Emily Broadhead Smoak

Emily strongly represented my interests and the interests of my minor child and even, ultimately, those of my young adult children. She listened to my goals, worked in accord with my ambitious timeline to dissolve the marriage and applied both her legal skills and social perceptiveness to critically ...examine the unique circumstances and identify weak spots in legal strategies. While no one could fully anticipate what the other side would do, Emily’s impeccable judgement, focus and professionalism reinforced my bargaining position and delivered a swift settlement that was better than expected.

I went through a divorce and it was nasty on his part and Emily helped me through the whole thing calmly and very professionally! She knows what she’s doing and you can tell she loves what she does! She’s incredibly smart and very protective and professional! She helped me get through a nasty divorce... quickly and helped me get custody of my daughter! She knew what the focus was(getting my daughter) and she helped me get there! I highly recommend Emily Smoak and I will always refer others to her for divorce and custody!

Emily has been my attorney for the last 12 years. I don't think either one of us thought my divorce would be the treacherous and vindictive struggle that it was. Who knew that in 12 years I would be in court 3 different times for a single divorce. Through Emily's thoughtful and common sense counsel..., with what could have been an absolute horrific experience, my case was resolved with very positive outcome each time, one of the times I was even awarded significant attorney fees. Emily is always one to take the high road, encouraging those around her to do the same. I will always be grateful to Emily for her wisdom, experience and especially her ability to empathize, most people can't or won't do this.

My wife hired Emily to help her end an ongoing custody battle between her and her ex. I've stood beside her and watched as Emily gracefully navigated through that mess. Some attorneys pick battles and belittle the opposing side out of arrogance which unfortunately prolongs the fight. Emily has the se...lf control to treat the other side with respect. That's not to say she is a "push over" by any means. I wouldn't want to find myself on her opposers side, but she understands what it means to be respectful regardless of the other side's manners or actions. Most attorneys are hard to reach and even harder to get responses from. Regardless of how busy Emily gets, it is rare that my wife can't reach her via text or phone and in the 3 years that Emily has represented her, she has never gone more than a few hours without a response. I don't know if any of you have experienced the frustration of paying for attorney that you cannot reach but when you're dealing with custody, when a day turns into a week or longer since you've been able to reach your attorney, that waiting time can be painful. Emily is hands down the best choice to represent you if you're needing quality work.

If you're at the beginning of your divorce process you're probably a little scared and looking for someone who can give you advice and who you can trust. At first Emily seemed like she was exactly that and during my free consultation with her she came across as someone who would fight for me and prot...ect me. I hired her thinking she was a high powered attorney that would get the job done, but in the end all she ended up being for me was a high priced attorney who cared more about getting paid than protecting my best interests. With only an 18 month marriage and a full pre-nup in place I should have had a slam dunk case, but Emily consistently dropped the ball and got caught off guard by my ex-wife's pro-bono freshman lawyer's antics and it cost me dearly. Emily's response to me everytime I'd get screwed was "well it could be worse" and she'd quote some other case she was working on that was a lot costlier. I never felt like she was in control or knew what she was doing, her communication was spotty, and she was constantly charging me to fix her blunders. Ultimately I felt like she didn't really care about me as a client and had more important things to worry about. With that said, I gave her a couple of stars because I guess she could have been worse.