Paula Louise Thomas

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.

At first, she seems very caring; empathic. But she doesn't do a thing; makes everything seems like it's so huge to tackle. Asked me for documents and had me running around bringing her papers and didn't do anything with them. She was just buying time. I have a relative who works for the IRS who t...old me just about everything I needed to know about my divorce in one sitting. Paula was going to spoon feed me the exact information after spending hundreds of dollars and time on her. She is not direct and to the point. Issues that could have been settled efficiently and promptly were just left on the back burner for me to investigate and find out on my own. Please do yourself a huge FAVOR and DON'T HIRE THIS LAWYER! Save yourself time and money. Get someone competent and hardworking. Find someone who will work on your case in a reasonable manner and amount of time and not drag it on forever just to milk more money out of you. Paula's staff was constantly changing; seems like she can't keep people working for her....personnel turnover in her office is terrible! Every few months, there was a totally new staff on the payroll. Unbelievable. Incompetent lawyer; I left frustrated...just about ran out the door. Heed my warning, please!