Dixie Spitzer Malek

If I could enter negative 5 stars, I would. During the brief amount of time that Dixie represented me during my divorce proceedings she fumbled my case in these ways: during a bench discussion she said absolutely nothing to defend me: it was as if she didn't know my case at all. She was unable to co...mmunicate a rebuttal when opposing counsel spoke, the only thing she did was turn to me with an incredulously surprised look even though I had over communicated my husband's personality and nature of my divorce, she did not retain the information, it was as if she was hearing everything for the first time while fumbling around with her paperwork. I felt completely helpless during the proceeding, and had no trust for her after this court date. She emailed a settlement offer to opposing counsel which contained one misspelled line of an offer, then I had to hound her to find out if a response to this had been received. I don't think she is very well respected among her peers. She is very unprofessional. She referred to me by 2 different names that weren't even my own in the courtroom and via cell phone calls. She almost sent me down a path of incredibly expensive, time consuming, and non-impactful litigation. Consequently, the competent attorney that I hired did not take that litigation path that she had recommended. She refused to work with me on billing stating that she had her own bills to pay and couldn't wait for me to pay her, even though I was requesting a short period of time to pay. After switching attorneys, my stress level improved greatly because I actually has someone listening to me and representing me in a thorough professional manner!