Erica Michelle Bansmer

I saw Erica Bansmer ad on the internet ,I'm currently going through a divorce so I thought I would hire her for the rest of the process,during the first meeting she was nice and cordial i felt at ease with hiring her,at the end of the meeting she said she's going to take as long as possible on this d...ivorce I'm new at this so i said ok but still alittle weird why would i want this to take a long time? ok a year passes I'm getting no communication or anything at this point from her so I call and ask what's going on with the divorce,this is with her paralegal they write up a few papers I say I might like his wages garnished I still wasnt sure so her paralegal gives me papers for the tracking of the income hes been giving me,I didnt do it I didnt want his wages garnished after all,we went to court she was never prepared I told the paralegal on different occasions it's like she working more for them then me,I dont know the law she wasnt guiding me or letting me know what's the best route to take,before court I was expressing my feelings about my son how I told him no he cant stay late for a party he was disrespectful so I told him your not coming over until you apologize to me I didnt deserve what he said..Erica says to me I shouldn't have said that to my son about him being disrespectful so I was upset during the court proceedings...a couple months passed I never heard the outcome of the hearing I call they tell me..there is absolutely no communication whatsoever in this office,I was getting upset at this point nothing is being done about my divorce it's like pulling teeth for them to do anything,the paralegal hangs up on me because I never get to talk to the lawyer and there's no communication..they submitted paperwork for the garnishment without my approval or concent I found this out through my ex not my lawyer I get upset she tells me I signed paperwork which I clearly did not ,she said she submitted paperwork with the court I called nothing was filed the only thing I signed was the payment history in the middle of may which her office submitted the garnishment at the end of april..I tried to make it work with this office for what she did I could have saved thousands of dollars she did absolutely nothing I couldn't have done myself which I know now..I believe she's not the right fit she will lie to you unprofessional staff and NO communication,its been 2 years and I'm still not divorced..this has been a horrible experience with this firm ...just do your homework if you ever decide to hire her.Its bad enough to go through a divorce you dont need a bad lawyer too.

My fiance and I hired Bansmer to be our lawyer for my divorce. She was never "available" when you needed to get information about your case or where it was at. Then she made it almost impossible for the case to move forward even though my ex and I had come together and came up with an agreement on ou...r own. She was never in a hurry to submit paperwork. She almost NEVER did any of the paperwork, 95% of the time it was left up to the legal assistant. The legal assistant would submit paperwork without proper signatures from either myself or from the lawyer herself. I was consistently getting calls from the ex's lawyer telling me that something was done wrong or not enough paperwork was submitted. I would call and the assistant would tell me that Bansmer would contact me after being in court or doing other things. I wouldn't hear back from her for a week or two. I would then have to call her back again; to find out that she was out of the office again. I heard more,feedback from my exs lawyer then her, seems that know one knows what their doing no communication going on she submitted forms that we didn't agree too...please buyer beware..

My situation was very unique, and Mrs.Bansmer had a great way of presenting all the things that needed to be addressed. I have spoken with her a couple of times over the past 4 or 5 years, and both times she was very professional and knowledgeable. I would absolutely recommend her to anyone dealing ...with family court.