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Paula Louise Thomas

Licensed for 42 years

Family Lawyer at El Paso, TX
Practice Areas: Family

2720 E Yandell Dr Ste 200, El Paso, TX

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Licensed in Texas for 42 years

State: Texas

Acquired: 1983

Eligible to Practice in Texas

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Law Offices of Paula Louise Thomas

2720 E Yandell Dr Ste 200, El Paso, TX, 79903-3752

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Paula Louise Thomas's Reviews

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2.4 /5.0

17 Client Reviews

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Posted by Elizabeth | March 26, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Litigation

Does not respond and very incompetent

I hired Paula to make changes to a court document. She told me that she could make the changes for a flat fee of $900. After almost three months and little communication, I received the new document. None of the changes that we agreed on had been made. I tried to call several times and I was always t...old that someone would call me back. I waited weeks without a callback. In the end she submitted the unchanged document to the court, without my signature or permission. She told me that there is nothing I can do about it. She told me to stop calling her and her staff. If I want any changes, then I will need to pay an additional $1,500. She also stated that, she would bill me extra for any phone calls to her or her staff to discuss the changes. Paula was recommended to me by a friend and I am now going to have to hire another attorney. I do not recommend her to anyone. I don’t know if she is just overwhelmed right now or if she always provides bad service, but her and her staff are completely incompetent.

Posted by anonymous | October 18, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Rude with no sense of urgency

No, no, and no! Upon meeting Paula Thomas in August of 2015 to hire her for my upcoming divorce everything seemed well. Her staff was friendly and so was she. My case was fairly easy me and my ex had agreed to everything from property to child support and custody of our daughter. The price was $2,800... for a contested divorce (my husband had a lawyer so it was considered contested) and that did not include the $300 for the first time consultation. I paid everything up front to her the very same day I decided to hire her. Everything went well and I was divorced in November 2015. But there was one little problem the final decree needed to be drafted and signed by the judge. Mrs. Paula Thomas and her staff let me know I would receive it no later than two weeks from my divorce being granted. Well I waited and waited until February, everytime I would call her office her staff would tell me they were busy and had not had the time to complete it, very unprofessional. This happened like 8 times from November all the way to April. Until I went into her office upset and then tada it was done the next day! And she charged me $900 to do it when it should have been included! Complete bull. I thought it was the end of my divorce journey when my ex husband let me know that the part of the pension I was awarded was on hold because my lawyer had not corrected and submitted the paper work.... What!!! I have been divorced for a year now and here I was thinking that this was the normal process and wait time. So I called her office and her assistant Tammy tells me that indeed they have had the paperwork and that she has been needing to add one sentence but hasn't had the time! OMG I was so upset and completely appalled. The next day she apparently had the time to get that sentence in and we all signed it that was in August. What I don't know was that the judge still had to sign it. Well it's now mid October and according to her office they have tried 3 times. Three times from August to October, really??? So I opted to email Paula herself to let her know that I was very upset. She did not even apologize and basically told me she would get it done when she had time! I let her know I was disappointed with her staff and her services and that I believed her sense of urgency was way off considering I had been divorced for a year! The next day mind you a Friday my order was signed by the judge!

Posted by anonymous | July 10, 2015 | Lawsuits & Disputes

SEEMS SYMPATHETIC BUT DOES NOT GIVE QUALITY REPRESENTSTION

I agree with the other negative posts about Ms Thomas. She made me feel as if she sided with the opposing party. She was not fighting for my purpose. I never even had a chance to speak with her in person prior to going to court to let her know what I wanted! So very disappointed in this lady.

Posted by reyesvero03 | January 14, 2014 | Child Support

REVIEW

Spend a lot of money for her to side with my ex-husband. Went to mediation in 2012 and when I let her go in 2013 the notes from mediation was never signed by a judge. So my ex-husband was not paying the new child support. The lawyer never kept me informed. I had to call and ask what was happening to ...my case. With her for over 3 years and nothing was done.

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Raymond Chow

Family lawyer | Apr 26

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"Paula is an amazing, aggressive, and smart attorney."

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Michael Waddington

Family lawyer | May 26

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"I endorse Paula. He is a highly skilled attorney that is well respected in the legal community."

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Family lawyer | Aug 01

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Experience

Education

1982

Texas Tech University School of Law

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Languages

Portuguese

Spanish

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