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Showing 21 - 24 of 24 reviews | Child Custody

Posted by Kylah | August 07, 2012

Thank you Jane!

I have had Jane as my lawyer for almost 3 three years. She is AMAZING! Anytime I have a question about what my case is going through she explains it to me thoroughly and patiently. She won my case so that I now have the majority of custody of my daughter while her father still lives in Wisconsin and ...I live in Minnesota. It is so nice to know that while I live in another state I know that Jane is fighting for me in Wisconsin, even setting it up so that I could attend court hearings by phone. I am forever grateful to Jane.

Posted by Megan | July 21, 2012

Won me my case!

Jane is the perfect balance in a lawyer. She is reasonable and fair. She definitely fights for her clients! If it wasn't for her my son would be residing in Wisconsin instead of in California with me and his siblings. I feel she worked very hard on my case and in a timly matter at that! She set a de ...novo review and got us in our final hearing 2 months before scheduled! I would recommend her to anyone!

Posted by anonymous | October 12, 2011

Highly Recommend Jane!

After the homocide death of my sister who was using Jane for legal counsel, we decided to continue the relationship with her. We are so glad we did! Our legal situation was a complex custody case, that had many unique facets. Jane was very compassionate to our situation and was there for us eve...ry step of the way. In a time of confusion, she was outstanding at breaking down the complexity of it all and explaining things in an understandable way. She had solid legal expertise in the area of child custody laws and guardianship matters. She was accessible when we needed to reach her by phone, and available when we needed to meet her face-to-face or schedule court dates. When in court, she was always competent, organized and incredibly professional. No doubt, Jane truly cares about her clients! Our family would highly recommend Jane to anyone seeking legal representation.

Posted by Lori | April 01, 2021 | Hired Attorney

Expensive lesson learned

I came to this law firm after working for a short time with a previous lawyer who wasn't filing paperwork on time, in the beginning it seemed so much better. Her law firm did get a custody study for our case which was a very good thing, but everything else was an incredibly expensive disapointment. ... I worked with One of Probst's associates who although seemed nice was very incompetent in the courtroom, we had 2 humiliatingly bad losses in a row in which the opposing counsel completely dominated us. Not only was Probst's associate unprepared, but meek and afraid to speak up on my behalf IN COURT ROOM! The 2nd of the embarrassing losses was a restraining order case I filed because of Jane Probst recommendation herself, she later scolded me telling me what an unwise decision it was because of the incredibly high burden of proof needed for a restraining order. WHAT? I was taking the advice of my law firm! The first embarrassing loss was for withholding placement, my exhusband had been gone for 2 years, has a documented history of violence, and a woman in the house no one had met which the children claimed was hitting them..should have been easy to illustrate reasonable cause to withhold placement right? Nope, not only did we lose that hearing, but I was ordered to pay his attorney fees! Ultimately what ended our relationship was an appeal I filed for the first hearing. I talked to and confirmed with the associate my plan to appeal both by email (documented) and by phone. 2 weeks passed before Probst even noticed, and then severed the relationship for "acting outside of counsel" and immediately gossiped to the opposing counsel the details of why they were no longer working for me. In fact, within hours I received a message from my ex husband taunting me about it; in her own pettiness and unprofessional behavior not only could she not take responsibility for her own firm's negligence, she actually gave my opposition fuel against me. Probst ended up being completely unprofessional and unethical in the end, in fact during our last meeting the only part of our conversation she cared about was how much the opposing counsel might be making per hour. She also told me she was letting us go because it'd be impossible to win. Probst cutting ties was the best thing that happened to our case because with a new lawyer we did win, in fact we got everything I asked for. That associate by the way is no longer with the firm, I found out over the 2 months it took me to get a final statement from them.

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