Jessica Pedemonte

I retained this attorney for a custody modification case. As other reviews have stated, she did not appear to want to be an advocate for me at all, and it felt like pulling teeth to get basic information from her. Her attitude during our consultation was quite off putting, and I felt as if I wasn't n...eeded or wanted as a paying customer/client. When she left the firm she was at to start a new one, I declined to join her as a client. You should too.

I paid Jessica Pedemonte a $100 fee for an hour consultation starting at 10:00 A.M. She led me into her office at 10:10 and then completed the consultation at 10:40 for a total of about 30 minutes. During the consultation, I told her about a case that I wanted an advocate for with DHS. Rather than te...lling me what all of my options might be, she concluded before knowing any of the facts that I would lose a case with them (she did not even mention I could defend myself in a case with them), and then tried to convince me that losing is not so bad. The issue had to do with child custody, and she tried to minimize the importance of custodial rights without knowing any details of my situation. I had to bring up the possibility of particular options, but she did not pursue these very far and frankly seemed unwilling to help me. Contrary to her claim on her website, she is definitely not an aggressive advocate, and she charged me for an hour's time but only spent 30 minutes with me.