Shirley Sutherland

If you want a lawyer who will fight for you, keep your best interest in the forefront, and get you what you want, look no further. Shirley and her Legal Assistant Amanda were amazing during my divorce. Both of them calmed my fears, and addressed all my questions and concerns in a very timely manner. ...The way they handled my case let me know they really cared about me - I wasn’t just a source of income for them. I can’t thank Shirley and Amanda enough.

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.

She charged for a meeting that never took place and an affidavit that was never sent to me. She says the initial consultation is free but it is not and there are limitations that you are not told prior. She went out of town for 10 of the 20 days that she was my attorney. Since I was left with no coun...sel, I made a decision to agree with my ex and sign a custody agreement that his lawyer wrote up. This was not what I wanted to do but my lawyer was not available and I wasn't left with many options after giving her 4000. I was broke and distraught and I had no legal advice because she was out of town. I had her come to the meeting that me and my ex set up with his lawyer to sign the papers just so I'd be represented in some way. She charged me over 600 to prepare for this meeting that she did nothing but sit there while his lawyer spoke down on me. 600 for what? She was out of town until the day of the meeting so I know she didn't prepare, there was nothing to prepare for! There was 200 returned to me when this was all said and done. So I was charged 3800 for her to go out of town and do nothing.