Krista D. Thiry

Hiring Krista was the worst decision I made in my divorce. She allowed Mandatory Disclosures from the opposing side to be 6 weeks past due before ever saying a word. I felt she did not take action when my ex entered my home on two separate occasions despite a court order, and nothing was done to put ...a stop to it. I also felt that financial issues involving shared credit accounts were not addressed, which left me in a serious financial crisis. I tried to fire her before trial based on all of these facts, along with over 32 unanswered emails in a few month timeframe. In her affidavit, she stated that the reason for her withdrawal was because communication between client and attorney had broken down and that I wasn’t paying my bill, which did not match my understanding of the situation since my bill was paid in full at that time. She also didn’t show up for the hearing and instead sent someone else in her place who had zero knowledge of our case. The judge subsequently denied the request for her withdrawal, forcing me to keep working with her. At our next interaction, she said, “have you found someone else yet, because I know you don’t want me representing you?” She knew my ex hadn’t complied with Discovery requests but waited until a week before trial and then filed a Motion to Vacate and Reset the trial date, which the judge denied and stated, “Ms. Thiry, if you knew all of this Discovery was missing, shouldn’t you have filed a Motion to Compel at some point?” Her reply was, “Well, I was hopeful we could work it out between the parties, but here we are.” Along with denying the Motion, the judge then allowed the opposing side to turn in an additional 1,000 pages of documents 5 days prior to trial. I ended up accepting a settlement in attorney-assisted mediation the day before trial because I was more terrified of having her represent me than I was of taking a deal I wasn’t happy with and at least being done with the situation. I personally know a few other people that have had very similar experiences with her, and after having my situation reviewed by a couple of other attorneys, I was advised to look into my options. Krista seriously failed me in my divorce, and I would very strongly recommend against anyone hiring her.