Arelis Hughes

I worked with a divorce attorney before. I didn't know I could have been more protected until I found Arelis. I wish my previous attorney could have protected me more. Actually, I wish I found Arelis sooner and hired her as my attorney back then. This is the second time I had to go back to cour...t because my ex wanted to stop paying child support. Going through a divorce is very stressful and emotional beyond words can describe. Arelis helped calming me down as I was so lost, nervous and stressed. I didn't even know how to protect myself and my kids because emotions were too overwhelming. Anything to do with court process could be intimidating. Going through all the emotions, I lost my thoughts, didn't know where to begin, what to do and didn't even know what questions to ask. Arelis presented all my options out in a way that I could easily understand. She got me covered in the areas that I did not even think of. Most importantly, she showed me that she cared about my case and wanted to help!! If you feel emotionally exhausted while going through a divorce & want someone who you can TRUST to fight for you, your rights and protect you, I HIGHLY recommend Arelis Hughes. I'll forever appreciate her, her heart & knowledge to help people!!

Arelis was fantastic. She is very knowledable, efficient and empathetic. My divorce was tricky; it lasted 15 months and involved thousands of piles of paperwork. Arelis made the process as least painful as possible. She is easy to talk to, she gives great advice and she knows her stuff. I would absol...utely recommend Arelis.

I will always turn to Arelis for my family law matters. My ex prevented my children from flying to my home overseas to see me during my custody periods. Arelis quickly and efficiently obtained court orders that enabled my children to fly to see me and prevented my ex from further interfering wi...th my custody. Thereafter, Arelis expertly represented me in complex modification litigation with my ex and brought those proceedings to a conclusion as expediently and favorably as was possible. In representing me, Arelis consistently displayed a remarkable ability to take complicated facts and present them effectively and simply to an overworked court that could not take the time to evaluate or grant the relief that I sought. This is a rare ability that few attorneys have. Arelis also has a deep and highly nuanced knowledge of substantive family law that greatly helped me. I am an attorney. I also have a lot of experience using family law attorneys, as my divorce lasted 5+ years and I had to use 5 different attorneys during this difficult process. Arelis consistently gave me solid, pragmatic advice and was the most effective litigator with whom I worked.

I first met and retained Arelis over 10 years ago as I went through what proved to be a very brutal divorce. My lovely ex-wife had sadly been drawn in to the emotional drama of divorce and through her attorneys waged war against me and our community assets. Arelis was always the voice of reason as ...I constantly wanted to fire back and be reactive to the constant legal harassment I was subject to. Following Arelis direction eventually allowed my case to settle outside of an expensive trial. To this day, I am very THANKFUL I found Arelis!! Recently I referred a good friend of mine to Arelis and accompanied him to his free consultation. I personally called Arelis the next day to THANK HER and CONGRATULATE for not getting caught up on the darkside of family law whereas everything is about making money - with little or no regard to the client. Arelis was as I remembered her 10 years ago - HONEST & ETHICAL with GREAT ADVICE to minimize the legal and emotional expense divorce can cause. She advocates SETTLING CASES fairly outside of the courthouse to ensure her clients have a good opportunity to control their destiny versus having it decided for them. THANK YOU AGAIN ARELIS!!!