Frances V. Dunham

I am a dad with 4 children and it would have only been 3 children without Frances. We had to fight my case in 2 counties till we finally got to san antonio which was the 3rd. She is a brilliant attorney. We were bombarded at one time by two attorneys from my ex. Frances may look beautiful, but sh...e is a pitbull with lipstick. We faced nothing but false allegations for years. During the years I did have my daughter which was important because she was not safe with her mom. I had her from 18 months with temp orders till it aas finalized. I could not have had a better christian attorney. If you have a problem call Frances, don`t question her methods. My child`s safety was at stake but I knew Frances by her heart and energy she was right and there always was a reason we did things a certain way. I have been remarried for over 6 years and I am totally indebted to this woman. Go with the christian attorney with morals, tell her the truth so she does not get bombarded by the other side and their facts, especially when the other side lies. God sees all. He gave Frances a talent and after looking back with what we were faced with, I know he worked through Frances. If some client has a problem with Frances, I can assure you that they did not do their part. When that happens, she cannot do hers. Do not jeopardize your kids well-being, hire Frances. You will not regret it.

I have been a client of Frances Dunham for 3 years. I highly reccomend her for very complex difficult cases regarding child custody and divorce. She knows her business, 20 years experience is where it all comes from. If you have a difficult case regarding children, perhaps foster parents in cus...tody battle with biological parents or other family law matters. Frances is the absolute best at what she does! She doesn't make the the laws, She knows it, and knows how to follow it from any angle. She is strong, powerful, intelligent, compassionate, as she herself is a parent putting a $ amount to her fees in like comparing a Mercedes to Kia ...both great vehicles, which one do feel safer in if you were to crash? EXACTLY ! Would I hire again? ABSOLUTELY

We hired Ms. Dunham for a child custody case a few years ago and it was the worse experience ever. We mainly dealt with her assistant, when we appeared in court she was not prepared. It was as if she had never heard of our situation. If I hadn't brought my own material to court that day we would h...ave had nothing to work with. When we arrived in court we were told that our retainer had been used up. Yet we had never received a bill in all the months prior to court to inform us of the zero balance. There were a lot of mistakes made in our hearing because of her lack of or should I say no preparation. It was a very lengthy hearing and when it was all said and done the outcome was not what we had hoped for to say the least. I attempted to contact Ms. Dunham the following day for advice on our case and she refused to speak to me because we now had a very large bill that needed to be paid prior to having a conversation with me. She finally came to the phone after I agrued the fact that we had never received a bill however all she said was that she didn't have to legally talk to me because I had a balance. She didn't care enough to do her job, to do the job she was hired to do. We should have reported her to the state bar but I was so exhausted after our case that I couldn't find the energy to do it. Especially because I did all the dirty work for her and yet I paid her thousands of dollars to do nothing. I hope somebody finds this information helpful. I've noticed how she's responded to some of the commits on this site however the truth speaks loudly when out of the thousands of recommendations she has apparently had, not one has bothered to make a positive comment about her. Every single rating on here is poor and she only got that from me because I couldn't go lower with my rating.

I unfortunately hired Frances as an attorney back in 2011. Initially, it looked promising. I was told that my initial divorce requests were reasonable and was very disappointed in the outcome. I understand that negotiation is key in divorce cases, but negotiation was not in my favor due to this attor...ney. I felt pressured into making some of the decisions I regret making due to her advice to this very day. Her assistant is unkind and unprofessional, and I did most of the investigating in this case myself. I agree with all of the other reviews on here. Any referrals made for this attorney are questionable. Communication is nonexistent and any texts or emails sent are charged at a high rate. Since then, I have discovered that there are other attorneys out there that actually care about their clients and their situations...who do not charge for every communication sent. Do yourself a favor and avoid this attorney. You will be saving time, money, and frustration.