Barbara Kay Miller

Attorney Miller seemed uninterested or incapable of treating my case any differently than she was used to, even though my ex-husband was facing charges of Attempted 1st Degree Homicide. I was the victim. The only non-standard consideration she seemed to have was to suggest that we set up a Trust,... for him. She failed to catch an obvious and significant error in the valuation of my home, and left costly mistakes in the listing of our personal property division. She was obviously intimidated by the judge and consistently failed to represent my interests accurately. Her conversations with my ex led no-where, and I was doubtful of her ability or interest in presenting my proposal suitably, despite his generally cooperative demeanor. Despite the fact that I began much of the process before hiring her, and continued to “take the lead” since she seemed incapable of heeding my situation, her bill was more than double her original retainer. When I reached out to her about discussing the bill, she refused. When my father, who had to help me with the bill, wanted to discuss it to understand what he was paying for, she refused again, stating that we had already established with the judge that her bill was not outside of the norm for a divorce… This was true. In fact, I had to face my ex in court 5 times before it was complete. Two of those occasions were just to establish the amount of Her bill, even after a percentage had been established which could have been applied to any final figure. You can imagine my dismay when I discovered later, on my own, that we could have simply requested a Default Judgement because he, the respondent, initially failed to formally respond! Instead, I'm still attempting to finalize the paperwork she left undone.