Tessa Jeanean Bennett

Worst attorney. She will promise you the moon and the stars and then not deliver on any of it while spending all your money in the process. She claims to have your back and then will not listen to you, curse at you and share personal information about herself as an excuse for her short comings. Don't... be surprised if she fails to deliver on her promises and then drops you as a client, she has apparently done this with numerous clients. Save your money, you are better off doing it on your own.

I hired Tessa Bennett in January and just terminated our client/attorney relationship. I paid the retainer fee and was charged $250 for the consultation. In all this time nothing was ever done for my case. When I called 1 month later after hiring her I was charged $140.00 for a 4 minute phone call in... which I was told Ms Bennett was starting my paperwork that day. A month and a half later I still hadn’t heard or received anything from her. As of 2 days ago I hired a new attorney and let Ms Bennett go. The only good thing Ms Bennett did for me was refunding my full retainer fee. I would never recommend her because I feel she did not take my case seriously and did not want to help me.

Tessa dropped me as a client without telling me. I was given the explanation from her assistant that I made some comments on socail media. After much pressing it turns out my Ex-Wife made some post on her page and thanked her for dropping me. She also missed a court date causing my custody case to be... re-opened only 5 months after we closed. Again, no explanation, call email or text. I validate all of this with emails, phone calls and text messages.

I have tossed around the idea of leaving a review for quite some time. I hired Tessa as a divorce attorney in 2012. During this stressful time I needed someone on my side. I paid her retainer and put my trust in Tessa. -We missed a court date due to her lack of informing me of it. -I was charged ...for every call I made to her, even though the majority of the calls were to remind her of things she "forgot to complete" due to personal/family issues. -She was texting during a hearing. Her attire for that hearing was also questionable. -The custody agreement was not in the favor of myself nor my ex husband. It seems as though she had no idea what she was doing. -She charged hundreds of dollars over the retainer without mentioning the retainer fee had been reached. Again, by charging for phone calls where I was basically asking where we stood. As a single mother without a thing to my name, I believe she took advantage. I would never recommend this lawyer. She was unprofessional and seemingly a complete mess with her personal life (which she spoke about on numerous occasions rather than the issue I was paying her to handle). When she over charged me, I refused to pay. The debt was then sent to collections and I had to pay triple what never should have been charged to begin with. Very disappointed.