Sheryl Ann McDonnell

Without even giving me a chance to explain my case she was very rude to the point she cussed me out threw my paper work. At no time did i treat her badly or disrespect her in any way! She is very unprofessional she should be disbarred for shoddy professionalism! The worst part is this was just a cons...ult and it lasted only 5 minutes before she threatened to call the police after i asked for my paper work back and kicked me out of her office! She also kept my $50 fee that was supposed to be for an hour! I should of know something was going to go wrong when she didn't want my husband to come with me into her office!

SHE SLAMED ME WITH PAPERWORK THEN WANTED IT BACK THE NEXT DAY!! DROPPED MY EX'S CONTEMPT. DROPPED ME RIGHT BEFORE MY BIG COURT DAY!! SPENT OVER 30,000 MAXED OUT MY CREDIT CARDS IN HOPES SHE WAS GOING TO TRY TO FIGHT FOR IT. IM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH NO JOB,NO EDUCATION AND NOW HAVE TO GO BK AND AM LOOS...ING MY HOUSE BECAUSE SHE DID NOT FIGHT FOR ME!! AND SHE THEN SAYS IM NOT A BILL COLLECTOR!! ONLY SPOKE TO HER 1 TIME AND SHE JUST DOES WHAT SHE WANTS AND CHARGES YOU FOR IT!

I hired Sheryl in 2010 based on a referral, however I wish I had investigated a little further. They then submitted the incorrect paperwork with the same errors I had corrected! She never saw or called me to discuss the case until 24 hours before. When I called asking if she was even going to show u...p - she promptly reprimanded me and told me that she will no longer represent. Then she SHOWED UP the next day, completely misrepresented my case to the opposing attorney, filed a motion to dismiss herself from my case.

When I first hired Ms. McDonnell she promised she would settle my "very simple" case. After she got my hefty retainer she changed her tune. What could have been easily settled with a willing party took monthly appearances until she decided we had to go to trial and I could no longer afford her hefty... fees. She was extremely rude, vulgar, and disrespectful not only to me but to her staff in the presence of her clients. In the short time I worked with her she went through 6 paralegals. One even contacted me to apologize for Ms. McDonnell's behavior and to tell me how unprofessional she really was and it was her motto to dragout her cases. Ms. McDonnell told the paralegal that my $5,000 retainer was a nice downpayment on a new car. What could have been a quick and easy divorce turned out to be a living nightmare that cost far too much thanks to Ms. McDonnell's shotty representation of my case and by her taking full advantage of me financially to the point that I am on the brink of bankruptcy.