Peggy Sue Bittick

I recently used this attorney and wow was I surprised. She is way to expensive and over priced. She took that retaining fee and did nothing except charge for every little thing. One night we called her about 10 times because the ex had taken the child and we were very worried because peggy had told u...s that she had taken care of everything, ha. man was i in for a surprise. She did nothing but charge us for 15 min for every call when she never even answered and every e-mail we sent out. But she did call us back, it was at 10:30 that night. Please read ther reviews because what these people are saying is very true. She will take your money and run. I spoke with other attorneys to see if peggy was doing me right and they looked at the paperwork and laughed. Please do your homework on this woman

We hired Peggy as a family lawyer for our custody revision case that was disputed; so it was really a custody case. We hired her solely on the advice of someone that testified on a couple of her cases as an expert. Everything that the other reviews said (except the good one) is true. She promised ...us the world, said she would hit the case hard, get the amicus to do his job as soon as he was appointed, and get this case settled. Well, the only thing she did was waste our time and money. As soon as she was hired, we started noticing things were not being done, we wouldn't hear anything; we would have to ask questions because we weren't being kept abreast of any information. Also, she didn't realize in our court (Harris County, 310th) that she had to do certain procedures and the case got denied. So that set us back 2 months! Then, we really started not getting any responses - but we were SURE being billed for every e-mail and phone call we made to see if she was actually doing her job. When we finally started looking at getting a new lawyer, we found these reviews and we knew we had to fire her. She is terrible as a lawyer and a professional as well. We lost $2300 of retainer because we had to get someone else - please don't go to her. Some of our lessons learned were 1) READ THE REVIEWS & write them for others to get the benefit of your experience 2) Make sure your lawyer is practicing in just one type of law practice - Peggy practices in all kinds (Jack of all trades, master of NONE) 3) Make sure they are board-certified in the type of case you need 4) If possible, especially in a family law case, make sure they are familiar with your district and get one in your area 5) looking back (lessons learned), people that recommend lawyers must know not only how a person performs in court, but how they perform behind the scenes to get the case ready and heard.

Peggy's an excellent choice for a divorcing parent who puts integrity, honesty and child welfare at the forefront of all communications. Peggy handled my child custody/support/visitation & divorce proceedings (with an added jurisdictional issue) which were all bundled into one giant mess. I was satis...fied with the turnout of my case and her handling of it, including her legal advice, knowledge of pertinent case law & statutes and personability. Payment: she bills by increments, requires a retainer up front & prompt payment of all balances due upon receipt just like every other attorney with whom I've worked - no surprises. She price-quotes accurately based on honest presentation of facts and issues, is exceptionally reasonably priced, and provides impeccable legal advice. Pros: compassion, understanding, patience, life experience, knowledge of Brazoria County ins & outs, dedicated to child welfare, personable. Cons: bristly office staff, no payment plan options. In sum, 2 thumbs up.

I have had the unfortunate circumstances to need to hire an attorney 3 times in my life. The particular case was so important to the welfare of my infant grandsons life and safety, I thought hiring a woman who claims to be a childs advocate, who was born and raised in the area, was a mother and knew ...the court system in the county would be a true assest and someone that would work hard and effectively. I could not have been more work. She is great at selling herself, this she does very well. But please make sure you discuss pricing with her. She is the attorney that charges you for every letter she opens, email she reads, phone call she takes and she charges in increments of 15 minutes, even though it took 5 mintues or less......you wouldnt think that could get that expensive, but it can. She had a lot of turn over at her office, the associate I started with at her firm, walked out, shortly thereafter another attorney left, her legal assistant left and that consisted of abt half of her staff. I was intially quoted $5000.00 and in 10 months that turned into approx. $18,000.00. for temporary custody. We didnt win, we compromised with the other side since my attorney had not done her homework and was not prepared. We had an ex-husband from the first marriage(who has custody of those children) a pedtrician, daycare, police detective and cps all prepared to testify, however she did not even send out the supeonaes until the day before at 2:00pm even though she had been given all their addresses 3 weeks in advance, needless to say only 1 person showed, but of course I still had to pay for all those supeonas. This information is just the tip of the iceberg......if you like not having someone that is prepared, studies the fact, charges high prices and communicates only when you initiate it after multiple attempts.....then Bittick is the attorney for you.