Samantha L. Hughes

Samantha Hughes was our attorney for a child custody matter. Ms. Hughes has all professional and otherwise qualities for legal representation, with class. She came in near the end of our case, spoke with us, read everything catching up quickly and was very prompt with down to earth support and any l...egal inquiries or questions moving forward. We would highly recommend Ms. Hughes. We felt, and were, in good hands during a process no one wants to have to go through. She is intelligent, responsive and efficient and we were very lucky to have found her.

First and foremost Samantha is so amazing. My sons mom relapseed on prescription meds. She was and is in complete denial to this day. We were never married. We opened the case June 9th of 2022. It took several court dates. Samantha has walked me through domestic violence, restraining orders, ex parte..., three different Child custody investigations and Trail. When this all started we were 50/50 custody. At that time I had child support which I payed close to 1300.00 a month. Roughly a year later we went back into court because my sons mom was saying she was going to kill her self and that she was going to take are son with her! We head back to court roughly two days later. I received temporary full custody and she got supervised visits 3 times a week. Today is June 22, 2024 I Now have been to trail and i received full custody have are son. Are son is able to see mom three times a week that's if she show up to the facility. Samantha is incredibly fare when it comes to only stating facts and show prove to back it up is ideal. Her paper work is very very intense and is probably one of best at it as far as im concerned. Her communcation skills are very very good. If I asked a question generally within a few hours I got a clear answer. When we would have a court date I had sometimes lots of work to do on end. Looking for bank statements etc. Was not that hard because she kept me organized and she is very organized. She even had dead lines for me. I had so many things happening every week with my ex she pushed me to write in a journal. I do it to the day still which is extremely important. I was never once promised that something would happen in court. I was giving the worst out come and best outcome going into court every time. I personally got the best every time. I would never think about calling a different lawyer. I felt so comfortable with her that I had my moments and would cry. I no longer see Samantha as my lawyer I see Samantha as good friend. Not really sure what I would have done out her on my side of the street. You cannot go wrong with Samantha she is the best in Orange County. Take her advice and do what she says to do even if you don't want to. Im forever grateful. Kevin

I honestly can’t say enough about Samantha Hughes and what she was able to do for me. My divorce got ugly, as these things tend to do, and she remained cool under pressure the entire time. Consultation – she gave me a free one hour consultation prior to me hiring her. I had no idea what I was doin...g, having never been divorced before, and she answered every question and without hesitation. I immediately hired her. Temporary Custody – my ex and I could not agree on custody for quite some time. Samantha stayed the course and pushed on. She even thought of things I never would have thought of on my own but were of major importance. There were a handful of stipulations I would absolutely not cave on and she supported me, ensuring that did not happen. Divorce – Samantha is seasoned, smart, and well acquainted with the family courts system and you can tell. She preemptively knew how one thing would affect another later on down the line. Even when the courts shut down because of COVID she knew what avenues to go down to make sure the filing still happened. She caught mistakes my ex's attorney had made and even called out a few instances where I felt my ex was trying to ‘sneak’ things into the settlement. Samantha worked incredibly hard to help us come to an agreement on a global settlement to keep us out of court and keep the costs much lower. Cost – Speaking of cost – she was incredibly fair. Her rates are on par and worth every penny. She doesn’t balloon up on payments and is honest with her time tracking. I couldn’t have asked for better representation when going through something so difficult. Highly recommend Samantha Hughes!

I was fortunate enough to be able to work with Samantha during what I can only call a tragic divorce for the entire family. Samantha handled our case with the careful care that it needed and skillfully created enough momentum to help us structure and attain a custody agreement without having to go t...o court. I will always be extremely grateful for her dedication, she was consistently responsive, followed through with what she said she would do and kept on top of a large amount of discovery work in an organized manner. Samantha is as bright as they come, her strong work ethic matches her character and she is not intimidated by less graceful personalities. When you are in the midst of watching your family fall apart, keeping your family from going bankrupt through the process can seem impossible. Samantha said she bills as she would want to be treated, there were never surprise fees or any question of over billing, and her rate is considerably lower than what she could, maybe should, be commanding. I admire, respect and will be forever thankful for Samantha, Our family is in a better place because of her.