Bianca M. Vela-Collins

I retained Ms. Vela‑Collins for a divorce case, paying her $6,700. She accepted my case despite having had extensive communications with my wife prior to representing me. These communications were never disclosed. The court ultimately disqualified Ms. Vela‑Collins due to this conflict of interest.... I am disabled with limited income, and these fees represented the majority of my legal resources. I sent a formal refund request, which has gone unanswered. This attorney’s failure to disclose a serious conflict of interest and the resulting harm to my case have caused me financial and legal hardship. I wouldn’t recommend this law firm to anyone dealing with a divorce or family law issue. I paid $6,700 to Ms. Vela‑Collins, only to find out she had been in contact with my wife (the opposing party) through emails and texts before ever taking my case. This wasn’t disclosed to me, and later, a judge disqualified her from representing me entirely due to that conflict. I am disabled and live on limited income — her actions left me in a worse situation and nearly out of legal funds. I’ve sent her a refund request, which she has ignored. Be careful who you trust with your case.

RUN AWAY, SHE WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY. WORST LAWYER EVER!! DO NOT HIRE UNLES YOU WANT TO GET SCAMMED. Hired Bianca from 3/24-11/24. From the very start I thought I was being scammed. Bianca was never communicative with me, I caught her lying to me about filing the petition, which took her 6 months to fi...le. She kept confusing another relationship with this court case (which she brought up in court, super embarrassing), she didn't know the subjects name of the case. She scheduled a hearing for a day that I was coming back home from a major surgery that I had planned for months, then on the day of court she didn't show up and I had to tell her she had court today and the judge was looking for her. She misplaced my affidavit in May and didn't tell me until July, which I then had to resend her to get the petition going, which didn't matter since it took 6 months to file anyway. Finally, got a response for court and didn't let me know until almost 2 weeks later. Every time I told her I was frustrated; she ignored the emails and text messages. I honestly don't know how she is a licensed lawyer. There are days that I took off work because she told me we have court and ended up actually not having court or she didn't show up. It would take me weeks to be able to get ahold of her. It is now December, and she told me she misplaced my paperwork to send back. I told her I was filing a grievance and then suddenly she found my paperwork. By this time, I have asked at least 3 times for her to send my paperwork back. I paid to have my paperwork sent to her and she made me pay to have my paperwork sent back to her because she got her feelings hurt and refused to pay for it to be sent back. This is how you know for sure she is not a good person. I don't care how hurt you are, your word is who you are as a person, and she never stuck to her word. Bianca not once called or got back to me when she said she would in the entire 8 months we worked together. Her excuse was because she was busy. You're that busy that you can't call or send a text every single time I contact you, then why are you even a lawyer. How do you not have a reminder or calendar if your losing confidential/important paperwork and forgetting to call your clients? All of this and more, I will be filing a grievance and sending proof and documents of all this information. She should not be a lawyer, and no one should have to go through this emotional stress that was put on me.

DO NOT! I REPEAT DO NOT HIRE HER!!! She could not spell names correctly, every AFTER getting corrected!! She's still attached to my case even though she was supposed to remove herself! She will side with OC rather than stand up for her client!! She almost cost me everything with child custody! She sh...ould not be practicing family law because she is not knowledgeable enough in my opinion! She was filing motions with other people's information attached, yes...OTHER PEOPLE'S CASES were part of mine! I had to fire her because had I not, I would have not only lost the case but given up even more! Waste of $3500.00 right down the drain that I am never getting back!