Dawn Smith

I consulted Ms. Smith for a complicated divorce case involving false allegation of family violence. giving my sensitive profession i was nervous about the outcome. I was ripped off by one of the largest firm in Atlanta and had horrible outcome He is by far one of the most experienced and intelligen...t attorney that i have spoken to, high ethics and professionalism I would give him my highest recommendation Thank you Dawn

Divorce is awful. One of the most stressful and emotional things I’ve ever gone through. The one ray of light I had was Dawn and Sandy. Sandy was my first point of contact and the amount warmth & kindness she showed me was incredible. Dawn was equally kind & sympathetic. She was a stellar support to ...me and navigated my case with ease. I felt completely taken care of and confident with her by my side. It’s obvious she’s in this business for the right reason - she cares about people and fights for what’s fair. I will recommend her to anyone in need.

Basically, they did not perform what they were hired to do, which was protect my interests. All that was done was "go through a process", promoting as little resistance as possible by continually encouraging me to "accept what was offered and settle". It seemed like the quicker the case was process...ed, the better for them, like it was quick money. For a total of $10K, I got nothing more than if I settled out of court. I was weak, a wreck and not able to think logically by the time I went into mediation, thinking that I would be looked after by them. I am a Construction Engineer and thought I was smart and I researched the best attorney. SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT EXISTED: 1) Although the Opposing Counsel said that they would write up the Final Settlement at the mediation, this firm took it upon themselves to write one up as well and charged me for it without consulting with me first. 2) Child support was based on ex's base income of $80K. However, documentation I later got copies of from my attorney after mediation (W-2s) showed total income of $100K. They took no note of it nor pointed this out to me during negotiations. 3) I showed documentation from a bank deposit of $10K that was a salary bonus that was not reflected on the ex;s income statement. This was ignored. 4) I requested this attorney to set up a conference call with me and the OC to negotiate some details; they refused. 5) At one point a court case was set that I was required to attended unless it was cancelled. I was not notified by this firm it was cancelled so I assumed I was required to attend. I took off work and traveled from PA to GA (where case was), only to find out when I got there it had been cancelled. 6) I requested to have additional wording in the Final Settlement to include that the house is to be sold if the ex is unable to refinance. They never tried. 7) They spent an EXTRAORDINARY amount of time in discussing my income/expense statement with me that was part of the case intake process. NOTHING from the document was used in the case. Yet, I paid for a vast number of hours with their cross examination and suggestions for changes/revisions. There were a number of other issues, but the above are the most tangible.