Allysyn Lesley Overton

I have emails where she denies missing a status conference however, she didn't attempt to prepare me in the days leading up to it, or even mention it, she forgot to draft or file the SC statement, and on the day of, the opposing counsel had to send her a message asking where she was, an hour after th...ey were waiting on the court phone line. She recently tried to claim it was because the previous law firm I fired (because I didn't think I needed to pay big firm fees for a simple divorce) didn't file it, but I have emails from her stating it was her responsibility. One bill she sent me charged $750 for a few text messages with another lawyer. She refused to show the texts to me until I requested a fee arbitration. The texts were about that lawyer's wedding, their office's inability to manage time, and the fact that the lawyer scheduled a call with me but said she had no idea what to talk to me about. Allysyn seemed to have issues with interpersonal relationships with even her colleagues. 2 other lawyers stopped working with her in the short time she worked on my case. Allysyn also promised that another lawyer (with a lower hourly fee) would be working on my file during our consultation but once I signed the contract, she said the other lawyer left. Allysyn did things like making color coded spreadsheets for issues that didn't matter rather than ensure deadlines were being met and charged for this needless endeavor. When I asked her to stop working on issues that don't affect me and questioned the text messages, she spent literally an entire work day sending me emails threatening to drop me as a client - a few days before Christmas. Then, the very next day she said she decided to complete the MSC statement. She is extremely unprofessional and called me names via email. She cc'd me on an email to my husband's lawyer admitting that she hung up on her. She then refused to tell me what the phone call was about. Hiring a lawyer is supposed to alleviate some stress and not only did she add to mine, she made my life significantly more difficult. I feel taken advantage of during the lowest point in my life. In one email, she told me that I should be paying a higher amount because my husband makes a lot of money, despite the fact that I had no income and there was no guarantee of spousal support. I was clear about my goals during the consultation and she assured me we were aligned only to completely disregard them once I hired her. She attempted to charged me over $10,000 for a month of work on a divorce with no children and no debt - what should have been a very straightforward split of assets. When I questioned the bill, she inexplicably reduced it to $5000. She very arbitrarily said she owes me $500+ but hasn't attempted to return that to me either and now claims I owe her thousand of dollars, despite having an additional $3000+ over what she quoted. I'm perplexed by her bizarre communication. I read a few of her other negative reviews on other websites and thought that they couldn't be true because they were so outlandish but now that I have had the misfortune of knowing Allysyn, I entirely believe them. I could go on but I think this is more than enough to help anyone make a decision in whether or not they should engage with her. I ultimately hired another lawyer who advocated for me, was efficient, astute and charged very fairly.

Allysyn represented me in my divorce. I really wish I had hired her from the start. My first lawyer gave me really bad advice and told me to agree to pay for 100% of my wife's attorney's fees without limit. After a year nothing had happened except my wife's attorney and mine racking up tens of thousa...nds of dollars in attorneys fees for doing absolutely nothing, There was not even made a single settlement offer in a whole year. There was nothing to fight over, we had no kids, we were upside down on the mortgage and had no assets except for a 6 year Toyota Yaris, the only issue was spousal support. So I fired my first attorney and Allysyn took over. She tried to settle and the other side just ignored every offer because the other attorney was making way too much money just racking up billable hours. She fought hard for me and her fees were really reasonable. When we went to bench bar settlement it was insane. There wasn't even a pretense of fairness by the panelists. My wife demanded that I pay her more spousal support than my actual income and they agreed. When Allysyn argued that I can't pay more than I earn the panelist said "He should just get a job that pays twice as much, his wife doesn't want to work." It was like I was in a bad dream. Allysyn fought SO hard for me. She argued again and again and tried to get them to see reason. She never stopped fighting all day long. It was a totally unfair awful situation but that's not her fault. I'm glad she was on my side trying everything possible to get whatever she could for me. We obviously couldn't afford to go to trail since I had to pay for both sides. It was an impossible situation and she did what she could for me.

My husband and I hired Allysyn to draft our pre-marital agreement. She had previously represented my husband when he divorced his first wife. Allysyn really went to bat for him during the divorce and fought like a pit bull to get him a fair settlement. So he was glad to hire her again a few years lat...er when we got married. She drafted a great agreement that protected us both. She knows the law. But more importantly she knows how to talk to people having emotionally challenging conversations. It's not fun to talk about what will happen if your marriage doesn't work out. But it is a necessary conversation. She guided us through the conversation so well. In my opinion that is the sign of a great attorney. There are plenty of lawyers out there that know the legal aspects of a pre-nup but not all of them have great interpersonal skills to help a couple through the difficult conversations. Allysyn told me to have my own attorney review the pre-martial agreement to make sure my interests were protected. The attorney I hired to review it found no errors and had no suggestions for any changes. She did such a thorough job! After we were married we ended up taking my husband's ex wife back to court to reduce the spousal support he pays to her. The pre-marital agreement that Allysyn wrote was critical to helping us win that case. She's a smart attorney, she thinks ahead.