Dorothy Louise Carfrae

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!

I am a former client of Dorothy's and I am so surprised at these "anonymous" negative reviews. If you review someone for their service, at least have the courtesy of stating your name, real or fictitious. I am a grateful client who has been helped to move on with my life and with my kids through a d...ifficult divorce. I thank Dorothy and her staff for their help.

Gave her 4k as a retailer we then all of a sudden I receive a bill for 16k more and she charged interest too. Had no clue it was going to be that much and I believe charges are inflated. last calls I remember making were for 5 mins and She charged 50 mins. Gotta go though every charge now and hopeful...ly can be resolved otherwise will have to contact the bar. She runs up bill by only doing partial work at trial or settlement meetings so she can have another reason to bill hours. My ex requested a change of order within a month of orders being ordered and so we went back to court costing thousands but she could of prevented that because a request like that has to be 6 months or more or have cause. I had to travel since I don't live in california and the first thing she tells the judge is changes cannot be requested since less than 6 months, end of case. She should of told his lawyer that before it came to court appearance but they both wanted to bill more hours. Also when original trial was requested and orders were issued she should of requested reimbursent for credit card payments and lawyer fees instead she said next time. forward a few years later we finally agreed to have a settlement and then she tried to stick me with all the credit card bills and lawyer fees even though she knew I wanted reimbursement. I emailed all the statement and she claimed she never got them and said next time. When I received the settleme t papers it stuck me with all the credit card debt, wording was tricky so I emailed her office asking for clarification and since they tried to stick me with all bills we had to do another settlement whick still hasnt resolved the credit card or lawyer issues. I finally decided to represent myself since she wasn't representing my best interest and I had to basically tell her what to do each time, not that it helped much. Another example of how bad she was is that I wanted any free life insurance my ex gets form work to be assigned to our kid, so we all agreed on it and it was written in the paperwork. I noticed she put the current name of the policy he had now. So I asked if he changes insurance companies would it be an issue. She said yes, so I had to ask her y to reword it so that it would be for any life insurance. She did but that's something I shouldn't have had to point out. Many other things I can say but just do yourself a favor and find another lawyer or better yet do it yourself. I will never hire another lawyer again.

Dorothy has handled two cases of mine in which custody and visitation were the battle as said before in some reviews she's worth every single penny I highly recommend her to anyone she is very knowledgeable unprofessional. Her staff were great to work with. Being a single mom she allowed me to make m...onthly payments which made her great service is Affordable for me. I am forever grateful to Dorothy my children are grown adults with their own children now and I was able to share memories and know that they were safe with me all those years

When someone said that their spouse treated them badly, then left them, I have to think: who is to blame? The attorney who takes the divorce case? I think not. If I stayed in a "bad" marriage, I only have myself to blame if I stayed too long, hoping that I can "change" the person I married. I am wi...lling to take part of the blame for staying that long. When I filed for divorce, I just want it done right. And I found the office that did it right for me. I am not into keeping my children from my ex. They are his children too. Neither am I into taking everything we owned. My divorce was difficult, but I felt that I was served right by Dorothy's office. People who keep complaining about their lives and how bad their lives have become, need to take part of the responsibility of picking their spouse/mate, and their inability to move on.