Frances V. Dunham

You people must be smoking some bad stuff because Frances has been our attorney for 15 years and every time the other party applies for an increase child support, Frances WINS our case each and every time. She is well worth every dollar spent! She is fair, very detailed, honest, responsive and alwa...ys available even during her the rough patch in her life. In addition, we have never received an invoice for anything other then the services provided and at that, it's the retainer fee.

Frances was referred to me by another attorney. She is an absolute horrible attorney! She took money from a single Mother looking for resolution in a child custody case and will not return my emails or texts! May the Lord Bless her because she is an insult to women and mothers! Do not give her money ...or she will take it and disappear!!

I was referred to Ms. Frances Dunham after calling three other attorneys pertaining to a CPS case against a family member. I found her to be very responsive, empathetic, and honestly just a very caring person. We haven’t gone to court yet and I don’t know if I will have to retain her, but from what I...’ve seen I would definitely recommend her and would be willing to campaign for this woman. She is a gem!

If I could rate her no stars, I would. Frances was recommended by a friend that actually saw her perform in court and stated she was good. Well... that is if you can get a hold of her. She moved offices 3x times during the time that we hired her which she failed to give notice about her move twice. W...e found out about her move when we called to ask about court status because her assistant Julia had given us a different date, than the court notice we received by mail. We spoke to her 3x including the day she got hired and fired. She will take your retainer and disappear. As a matter in fact, she will send you an invoice for releasing her as your attorney over the phone. The day my husband informed her that we were no longer needing her services due to NOT REPRESENTING us properly, she sent him an invoice for the phone conference. We would receive so many excuses from Julia regarding the case. Almost 4 months went by with not knowing anything. I am not sure how this attorney has her license to practice when all she does is take retainers and charge for doing nothing. Honestly, we have so many negative comments and issues we can share, but we've wasted our time with her that she is no longer worth it. All I can say is to take your money elsewhere. This is coming from someone that has been in the legal industry for over 8 years. I was patient, because I know how busy attorneys can be, and how the court system can be, but this had nothing to do with the court nor the fact that is busy, because she was not familiar with our case at all the one time she showed up to the hearing when we were told it was not happening and it had been changed.

I was referred to Frances Dunham through a church friend and ever since I hired Frances, it's had me saying, Oh My God ever since. She claims to be accessible in her responses to other reviews. That is an absolute joke and a blatant and flat-out lie. Julia, her paralegal, was completely overwhelmed, ...overworked and probably Under Paid and took all of Frances's phone calls while Frances got to reap all of the benefits of being the overpriced attorney. My divorce took place January 19th of 2015 and ever since then it has been a horror show. On the first court date, Francis didn't even know my name. That's how involved she is with her clients. Her paralegal knew my name. During that time, Frances was running for a judge's position here in San Antonio Texas. She was so preoccupied with telling people to go vote online and passing out campaign buttons that somehow she forgot that she was in a divorce hearing that day. When all was said and done and we thought we had done everything that we needed to get and everything was taken care of, Francis never read the revised version of the divorce decree that my ex's attorney had sent over, and foolishly and irresponsibly sent me the signature page only, through email, to sign it and return it. That was the worst mistake I could have ever made. It turns out that because of Frances' negligence and inability to proofread, landed me in quite the spot. The decree was absolutely ambiguous, unclear and undefined and everything else synonymous with those words. Now, 3 attorneys later, I'm trying to just get access to my son, when I had 100%, drop down to 50%, then finally down to 25% because my ex committed fraud in court and now we're going through that now. Maybe now that she's not so preoccupied with such an important and responsible role in the judicial system, she can actually focus on things she can handle. In fact, the irony in the situation, is that when Francis lost the judge's seat, and I voted Democrat that day, her paralegal Julia, now works for my current attorney, after Francis packed up and left San Antonio. You suck Francis and if I knew how to say it in Spanish, I do that for you too. Thanks a lot for nothing. Be blessed