Victoria Allison Elsmore

Victoria put my child in danger. Victoria downplayed the abuse my child endured & ignored the death threats towards my child. She stated she worked a lot of hours on my case to charge a ton, yet never itemized her work. It never seemed as if she was very prepared when it came to court. I moved to ...another lawyer who proved abuse against the statues of MN and helped to protect my child. It is unfortunate that Victoria doesn't seem to understand abuse and the impacts that come with it. I hope she finds more training on the matter or sends abuse cases to attorneys who do. I wish she was transparent about not understanding abuse and did not take on my case.

I hired Victoria at the end of June 2014. I had interviewed a number of attorney's before selecting her. My primary reason for choosing her was the immediate sense of capable personality alignment with me during the stressful beginning of a protracted marriage dissolution process. There was an innate... understanding from her of my situation and a sense of teamwork/advocacy she gave me that made me feel confident in her ability to not only understand my case's intricacies but also a clear understanding of the ways it could go and how she could handle things. Victoria practices law in many areas but her competency in family law was crystal clear immediately to me. She is direct about the law but frames things in a solid understanding. We recently concluded our professional affiliation with my my business before the court and with each and every interaction between us during this 20 month process, I felt she was on board with me in support of my positions and confident in her ability to articulate those with the court. She is imminently capable of forecasting scenarios based on my wants in relation to probable outcomes. I believe this comes from superior training, understanding of the law, demonstrably competent court temperament and shared client values. Clearly I feel that she represented my interests wholeheartedly and with great conviction in both execution of our plan and understanding of the possibilities of our strategy. You know, having an attorney is like having a skilled pilot by your side within the legal system. There are parts of it where you as the client need to steer and set the goal and there are parts where she (as co pilot) need to steer as well. At no time during this process was I ever reticent to let go of the stick in order to maintain control. I was always confident that letting her guide and course correct as necessary was not only the proper way to fly but got us where we always intended to go. She's responsive, in the moment with you as a client and very polished in approach and skills. She has the ability to make you feel that you're her only case and that you occupy the majority of her mind share which gives you confidence in not only her abilities but importance of your individual situation before the court. I would unquestionably use her expertise again and could not recommend her more highly than I do now. In a nutshell, she is sympathetic, skilled, worthy and a valuable asset to anyone needing top flight legal support.

Victoria got my divorce decree completed but failed to notify me when the judge signed it. (My ex was the one who told me the judge signed it.) Victoria was very slow to respond to my emails or return my phone calls, sometimes taking days to do so. She did not advise me of things such as stating in t...he divorce decree that my ex and I should each claim a child as a dependent. A friend (who I had look it over before having it filed) pointed that out to me. Having her go back to add these things to the decree cost me more money which is very frustrating because I feel I should have been advised about them up front.