Earlean A. Laster

I was in a panic state upon hiring this lawyer and feel it was a mistake and an expensive lesson learned. I don’t believe she should be a family lawyer because she seems void of empathy towards familial circumstances. She basically took my money and ran. Never ever replied to emails nor phone calls. ...Extremely unprofessional & the next time I need a lawyer I’ll be sure to do my homework first. I’m glad sites like this are available to warn others.

Attorney Laster was a God send, when my child's father called child protective services, as a precursor to him filing for shared placement. He had a new girlfriend who encouraged him to throw everything but the kitchen sink at me, so that he could paint me as an unfit mother. Atty. Laster was impress...ive when dealing with CPS, the agent dropped the case after 2 days of her involvement. I did retain Atty. Laster's firm for the child placement/ support dispute. Shortly after signing the retainer I was provided with Atty. Rochelle Benton. Although she was junior counsel, she provided adequate representation. Conversely, it would have been nice to pay the junior counsel hourly rate, meaning half. It did come as a surprise when Attorney Benton required additional retainers as well as a high hourly fee to represent me when my child's father threw in a motion for a restraining order. This guy decided to pull every shenanigan he could. I paid Atty. Laster's firm on time, however I couldn't pay additional retainers for all the new crap he dreamed up. If you are looking for al la carte representation, I think this is a wonderful firm to work with. However if you are dealing with someone as relentless as my child's father, you may want to find yourself other aggressive and thorough representation for the long haul. All in all, Atty. Laster has a plethora of confidence and experience, so if you retain her please make sure she will be the one representing you. She is very skillful and knows just what to say for the other party to comply. I did use her firm for other services and was impressed.

If you need a family attorney, do not use Earlean Laster. She never returns phone calls or emails. I had to call numerous times a day until I could get ahold of her. I'm not sure if she just takes on too much or should not be practicing family law. She will lead you on thinking you have a case and th...en after thousands of dollars are spent, it turns out she has no idea what she is doing. I have wasted thousands of dollars on this joke of an attorney when I practically did all the work to write up a stipulation with my ex. Then after the agreement was signed, there was an error in transcribing the document and I was charged for their time to fix their problem. After wasting too much money and over 6 months of my life, I am still having almost all of the same problems with my ex. My attorney failed to put things into detail that could not be misinterpreted and when they were, she just backed down and did not have my back. Worst attorney ever!