Melissa Anne Jesmer

I do not even know where to start with how unprofessional this whole experience was. Continual lack of communication, incorrect emails, always me reaching out to confirm most everything, not informing me of court appearance date (stating I should have gotten an email, never did). It was so disorganiz...ed that I ended up reaching out to the opposing council and did it all myself which took 1 day to finalize. I would NOT recommend this attorney!! Worst experience ever!

During the initial consultation, I told her I needed an attorney with teeth who's looking out for my best interests and fight for me. She promised everything, but only excelled at charging me (over $10k). I did all the work. What work did I do? Well I'm a CPA and ex-auditor, and did all the har...d research and forensic accounting. I ticked-tied all the financial data, drafted timelines and summaries of the case and circumstances. I pulled phone records, tax statements, pay-stubs, etc and drafted detailed workpapers for audit evidence. Everything was handed to her in a pretty bow. Unfortunately, every conversation I had with her I would have to 'start over' and explain EVERYTHING....again, and again. She had no memory (or didn't care). Through my due-diligence, I even found that my ex lied on the divorce papers, and submitted false information to the courts. Her only comment was, "good luck getting the DA to care." So basically I did all the work, we went to trial, and lost my shirt to both my ex and Melissa.

This Attorney is one of the most incompetent attorneys I have ever met. She tries to sell herself as being compassionate with an ability to resolve things through mediation. Unfortunately she is none of those things. In the Courtroom she is unable to follow instructions from judges and is never pr...epared. She always has an excuse of not having received documentation from other parties or has misread court calendars. She shows up in the wrong courtroom or is always late and is never prepared, does not read declarations filed by opposing parties prior to court, and then tries to tell the judge she just received the document, even though dated days and sometimes weeks before. Unfortunately all of the above isn’t the worst. Here’s where it gets really bad. She will continue to take your money and tell you that there is a hope of winning even after losing on your issues multiple times she will continue to appeal with no bases for the appeal. The only interest she has is your money. As far as trying to mediate with opposing sides, there is never any compromise. Her only goal is to continue to litigate your case for as long as she can so as to optimize the amount of money she can get from you. My advice you’re better off on your own than to have her as an attorney.