Marlana A. Caruso

Marlana from the beginning was straight forward with what I could expect from what I was asking of her. She gave me what was mostly likely to happen with my case and what could possibly happen if I did or did not do what she needed me to do. Marlana continued to work with me and keep me heading in th...e right direction to get me the best possible outcome in my case. She never wavered even though I was up and down and all over the place. Her experience and knowledge continued to show throughout the entire process. This was unfortunately my 3rd custody case in my life. I say that only to say I have had many layers to represent me. Now I have found the only layer that will ever represent me again. Take it from my experience and if you get a chance for Marlana to represent you then you do it! She helped me to get 50/50 custody of my 7-month-old Daughter who I wasn't able to see due to her mom wanting control over the situation. I did not think this was possible and definitely not easily obtainable for a father in my experience. However, this is what I asked of Marlana!!! Through the whole processed I followed everything she said while giving her more grief than she needed. I am glad she was so straight forward and keeping me in line because as we walked out of court, she did the impossible!!! I listened to the judge side in favor of the FATHER in every single decision he had to decide on!!!! I now got to see my Daughter just as much as her mother! The mother still continues to try and control situations and find stuff against me and now all I do is send it to Marlana and she puts a stop to it with a well worded email. This is why she is my Layer and will continue to be my layer as long as I or anybody I know needs a Layer for this situation. I can be confident that I have somebody who knows what she is doing as I continue to move through life. That right there is worth everything.

I hired Marlana in August of 2019. My case was by far very complicated. Marlana from the beginning was very supportive and told me exactly what needed to take place. She went above and beyond to make sure the current and future custody arrangement was in the best interest of the children. I would rec...ommend her for any custody matter especially if you need an attorney that is very knowledgable and won't fold under pressure.

She puts on the professional act up front and says all the right things to gain your trust. Inevitably, she pushes the client to drive the case and provide the knowledge all while billing full-rate. If I already knew what documents to provide or create, I would be making the professional bucks an...d driving my own case! Provided no angles of attack for case. Made promises of formulating more agreeable parenting plans just to ask later where I'm at with that and sends me a bill for it! I left.