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.

My family was fortunate to have Kathryn's help through a very sensitive situation. She was very knowledgeable and showed great compassion as we dealt with unexpected guardianship of my nephew. We had no idea where to start or what to do. Kathryn took care of everything. My whole family is very grate...ful for her expertise as I am.

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.

Kathi did a tremendous job helping me with my out of state parenting plan when my job relocated. She is very knowledgeable about everything regarding custody and family law. She is very to-the-point and kept me updated throughout the entire process. Another review claims she isn't quick to respond. A...lthough she might not be able to get back right away when she does get back to you she'll have everything you need ready, if not already in the process. I felt this saved me time cutting out unnecessary phone calls and ultimately saved me money. I greatly appreciate all of Kathi's help and would recommend her to anyone seeking counsel for family law.