Cynthia Barela Graham

CBG is very bright and confident, and upon our initial meetings I felt very encouraged with the work she would be helping me with. I have never had a long relationship with an atty, but learned a lot along the way. Read the contract carefully. Every phone call, txt, or email is billed to the .25... of an hour, so take that into consideration as you communicate with any atty you use. With that in mind I would not contact your atty, I would wait for face-to-face meetings, as the expense is the same. Cindy is very busy, she tries to be flexible, but if you work full time your time to meet with her is very limited and sometimes took two weeks to get an appointment. Cindi was also recommended by a friend who had not used her for legal work, but knew her outside of legal practice. I think as you choose an atty it would be more valuable to retain an atty that was recommended by someone who was very satisfied with the work that was done for them. I cannot comment on the work accomplished during the time I employed Cindi, I think it was pretty textbook, but I had hoped for more. If I did a value to cost comparison, it would be leaning more toward cost, and less toward value. She withdrew from my case for lack of payment.

She seems too preoccupied and too busy to be practicing law. It took me almost two years to get a divorce. Complete nonsense. Do not hire her. She is knowledgeable, but does not have enough time for her clients. So many mistakes. Because of the sloppy work, I am now needing to hire another lawyer to ...clarify something that was agreed upon in mediation.