Georgia Barker

**** PLEASE READ! DONT HIRE HER! **** DONT TRUST HER! *** She should NOT be allowed to practice law! She put me in a worse case than I was when I hired her for my Child Custody case. She is NOT Professional. She would place blame on me for her lack of accountability. She could BARELY REMEMBER any pr...ior details on my case. I paid her $5,000 to retain her " BIGGEST MISTAKE" and she ran through that money, all the while NOT Listening to my concerns & then telling me to stay out HER WAY IN MY CASE! She only cares about TAKING YOUR MONEY! She went to court with a "CHEAT SHEET" when trying to give a reason for HER OBJECTIONS. I literally had to show HER what to reference while IN COURT. **** She withdrew herself from my Child Custody Case before even going to trial. **** It took me hounding her office to set a hearing date & she would blame me usually for not keeping the trust overly funded. ** I ALWAYS KEPT FUNDS IN THE TRUST ** I have paid HER almost $10,000 and she DIDN'T even stay long enough to see it through to my hearing date for the Child Custody Case. *** SHE CLAIMED THAT SHE WITHDREW, INITIALLY FOR LACK OF PAYMENT, THEN I HAD TO PROVIDE PROOF THAT I HAD PAID HER*** SHE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU OR YOUR CASE. Even out of complete desperation, I would ADVISE ANYONE to use Google or Artificial Intelligence, rather than throwing away your money to someone who lacks compassion. She didn't even have the COMMON COURTESY to let me know that she was no longer representing me, I found out because I was checking my case online. Once I asked for explanation, she told me to give her MORE MONEY after she "FOUND MY FUNDS". Thank GOD that she is out of my case so now I have a chance to crawl out of the hole that she kept throwing dirt into. I HOPE THAT THIS WILL HELP EVEN ONE PERSON FROM FALLING VICTIM!

I had a consultation with Georgia and after giving her a brief summary of my situation, she said that we could request my husband to pay for my attorneys fees (he had his own attorney). I had very little money and thought this would be great. Six months in, or maybe more, she said that I was suppose...d to pay for my own fees as if we hadn’t discussed this several times before . She also kept forgetting what we would talk about, so on our next call she would ask the same things allover again. She made me go to a mediation for temporary orders that I insisted I did not need, and that cost me over a thousand dollars that I could not afford to spend. Whenever I disagreed with her or asked her a question that she thought was dumb, she would send me these long emails basically mocking me and being extremely rude. She wanted things done her way and would not listen to me. Months after the process had started I was diagnosed with cancer and I met with her to discuss things. She told me… everyone gets “cancer” when they are getting a divorce hahaha. I was so shocked I did not even respond. After careful consideration, I accepted my husband’s offer to come to a mutual agreement using his lawyer, since my cancer treatment was costing me thousands of dollars. Georgia was informed of this and once again sent me a very long email mocking me and telling me that it was a terrible idea and that I would regret it (not a word about my illness, no compassion or sympathy). Well, Georgia… not working with you was actually the best decision I ever made!!! So to any vulnerable lady out there looking to get a divorce, STAY AWAY!

