Paige M Etcheverry-Barnes

I needed a lawyer quickly and she stepped up, noted I was getting screwed on a TRO and offered to help at a fixed cost. Sounded great. Three years of delays and non-existent communication later the only thing I accomplished was getting three years older. An "questionable" restraining order filed i...n 2019 has yet to see a courtroom (that's temporary?). During a recent attempt to schedule I watched in horror as lawyers dickered over a date as a hearing the judge wanted to schedule in December got pushed into April 2023. My kids, who were taken from me under false pretenses and against their will at age 10 and who have asked to be returned to me, will be 14 before that date. She didn't care. When I raised a fuss she fabricated an excuse to drop me. I'll never get back the years. Maybe a little more attention to the case and a little less time at her vacation home in Italy would have made a difference. Communication was non-existent. Occasionally I was forwarded communication from my Ex's attorney but my own inquiries were largely ignored. When I finally reached a breaking point and asked for a meeting, that's when I was dropped. Even that was classless. A face-to-face meeting with a paralegal was cancelled, rescheduled for a later date with Ms. Etcheverry-Barnes, and then again cancelled in favor of a phone call in which she quit. After three years there was no more money in it. What's right or fair took a back seat.

I hired Paige in 2016. She made a ton of promises, and made me feel better. After I hired her and paid her retainer, she waited months to file anything with the court. Fast forward to 2019 when I finally fired her. In those 3 years nothing got accomplished, our case was constantly continued for a myr...iad of reasons. Her office staff, and especially her paralegal Kelly, are just as worthless as she is. No one returns calls, no one returns emails, and you're left hanging. Her office was excellent though at calling and demanding more money, saying they need it in the next 7 days, or they'll file a substitution of attorney form with the court (her office firing you as a client), and also threatening to not show up in court. I spent well over $20k on her services, and got absolutely nothing in return. If you're thinking Paige will really help you, and get some resolution in your case, think again. She makes great big promises that she knows she has zero intention of keeping.

I paid her almost 10k and she did nothing but extend my court dates, just so she could charge me for her show up time and also for every piece of paper and call she wasted. I ended up cutting her out of the picture and fought my own case. it was over within a month. I wouldn't recommend her or her t...eam. They just give you the run around.