Jennifer Michelle Ilarraza

A great law firm for Fathers' Rights and Fair Custody - strongly Recommend Jennifer and Ilarraza Law. Going through my child custody case is one of the most challenging experiences, However, I can honestly say that choosing Ilarraza Law was the best decision I made during this process. Jennifer ...and her team were not only deeply knowledgeable about family law – they were also genuinely supportive, compassionate, and extremely responsive every step of the way. What truly stood out to me was Jennifer and her team’s positive and balanced approach towards father’s rights. They strongly believe that children deserve meaningful time with single dad and the team fought extremely hard to help me secure custody of my daughter , At every single moment , Jennifer and her team treated me with the utmost respect (even during my difficult times), and made sure my voice was heard. The team at Ilarraza Law are powerful advocates who don’t just know the law – but understands the real-life impacts If you’re a parent having child custody issues, I can strongly recommend Jennifer and her team enough. They made an extremely difficult situation so much more manageable and gave me hope for a more stable future with my daughter . They are the best , knowledgeable and they know and they cares about family values and traditions, I definitely give them 100stars based of there knowledge , handling the tough situations, communication, understanding and good they treat the clients.

Going through a divorce is one of the most challenging experiences, especially as a father fighting for equal custody in the state of Texas. However, I can honestly say that choosing Ilarraza Law was the best decision I made during this process. Jennifer and her team were not only deeply knowledgeabl...e about family law – they were also genuinely supportive, compassionate, and extremely responsive every step of the way. What truly stood out to me was Jennifer and her team’s positive and balanced approach towards father’s rights. They strongly believe that children deserve meaningful time with both parents, and the team fought extremely hard to help me secure 50/50 custody. At every turn, Jennifer and her team treated me with the utmost respect (even during my difficult times), and made sure my voice was heard. The team at Ilarraza Law are powerful advocates who don’t just know the law – but understands the real-life impacts divorce can have on families. If you’re a parent navigating divorce or custody issues, I can recommend Jennifer and her team enough. They made an extremely difficult situation so much more manageable and gave me hope for a more stable future with my son.

Jennifer is really amazing to work with. With great patience and compassion, she not only helped me through a very highly contested and stressful divorce... she helped me win sole custody of my kids. I could not have done it without her by my side! I highly recommend her to anyone needing a knowledge...able family law attorney who is not afraid of the courtroom.

ISSUE 1- Ms. Wilson told me that her retainer would be $5,000 through final, even with a difficult discovery. Her firm went though that full amount within 2 months after paying her- no trial, no orders, barely touching discovery. I paid an additional $3000 and her firm went through that within 1 1/2...-2 months. ISSUE 2- she requires an authorization of credit card form to be kept on file. I do not have a credit card, only a bank visa card. Her front office staff assured me that they wont charge it. However, I wrote on it anyway to not charge anything on it because it is my bank card; I do not keep large amounts in it. To message me prior to with notice of charge amount and going to charge. She did not and charged my bank card $1127. ISSUE 3- I told her of my address change and desires to keep my address not public. I requested that she file whatever forms or hearing so that it is not public information. She instead, did not file the notification at all. Then turned around and said I did not notify her of my address change. Though, it was on my contract, I had discussed it with her, her paralegal, front office staff, turned over discovery documents with my address, even discussed it with the other attorney of the firm, Ms. Hemphill. After I told her that I had indeed notified her and her firm, she filed a motion to withdrawal from being my attorney due to communication issues. AND CHARGED ME FOR IT. ISSUE 4- I am the petitioner and requested child support to be raised, geographical restriction change with lift, retroactive child support, and needed some changes within the insurance that dad provides to have access. I told Ms. Wilson what wording I wanted within the geographical restriction including a lift if dad moved, what I needed with child support (I wanted to know what he should be paying vs what he was). Opposing counsel offered a raise of child support, geographical restriction to denton county. Ms. Wilson did not advise me prior to agreeing to his offer if it was what I wanted or not. I assumed it was so I agreed. ISSUE 5- Opposing counsel sent their version of the temporary agreement. It was not what I thought our agreement would be, and requested that Ms. Wilson not make edits. Instead, to draft the temporary orders as I had thought it would be wording wise, and with the remaining custody/possession included even though there were no changes. Ms Wilson took it upon herself to still edit the opposing counsel's draft with what I sent to her that I saw wrong. She refused for a month to draft the temporary orders as I had requested. Instead, argued with me about it and insulted me and berated me numerous times. ISSUE 6- Ms. Wilson waited until the day before our entry hearing to send the drafted orders as I had thought they should be. Both opposing counsel and I sent our edit request and she fixed them. Then they sent their clients edit requests - I am not certain what his requests were because she did not send that to me. Just the email to opposing counsel with the clean version and requesting that they put his edit requests within that clean version. From there, she did nothing more. We all spent the entire day editing, nothing was signed or filed with the court. ISSUE 7- Ms. Wilson did not get a rule 11 agreement for the new version of the temporary agreement. To which, I did not know she needed to do and she never advised me that it needed to be done. SO during our entry hearing, and even though opposing counsel had agreed to most of my version of the temporary orders (other than the lift), he fought for his version of the temporary orders. Ms. Wilson did not bring up all of the issues in regards to his draft of the temporary orders. Nor file with the court my version of the proposed agreement of temporary orders. So the Court ruled in favor of Opposing Counsel's version of the temporary orders. ISSUE 8- this firm charged me $10 for each email sent/received. I have more but cant list all issues.I

Jennifer M. Wilson Esq. is an OUTSTANDING and successful lawyer who is absolutely passionate about what she does. Having to deal with any legal matter is extremely stressful and taxing on a person. When my marriage came to its end, I did not know where to begin, I felt lost, stressed and worried abo...ut my joint assets, property, money and everything else associate with a divorce. Not to mention I was worried about moving on with my life and getting passed all of this. I did not want to spend time in court arguing or fighting with my husband. Jennifer handled my divorce last year (2016) and from the minute we had our consultation I felt relieved. Jennifer assured me she would answer all of my questions and handle everything I needed. She was very knowledgeable about my rights, divorce laws and how everything would proceed. She fully explained everything in detail to me so I would be kept in the loop and not be surprised by anything. She also explained possible outcomes that could happen. She made sure to get everything I requested in the divorced and look out for my best interest. Not only in the present time but in my future as well, since we were dealing with a family home. Jennifer was always accessible when I needed her to answer questions or just check in for a simple status update. She returned my phone calls, emails and texts promptly and always made sure I felt comfortable with everything taking place. I unquestionably praise her work and would recommend her to anyone needing legal assistance. In fact, I have. I recommended my mother to Jennifer last year when she was in a car accident. My mother used Jennifer to represent her car then and has recently retained Jennifer in a personal injury matter. Jennifer M. Wilson Esq. is an aggressive, hardworking, dedicated lawyer. With her on your side the opposing side does not stand a chance!