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Bernadette McNicholas

Licensed for 39 years

Family Lawyer
Practice Areas: Family
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Licenses

Licensed in Illinois for 39 years

State: Illinois

Acquired: 1986

Active and Authorized to Practice Law

No misconduct found

Licensed in Arizona for 32 years

State: Arizona

Acquired: 1993

Administrative - Not Authorized to Practice

No misconduct found

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Law Office of Bernadette Mcnicholas

Davis Friedman LLP

135 S La Salle St Fl 36, Chicago, IL, 60603-4110

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2.3 /5.0

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Posted by anonymous | August 11, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Excellent, too expensive divorce attorney

She got me great results in regards to my keeping assets, and getting the case back on track with the judge, after my disastrous first attorney. She is detailed, thorough, knowledgeable, punctual, brusque, and extremely expensive. If it wasn't so expensive it would have been funny what she billed ...me for.... Like another reviewer here, I found some of her billing to be questionable. The mundane side of her billing is that it is probably generated through a billing software program... Though her minimum billing is calculated in the commonly used 6 minute interval (1/10 of an hour) she starts the clock for every activity tied to you -- no matter how quick the activity, it is billed at least as 6 minutes -- leaving voice mails, reading 2 sentence e-mails, etc. Good luck trying to figure out the bills, they run into multiple pages. It's up to you to keep the conversations/e-mails/etc. limited and on-point; she will happily watch the clock if you start to wander off-topic or get emotional.

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