Kathryn L. Dudley

Navigating a divorce in 2015 and a motion to modify in 2024 has been two of the most stressful times in my life. Kathi is the most caring, thoughtful, and strategic family law attorney in the St Charles County area. She is a great listener, can quickly recall the case facts and always responds in a ...timely and professional manner. As emotional as family law situations can be Kathi considers your feelings and filters/balances them with the best legal approach. Kathi’s team is very effective and efficient in their processes as well. I wouldn’t trust anyone else with the most important thing to me, my family. I am thankful for the partnership. She models the way for all female professionals. Very inspirational.

I recently used Mrs. Dudley for my legal matters. She kept me up to date with every change in my case. Whenever an issue popped up, she already had multiple solutions in place for me to choose from so that we could proceed. Mrs. Dudley explained what she was going to do and what could come of my case... in a simple, easy to follow conversation. Mrs. Dudley is the perfect lawyer for my situation and I could not imagine using anyone else.

Kathryn is one of the best family law attorneys in the St Louis area. She is professional, knowledgeable, dedicated to her job and exceeded all of my expectations. She is very responsive and was always on top of communications regarding my case. I would highly recommend Kathryn to anyone in need o...f a family law attorney and have done so on many occasions. I have also used Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal law firm for other matters not related to family law and have been very pleased.

I hired Kathy Dudley in 2015 to handle my divorce case. She acts very sincere and caring upon the initial consultation. Like many others that have written reviews, I thought because of her firms reputation she was the best money could buy. Well, that is the farthest thing from the case. Now, 3 ye...ars later, I still have not been granted a divorce. She doesn't return calls in a timely manner but "loves" to email. I even requested that she stops emailing but she said that's her firms policy. Of course emailing takes more time than having a verbal conversation so that's why she prefers to communicate that way. We parted ways several months ago and I filed a complaint with the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel against her. My total bills were $58,000 with her, and I am no closer to a divorce than the day I hired her in 2015. If you want to throw your money away, drive down Highway 70 and throw it out the window so you can at least get some enjoyment out of it. Notice, I am putting my first name on here because I am want everyone to know that I am not afraid to voice my opinion against the way she practices law. I was told by my new attorney they have people in there office that post good rating anonymously so people will use their firm and dilute the negative comments.

I hired Ms. Dudley for a custody case. After our initial consultation and paying my retainer, I never spoke with her again. She wouldn't return phone calls and it took her weeks to return emails. I ended up discussing the details of my case with her through email, she then asked a coworker to draw up... motions to submit to the court and the facts in the motions were all wrong. Ms. Dudley did not communicate the facts of the case to her coworker but she still charged me every cent for our email exchanges. I also had to ask for basic motions to be filed. She tooks no initiative at all. I had to search online what the next motions should be. I ended up firing her and hiring a new lawyer, I was afraid of losing my case because of her incompetence and lack of initiative. I hired her because I wanted the best ( I thought because she worked for a nice firm and was very expensive, thats she would be good) true, she is one of the higher priced lawyers but by far the worst that I've worked with. I hired a different lawyer and easily won my case.