Marlene Dancer Adams

I came to her in a bad situation, paid her a retainer and was told she’d email me a contract to sign that afternoon (she never did). She told me she contacted opposing counsel with a response, that was a lie. I have emails directly from the other attorney stating they never heard anything from her. W...hen I confirmed her with the emails and asked what was going on she claimed he wouldn’t respond to her and she’s call me in a couple days to come back in. Then she disappeared. Beyond disgusted with her lack of ethics. I’m not sure how she’s still licensed. I used a credit card for half of the retainer and was able to dispute the charge with the proof I sent them.

I signed a contract with her & it stated that her assistant would do the research work for $75 per hour. I did all i could to simplify the research in my case & cut costs but she would still ask me to bring in more info even though my husband & i were not fighting for anything. I began to realize t...hat there was no assistant working on my case because she has none & I was being charged her fee of $300 per hr for things that were unnecessary since i had done the research & gave the paperwork to her as asked. She would say that she could not sort it out but it was labeled & in proper order, there was no dispute, just a divorce. I began to question her & ask for my bill & she made excuses & never sent it to me. I asked several times explaining that her contract states, "monthly statements will be sent". She ended up charging me with more than half the sum of money from my home sales. $22,000. She had me sign a document that looked complete but added that she would receive the amount at the signing of the home sale. It was the worst financial burden on us.