Chelsea Marlene Norris

I would give Chelsea Norris 0 stars if that were an option. Ms. Norris was my second attorney on my divorce case because I was seeking a strong custody lawyer and she was suggested to me as a custody attorney. I have nothing positive to say and deeply regret using her. She charged a lot of money for ...absolutely no benefit, I literally would have gotten the same result if I had represented myself. I say that confidently as I am now three years post divorce and have represented myself at numerous hearings over the years. Ladies dealing with domestic abuse situations in particular do not use this attorney. My ex was abusive. I asked for some basic things in my custody agreement such as doing custody exchanges at a public place. Ms. Chelsea Norris scoffed and asked if that was really necessary stating I would find it to be an inconvenience down the road. Three years later, my ex is still abusive and I am so grateful I insisted on adding this language despite her "advice" not to. I was the primary supporter financially of our family and asked Chelsea Norris to fight on my behalf to reduce my alimony obligation based on the fact that our marriage did not contribute to my ex's inability to support himself. Chelsea Norris said there was nothing she could do about alimony. Three years later, I've had three different attorneys tell me I should have fought the alimony originally and that it's harder to change later. I am currently going back to court to get it reduced. Chelsea Norris made no effort on the custody agreement. she simply wrote into the agreement the items I provided to him. I am regularly finding errors which has caused a lot of difficulty in coordinating visitation exchanges. For the amount of money I paid her, and because she has marketed herself as a custody attorney, I would have expected the custody agreement to be air tight. Ms. Chelsea Norris was my second lawyer so my paperwork had already been filed, however, her office insisted on refiling. I found numerous errors they needed to correct. I was charged a lot for them to do something i had never asked and for them to do it incorrectly. Every step of the way, the work Ms. Norris and her office provided was incorrect, unhelpful, and cost a ridiculous amount. I can not strongly enough urge people, especially women, to not use Chelsea Norris.

Chelsea was assigned to me by the supervising attorney at the Gay Family Law Firm. My previous attorney bailed the firm without any notice to me. Chelsea is not a strong communicator - she was vague and did not do a good job explaining my divorce process, nor keeping me posted of what to expect next.... (No guidance or direction) Nor was she proactive in dealing with the opposing attorney. She was not available to represent me on an important court date that may have been critical to the judgement of how much spousal support I had to pay. Some other attorney I never met reviewed my case for a few hours and represented me. When my retainer was exhausted, I went to another firm. When my new attorney requested my case records, she denied, stating that I owed the firm money (which I did not). My new attorney explained to me that she cannot withhold records after I secured my retainer with him. She must have known that wasn't ok, because when he called her out, she immediately sent my file to him. In the first 48 hours of working with my new attorney, I got more action, explanation and guidance from him than I did in two months working with Chelsea. I never felt like Chelsea or the Firm really protected me or fought for me.