Vy Thuan Nguyen

Vy Thuan Nguyen

3.4
Rating: 1.0

Licensed for 18 years

Family Lawyer at Houston, TX
Practice Areas: Family, Real Estate, Business

5177 Richmond Ave Ste 1200, Chase Bank Building, Houston, TX

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2025
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About Vy

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Family 70%

Divorce, Custody, Child Support, Termination/Adoption, and Modification

19 years

70%

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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 2 years

State: New York

Acquired: 2024

Disbarred

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2025

Licensed in Texas for 18 years

State: Texas

Acquired: 2007

Not Eligible to Practice - Discipline

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2024

Location

Vy Nguyen & Associates, PLLC

5177 Richmond Ave Ste 1200, Chase Bank Building, Houston, TX, 77056-6707

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Vy Thuan Nguyen's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

3.4 /5.0

72 Client Reviews

Showing 1 - 5 of 19 reviews | Communication Style

Posted by anonymous | June 24, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

Thief and Liar

I'm very disappointed with myself should have looked her up before I hired her for my son's child custody case. She sounded very professional and so willing to help us out. Paid her $800 dollars in April and now no txt, no email, no calls, No Update on the case. So, thank God I went to the website w...here u could see your case and there it is a date for my sons' case. And she hasn't even told us about the court date. I'm glad she got DISBARRED but i wish they would make her refund all that she did wrong.

Posted by Craig | May 14, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Very disappointed with her services

I heard this attorney to represent me in a divorce matter pay the $15 retainer and within that time my divorce case was on February 20, 2024 to go to trial and fight for me, regaining my home or having My ex-wife buy me out when a reasonable settlement within 30 minutes. She convinced me to settle ...for a lower mountain with my house is worth. I am still at this day trying to fight to get the money that is awarded to me from my divorce. No support at all. My ex-wife was able to gain the house. The attorney was able to get paid her retainer fee Attorney was able to get paid and this moment May 10, 2024 still trying to get the money rewarded to me. This is not for nobody to use. I read other reviews on here. They give her four stars I disagree because as this moment still struggling trying to gain my portion of the pie with zero support from Attorney or office I tried to call and no response. I text and I get I’ll get back to you if I can.

Posted by Danielle | November 03, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Chooses someone else

Firstly, I think all these “good reviews” were written by her or her team, so don’t believe all these good reviews I doubt they’re all real. To me, Vy seemed the same as a court appointed lawyer. Too many cases and does the bare minimum. When I consulted and then hired (and paid) her, I almost never... spoke with her. I spoke with her team once or twice- they didn’t even know my name or anything about my case, I had to repeat everything about my case whenever I spoke with her assistants. Vy and I spoke one day and she told me she was going to have my ex served. I called her a week or so later, to see if anything was happening… no response. I gave her the benefit of the doubt waited another week or two- barely got her on the line (maybe once and she told me he wasn’t served yet). Finally, A month or two after she said she would get him served (and I had called her maybe twice a day for around a week) she went off on me! Saying along the lines of she would tell me when he’d gotten served and to stop calling her??? I could barely reach her for weeks at a time and then call/email for updates because I had no idea what was going on with my case). I’m no lawyer but it shouldn’t take months to get someone served. The paperwork she served was never shown or approved by me. Had she have shown me, I could’ve told her the paperwork was wrong- She had wrong names on the case! I found out my ex was served when HE called me. I contacted her and she answered acting boastful like she was hot stuff. My ex called her while we were speaking and she called me back acting like she was doing a great job, assuring me the wrong name was quick fix. I was embarrassed I had a lawyer that couldn’t even get the names on my case right. I barely spoke with her after this conversation. She let me know she filed for a court date and I got an email about it and the link to the zoom meeting. When it was finally time to go to virtual court (months later after not speaking with her at all) was she in attendance ready to go? No. She called me 15 minutes prior to the meeting (did I mention she never even told me what I should expect much less prepare me- I had to google what to expect) she said she had other cases she had to be in court for and she was going to have another “amazing lawyer” assist me. Seriously?!? I thought at least the lawyer would be prepared- NOPE, he didn’t know my name or what was going on with my case. I had to explain everything to him in 10 minutes. I wanted to cry and throw up all at once because I knew this bad. As you can guess the case didn’t go my way. He completely botched it. So much so once we got off the call, he apologized to me. Yes. That’s how bad he messed up. Of course I couldn’t reach her after that. I had to call over and over because I needed to get the court paperwork from what the judge ruled. Finally one of her assistants responded to one of my emails (weeks later) with the paperwork attached. I wanted to see if there was anything else we could do so I attempted to reach out but never heard from them again. I felt she was rude, disrespectful, disorganized, condescending & gaslit me. This was a few years ago and I’d never had to hire a lawyer, so I didn’t know this wasnt normal and that she wasn’t doing a good job- but its very clear to me now. If I could do this part of my life over, I’d take out the largest loan I could and get a MUCH better lawyer from a reputable law firm. I’m writing this not to trash her (as this case was years ago so this isn’t a heat of the moment review, but an honest one) but to stop someone else (who may not be her priority- as I clearly wasn’t) from making this bad decision. I wouldn’t wish this, on anyone else. If you’re working with her and starting to see the same signs- let go of the retainer you paid her and find a new lawyer immediately. You deserve a fighting chance and Vy won’t give that to you. Me and all the other clients she did this to, deserved more.

Posted by Charlotte | October 31, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Landlord & Tenant

Do not hire

Ms Nguyen will take your money and will not show up to zoom with a judge. And lied about another zoom meeting with the judge. She will not respond to text emails or phone calls. I hired her in March for an eviction and she took 3500.00 and did nothing for me. Now it’s end of October and I’m in worse ...situation because she didn’t do her job. She is ghosting me and now I’m out the money with no eviction. Do not waste your money.

Posted by anonymous | July 31, 2023 | Lawsuits & Disputes

UNREALISTIC DREAMS

I found attorney Vy Nguyen thru "Bungled" on internet. She returns my call the same day and after I told her what my case was she states Oh, we will make her the defendant) pay for my legal fees too! Then she states she will review my documents and contact me back. That was a week ago! And not one fo...llow up call.. The first sign of a reason ÑOT to hire this lawyer is making unrealistic statements like "She will Make" the opposing party do anything. An attorney can request thru a court and the judge can Make the other side comply...eventually. I will not be using this firm especially from confirming what the other reviews said about them Not returning calls & emails.

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Andrew Korn

Litigation lawyer | Oct 24

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"I met Vy as opposing counsel and because I appreciated her honesty, that lead to us working together. Vy likes to learn and she studies what other successful attorneys are doing."

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Dylan Blackwell

Immigration lawyer | Feb 07

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Fran Brochstein

Family lawyer | Jan 06

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. I have mediated cases for Ms. Nguyen several times. She comes to mediation well prepared and is a strong advocate for her client. All of her clients seem to adore her. It is a pleasure working with her. I look forward to working with her again in the future."

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Experience

Rating:  1.0 (Extreme Caution)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2025.

Disbarment issued in NY, 2025

updated on 01/08/2026

Disbarment is the most serious penalty for a lawyer. If this attorney is currently practicing law, you should contact the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court to understand the reasons for disbarment.

Disbarment issued in TX, 2024

updated on 08/15/2024

This is the most serious penalty for a lawyer. If this attorney is currently practicing law, you should contact the Texas State Bar to understand the reasons for this disbarment.

Education

2007

Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)

2007

Texas Southern University

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Languages

Spanish

Vietnamese

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