Raymond Hoyt Allen

First off, we thought we was hiring the other attorney in the firm, then the case was passed to Mr. Allen. No doubt Mr. Allen meant well, but there several problem areas. Communication: Mr. Allen would file documents without reviewing them with us -- or fail to fail them at all. Competenc...y: Mr. Allen twice failed to fax a critical form to child support services, causing several months of lost child support during a time of extreme financial hardship. He was very difficult to contact, and when we expressed our concerns in email he denied that there were any issues and charged hundreds of dollars for the response. We requested certain things be added to the divorce document and they were not. Even though there was no contest whatever from the defendant, the language in the final document was very unfavorable to us. For example, we are not allowed to take the children out of state to visit grandparents without permission from the plaintiff. Overall we felt we would have been better served to represent ourselves. Dealing with Mr. Allen added to the stress of a difficult time and cost many thousands of dollars.