Gina Maria Costello

Worst experience ever. I recommend hiring yourself before Gina Costello. Went through a jurisdiction case with my daughters mother. Gina claims to be this massive threat to the apposing party, when it came down to it she wasn't clearly on my side. letting me know I had court 1 hour before I was suppo...sed to be there. No communication between her and her employees. Or to the client. Tells you what you wanna hear to get you on board then treats you as if the opposing party has 2 lawyers and your dead in the water. I have my faults don't get me wrong. But you hire a lawyer to defend you. Not get into court and talk you into agreeing to the opposing party. She flies off the handle in an instance, then turns around and acts like your best friend. Documents I still haven't seen but hear about all the time. The judge set in place orders for my daughters mother and I to agree on time and pick up location during the holidays. Soon as my back was turned she allowed my mother and her lawyer to decide those times then herself and the judge signed off on it. When confronted her response was "to be honest I didn't see that" haha really!? I wouldn't even recommend my daughters mother to use Gina Costello! If you sign on with her, be prepared to get things handed to you.

Awful experience with These people. At the beginning they said one thing and the next thing I know my retainer was gone on research about how to get my parenting plan switch to Washington. Something they said they could do quickly and inexpensively. They would not have timely responses. I would have... to leave message after message and email before eventually I would hear something. This turned out to be almost a year long process!!! They even sent me other peoples paperwork twice.!! To which they called right back and ask me to shred it!

This is by far the worst experience I have had in dealing with a lawyer, someone with whom I have paid to work for me!! She is the worst person with communicating along with many other things. There were times when the opposing party knew about papers that I supposedly submitted before I even did. He...r paralegal even told me that they can sign per my behalf even when I don't agree with what they had written up. Multiple times I was given misinformation. I would have been much better off representing myself. I have paid/owe this woman close to $6000 for filing paperwork. The worst decision of my life!!!!!!!

My experience with Ms. Costello was lukewarm, at best. She was very difficult to get on the telephone, and seldom would return your calls. She treated us very poorly at first, and even dropped our case. The day she let us know she was dropping us, was 2 weeks before a court hearing. Ms. Costello was ...abrasive, and difficult over the phone, yelling unsubstantiated reasons for dropping our case. She refused to listen to what I had to say, stating she was uncomfortable talking to me any longer. The whole experience was awful! She later (several days) rang me up, and after a very intense conversation (I was very upset), gave a lacking apology for poor communication, and not fully understanding what was going on. At that time she asked us to reconsider her quitting, and put her back on the case. We reluctantly did, mostly due to financial reasons. I never really trusted Ms. Costello after that. She did improve on communication, and she did see the case through. The emotional and financial cost was weighty. It was a TERRIBLE experience, and I'm certainly glad that I no longer have a need for Ms. Costello's services. My opinion is, look elsewhere.

Gina was an amazing person to work with. When you are going through a difficult time, she not only hears you out and gets you what you want but is very compassionate as well. She will fight for you every step of the way and not stop until you are satisfied with the results. Gina is very organized and... knows her stuff. She also has an amazing staff that will help in any way they can. I would recommend Gina for any of your family law needs. She helped me in every detail and I got what I wanted, I know she will do the same for you!