Nicole Lynn Schmidt

I hired Nicole not too long ago to represent me in a scary divorce & custody battle. She was very knowledgeable & experienced. She was very honest with me. She let me know what was worth fighting for & what was a waste of time & money. I felt like she held my hand the entire time. Everything came out... great...better than I hoped. My child is happy & healthy. I just found out there was a website for reviews & wanted to thank her publicly for her patience.

Nicole was pawned off on me, for lack of better words, I went in thinking I was hiring Ms Whyte, and ended up with Miss Schmidt. She was rude through most of the process, and really did not listen, it was much easier for her to handle things in a cookie cutter fashion than to think outside the box.... My biggest mistake was not getting a new attorney after our first day in court when she negotiated, I had very little involvement wirh that and was told it was only a preliminary and that we could get it changed later. Come to find out that is actually a very difficult feat. She prefers only contact through email. Once your case is finished, she mmakes it clear that she is no longer your attorney, you can rehire her for $300 an hour to ask her about your specifics about what was agreed upon in your negotiation. There's no information given on preparation for the future and in what instances you are entitled to make negotiations. Now I am paying an even steeper price by financial loss through her settling instead of fighting the fight and by hiring a new attorney to review and inform me of all that was agreed upon.

Ms. Schmidt represented me since day one over my very complicated divorce. She is the most professional attorney you will every find. Extremely knowledgeable. The law firm she works for (Bremer, Whyte, Brown & O'Meara) made a very brilliant choice bringing her into their group. Very compassionat...e and understanding. She always made me feel at ease. Never presented any false expectations or promises. She was very upfront and honest every time we communicated (something I really appreciated). Most importantly, she made every effort possible to save on my legal fees (something most attorneys would never do). I had all the faith in the world in Nicole and it paid off very well during my trial. Her knowledge, expertise, professionalism and experience really showed in court (just ask my wife's "seasoned" family law attorney and the judge). If you are in need of a impressive, brilliant, excellent family law attorney, Ms. Schmidt should be your first phone call. I've already recommended and referred her to a friend with a pending divorce.

Nicole represented me in court once defending against a TRO. After this first hearing, it became clear to me that she was incompetent and too inexperience to even handle a TRO so I quickly decided to get another attorney to represent me. I was very happy with my subsequent attorney and his represen...tation of me made me realize even more how inexperienced and incompetent Nicole was. In addition, for the one day Nicole represented me in court, she attempted to charge me over $8,000. The only piece of evidence she spent hours producing was rejected by the court and was inadmissible hearsay and character evidence. I found it very unfair to have to pay for the mistakes she made that made her representation very costly and ineffective. When an attempt was made to talk to her about the bill and ask for an itemized bill, she was very rude, unprofessional, and raised her voice. Save your money, she over charges, is unprofessional and is inexperienced. No one should have to pay such high rates for an attorney who makes mistakes and is rude to clients.