Shelly Kay Perkins

In our most desperate time, fighting for the safety of our children the Perkins law firm, specifically Shelly Perkins and Jesse Morris, took my case. Jesse showed up in court and when they called our case Jesse didn’t even stand up so I essentially represented myself while paying a lawyer to be pres...ent. Then after the hearing Jesse Morris approached the opposing party and made an agreement without consulting me first, then told me she was really just stalling and had agreed to something without me. When new motions were filed for enforcement and contempt ( caused by her agreement I was not even able to meet) Jesse and the Perkins law firm withdrew on the basis that Jesse was not experienced enough to handle the case going forward. The Perkins law firm has cost me their fees plus that of another attorney attempting to repair the damage of poor lawyering. I would never recommend the firm, Shelly Perkins or Jesse Morris to anyone.

WHERE TO BEGIN... Choose someone else as this will be one of the most difficult times you will go through in your life. Shelly really did not even manage my case she just passed me off to two different associates with the explanation it was more cost effective to me. In the end not even close to ...true considering what I lost and paid. Shelly was not present except for a short time in my arbitration twice it was managed by her associate. Even though the arbitration was scheduled on what was supposed to be my court date and was told it was blocked off in her calendar. My ex-husband’s attorney also expressed his disappointment that she was not going to be present. At the first arbitration she did not come in until the very end where she insulted the judge who was obviously very unhappy with her comments about the fact Shelly felt the judge talked too much. NOT HELPFUL TO HER CLIENT or in their best interests. I was passed off to two associates as the first one quit halfway through my case. The first associate made several errors on my divorcé doc that I had to point out along with opposing counsel. This made opposing council think my attorney was not professional or competent in managing my divorce which I am sure gave them an advantage. She also did not return emails for two weeks. She always seemed overwhelmed with other cases. The second associate assigned to my case was even worse. Had NO idea about anything involving my case. They misplaced an important document, which her assistant had no knowledge of. When they found the document, I came into the office to sign it and was told to sign it in the wrong area. My ex-husband’s attorney sent me the documents directly to be corrected. She did not complete as promised in writing important tasks at the end of my divorce. involving the deed to my property and requiring the other party to follow signed divorce agreement after being accepted by the judge. Perkins law never sent my Exes banking information that was sent to them to provide auto payments as required in divorce. Ignored my email when asking for it. Had to get it from Exe’s attorney directly. This caused me to be late on the first payment. Shelly was not knowledgeable about social security benefits, which is an important part of all Divorces. The SS benefits from MY company that I founded and was awarded were wrongly added to my Exes SS benefits. She stated she was not qualified or knowledgeable to help me resolve this issue. I lost 15 years of SS at 55 years old that I earned, and my ex will collect. This is from a business I started by myself and worked tirelessly to build. This was a hard blow. They just signed off my case. They left me no guidelines or requirements needed from me. I did not even know they had signed off until I received notification in the mail. This was very unprofessional. In the end when asking if I could make payments on final bill as I had no savings left after divorce instead of simply replying no sorry, we cannot do that. I was sent a threating email stating she would put a lean on my property if not paid in full. I felt a simple NO SOORY would have been more compassionate and less threating. Especially after the hell I had been through. Also considering that my property was the only thing with which I was left. It feels to me that Perkins law just runs on quantity not quality of representation. To say I am disappointed in the outcome is an understatement. My divorce favored my ex finically clearly and was NOT a fair and equitable split. When seeing the attentiveness, professionalism, and follow-through on my ex-husband’s attorney's part I realized that I was not equally represented. Shelly misrepresents the time and attention she will personally pay to your case until you have signed on the dotted line and then after that you are just passed off to less knowledge staff members that I do not believe are even actual attorneys.

Shelly was hired to help me fight a restraining order and help extend parenting time with my daughter. Not only did she have me spend tens of thousands of dollars trying to do so, she got all my parenting time removed. She continuously undermined my case and babbled in front of the judge to the poin...t he stopped listening to her and awarded the opposition everything they wanted. She doesn't listen, or explain anything. She just makes sure she takes your money over and over, and then sends you a final bill to finish off the back stabbing performance.

Ms. Perkins was hired, performed less than three months of work - mainly through her associate Adrienne, who was excellent - and then quit abruptly less than a month before the trial. She did not understand or advance my case at all. In fact, she undermined it. Do not hire this attorney if you ar...e involved in a high conflict case. This attorney can not understand or handle aggressivley unethical opposition. Waste of time, money, energy, all to end up far worse off had I not hired her. Avoid.

I had Ms. Perkins for my divorce case. She comes across as a tough and knowledgeable attorney. But in reality she is a good sales person. When it came to handling my case, she has done some very serious mistakes that ultimately cost me a lot more money and I lost on those issues. I had to fire Ms. P...erkins after a few months of working with her and that was a smart decision I have made. If I were looking for a divorce attorney now, I would keep looking. If you don't want costly mistakes made in your case, keep looking for a different attorney.