Allecia Lindsey-Pottinger

DO NOT USE THIS FIRM!!! DO NOT USE THIS LAWYER!!!! You will regret it!!! I hired Allecia Lindsey Pottinger Law Firm (ALP Law) to handle a divorce filing for me 2022. I originally only need help with finalizing of it since I file myself but the lawyer assigned to me at the time said it was rejected,... so I would need to start over and of course pay more money. I was given a quote for the full process and ended up making a settlement with my now ex-husband based of that amount. After the settlement was paid ALP started tacking on all sorts of hidden and exorbitant fee. So much so that I came out in the red and had to go on a payment arrangement for several months past the divorce to pay it off. Finally 5/2023 I made my last payment per my zero balance ledger (good riddance or so I thought). Imagine my surprise when on 7/2024, nearly a year & a half since I’ve had any contact with the company is my card charged without notice or authorization for an ‘outstanding invoice’. I reached out for a refund (clearly done in error I’m thinking) and got a rude response from the ‘office manager’ Ralijah Sampson, saying they have no intentions of returning my money. She attached 2 outdated invoices with inaccurate information that was supposed to justify the charge. I requested proof of services rendered, the alleged authorization and to have my payment information removed numerous times. I cc’d the owner of the firm Allecia Lindsey Pottinger who never even bothered to respond to correct or even acknowledge their accountant error. Now I have to go through a full bank dispute because of their shady pricing practices and unorganized accounting/booker. They are incompetent, have horrible communication, terrible customer service, and will find a way to milk as much money as possible ethically or not! There are plenty of other reputable black owned law firm in Houston that are more reputable, reasonably priced and able to do a simple divorce in a faster time frame. SAVE YOUR TIME, MONEY AND SANITY.

My wife and I were referred to Allecia Lindsey-Pottinger (ALP) Law Firm through our MetLife insurance policy. We are looking for legal advice because my cousin-in-law is dying of cancer in a third-world country and would like us to take care of her son in the U.S. when she passes. We scheduled an a...ppointment last week and were promised free advice from ALP even though we would expect the insurance to cover at least some amount of the consult. Instead, ALP waited until 15 minutes before the conference to let us know that they were "phasing out"...blah, blah, blah. Meanwhile my cousin-in-law's time is quickly passing as well as our ability to find legal counsel regarding our ability to care for her 13 year old, soon to be orphaned, son. It would've been welcomed for ALP to tell us beforehand that they wouldn't take our case because the money from insurance isn't good enough instead of leading us on to think we might have found some needed help.