Daniella Deseta Lyttle

I do want to give an open and honest review on Daniella and hopefully my one star review does not seem like it was based on emotion. Daniella is very knowledgeable and gave excellent advice regarding the immigration process so I would definitely give her 5 stars in those regards. The overall issue ...is that once you sign the contract, she makes you feel like a burden and, as somebody who is paying close to $4k, I would expect to be treated with some level of decency. The first issue was that she sent us an email after business hours saying that she could not make our immigration interview 8 business days before because of a scheduling conflict. We let Daniella know the interview date weeks in advance and, my expectation is that if there was a scheduling conflict, she should have let us know as soon as possible and preferably over the phone (not through email after business hours when we could not respond back.) I called the next day and spoke to her assistant and tried to find out why weren't notified about the scheduling conflict and she was confrontational and told me that Daniella "could not be in two places at once". I do have a rudimentary understanding of physics so I know a person could not be in two places at the same time; however, a 5 minute phone call after paying close to $4 is not asking for much. Daniella gave me a call the next day and explained to me why there scheduling conflict - she took ownership and apologized which was definite plus and I had to a chance to explain to her that my expectation was that she was going to be there - anybody could do the paperwork (and the paperwork her firm submitted had errors) but the ~$4k was really so that she could be present at the interview. She then said that she was paying out of pocket for a substitute attorney and made it seem like she was the one that was sacrificing. While do empathize with the money she had to pay a substitute....she was the one that had the scheduling conflict, not me. She then went on to say that she did not want go in a "circular argument" which was puzzling because I spoke for a few minutes and then I listened the rest of the time. Fast forward, the substitute lawyer was awesome (her name is Ophelia Enamorado and highly recommend her), we passed the interview and I took the high road and sent an email thanking everybody. (Daniella immediately asked for a 5 star review on Google which I was going to give her since we got the result we wanted and I was willing to overlook the aforementioned issues.) We got the green card and unfortunately my wife's name was not changed even though we requested it during the interview. I asked Daniella what recourse we have and we also found out that we could have changed her name in the paperwork (485) prior to submitting. She responded by saying that she would not recommend changing my wife's name because, and this is verbatim, "We don’t assume women will change their last name unless we are asked to do so as it is no longer such common practice for women to do so" - implying that I was sexist. Wow. Final straw. She told us during prep 3 days before our interview that my wife could request to change her name during the interview - I'm not sure how that's different from her telling us that changing her name was an option on our paperwork.

I retained Daniella to represent me during my divorce. The great thing about her is that she keeps you informed. I was aware of every document processed and every conversation she had with my ex-husband lawyer. I was informed of what to expect in Court and what are the main stages of the Divorce Proc...ess. My divorce case appeared easy at first but then got very ugly. I was expecting a mutually agreed divorce. However, my ex chose to be difficult and things got ugly very quickly. Daniella handled everything with upmost professionalism. She negotiated a quick divorce for me and my Court time was under an hour! Since I’m a green card holder I was really short on time and needed to be divorced quickly. I’ve interviewed several Divorce Attorneys before hiring Daniella. Her rates are very reasonable and she is worth every penny. She’s currently handling my Removal of Conditions case and I have great confidence in her.

We hired Daniella to handle my husband's unlawful presence waiver a little over 2 years ago. We just came back last week from picking up his visa! Daniella handled everything for us and working with her was so easy. Daniella set honest expectations and timelines and was always quick to respond to our... questions. Before we left for our appointment for the visa Daniella met with us and walked through that part of the process as well. We followed all her instructions and my husband is now a permanent resident. Before hiring Daniella I met with 2 other immigration attorneys and I chose Daniella because of the time she took to explain the process. I have recommended Daniella to anyone I know that has immigration issues and I do so confidently. Daniella will never give false hope or raise expectations in an effort to earn business. In fact one of the things that I really liked about her was that she explained the process and promised to do her best but never guaranteed any particular results. Hire Daniella if you want an honest and straightforward attorney who will do her best to obtain positive results.

After searching for a lawyer online in the Austin area while I was living in Louisiana, I picked Ms. Lyttle because of the positive reviews. Those reviews really speak for themselves. I am so thrilled that I picked Ms. Lyttle to represent me in my child custody and support modification case. Ms. L...yttle has a thorough knowledge of Texas' family law and is very honest, ethical, supportive, hardworking and persistent. In the original out-of-state divorce decree from several years ago, there were many mistakes and oversights that caused many problems and Ms. Lyttle was able to resolve all of those in the modification, in addition to ensuring increased visitation and protection of my rights as a parent. Ms. Lyttle made sure that everything was right according to the laws for both myself and my ex-spouse as parents and for our children. Because of her skills, we were able to resolve everything through the mediation process and avoid costly court expenses. I am a very happy client. If there are any changes that need to be made in the future, I will definitely hire Ms. Lyttle again. I strongly recommend you pick Ms. Lyttle for your divorce or decree modification case. Michael G.