Barbara Jeane Seibel

When first working with barb I felt confident cause she took the time to listen to understand my case or so I thought. After 3 -4 weeks it became clear she did not review anything I had sent her and did not have any legal strategy for my case. She will take days to respond to emails if at all, if sh...e responds via email you only get answers to half the questions or more vague responses. I even got 2 emails from her that were clearly intended for another client on another case. I understand mix ups happen so it was not initially a problem. That is until I responded asking if this was intended for someone else and pointed out how the recommendation made no sense in my case which is why I posed the question. The problem is instead of just admitting to a honest mistake she tried to play it off as if it was intended for me. We of course discussed later on the phone where she admitted it did not make sense in my case. However, this is just one of many examples where what she says in writing does not match what is communicated verbally. I would also mention Barb was not proactive on my case and would only provide updates if prompted but they were so vague and lacking in detail there is no way to verify if anything was done. Ultimately she was happy to spend time on the phone saying whatever and letting the customer run up a bill but when it came time to perform anything beyond talk like filing appeal or motion or scheduling with the court or mediation ,etc... she did not do much and when I was finally able to get her to perform anything work outside of talking it took a good deal of arm twisting. The experience was absolutely horrible and it felt more like barb was fighting against me then fighting for me. She was the first lawyer I have ever hired so I was not sure if this was typical but I can say after procuring a new lawyer that it most definitely is not. My recommendation if you hire her is to get everything in writing and if you feel like she is not familiar with your case or not thinking about how to proactively prepare your case or just not living up to what you expect from your lawyer then you should trust your gut.