Stephanie Sexauer

My husband and I hired Stephanie for estate planning. She was incredibly knowledgeable and easy to work with. She made us feel comfortable and confident every step of the way. She clearly cares about her clients and is passionate about what she does. I would recommend her to anyone in a heartbeat. My... husband and I work in a high-risk industry and we both sleep better knowing our affairs are in order and that our family will be taken care of after we're gone.

I retained Stephanie to defend me in a recent five year probate case which alleged that I substantially failed to meet the terms of my Marital Settlement Agreement contract with my deceased ex-spouse. She provided an inadequate defense against the combative opposing probate counsel despite extensive... supportive discovery proving my MSA contract compliance. She dismissed efforts by my wife, who is my caretaker, to assist me. She offered to opposing counsel that I would pay an extravagant financial settlement. She said that she would withdraw her legal representation if I did not support this settlement offer. I changed representation to a different attorney.

She was hired end of 2019 to file on our behalf to notify the court of misappropriation of funds involving a trust. She had a very aloof and laid back attitude and she often ran late to our hearings. This wasn’t to my liking but again this is a personal preference at this point. She took over thre...e months to “research” the matter and her billing practices were interesting to say the least. She charged for emails, phone calls down to the minute. Best of all her legal assistant presented us an invoice using the same rates as a lawyer minus the credentials. When asked why her assistants rates were as so she replied by simply saying: “ Good catch”. Next she charged us for the time she spent consulting and talking over our case with the other and only other lawyer at her firm. Throughout my years I have never seen such type of charges unless additional counsel is needed. Keep in mind we hired her to file a fairly simple motion. Make a long story short she seemed knowledgeable but dragged her feet a lot and padded the bill a whole lot more charging down to the most minute of items. She even charged me for the email containing her final invoice. If you hire her keep a close eye on your billing cause she racks her fees fast and high. Proof of billing available upon request.