Dorothy Louise Carfrae

In 2008 Dorothy took me on as a client when no one else would because my soon to be ex husband was a lawyer. My lawyer previous to her allowed my case to deteriorate into a serious downward spiral. Dorothy took my case and did a fantastic job. She is knowledgeable, hardworking and unafraid to make th...e difficult arguments. I will forever be grateful to her for her efforts in my behalf and on such a difficult case.

I hired Mrs. Carfrae and I had such a hard time getting a hold of her. Her gatekeepers are the best, they will never pass you through which means less contact to share important helpful info. We had the most interactions during court than outside of court. She’ll meet with you before you hire her so ...you could hear what you want to hear and hire her and after that your best best is when you see her in court. She’s not an approachable lawyer but more a “to the point in court lawyer”. After reading these messages I’m surprise who’s really submitting these great reviews.

Ms. Carfrae showed compassion for me personally, and legal understanding of my dire situation as it relates to custody. She saw my documentation and saw my previous attorney's failures. She took my case, and in 20 minutes later, the court sided with me. She has continued to review the other aspect...s of my case, pointing out the great failures of my other attorney who allowed me to get kicked around. The tides are turning!

Don't trust this lawyer "Minor's Counsel" This lady is a turncoat in our Family court system. I personally witnessed this lawyer completely lie to the Judge on three occasions now. Once I had to subpoena her documents to get my point across. If thats what it takes, I recommend doing it. First, she be...lieves she can interview a child in 15-20 minutes whom she had no prior contact with for more than a year and testify and recommend on that child's best interest in regards to Education, Health, and Welfare. WOW! Only 15-20 mins. WOW! In addition BEWARE she will only interview one parent and give that one parents allegations to the court without interviewing the other parent. Therefore I suggest, be ready to object in court on gender bias and state the exact code. Look it up. Ask the court to strike her statements and/or relieve her. This goes for both mother/and fathers. Remember she is a turncoat. Second, This lady Ms Carfrae, will only do what's best for herself in the eyes of the court. Meaning, no matter what, she will side with the Judge even knowing that his decision is wrong. Third, she believes the rules of court do not apply to her. Hence Rules of Evidence. Do not allow her to present testimony that came from anyone other than herself. Hearsay. Be ready to Object and Object often. BEWARE!!! She does not file any reports when the court so orders her to do so. DEMAND her to file a report and do not allow her to give any testimony until she does file the report. Rules are rules so do not allow her to break them because once she does she will continue to take advantage of her attorney title. STOP HER IMMEDIATELY!! Fourth, She will blame the party for not calling, emailing, or writing to set up an appointment. If your paying her, via monthly payments, contract, and/or PACT where does it say that the client needs to call to make an appointment. Although when you do call, write, and email Ms. Carfrae will say you did not try to contact her. BEWARE!!! This review is for the reader's whom are considering Ms Carfrae for counsel. Just remember one thing. BEWARE!!!

I had a horrible experience with her services. Aside from going through four parallels and none knew what was going on with my case, I’d say she’s your typical lawyer that meets with you 5 min before the court to discuss concerts ... She tends to find the best gate keepes because I was never able to ...speak with her nor did she ever returned any of my calls. There was a huge opportunity for me to get custody of my child because her mother was found guilty of child abuse on her other child and I was not able to reach her during this. She’s very pricy for the service she offers. I guess practicing law for almost 40 years makes you just a collecting machine and not care about your clients. Time to retire. I would never recommend her!!!