Patricia Faye Bushman

She charged me monthly legal fees, and had me collecting documents for a year, but did nothing to resolve my divorce. She didn't explain why it was taking so long, and became hostile when I complained about the continued delay. She made several threats to withdraw from my case just days before a sch...eduled hearing. She had my file 10 months, and was not prepared for the final hearing. Took no initiative to resolve my divorce. Allowed opposing counsel to control the direction of the entire case. With months of doing nothing to finalize my divorce, she caused me to lose a lot of resources with no results. She is neither competent or capable and shows no compassion or integrity.

Ms Bushman holds a law degree and has many years of experience, There is no doubt that when she applied herself she can win for her client. Unfortunately my case seemed to fall through the cracks in her work load. She was very difficult to get a hold of. When Inwould call more often than not I had t...o speak with one of her assistants who were.not able to help other than taking a message. I appreciate being spread too thin and having too many comittmentd, however I would ask if that's the case are you really serving your clients properly? Ms Bushman at times was very reactive and failed to control her emotions when speaking to me, her paying client. At times she threatened me with withdrawing her services knowing we had important court dates coming up. At times I questioned her commitment to my case given her volunteer work at Food Bank sermed to take priority over returning my calls. She seemed to give up and essentially buckle under the view points of opposing counsel. Essentially sfe talked me in to agreebig to terms that have traumatized my child all in favor of opposing counsel. I agreed to the terms proposed with the hope of allowing the acrimony to settle, this was a huge mistake. As time has passed the opposition haa only become more emboldened and less open to coparenting with me than before. Ms Bushman's relationships with other attorneys seen to hold very little influence exhibited by their reluctance to be open to negotiating wit the terms she would provide in mediation. She ensured that I was always paid up in full so there was no question about her commitment to get paid. I understand she's running a business but bottom line Ms Bushman failed to deliver results on her committmenf to me and my child when we came to her for help. Please be certain to have an easy case because unfortunately Ms Bushman just did not seem to want to engage and fight for her client despite having hard physical evidence of abuse stated by the child regarding the opposition.

The lawyer herself appeared OK, but her assistant Mandy Yensi is an *incompetent* and *unprofessional*. She is incompetent: we are making our living will with the lawyer, and the will could be done by 10nimutewill.com—by the computer-- within 10-15 minutes literally. Mandy took more than a week to do... that. She also gave us wrong info. She is a liar: during this week, many times she promised to send us the document “tomorrow” or “I am sending it just now,” or to update with us the status of the document should it be not ready, but she never did (literally). She is rude: when she could not deliver her promises, she turned all bitchy at her client: One most exaggerating event was that Mandy promised to email the document by Tuesday lunch time but by Friday evening she sent nothing. At 2:30pm Thursday I called her, and she said she was “just about to email it,” but by 3:30 we have not received it. No explanation was given. When I called her at 3:30, she said the lawyer didn’t review it yet (so it was not possible for her to be just about to send it at 2:30). At 5:30 when I called again, she turned all bitchy and said “your document is not going to be ready today. I don’t know if it will be ready tomorrow.” She knows that we are traveling and we desperately need our living will ready but she doesn't care. My advice: take your business somewhere else. As a client you deserve better. Even though the lawyer herself is probably OK, as long as she still uses this incompetent assistant, you are likely to have a terrible experience.

She was appointed amicus for my child. I paid her fees upfront, then received a bill for additional fees. I asked my lawyer why I received a bill, I was never told there would be additional charges. He told me not to pay it, that he would talk to her first. I never received another bill and it's been... six months. Now she is adding this to the court orders. Why did she not send me another bill or call me? Obviously my lawyer failed to talk with her, but still she could have sent another bill. This is unprofessional! I would have paid, I paid her original fee in full up front. Come on why do people have to be ugly! I work hard while my huband stays home with our child with a disibility. I have good credit, so why does someone have to be so hurtful. I have always been respectful to her. Just another reason I don't trust lawyers. I am so hurt!

Ms. Bushman was appointed to over see our court case in which my ex wife was taking custody of our daughter and I was taking custody of our son. She from the very start misrepresented the case from the very start. I have to believe she is bios towards the mother with the way she handled everything. ... Long story short I had to go do all the digging to prove she was being dishonest and we in the end won our battle. My son lives with us aspergers I tried to get him help in 2009 but his mother would not allow it she was called into CPS over it and she denied everything and Bushman claimed she could find nothing as well. I found it and due to her sneaky past my lawyer with held it until the day of court. When we presented it she backed away it is a scary feeling to know your kids futures are in the hands of someone who will lie at every turn to achieve something instead of looking at the facts. My daughter which I got her school records today she has yet again failed she missed 14 complete days of school and she has missed 2,3 5th so many time the lady would not even count them out for me. All I can say is if you have her on your side she has no issues with lying to win but if the court appoints her then do everything you can to ask the courts to appoint a different lawyer to over see the case. She knowingly told the judge I canceled my kids insurance for the reason she wanted our son to go with his mother the same mother who she knew did not get him help. When the judge said he has one month before turning 18 and he had no say so over it. They called for him to be tested which we already had it scheduled to do so. She done her test and concluded Jonathan needed guardianship, I was angry because she struck again. Well the doctor called me and she told me her conversation did not sit well with Bushman and the only reason she wrote the letter to say he needed guardianship was to get him in a program like Texana to help him with his situation. I explained to her has been in line for 8 months. She then told me she was told I was doing nothing to help him according to Bushman. Well I sent her over the letter showing he was in line for over 8 months she emailed the judge and said she was under false information when making that choice and said now after seeing documentation she said he did not need guardianship. Well we went a step further knowing at every turn this woman was not telling the truth we begged the doctor to come testify in which she did with no problems at all and her testimony along with the paperwork from 2009 where I went and started help but after they spoke with my sons mother she told them they could not give any treatment to him. In the end she charged over 11,000 dollars for this service in which she stood in front of the judge and agreed with my ex wife's lawyer she was not working and wanted me to pay it all. I think the judge knowing my ex wife had been caught lying two times in the past about not working he made it 50/50. Just do yourself a favor if you are in a situation where the judge appoints an amicus lawyer do not just sit there and let them appoint this lady do everything you can to get another one appointed. She is not at all in for the best interest of the kids NOT AT ALL. I have no idea what drove her to her actions i stayed away from her and just decided to make sure to bring witnesses and paperwork to dispute all of her lies. I know they dont like to use the word lie but that is what she did almost from the very start but in the end at least my son is getting his help he has been going for about 4 months now and doing very very well. I would have fought for my daughter as well but she told me from the start she wanted to be with her mother and she would do anything to make that happen including ruin me so I never pushed it. I hope people see this and can avoid the same thing I went through as this not losing money here she is gambling with a kids life and that is very sad.