Bernadette Teresa Gonzales

Bernadette Gonzalez is the worst lawyer i have ever worked with from the beginning of the case to the end was a disaster me having to correct all names that where not spelled correct she never communicated with me i had to continuously ask for updates When she first took my case she told me it was $...3000 flat fee never once did she give me a schedule fee or a break down of what she charged later on once the first court date came up she told me i was paid up to $3000 that in order for her to go in to court i had to pay an additional $1500 i then brought it to her attention that it had been a flat fee per her words and she went off the wall telling me she would never do a flat fee i said OK show me our agreement or paperwork with my signature she failed to provide any proof of the agreement saying i would pay more then the $3000 that was already paid she told me she had lost the paperwork that she would provide me with copies of this agreement the date of court so that they comes court is set 130pm thank God there was a case in front of ours because she was late to begin with so now we walk in the court room Bernadette is scrambling trow her bag to get her laptop ready the judge asked who is ............ i said that is my daughter that we are adopting today the judge then shakes her head and says to us all your paperwork is filled out incorrect the captions are wrong at this time Bernadette not able to get her laptop out to figure things out so i hand her the entire case that i had printed days prior the judge says you will need to file all new paperwork with the names in the correct location and set a new court date now this was hard on us because we expected to walk out being legal parents of this child as we walk out of court and we see all the other parents celebrating and happy we walk away in full tears we walk a few feet down the hall Bernadette then stops and tells me lets talk about what you owe me and i will need payment before next court date me knowing i owed nothing more went back to the judge explained my situation that she wanted more money could i do it by myself at this point the judge sends Bernadette a email telling her about what i had explained to her about wanting more money Bernadette emails me to tell me she was upset that i spoke with the judge about our agreement not even apologizing for her mistake in this case but that she will finish the case and set the next court date WELL THE NEW COURT DATE ARRIVED IT WAS AT 230PM I GET TO COURT AT 210PM SHE THEN CALLS ME AT 217PM TELLING ME SHE IS RUNNING LATE LONG STORY SHORT SHE NEVER SHOWED UP TO MY COURT DATE THIS LADY IS A JOKE AND VERY UNPROFESSIONAL

BERNADETTE SHOWED UP ALMOST 1 HOUR LATE TO COURT. She said "Don't worry about it, it's not a big deal". We had just chatted 4 days before and put together a "plan of action" for said hearing. She walked in, filed her motions of appearance and discovery (Which she said she'd file the week before t...o expedite my case, obviously a fabrication) then postponed the case for a month ignoring our "plan of action" Bernadette then No showed the next court date and sent a text saying "Just tell the judge you fired me". When I told the judge and showed her the text, she said " Ms Gonzales should know that she has to withdraw from your case.and I can not speak with you until she does". I had to reset the case a month out to save some money to hire another attorney. When I asked for at least a portion of my $1000 back from Bernadette, she said "Read the contract, I'm not giving you anything" I'm not sure what she's going through as a person, as I know we all have our crosses to bear, but I will never do business with her again. I'm extremely disappointed as I considered Bernadette a friend. I was wrong Will