Shawn Dougherty

She recommended settling for a lot less than what a judge awarded me - then did not follow through with QDRO paperwork and other monies awarded by the judge ... $350 per hour ... still due ~ $50k ... all awarded by the judge ... With her, you need to know when to move on and cut your losses ... I do... not recommend her to anyone :-(

Shawn is truly one of the most honest and educated lawyers I have ever come in contact with. She handled a very complex and high tension case with confidence ensuring the law was properly enforced. I am honored to be her client she never gave up. Shawn guaranteed my child's safety and defended my f...amily's the best interest. I recommend Shawn Dougherty to anyone who is seeking a honest upfront lawyer that you can depend on. I can't thank her enough!

As a domestic violence victim, I found my interactions to be retraumatizing. She doesn't allow you to ask questions, make statements, or feel your concerns about safety are valid. She's abrupt, condescending, and rude. She doesn't give advice to get you a safe, workable custody order. She works from ...the status quo not the needs of the client. In Delaware, there's no professional standards board that's apart from the legal community, so basically a bad lawyer can bully without impartial oversight. It's all about money.

My fiance hired her for his divorce about a year ago and she was horrible. She would yell and him if he called her and didn't feel like the question was important enough or if she felt like he was wasting her time. She wasn't able to make it to one of his court cases and asked him why he agreed to pa...y more child support than the court calculated. How are you going to expect some one that has never gone though something like this to just go into a court room and know what they are doing that why we hired you. Then she forgot to forward some documentation over to the court after he hand delivered them to her office. Not a good lawyer a waste of thousands of dollars