Anne Hannum Pierson

Anne was referred to me by Paul Rumler. I liked her the moment I met her. She was all business. She takes the case seriously and does the best she can with all the things that come up during this difficult situation and the best part is she knows the system. She could relate to my lack of knowledge... of the system and frankly how all of it works and doesn't work. She was truthful to me and she can make mistakes. But she has a heart and I felt she was professional from start to finish. I appreciated that when things were going poorly the big picture was always brought up. If you have your act together you will work well with Anne. At least I did and I did well as the outcome. But then I didn't want to destroy another person's life.

I first met Anne several years ago through a reference of Paul Rumler. Anne told me, my wife did not care about me and was just after money. She was right about that. Unfortunately Anne didn't care much for me either, as her client. I thought she was a tough, strong attorney but she was intimida...ted by my wife's attorney. Anne has a reputation for settling and not getting the best deal for her clients. She doesn't like to go to court. Of the many things I feel she did wrong was wait to schedule mediation two days before our temp orders were due. That put a lot of pressure on me and I ended up settling for a lot and now stuck until perm orders. We were on the defensive for most of the time and finally when we made an offensive move, the court found it pre-mature and I ended up paying fees for my wife's attorney. I never felt like Anne was on my side. You pay these attorneys a lot of money and trust them completely. I just felt let down in many ways.