Denise Merle Motroni

Ms. Motroni was hired to handle my divorce/child custody case based on her advertising being a "Fathers Rights" attorney. The lack of communication from Ms. Motroni was very frustrating. On many occasions I would leave messages for her or her assistant and never get a response. It got to the point af...ter multiple attempts and many weeks of no response that I had to contact the firm's managing partner to pursue contact with Ms. Motroni. The excuse was always the same, "I was in court, I was in a meeting". Between the lack of return phone calls and missed meetings, it became apparant that my case was not a priority. At one meeting (after two other attempts that Ms. Motroni was a no show), I was left in the reception area with my toddler son for 20 minutes while Ms. Motroni attended an office party. I would provide requested information quickly - within 24 hours only to be asked for the same information again and again. I learned to review documents EXTRA closely as there would always be at least one error by her office that I would have to correct. Ms. Motroni made recommendations that I followed trusting her expertise in the procedures of the court only having to learn the hard way that she was not knowledgable in the processes which delayed the case another 3 months. I witnessed Ms. Motroni seeming to be unprepared while standing in front of the judge causing the judge to chastise her in open court. At one point I had to pay the other parties lawyer directly so as not to go to court on an "ex parte" hearing becase Ms. Motroni failed to respond to his document(s) request in a timely manner only to find out later that her office MISFILED the paperwork as she stated in a letter to the opposing lawyer. After 9 (NINE) wasted court appearances (3 of which were becase the correct motion was not filed by Ms. Motroni) and a tremendous amount of wasted money, I fired Ms. Motroni. My new attorney accomplished in 3 months what Ms. Motroni FAILED to accomplish in 8 months.