Lisa Dianne Duke

I am extremely disappointed with Lisa Duke and the way she has handled her role as amicus attorney in our custody case. Ironically, WE were the ones who requested an amicus be appointed, while the opposing party strongly objected. We genuinely wanted someone impartial who would listen to the child...ren, consider all the facts, and advocate for their best interests. Unfortunately, that has not been our experience. During court proceedings, Ms. Duke cross-examined my husband so aggressively and one-sidedly that you would have thought she was representing the opposing party. From what I witnessed, she seemed more interested in discrediting him than presenting a fair and accurate picture of the circumstances, including information one of the children had shared with her. What bothers me even more is that the child herself said she didn't feel like Ms. Duke even listened to her. How can someone entrusted with advocating for a child's best interests leave that same child feeling like her thoughts and feelings didn't matter? We also have serious concerns about her sharing information about our household with the opposing party and what we believe was a failure to provide relevant information equally to both attorneys. The way these matters were handled left us questioning her professionalism, transparency, and impartiality. I understand that an amicus attorney isn't supposed to take either parent's side, nor did I ever expect her to agree with us simply because we requested her appointment. What I did expect was fairness, objectivity, and a genuine commitment to the CHILDREN, especially when their emotional well-being and futures are at stake. Instead, our experience has left us with serious concerns about how Ms. Duke has approached her responsibilities. The fact that a child felt unheard by the very person appointed to advocate for her interests is particularly troubling. Based on what I've personally witnessed and experienced, I would not recommend Lisa Duke, and I sincerely hope other families have a better experience than we have.

Ms. Duke was my attorney during a very difficult time and life changing situation. With her help, knowledge, and all around compassion for my son and I, we were able to come to a very positive outcome. Ms. Duke was in constant contact and has been since the conclusion of our case. She still checks in... on my son and I, and has always been available for any questions or concerns i have ever had as they have come up. Ms. Duke is someone you know will do whatever it takes to come to a fair and positive conclusion, no matter what the situation. If ever in need of a Family Law attorney again, i suggest you call Ms. Duke first!

Everything she said would happen did not. She said the case was simple and clean, cut, and dry. She is right it is. However, she was not able to work the case that way. She didn’t seem to care. Follow through was non existent. Any time line she would give would fail miserably. Nothing was accomplishe...d but a high attorney bill. She did not send out monthly statements and then all of a sudden one was sent after 900.00 in addition was due. This was also after requesting if for 6 weeks. This is not my first attorney for family law issues. But by far the worst I have wasted thousands of dollars on.

I hired Lisa for a very complicated and ugly divorce and custody battle. Like any other lawyer, she could not promise the outcome however, she is VERY knowledgeable about the laws, extremely dedicated to her clients, always responds to calls, e-mails, and text messages, provides great advice, does no...t nickel and dime you and genuinely cares about her clients. I am so grateful she was recommended to me. She's been so very helpful and has made an extremely stressful situation less stressful. I'd give her 10 stars but there are only 5! I've already recommended her to one friend and would recommend her to anyone looking for a family attorney.