Georgia A Wilder

Georgia did a great job preparing a QDRO for my ex and myself. Neither of us understood the process but she took the time to explain it and made us feel comfortable. The court appointed her and I'm glad it did. She was always there to answer questions either over the phone or at her office. I highly ...recommend her!

If there was an option for completely incompetent, thieving, and scumbag, I would have opted for that. After paying this law firm $2,400.00 to prepare two QDROs back in November of 2015, I have yet to receive both of them. The one QDRO Georgia did in fact produce, she could not and completely ref...used to verify or validate her figures. After numerous requests for the documentation supporting her figures, I received a copy of some chicken scratch on a piece of yellow pad paper claiming those were the figures. When I compared her figures against the documents provided in the divorce papers, it was clear that she had calculated certain earning quarters multiple times and omitted others. When I confronted Georgia about this, her attitude became more than abrasive and stated she did not do anything incorrectly. As far as the second QDRO, after 15 months it has still not been completed. I am writing this review on the eve that I finally found out why. Not only does this law firm not care to address incorrect calculations but they are so incompetent, or vindictive, that they have been sending my mail to the wrong address. Not because I moved or provided them with the wrong address, because I had received mail from them prior to me confronting them , but I believe it is out of sheer nastiness. The post office managed to reroute a letter to me with the wrong address clearly printed on the front. Conveniently, Georgia had decided to close my file without ever completing the QDRO she was hired to produce and keep the money paid to her. She used the excuse that I refused to respond to her previous notifications, however none were ever received. Georgia has my personal phone number, my work phone number, and my email address yet there were absolutely zero attempts to contact me about this supposed completed document. Do yourself a favor, do not hire this law firm for any reason what so ever!

The Court appointed this attorney to complete a QDRO to resolve defined contribution retirement assets in my divorce. A draft report was reviewed by both parties and some modifications were made. When asked about her methodology and verification of the process she indignantly referred the parties t...o Rule 72 and stated that we could file any objections with the Court – what a cop out. Legal advice was not being expected, but merely substantiation of her findings and clarification of the process. To put forth objections to the court would incur further expenses and exacerbate the process, something neither side would prefer. While I understand and appreciate that she works for the Court and is paid by the litigants, it would be more than appropriate that a worksheet be provided to the parties so that her calculations could be verified prior to filing her findings to the Court. Doing so could, perhaps, increase her credibility to those involved. In her report to the Court, she did not, in my opinion, provide adequate explanation as to the treatment of various legal issues which were questioned by the parties (e.g. vesting and premarital asset growth). While her fee for a simple QDRO was stated up front, there was no disclosure as to minimum billing for emails and phone conferences if contingencies arose (which did in this instance). In the end, the total cost was nearly twice the quoted flat rate fee to complete the process. This is not what one would expect of a professional attorney. I wonder how many of her clients are given an up-front quotes and subsequently find an escalation of fees at the conclusion of the process. On the upside, she did, however, remediate opposing counsel who demonstrated deficiency in their understanding of QDROs and other issues regarding the division retirement assets. If you are anticipating a QDRO as a result of your divorce do your due diligence by researching your options – you DO have choices.