Maria Antoinette Finley

I paid her 4,000 for a false allegation case. She never once warned me my retainer was running low or sent me an itemized bill or told me that I was over $7,000 OVER my retainer. She would constantly ignore my emails making up excuses about how she was so busy with other clients... giving very little... detail and care to my case. She advised me to fire my previous attorney for reasons she said were deplorable that she in turn did the EXACT same thing to me, dropping me right before trial when I finally texted her asking why she was ignoring me and she told me I was over 7k over and she doesn't give itemized bills unless she is fired, she withdraws or the case is settled, which is against state ethics for lawyers. She is grossly unsympathetic even after claiming she would treat my child as if he/she were her own, ignoring the fact that she has no children and she did NOT treat this case with any personal treatment. Additionally she balked about "knowing the judge" and "chatting with him into the wee hours of the morning in his chambers and he was her buddy.... blah blah blah... That same judge had to admonish her when she got a case law wrong in court despite being a former ADA. This woman is a joke and will screw you over.