If you need a family law attorney stay far away from this one. I hired her to help me with a simple divorce with no children. Her low hourly rate is attractive but I was way better off replacing her with a more expensive, more organized attorney that got the job done in 2 weeks versus the 10 months I... was represented by this office. I received other clients' documents multiple times, she never knew if I was the petitioner or respondent, never felt she was in my corner and everything was done at a snail's pace that ultimately cost me money. We attended mediation together 6 months after I filed for divorce and after two hours I realized the other side did not even have their signed inventory and we should have never showed up. I asked the mediator to stop the mediation for the other side to provide their documents and it was granted. Without a full picture of the community estate, we could not have made a deal that all parties could sign that day even if we wanted to. That was a cost to me of about $800.00 & was a complete waste of time and money. The trial date was 4 months later and still did not have a complete inventory from the respondent. I received a notice of trial date in the mail from the court with no zoom link information, only the street address to the family court. The day before the trial I emailed her and asked if we were GOING to trial since we were not even close to being prepared and her answer was yes we will APPEAR and ask for a reset in order to have more time to meditate. Great, so since we are only asking for a reset do I need to ATTEND? She answered yes, please. So, I drove to downtown Houston in rush hour traffic, pay twenty bucks to park, and then walked 2 blocks in 32-degree weather to the courthouse, take off my shoes, had my purse searched, and finally made it to the courtroom and no one was there but me the judge and the bailiff. I sat down and waited for the docket to be called and when my name was called I could hear Georgia through the judge's computer answer for me. Everyone was on Zoom but me. She never sent me the zoom link despite my inquiry the day before if we were GOING to court and being told we would APPEAR and I needed to ATTEND. I am thick-skinned but this lady was super rude to me. On one occasion and while I was waiting for her in the office, I sat some papers out in front of me to discuss with her, and when she came into the conference room, instead of sitting at the opposite end of the table from me she made me gather all my papers and move to the other end of the table. She said "I know you just laid all that out but do you mind moving to the other end of the table, I don't want to sit too close to you because of Covid" Really, that's how you treat your clients? There were at least 5 other chairs available however she felt it was best to ask me to move. She also spoke to me in a very demeaning manner throughout the long 10 months and was very rude. I was very happy with the outcome of my case after hiring another attorney that ran their office way more efficiently, has an awesome paralegal and I always felt they were in my corner. In 2 weeks' time, the attorney I replaced her with finally got the signed inventory from the respondent, gathered all the needed documents, and prepared a proposed property settlement that was 50/50. In the end, I was able to make a deal at mediation with my new attorney because we were prepared for mediation ahead of time and made sure the respondent was as well before attending mediation. Do yourself and your pocketbook a favor and research other attorneys that are more organized, nicer to their clients & more efficient before hiring this one.

I wish I could rate this law office with zero stars. If you find yourself needing a family law attorney stay far away from this one. I hired her to help me with a divorce. Georgia's low hourly rate is attractive but I was way better off replacing her with a more expensive, more organized attorney tha...t got the job done in 2 weeks versus the 10 months I was represented by this office. I received other clients' documents multiple times in my email from their office. she never knew if I was the petitioner or respondent, never felt she was in my corner and everything was done at a snail's pace that ultimately cost me money. We attended mediation together 6 months after I filed for divorce and after two hours I realized the other side did not even have their signed inventory and we should have never showed up. So I asked the mediator to stop the mediation in order for the other side to provide their documents and it was granted. Without a full picture of the community estate, we could not have made a deal that all parties could sign that day even if we wanted to. That was a cost to me of about $800.00 and was a complete waste of time and money. The trial date was 4 months later and still did not have a complete inventory from the respondent. I received a notice of trial date in the mail from the court with no zoom link information, only the street address to the family court. The day before the trial I emailed her and asked if we were GOING to trial since we were not even close to being prepared and her answer was yes we will APPEAR and ask for a reset in order to have more time to meditate. Great, so since we are only asking for a reset do I need to ATTEND? She answered yes, please. So, I drove to downtown Houston in rush hour traffic, pay twenty bucks to park, and then walked 2 blocks in 32-degree weather to the court house, take off my shoes, had my purse searched, and finally made it to the courtroom and no one was there but me the judge and the bailiff. I sat down and waited for the docket to be called and when my name was called I could hear Georgia through the judge's computer answer for me. Everyone was on Zoom but me. She never sent me the zoom link despite my inquiry the day before if we were GOING to court, and being told we would APPEAR and I needed to ATTEND. I am thick-skinned but this lady was super rude to me. I went to her office on one occasion and while I was waiting for her I pulled out some papers, sat them all out in front of me to discuss with her, and when she came into the conference room, instead of sitting at the opposite end of the table from me she made me gather all my papers and move to the other end of the table. She said "I know you just laid all that out but do you mind moving to the other end of the table, I don't want to sit too close to you because of Covid" Really, that's how you treat your clients? There were at least 5 other chairs available however she felt it was best to ask me to move. She also spoke to me in a very demeaning manner throughout the long 10 months and was very very rude. I was very happy with the outcome of my case after hiring another attorney that ran their office way more efficiently, had an awesome paralegal and I always felt they were in my corner. This was a divorce with no children and should have not been drug out as she did. In two weeks' time, the attorney I replaced her with finally got the signed inventory from the respondent and had gathered all the needed documents and prepared a proposed property settlement that was 50/50. In the end, I was able to make a deal at mediation with my new attorney because we were prepared for mediation ahead of time and made sure the respondent was as well before attending mediation. If you are not prepared for mediation YOU WILL LOSE OUT and you are wasting time and money. Do yourself and your pocketbook a favor and research other attorneys that are more organized, nicer to their clients, and more efficient before hiring this one.