping that with this ADAM advertisement they would have been more on my side so to speak. We repeatedly indicated to him that we knew we had to try as our daughter was hurting. He continued to tell us that we didn't really stand a chance but if we really wanted to pursue it that he would represent us. Not the answers or attitude we were looking for. So we moved on to our next firm and were immediately struck by what we found. Ashlee Lynn sat down with us and immediately we felt that she was what we were looking for. She was honest about the challenges that we would be facing with the Court, Judge and opposing counsel. While we were discussing our case at one point I looked at Ashley and asked her this one question, " will you fight for our daughter"? She without hesitation said "absolutely". So my wife and I left her office that day and sat in the parking lot discussing our options and made the decision very quickly that yes Ashlee was the type of attorney that we were looking for. In the months ahead we went through several ups and downs in our case but always Ashlee and the staff were honest and professional and kept us informed of what we needed to do. At one point we had a meeting with Ashlee and Mick Grewal so that we all could discuss how the case was proceeding. I will never forget but Mick and Ashlee turned to my wife and I and said, "this is what we are going to do for (daughters name)". My wife and I almost cried. My faith with the Court came down to Ashlee and our case preparation, documentation and the facts. We thought , wow, that's how it should be. Not about who has the best or highest paid attorney but about the facts. After many many phone calls, emails, court hearings and what seemed like an eternity our daughter got the decision she (and we) were looking for. Through her guidance Ashlee was able to walk us through a very difficult 9 months. I am very glad we made the decision not to just buy into some advertisement. As it turned out the opposing counsel was working at that other firm we initially interviewed. I am generally not a fan of writing or reading testimonials but my wife and I felt that everyone should know the professional job that Ashlee did. Maybe more importantly is the type of person that she is and was willing to be more than just counsel. Thank you Ashlee for all your hard work on our daughters behalf, you have changed a life.