Shirley Sutherland

I can’t express how thankful I am to have found Shirley and Amanda during my custody case. They both communicated well and helped me through this difficult situation. They made sure to go through all our documents (they tried to sneak things into our orders) and stepped in when opposing counsel didn’...t follow through on orders etc. They worked to ensure my daughter’s safety and I can’t say how grateful I am.

Shirley helped us to adopt our precious grandsons from my husbands addict daughter (meth). While we were dealing with irrational people on drugs causing many unnecessary hearings and emotional distress Shirley handled everything w an impeccable knowledge of the law, class and furthermore did not nick...el and dime us at all. I almost don’t believe the negative ratings as she is our hero and still works for us on other family matters.

If I could give no stars I would. After messing up the original Petition and Restraining Order, Shirley Sutherland did not do Request for Production and if she did I have no record of it much less anything from opposing counsel. She did not return a lot of calls or emails, did not inform me of when m...ediation was, did not send me copies of some filed documents, did not get the notes from the Police Department, she lied and said she was going to try to negotiate settlement then tried to charge me another $2500 just before she decided she was going to withdraw because she "could not communicate efficiently" with me mere days before the mediation date she never told me about. She then blamed her paralegal and fired her. She claims she properly filed the Motion to Withdraw WITHOUT my signature (I had no objection to her no longer being my attorney and had already hired a new one) after she told me to do her job and correct the Motions that had the wrong name and wrong addresses claiming they did not have a correct address for me - it was on the check I paid with! Lastly, she flat out denied she had been suspended October 2013 until January 2014 and stated I was "projecting". Yes, I was projecting...the truth. I would definitely never recommend her to anyone for anything. I have filed two grievances with the Bar already and am about to file a third as I keep finding out she did things wrong and/or did not do things at all! She also took credit for "helping" me keep my child which any attorney could have done as I am a good mother, a decorated veteran and law abiding citizen who does admit to making mistakes. It was a big mistake marrying who I did but it was a bigger mistake hiring Shirley Sutherland.