Patricia Joan Chvatal

I worked with this attorney twice in 2019 and 2023 . Two of my close friends did too so I have a very good experience and knowledge about her and her practice . The best I can summarize it : Pat had her stardom in the old past but not anymore . She will promise you a lot but once you hire her s...he will change her position quickly. To make things worse, she has been having memory gaps probably because of her age . She will forget details of your case and in my situation went on vacation while she had scheduled a court date only to find myself with no representation . Pat should retire , period ! Her billing practices are also questionable where work done by her staff is billed at her hourly rate . Not only that , after paying hefty amounts you will have to review documents because in my case , I found major errors in names ( yes she listed different couple name on my case ! ) , who the petitioner is vs defendant , and on and on . Save Your self time and money and look somewhere else . Good luck in your search .

Doesn't have an office staff to take calls. Doesn't keep appointments. Walks out of Mediation appointments. Will not sign nor respond to paperwork - Stalls. Obnoxious. Extremly Angry and Rude. Evil demranor. Steals your hard earned money. I do not know why the Mediators or Judges and Commissioners ...put up with her bahavior in Court.

My ex fought me all the way, went through medication, when it came to the final hearing she told me I didn't need to go. Then I get the final papers and half of what was agreed on was not in the papers. I filed bankruptcy to the tune of almost $30,000. This lawyer screwed up - BAD! Still fighting... issues 15 years later.

I had no knowledge of divorce proceedings and what to expect. Even though I was against getting a divorce, my divorce was non combative and non confrontational. However, I was set up with the worst parenting plan, and divorce decree imaginable. Of course I didn't find out until it was too late. Fo...r example, I was literally advised against 50%-50% shared custody that my X and I agreed to. Instead, Pat Chvatal set me up with 50%-50% shared visitation, and told me it was the same thing. Unfortunately, I believed her since I was paying her to advise me. In addition, to the parenting plan, medical premium credits in the child support worksheet were not given. For as easy as my divorce was there should never have been such poor service. Her services ended up costing me more than it should have (thousands $$- years down the road), and less time with my children. My advice is to trust yourself, and not your attorney. Your attorney does not know what is best for your children. If you love your children get 50/50 shared custody, and not 50/50 visitation or even joint custody (there is a difference). Be active in your children's lives, go to parent teach conferences, school events, med,dent, and optical appointments, sports events, dinner events, vacations etc., and document everything you do in a journal. 50/50 shared custody is the best and healthiest custody agreement for children as well as dealing with the X. There is tons of documentation supporting this.