Sheryl Ann McDonnell

Divorce is not really an easy thing to go through and no one goes in to a marriage preparing for a divorce. So, unfortunately, it’s a confusing time. Mrs. McDonnell was nothing short of the perfect blend of professionalism, effectiveness, and compassion. She was an ear when I needed one. She was v...ery professional in all her communications and processes. And, she was extremely effective in insuring the outcome of my case was one that helped me move on to the next part of my life. Her staff was also incredible to work with. I highly recommend Mrs. McDonnell.

Sheryl is an amazing attorney. We had court recently and I feel like a small sense of justice and stability has finally been given to me.  I am very fortunate to have found her as my attorney and represent me. Her staff is great, very personable and friendly. I would HIGHLY recommend her to anyone lo...oking for an incredible Family Law Attorney!

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.

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.