Lisa B Heller

I have used Lisa Heller twice now. She and her paralegal C.J. are the best team. I first came to Lisa almost 6 years ago when after 24 years of marriage it was time for a divorce. I am an older person and didn't have a lot of social security. My husband at the time told me to get a divorce. I feel li...ke I was lead to Lisa. She and C.J. are very professional and on top of that, I felt like they have been with me every step of the way. I was able to have spousal support and everything else moneywise like the house, retirement, was split in half. It was very fair. Almost 6 years later with no notice I received a letter from an attorney stating he was ending the support. He had retired with a medical problem. Again Lisa took my case and got a portion of the spousal support back for me without having to go to trial. The support you get from Lisa and C.J. is amazing. I highly recommend this law firm. I would never go to anyone else.

When I made the tough decision to divorce my wife after 25 years of marriage, I had checked with another attorney to see what the process would be like and what I could reasonably expect to pay in support and what assets I would likely forfeit. That first attorney I sought out was too cold and unfeel...ing for me. Even though I did not love my soon to be ex-wife anymore after receiving poor treatment from her for many years, I still wanted to make sure the lady I was married to for that long was taken care of in the divorce. That first attorney did not seem to grasp that concept and had his own agenda to pursue, which did not match up with mine. To him it was a battle, a war in which you hope to leave your opponent with as little as possible. It is like he did not hear me at all. My agenda was to be fair and reasonable, without being stupid. I wanted my ex-wife to feel like she was treated fairly, without me “giving up the farm” and leaving myself with too little for the future. That “fair and reasonable without being stupid” motive is exactly what lead me to hire Lisa Heller. She was tough when she needed to be, but mostly caring and understanding as I wanted my ex-wife treated with compassion and respect. She was that perfect blend of toughness and compassion that I was looking for. And her knowledge and experience was an invaluable asset to me. Since my ex-wife did not want a divorce, her attorney tried to delay things by taking the maximum amount of time to respond and making unreasonable counter settlement proposals, like asking for 75% of my take home pay per month. Obviously that proposal was rejected in a heartbeat. Lisa kept the divorce on track and answered each counter proposal with a reasonable one, always keeping me informed along the way. In the end, the settlement was what I feel was fair and reasonable for both parties. Lisa could have played hardball and been cold and uncaring to my ex-wife and pushed for a better settlement for me, but she did exactly what I asked her to do. He experience and expertise were exactly what I was looking for. She was exactly the right attorney for me.

This lawyer lead me into a "divorce mediation" with ZERO preparation. It was a huge disaster! We only had an afternoon to work through all the issues. At the end of the day, I was not at all satisfied, but I felt pressured into a settlement by this lawyer. I had been married for over thirty years and... receive less than 10% my ex's income in support. (I raised our children, and he never allowed me to work outside the home.) After the fact, Ms. Heller had the nerve to tell me that she, my ex's attorney, and the judge had all attended law school together! Go figure!