Patricia Joan Chvatal

Hired for divorce and custody. She didn’t cross examine and failed to present evidence the clearly showed the other party was lying! She failed to present evidence including tapes of the threats and intimidation made by other party. She tried to extort money from me to return my photos! She failed to... appear for the hearing and sent out nasty letters saying we didn’t show up; the court records stated she was in another court. She sent the bills to collection and they responded that she did her job so poorly she shouldn’t be paid. And I still don’t have the pictures of my son because I refused to pay her for them! I took the pictures and gave them to her for my case but she didn’t use them! And here now 30 years later I still don’t have them! She avoided legal filings that caused more litigation fees and hearings.

I had a conference with this lawyer in regards of a divorce process. She gave me tons of false hopes simply to get the business and start draining me financially. She will charge $200 flat rate even for secretarial work! I got her assistant to do some forms for me and even before filing I alre...ady have been charge close to $1,000 Luckily I ran into a friend that had used her in the past for a child custody case and told me to drop her immediately. He paid her close to $5,000 and nothing got resolved. Stay away from this lawyer at any cost unless you have tons of time, patience and money.

The initial consultation was positive, she does have her sales pitch down. After providing her with her retainer fee “trust fund” she disappeared. The information I received about my divorce was actually obtained from my ex-husband, whom I was divorcing at the time. Even though my divorce was so ...amicable we didn’t even require a mediation appointment, Patricia managed to use all of the retainer fee with additional monies required. When I did try to get in contact with her office to find out where everything was with the divorce proceedings I had to call and leave multiple messages. When Patricia did finally return my phone call she was completely unprofessional and rude. In a case as easy as the one I provided, I would expect prompt professional service. Instead, I was met with blatant disregard, not a smart image to project in such a small town.