Alison Marie Hicks

After meeting with Alison, I was positive I had found a great lawyer. Over 2 years later, I deeply regret hiring her. Her assistant is the only person you will ever talk to, they only call you back if they are expecting payment, and they charge you when they make mistakes. Absolutely ridiculous and ...the worst experience I've ever had with attorneys.

We did not have a good experience with Ms. Hicks. She charged us for filing motions that we later found were legally not able to use. It was a waist of our money.. She stalls your court hearing and reschedules them so that she can keep racking up your bill. She and her Paralegal both are not truthful.... She breached her own contract . Our case had been going on for 3 years and it was a simple clarification of divorce decree. We finally got tired of her taking our money and decided to hire another lawyer. She refused to cooperate with them. She filed a request to withdraw and when we did not show up she rescheduled it. We were advised that normally if client doesn't show the Judge will still grant it. She decided to reschedule...Whether we get charged or not we don't know. She then told the Judge that we couldn't afford to pay her and that's why she dropped us. Truth is we dropped her AND we had already began the process with our new lawyer. Please don't spend thousands of dollars like we did. Find you a lawyer that will help resolve your case timely and not charge you for motions that we filed and billed for nothing.

Allison and her staff initially were very helpful and friendly, but when I was not able to pay a large payment each month, everything changed. Initially she wanted to drop my case , but the opposing attorney was against. My own attorney, Allison ultimately became my biggest regret. She never returned... calls. It was always her assistant who answered the phone or returned emails. She was not truthful with me about my options and when the other attorney requested anything, she did not fight for me or my situation. She just wanted to be done with the case. Also if you have any military background, neither her or her staff is very knowledgeable about being deployed or laws of the military.

It started off good......this attorney bit wayyy more than she could chew for her practice!!! She has NOOO intention in ever updating you or listening to you after the initial consultation!!! Her assistant promises things and doesnt keep his word. 100% disorganized office/people.... neverrrr returns ...phone calls or emails! It's a nightmare within a nightmare!!!

I hired Alison for a child custody modification and as someone who is related to a former chief justice on the 4th court of appeals in San Antonio, I can say she is a horrendous attorney. I have proof in emails and phone records of how negligent she was, and so many bills where new charges were added... on with no explanation and no work completed. To say she dropped the ball on my case is an understatement, she put my daughter's safety at risk. Please do not hire this dishonest, ignorant attorney. You WILL regret it. I can also say that when I hired Alison in June of 2014, she had hardly any reviews on this site, so I know that she is having her staff (Tim) write positive reviews for her. Speaking of staff, she has no associates as the title of her practice would suggest, and her assistant is an uneducated liar as well. You can expect Alison to raise rates without notifying you, go months without returning calls or emails, personally jeopardize your case, make tons of excuses, and find any way possible to prolong your case so that she can rob you even more. Do yourself a favor and pay a little higher retainer for a QUALITY attorney, not a wannabe prominent attorney who is more like a "used car salesman".