Sherry A. Snyder

I have just recently severed my business relationship with Sherry as my attorney. From the start I explained that this was my first time dealing with death of a parent, and that I would need guidance through the process as well as legal counsel. I also was very clear in letting her know that the exe...cutor hired for the case was known for her dishonesty and would be out to clear out anything she could. I felt that I would be defended and guided as to not get screwed over as I have. I strongly feel that my case was not of big interest to her simply because of the lack of action and ignoring of my emails. I send her emails and sometimes she responds and many times she does not. I am thankful I did not take her advice to NOT have it appraised, and did my own research for selling my dads home and did have it appraised....it was worth 50 grand more than what Sherry advised me to allow it to be sold for. The previous executor walked away with much more than she should have because of the lack of action on my legal counsels behalf. There were mistakes made along the way, and I have felt quite left in the dark of what is going on. I specifically ask for very clear things and get answered with a run around game, I think to acquire more fees on top of fees. My monthly average bill has been 2500.00 and for not a lot of work. I have a fairly simple case, as I am the sole beneficiary and only heir to the estate. This should not be a difficult issue yet somehow thousands of dollars later, we are running into many major issues that were "oops" overlooked by my legal counsel. Had she been more PRO-ACTIVE in actually defending me and doing the things I asked her to follow up with the other previous executors attorney, maybe I would have ended up with something to really show for at the end of this other than high attorney fees and feeling ignored by her half the time. Then when I send her an email with 3 clear questions that should be easy to answer for her, instead of taking 5 minutes or less she has her paralegal call to set me up an appointment so we can rack up some more fees. After discussing my case with other legal professionals they are appalled at how this has been handled and asked why I didnt fire her a long time ago. I can not believe after 10,000+ that she seems unaware of the details of my case. It goes to show that either A. She is too busy to handle cases like this or B. She simply is out to send a bill and collect After carefully looking at all these monthly bills I see an exaggeration of time it supposedly takes to "read an email" I hardly think it took someone 30 minutes to read an email it took me less than two minutes to type out. Yet I have been overcharged and overshot on the times for my payments that I have diligently kept up on on my end. I have not felt well represented and did send her an email to let her know my concern. I feel if things had been handled in detail from the beginning that many of these now mistakes would not have happened, which Im paying for and have paid for dearly. Its hard enough to lose your parent, then to have a family member take advantage because I dont have a legal counsel to step up and be AHEAD of the game not behind it. The one thing her law firm has done is file papers to the courts and send me the copies, thanks for that. If I had not done the work on my own end and used my own resources I would have nothing at this point, and no way to even pay her high bills. It is so frustrating and I would not recommend her services to anyone.