Audrey M. Long

Hiring Audrey Elliott to handle a probate matter was a huge mistake on my part. I should have run away from her when the firm she was with kicked her out less than a month after I hired her, resulting in my hearing nothing from her for 2 weeks, and finding she was no longer with the firm when I calle...d for an update. According to Audrey she was asked to leave Nov. 18th when the firm discovered she was preparing to start her own solo practice within the month and did not tell her firm of her intentions. She did not inform me of her intentions either. I experienced multiple calls and e-mails not being returned, and I had to drive an hour and a half to her office to get a copy of a checkbook register from account used to pay estate expenses after she failed to forward a copy to me in the month that she had the checkbook register in her possession. I requested that she forward a copy of a letter from my sisters attorney to us, to my brothers attorney as well as a response letter we drafted to my sisters attorney. She misunderstood the request to mean send a copy to both attorneys. She also referred to an antique slot machine disputed in division of assets as a pinball machine in correspondence to other attorneys involved. Calling her office and getting voice mail instead of support staff was the norm. I provided her with an audio recording of my sister stating that she received items as gifts from my father before he died such as guns, furniture, etc. and she never used it even though she had letters from my sisters attorney stating that she removed the property from my fathers house after his death. Audrey also refused to take a deposition from my sister regarding those inconsistencies which was not her stated position originally. Audrey also told me an heir can not be a creditor when I had her file a formal claim against the estate for memorial jewelry I paid for out of pocket and my sister, the personal representative of the estate said she would reimburse me for. That is incorrect. Only the PR can not file a formal claim against the estate as a creditor. The list of shortcomings and mistakes goes on, and at the end of the day I filed a complaint with the State Supreme Court Council for Discipline. In her response letter to the complaint Audrey stated that she sent me a transcript of an audio video tape my brother made of a phone conversation between he and my sister with a billing statement . I did not receive that document. Audrey filed for withdrawal as my attorney and stated in an e-mail dated weeks before the withdrawal hearing that she would send my file to me. The withdrawal hearing was scheduled for Aug. 24th 2016 at the same time as the final hearing to close the estate. Audrey provided me with my file in the hall at the courthouse minutes before the hearings were supposed to start. I asked if the transcript she claimed to have made of my brothers tape was in the file and she said no. There was approximately an hour delay as we waited for a judge from out of town to hear the case to avoid possible conflict of interest as my sisters husband is head probation officer for Scottsbluff county. During the delay time Audrey left and later returned with a revised file that included a working copy of an incomplete and paraphrased copy of a transcript that was allegedly provided to me months before and I was billed for months before. If this is the representation you seek then Audrey is the attorney for you, if not I would seek representation elsewhere.