Dorothy Kathleen Butler

WARNING Dripping Springs. Dorothy Butler is a tax lawyer in town. I gave her my 2023 tax documents on March 15th. Today she still had not even touched my return so I FIRED HER. She gave my wife and I excuse after excuse for months. She filed and extension and then did nothing for months. She even ...suggested I was a liar when I told her how long she had my documents. I have all communications documented. This morning I blew up her phone demanding my documents be returned. I told her I would get my story out about her online so she sent the Hays County Sheriff to my house. She lied to the police and said I threatened her. The only thing I threatened her with was a truthful review and honesty on Facebook and Yelp. Since I have posted my personal experience with Dorothy on my Facebook page friends and colleagues have come out of the woodwork to express similar horrible experiences. She has had multiple warnings from the Texas Bar Association and is currently on probation with them. She is completely unprofessional, rude, acerbic and threatening. Stay clear of this person is my advice. Written by Tim Mackie

It was a pleasure working with Dorothy Butler Lawrence on a Chapter 7 case. She is a very talented young attorney. The single best thing about her is that she is *very* responsive to e-mail inquiries from clients. She usually responds pretty quickly despite having what appears to be a crazily busy sc...hedule of consults, phone meetings, court appearances, and travel to and from court. She navigated us through the process and made everything pretty easy to deal with. She was a real life saver!

Our experience with the Dorothy Butler Law Firm should be an object lesson into why one should never, ever pay a flat fee in advance. It is not appropriate at this time to state the full details of our dissatisfaction with this law firm's representation in a criminal matter, save that the firm, af...ter months of delay and excuses, finally filed for dismissal THREE DAYS AFTER the case had been formally dismissed and recorded by the court on its own merits, a fact of which she was completely ignorant. Nor was she aware that we already had a copy of the order of dismissal in hand. Then she claimed credit for the dismissal even though every relevant document demonstrates otherwise. Indeed, rather than filing for dismissal months earlier, she had tried to persuade us to accept a plea bargain so she could close it out and move on to the next client, but we insisted on a court trial against her advice. This is fully documented. Had we heeded her advice, it would have constituted a life-changing event. Her belated request for dismissal occurred only after a literal courthouse curbside consult with another attorney who was astonished that the case had not already been resolved in our favor, a conversation to which we were a witness. We are so upset with this firm's representation that, after two unsuccessful attempts to reach a satisfactory monetary resolution, to which we received a scathing response or no response at all, it is our intention to file litigation against the firm for full refund of our money and for damages and have today initiated a grievance against Ms Butler with the Texas Bar, for what, in our opinion, is the firm's misrepresentation, the principal's irresponsible and unprofessional conduct, and the firm's abject failure to provide competent, timely legal services. We do not take these actions lightly. By all means, do your homework when selecting a lawyer, or you may well end up hiring someone who makes promises, misrepresents him or herself, collects your money, then proves to be woefully incompetent in the performance of the service for which he or she was hired and paid.

Dorothy has helped me with a divorce and a bankruptcy. With each case she was extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Dorothy was reassuring and helped me see everything was going to get worked out. I am extremely happy with her work and her professional attitude. If the time ever arises when I need l...egal advice or counsel Dorothy Butler will be the only one I call on.