Marjorie K. Carter

I needed legal advice for a divorce. Ms. Carter was highly recommended by a lawyer friend, and I contacted her. At the initial meeting, and several subsequent meetings, Marjorie laid out the process of divorcing. She indicated her specialization in cases where couples who can negotiate a settlement w...ithout acrimony, thus avoiding court involvement and expensive legal teams. for our situation, Marjorie detailed a fair settlement. My now ex-wife failed on the acrimony measure, and I was forced to end my formal relationship with Marjorie and to hire an aforementioned expensive law firm. After months of wrangling through our different law firms, my ex and I agreed on a settlement and were divorced. Nonetheless, I kept in contact with Marjorie throughout the process and provided insightful advice and, as important, comforting words of encouragement. As Marjorie had predicted, that settlement was precisely the one she had laid out in those early meetings, except I had a large payment to the litigating law firm. I highly recommend Ms. Carter as a fine lawyer and a good person.

Marjorie is a practitioner in the collaborative practice of marital separation, and I have every reason to believe she is pre-eminent in that niche. Outside of it, when opposing counsel is a litigator at heart, she is wholly unsuited for the task. This makes sense, as proficiency in collaborative d...issolution demands entirely different skills and sensibilities than litigation, which is adversarial and position based. For the sake of all parties involved I would recommend that the collaborative approach be attempted first as I believe it to be the most humane approach to a difficult decision, and I believe Marjorie to be peerless in that field. That said, if the other side of the dissolution does not wholly agree in the collaborative approach, you will need to transfer counsel immediately, otherwise you are wasting time and money, a lot of money.

Marjorie was very compassionate about my situation as my divorce was not something I was enthusiastic about, but a sad step that needed to be taken. Her office was clear upfront about the charges and the processes as well as any possible roadblocks. Overall, if was completed in a timely and profess...ional manner

Marjorie Carter is a true professional. Marjorie represented me during my dissolution of marriage proceedings. She provided easy to understand explanations of the law and how it applies or does not apply to my situation. Marjorie was instrumental in guiding me through this taxing emotional time and... process in a way in which I truly felt was fair for all parties involved. This was not about hurting or teaching a lesson, it was a tribute to the preservation of family with the emotional well being of my children always in the forefront. Marjorie is always prompt in returning calls and emails and is great in following through with me to ensure I'm comfortable with where we are and to ensure I know where we were headed. I highly recommend Marjorie Carter.

She handled my divorce and custody case. The opposing attorney and judge were probably more helpful to me than she was. She drones on in court, talking in circles, and putting the court to sleep. She just did not show up for the last hearing. She sent a wimpy associate who had passed the bar the ...year before. She did not even notify me that she would not be there. She billed me about $40k for this year long fiasco. She paid no attention to the specific issues in the case--just went through the motions and churned unearned legal fees. Later I heard similiar stories from other people. . I cannot tell you how bad she was for me. I will be paying for picking her for the rest of my life. Get someone else.