Valerie Ross

Valerie Ross is the worst attorney I have ever used. She did not keep me informed of court dates, she did not return phone calls, and she repeatedly lied to the court to cover up her incompetence. She spoke to opposing counsel about privileged matters and she is completely useless in court. Her knowl...edge of the law is astonishingly absent and she has to look up the answer to even the simplest questions she is asked. She could not remember most of the facts in my case and the judges got very irritated with her being unable to respond or having to dig through mounds of paperwork. I don't know how she ever passed the bar exam and I honestly feel her license to practice should be revoked. Hire her at your own risk and if she is appointed to represent you then request another attorney! I gave her one star only because no stars was not an option.

Valerie Ross, would never call me back until the day before a court hearing or the day before evidence was to be submitted to the court on my behalf. I learned that Valerie Ross also missed the deadline to submit my evidence of my behalf and other answers and pleading on time on my CPS case. Valeri...e Ross, botched up my case and caused me to lose custody of my children in August 2015. Valerie Ross failed to communicate with me in a timely manner and her lack of her profession has caused me a great deal of stress and distress. I have been denied my right to due process and the right to a fair trial, because of Valerie Ross whom has stated to me that she submitted documentary evidence that would clearly clear me of all false allegation that CFS had filed against me, but the county counsel and the judge in August 2015 told her "NO" it’s too late to submit anything on my behalf during the contested hearing, she tried to submit documents on the day of the hearing "She laid to me". I hired Valerie Ross, as my attorney and I was not allowed to say anything while my children father and his court appointed attorney was allowed to speak out of term and other county counsel member's in the court room, while Valerie Ross, set there saying nothing on my behalf at all. I knew at this point something was wrong, but I just prayed that this was all in my mind and that I just couldn't hear or understand the legal jargon, but it wasn't and my life was over. I knew that I had submitted everything to Valerie Ross, all of my evidence I gave to her in May 2015, and after paying Valerie Ross in full, before she would even take my case for $5,000.00 in Cash. The Judge gave her until July 2015 to submit all subpoena witnesses on my behalf, and I had 5 subpoena, but only one showed up. I believed that Valerie Ross would submit documentary evidence that would clearly clear me of all false allegation that CPS had falsely filed against me, in order to take my guardianship children and place them in foster care, and even after the children begged to come home, she ruined my life. On September 2015, I fired Valerie Ross, but it was to late at this point, she appeared to be working with the CPS against me a conspiracy to convict me, so after dismissing her I was ordered to return to court in September 2015, and the Judge, did not and would not allow me to say anything, but she did say “Are you dismissing Valerie Ross, she cut me off not allowing me to state that she has misrepresented me and has been nothing but ineffective assistance of counsel on my behalf since the beginning of this trial. I encourage anyone who has had this same type of experience to report her to the State Bar of California. After reading most of Valerie Ross reviews they sound more and more like the Ineffective Counsel, I hired on such a really important and serious case. My life and my family have been destroyed because of Valerie Ross.

Lame, lame, lame!!! Valerie's assistant is who I met with every time. Not once did I get to meet with the actual attorney Valerie. Valerie never knew my facts correctly and she incorrectly said things in front of the Judge. She stumbled with words in court and never represented me in the proper fashi...on. I ended up paying her for services that I never truly got, which should be correct representation. She doesn't seem to give 2 cents about your case, or for you as a living breathing person. She ended up quitting due to apparent pressure from the opposing attorney, which was more than obvious. That left me hanging to find another attorney in the middle of it all, and just prior to a set court date. It was a complete waste of more than a year's worth of my time and money, only to have to start the whole process up all over again and to find an actual competent lawyer. Running into someone who had a very similar situation happen to them is what brought me to posting a review here. People need to know and need to do their own research and dig deeply. Reflecting back now, I should have thanked her for her time and walked away prior to things becoming such a convoluted mess. This woman needs to turn it in and call it a day. But you know what they say about hind-sight......

Ms. Ross was very unreliable and only made our legal problems worse due to her procrastination. She claims she will take care of our requests and get things done, but weeks or months go by with no action, in spite of constant communication and reminders. Just like the other reviewer, I really wonde...r what we pay her for.