Rebecca J. Smith

Rebecca is nice there's no question about that. She even gave us a discount off her normal rates. However, I would've paid full price had I known how terrible of a job she was going to do, then use a discounted rate and being sick as an excuse. She completely messed up a divorce and custody. She ...gave us less than 48 hours notice for deadlines for affidavits and a court date and blamed it on the email going to her personal email address instead of her work email address. Then, didn't even submit the stuff we rushed around to get to her in time. She didn't have an ounce of 'fight' in her when it came to what we needed her to do for us. She was childish and when I expressed my concern for her lack of effort, she took it personal and did even worse from that point on. I think she intentionally sabotaged the case. We were blindsided every step of the way with her and she wasn't proactive or prepared for anything the other side was doing. She failed to notarize things so the judge likely didn't see very important documents that could've changed the outcome. She showed up late to court and totally unprepared. She advised us to drop a protection order (that we never should have agreed to) but she said "if you don't drop it you're going to piss off the judge". She lied right to our face when we asked if a 17 year old could have a voice in the case. After losing every step of the way we finally paid more money to get a different lawyer and the difference between them is night and day. We hired a professional now and it seems as though Rebecca either didn't care or didn't know what she was doing. We've learned that we had other options that Rebecca never mentioned or thought to offer us. We've found out the hard way that the "nice" lawyers are likely the worst lawyers because that's the only thing they have going for them. A free lawyer from a clinic would've tried harder to reach our goals than she did. I'd recommend everyone stay away from her and her terrible service. Once all the dust settles I'd like to sue her to get our money back even if all of it goes to the new lawyer it would satisfy me on a matter of principle, because she should pay us for the poor outcome she helped create. Maybe she's better at other things but for custody and divorce she's terrible!

Rebecca Smith help us with the adoption of our 2 young grandchildren after their mother passed away. She helped us maneuver the court system and deal with social services. Most important to me, she advocated for the safety and well-being of our grandchildren. We definitely got the impression but she ...cared and believed in our cause, first and foremost, where other attorneys were more interested in compensation.