Natalie Alane

Alane family Law has a great team of Paralegals, lawyers and support staff that guides you throughout the entire custody matter. I hired Natalie in the middle of a custody battle that seemed far from success. Through her guidance and expertise, I was able to get my son out of a dangerous situ...ation and was granted full physical custody. It's comforting having Alane Family Law by your side, guiding you throughout the Family legal system.

I hired Natalie Alane of Alane Family Law, formerly of Alane and Chartier, to represent me in a divorce case. I was charged approximately $33,000.00 dollars for a marriage that was under two years with no property or children. The case was riddled with mistakes. I live overseas, so scheduling was re...quired for planning travel. On one occasions, I was given the wrong date for a hearing. I had to follow up to obtain the correct date. One other occasion involved a date not placed on the court docket. I was later told that it was the fault of the court. I contacted the court to dispute, and I was told to contact my attorney; the issue involved my attorney. This was also a complicated case. My ex-wife suffered from Bipolar Disorder. I asked for an immediate hearing to resolve this issue due to the disorder and my assignment overseas. I was told by Natalie that we were required to mediate and could not request an immediate hearing. I've consulted with several attorneys, and I was told this was not true; especially since my ex-wife was disillusioned about her expectations. Her attorney filed motions for hearings and then cancelled. I addressed the process, because my bill was increasing, but was told by Natalie that this was the process and there was nothing that could be done. Natalie even attended one hearing with her legal assistant, at my expense, even though I objected. Even Judge Lostracco asked why she was sitting at the table. There were issues related to the filing of subpoenas. The costs were much higher, because information was not gathered during the initial filing. I was also charged for the removal of a SSN from a form that was submitted by Alane and Chartier and then resubmitted. We did eventually have a trial and I was not able to attend due to errors committed by Natalie's staff. As well, the trial preparation charges were excessive. I created a packet with all documents needed for the trial. The packet was based upon the accusations within the motion for divorced filed by opposing counsel. Natalie did not produce anything new beyond what was in the packet. I hired another attorney to help me recover monies owed to me by my ex-wife. The attorney informed me that my order, written by Natalie, was so poorly written that I would not be able to recover any monies without possibly spending more than I would recover. This case has caused me great stress. I do not recommend Natalie Alane!

It's hard to describe all of the ways that Natalie exceeded my every expectation. She helped me to set some things right after my ex-husband and I hit some rough patches in our DIY divorce and custody arrangements. She approached each situation with a disciplined business strategy: what did I hope to... achieve? She was able to set my expectations with what was likely to happen, negotiate bumps in the road that would have been catastrophic had I been handling the situation without her. She kept a clear head, keeping each new decision and scenario clean in explaining to me how the law would view it, and steering me away from complicating details that were irrelevant. (This is so key because in a divorce, you'll think it's relevant that your ex is a jerk. Natalie doesn't waste your time and money by letting you believe that will be relevant.). She was so respectful of my time and budget, and she was an absolute bulldog on the legal points where it helped us. Her legal briefings were full of references to legal precedent, compared with the opposing attorney's briefings reading like an episode of Jerry Springer. It was clear that the judge and mediators that we worked with respected her enormously, and it was easy to see why.

Natalie has set the gold standard for attorneys as far as I am concerned. She showed a great tenacity to sift through the cover-up and the pool of lies spewed by my adversarial spouse and to get to the facts and the truth. She promptly responded to all my questions and thoughts in a straight forwar...d, honest, personal and professional way. Natalie prepared a remarkable evidentiary court case and I was amazed at her litigating prowess when questioning witnesses. She helped bring the truth to light. She never stopped; even during a break when speaking to one of our witnesses, she discovered that there was a new piece of damning evidence we could bring to the trial. Natalie was able to obtain a copy of it and she was printing it just seconds before the break ended. I was also impressed with Natalie's closing arguments. Her close was simultaneously on point and poignant to my circumstance. If Natalie Alane is on your side, you’re in great hands. If she’s against you, you have a formidable opponent.