Raymond Fredric Chamberland III

Ray made a lot of "promises" to be aggressive with my case concerning my son's mother and her parental alienation. Instead his paralegal and he attempted to send me to "classes" (For the children) that I had already attended in the past. When I called them on it, I was sent an email "gas-lighting" me... and telling me that I was out of bounds. Then he proceeded to tell me that I should "reevaluate" whether or not I would like them "helping" me. I then told him that he was fired and that I didn't want him representing me any longer. He then responded that it would take "30 days" in order to "exit as [my] lawyer", told me that he wouldn't be coming to my mediation and that I should get another lawyer if I "wanted the process to go faster". He then changed my mediation date, without conferring with me, because my son's mother said it conflicted with her schedule, even though the new date conflicted with mine. Sad excuse for an attorney.

I hired Ray to represent me in my divorce. I was a stay at home mom for 18 years with 5 children and my husband was divorcing me because I would not let him move back home unless he quit drinking. I was very concerned with the children living with their dad for 50% of the time since he was an alcohol...ic. Ray got the court to appoint a child family investigator and said he was my best friend and that he would do an investigation and determine what was best for my kids. I paid the investigator 4500.00 dollars which my ex was responsible for half. Ray never made Dave (ex husband) pay his half but just kept billing me for email exchanges with my ex's attorney. He knew I had no money as my ex was not paying me anything and should have just stopped the ridiculous back and forth over silly things. When we finally went to court the judge threw out the investigation because of some grammatical errors. It was also very thick and Ray had not read it nor did he have the Dr who wrote it there to testify, which the judge wanted. I asked for 2 things- any support my ex husband owes my to be auto pay as he won't pay it and to keep my survivor benefit plan. Ray did neither and on top of the 4,500.00 I paid the family investigator, I paid Ray 12,000.00. He said i still owed him money and would not talk to me until I paid what I owed. The judge had said DFAS was to determine my portion of my husband's pension I should receive as Ray could not figure it and he would not help me to fill out the papers until I pay him more. As always my ex did not pay me and I could not pay him. I had to borrow money and hire another attorney to fix what he wrote incorrectly in the divorce papers. I paid 8,000.00 more to fix it. Now he is suing me for 10,000.00. I am totally not kidding- I have been working hard in nursing school and getting loans to pay off the second attorney. This is devastating. I would never not pay what I thought to be a fair amount, but I spent 16,500.00 on my divorce with Ray and he didn't even write it correctly or do anything I asked. I thought he was very unethical in the end. I should have reported him to the bar but it has been so overwhelming for me I can barely write about it. I would think twice unless you have a lot of money to waste with this guy.

Ray and his staff were very professional and so personable. They were very sincere and compassionate with our case as my husband was adopting my daughter after her father passed away. They did a fantastic job of keeping us updated and made the process as smooth and as stress free as possible. During ...the court hearing, Ray, made sure he represented our family accordingly and was there to celebrate our new journey with us when the judge granted the adoption! We would absolutely recommend him to anyone else looking to hire a family law attorney! Great job!

Ray was excellent. He handled my divorce in Colorado while I had moved to Tennessee with my daughter. Gave me information that allowed me to leave the state with my daughter prior to the divorce being filed. Handled all the paperwork and commuted well communicated well with me. Gives great advice the... divorce cost a lot but the results were definitely well worth it.