Frank E. Dougherty

Mr. Dougherty is very professional. Throughout our case, he kept our child and their needs at the forefront. He would meet with them and be an advocate for their best interest. He treated our case as a priority. He invested his time and attention as though our child was the only client he was represe...nting. He was thorough in detecting deception and coaching. He looked beyond the words shared by our child and looked for truth and their true feelings when the influence of others were removed. In family court, the judges hear the attorney's side that are fighting for mom or dad to "win," but Mr. Dougherty fights for the child's truth to be heard, puting the focus back where it needs to be which is on the best interest of the child. I would highly recommend Mr. Dougherty and his staff for any minor that needs to be heard and protected.

When I look back to the beginning of the divorce case, it felt like a nightmare. My ex-husband wrote up many ridiculously irrational requests, most of them involved taking away more than half of our family savings. These requests made me anxious and I was worried about its effect on my personal life ...after the divorce. I was introduced to Frank and his assistant Margo by a friend. After our first meeting, I knew that going to Frank and Margo for help was one of the best decisions I’ve made during this divorce case. Frank and Margo took the pressure off my shoulder immediately by providing professional and thoughtful advice, well organized timeline, as well as heart-warming support. I felt that they were ready to help me whenever I needed support. Frank helped me to reject unreasonable requests from my ex-husband and his attorney. Among these, he successfully helped me to secure the house without paying half to my ex-husband. It’s been a year since my divorce case was resolved. I am pretty calm now and have gained more confidence to move forward in life. I appreciate that fact that Frank, Margo, and their team was on my side and not the other way around.

FANTASTIC ATTORNEY! I am a father who was in a major custody battle for my son. My ex-wife had vicious attorney who was doing his best to aggressively make me look bad and make her look good. I went through 4 attorneys in 2 1/2 years, and none of them could successfully deal her attorney. I was lo...sing ground (and money, and time) in my efforts to have my fair share of custody of my son. Then I found attorney Frank Dougherty. My custody battle immediately improved as Frank started doing what he is so good at. It was a tremendous relief to see his experience at work. His staff is wonderful and very efficient and effective also. Their team worked with me to put together the large picture and develop a plan to get the custody changes I wanted. They immediately confronted my ex-wife's attorney and he backed off with his false accusations real fast. In fact, she ended up firing him after a few months because he didn't hold a candle to Frank. That in itself was a huge stress relief. Then Frank got to work preparing for a 4 day trial. It was there that his litigating skills really showed. He really knows the law. He is good at presenting the facts in a respectful way. And his execution style was no nonsense. I am definitely glad he was not my opposing attorney. Frank is a 100% honest attorney. He is not one of those attorneys who will lie and distort facts. He can work with the true facts to get what you want. He helped me and now I have the custody I was hoping for. Trust me, you don't want Frank against you so you better retain him before your ex does.