Patricia L. Grove

I don't usually like to give bad reviews but of late I've decided to as to warn people so they don't go what I had to, I have a mental disorder that causes high amounts of anxiety... but I went to Pat with my sister who acts as a personal representative as I was going through a divorce -- and so... we asked her if she could just help us write up a settlement for the divorce and offer to my husband as due to my mental issues and depression of the divorce we really wanted to avoid any battles of court hearings. My initial opinion was that Pat seems to be a beautiful caring person as she listened intently and then asked me how much I wanted, which was very important to me, I really wanted to work with someone I could trust. But a week or so later she asked for a meeting with my husband and his attorney and for an hour asked questions that could have been answered within moments on a questionnaire. I thought there must be a reason but after the meeting she told me she felt based on certain aspects I could get more than I wanted, which that was not at all what I wanted to do yet never would answer what she think I could get yet sent constant emails which most made no sense and clearly were only to create a bigger bill. I constantly asked her to include my sister but she never did and I finally became so tense I ended up creating the settlement myself and had to be the one to sit with my husband to negotiate which between him and I, I agreed to pay Pat's fees if they went over a certain amount as I figured she wouldn't be charging too much... Then in the end she planned on hiding her fees from me leaving them completely off the settlement I was to sign, the actual official settlement. But I pressed her and she finally told me which I was pretty upset. The only good thing she did was make it where I didn't have to be present for the court hearing but in retrospect she probably figured then I wouldn't see the fees at all till it was too late to react to them. When I last seen her to sign the paper work I watched her pale as I told her of my agreement with my husband and that I was the one who'd now have to pay her for most of that out of my pocket which after finding out what she was going to charge to her I would never hire again. So unfortunately that's my experience with Pat and for me it hurts as I really wanted to trust her but based on my experience with her I would never hire her for anything again. As for my husband's lawyer I'd hire her in a heart beat. She protected him as best she could and from what he told me didn't overcharge for her services at all.

I hired Pat 11 years ago for my divorce. Over the years my ex has found numerous reasons to take me to court. I have felt comfortable calling on Pat to help and she has always been a supportive, understanding advocate not only for me, but for my children. In this last go around (and I do hope it's th...e last), Pat aggressively pursued my side of the matter and the adverse motion brought by my ex was dismissed and I received legals fees awarded to me. I'm very happy with the results and would recommended Pat as someone that will have your back.

Pat is generally a nice person. But when it comes to fighting your case, she will not stand up to the plate. When the case goes to trial she fails to remember details about the case. You would constantly need to remind her about specifics in your case that she should have kept records of. I found mys...elf representing myself, she did not stand up for me in the court of law when the circumstances required her to. She misled me and misinformed me about handling certain situations. NOBODY wants to feel underrepresented in front of the judge.