Stephen D. Jackson

I changed from a previous attorney to Steve Jackson in the middle of my case. I was going through a very contentious divorce/custody battle with extremely ugly accusations being leveled against me. Initially, I hired Steve as co-counsel at the recommendation of my first attorney who highly recommend...ed him to assist her. After the first time witnessing his abilities in the court room, I hired Steve exclusively, as I found him to be superior in terms of his understanding of case law and ability to understand and adapt to changing circumstances and opposing counsel tactics. Asking around, Steve is at the top of nearly everyone's list of talented litigators and his billing rate reflects that, but I found him to be more cost effective than my previous attorney. When going through a difficult event such as my divorce was, it's easy to rack up billable hours venting about the situation while relaying pertinent events as they unfold. Steve has a great group of paralegals and other attorneys that are not as expensive which handle this. They all seem to work very well together, and Steve was always prepared and ready to litigate. This divorce was my first real experience with the law and courts. Steve was always available day, night, or weekends. To give an example, my ex-wife reported me to CPS following a loss in a court proceeding and they showed up at my house unexpectedly asking to interview my kids. I immediately contacted Steve via text. He replied within minutes and actually met CPS at my house. There was never any merit to any of my ex-wife's accusations and Steve represented me with that in mind. He worked closely with my children's counselor or anyone else I asked him to. He predicted and prepared for events that I never would have expected. In the end, I was awarded sole custody of my three young children. I don't think anyone can say the family court system is very kind to fathers and seeing a dad gain custody is a rare thing. Steve Jackson and Associates did that for me and I am very thankful to them.