Patrick A. Dougherty

Mr. Dougherty represented me in mediation for a divorce. He seemed to be knowledgeable about the law, however, I do not think that I got the best representation from him for the divorce. He seemed to acquiese to the opposing attorney view points on several occassions during the mediation process. ...He was very slow to get certain divorce documents ready for the final Divorce Decree. I ended up reviewing and writing the actual divorce decree as the opposing attorney tried to sew up several issues that Mr. Dougherty did not seem to be oppose to for these legitatment issues concerning my work related retirement plan. At the end of the mediation session; Mr. Dougherty made a point to go over to my former wife and "shake her hand". My former wife's attorney did not do that to me! In the end, I had to fire this attorney and have another attorney represent me and review the divorce decree that I had to modify from the opposing attorney. At the end of the whole proceedings, I ended up owing this attorney over $7,000 for his poor representation of me in most aspects of the divorce.