Sheryl Ann McDonnell

I had a very simple case and just wanted a good attorney to help me lower the amount of money I had to pay my ex every month. She ended up, not only lowering the amount of money I was paying but got me more time with my kids. I went from having them every other weekend to having 50/50 custody of them.... I highly recommend her. She is aggressive and fights hard for what you want.

I owe Ms. McDonnell my happiness! I was trapped in a legal battle with my ex-husband for spousal support and child support and visitation for over 5 years. She used her plethora of knowledge and tenacity to have my matter settled and even finished in a matter of months!!! She was a breath of fresh ai...r and very straight forward regarding her plan for the case. If I had gone with her from the beginning I would have saved myself the heartache, years of wasted time, and thousands on top of thousands of dollars spent on an attorney with half of her knowledge. Prior to retaining her I watched her in court (actually right before my court hearing) and realized that I had been screwed over by my attorney for the previous 5 years. I knew that day that I needed to meet with her and I do not regret that decision at all! Thank you so much Ms. McDonnell for returning stability to my life!

Before I met Ms. McDonnell, I was paying over 2,000 a month in child support and I hardly ever saw my kids(90/10 visitation). My ex was essentially just trying to paint me out as a bad guy to get my visitation down to increase her support payments. Sheryl saw through that and proved to the court that... my ex had been lying the whole time. We then got 50/50 visitation (which was all I had wanted the whole time), and my child support payments were down to a fraction of what they had been before. I also got to keep my retirement which I had all but said goodbye to. Now I won't lie there were times it was hard to understand what was going on in my case, but I realized they were working on it and the less I made a fuss and just did what they told me to, the less I had to pay and the faster the case went. Which was admittedly difficult for the control freak in me, but I'd rather have an attorney that knows what she's doing like Sheryl, than one that pats my hand and gets their butt kicked in court.