Nicole Dawn Marie Siqueiros

NOT RECCOMMENDED! POOR ADVICE: Nicole represented me for a divorce and custody case. She did a poor job of explaining the court process. She did not do a good job of presenting me with my legal options. I wanted a 50/50 joint custody agreement while my ex wife wanted the majority of our child's ...custody. Nicole did a poor job off advising me of the court's attitude towards fathers when the child is small. Because she couldn't give me sound advice, I setteled for a lot less time with my child. UNRELIABLE: Also on several occasions she completly missed my stated intentions. For example, I wanted to be the respondent in my court case for personal reasons. I made this clear to her. The paperwork she prepared for me showed I was not the respondent, but the the petitioner. LATE: She failed to show up on time for a meeting just before court. She made arrangements to meet me fifteen minutes prior to a court hearing. She didn't show. She was even a few minutes late to the hearing. Finally I felt like I was being billed for time she did not work on my case. On several occasions I was billed for a half hour of work, when any reasonably competent person could have opened a from letter, edited one name, printed and signed it in six minutes. Stay away from Nicole Siqueiros and Hallier Law.

Nicole provided me with both sound advice as well as emotional support during the most stressful time of my life. She did a great job of explaining the divorce process and what my options were. Because of her vast experience she was able to help me set realistic expectations, but made sure my ex coul...dn't take advantage of me in ways that had never occurred to me. She and her staff were quick to respond to my many questions, always professional, and made the process as smooth as it could have been. I would recommend Nicole to my closest family and friends in a heartbeat. She is wonderful.

I'm only writing this so that people who read the site know that the prior review is not what I experienced. In fact, I have a great relationship with Nicole and think the world of her as an attorney. She had always been very thorough, and I appreciated her responsiveness (less than 24 hours usuall...y to all e-mails). She's one that will tell you it like it is, and is DEFINITELY not in it for the money. As a father in a custody dispute, I do not think it's fair to say that Court's give more time and belief to moms. That was not my experience, and I know that is not what the rules of law say. In fact, I am the parent who has more time now, so I'm living proof. I really think the site should be more careful about letting anyone say stuff that I doubt to be true.

I don’t really know how to describe how great of a job Nicole did for me during my divorce. I had a really complicated marriage and when I decided to leave my husband I knew I was going to need a lawyer that I could afford and who could also deal with the financial mess my now ex-husband had gotte...n us into. There were so many technicalities coming out of every corner of my prenup and fighting over my kids visitation/support issues was keeping me up almost every night. I met Nicole, explained everything that I could articulate and then gave her all the paperwork I'd collected over the past three years. Once she had the information all the chaos just stopped. Very complex issues (that I had never considered being an issue when I first got married!) were simplified by Nicole to a point where I just needed to tell her what I wanted her to do and then she would explain to me (in normal person speak) exactly what my decisions would entail, the benefits and the consequences of them. I had very bad experiences with lawyers before Nicole (namely my husbands attorney, who was a threatening bully). Nicole was very straightforward with me. She kept me up to date every step of the way and she let me know what to expect and when to expect it. Nicole had a temporary custody/visitation schedule worked out with my ex during the divorce so I wasn't a complete mess, scrambling to work out an agreement with my impossible husband and his attorney. Going through a divorce is the most horrible thing you can imagine and I was a mess. I needed a lawyer who was going to actually care about me as a person and not just a client. Nicole did that. She got to know me, she knew every aspect of my financial situation and she grew to know my ex-husband and his family, who all truly assumed I would see their big expensive lawyer and walk away with my tail between my legs. Nicole fought for me and everything worked out the way she said it would. I didn't get everything I felt I deserved, but those issues stemmed from the prenup I signed so long ago - if only I'd had Nicole when I signed that stupid thing. I came out of the divorce with so much more than I expected and certainly more than my ex and his family threatened me with. Anyway, for someone who never writes reviews this is certainly long winded. I just can't say enough good things about Nicole. It all ended just recently and I'm just so pleased with the outcome. Talk to her before you talk to anyone else. I plan on going to Nicole with any issues that every come up for me in the future.