Donna E. Wardlaw

I hired Donna Wardlaw to represent me in a divorce action. She was very unprofessional and charged me outrageous sums of money. I had to file bankruptcy because of her fees. She tried to control an inheritance I received during this time. I told her that I wouldn't agree to it. We had many clashes, a...nd she acted very unprofessional towards me, berated me about my performance at a deposition, and talked down to me. I would not recommend her to anyone. I paid in excess of $50k for a divorce that my new lawyers, after I fired her, informed me would normally have been a third of what I paid to her if I had gone elsewhere.

Donna was retained and paid for 16 months on my divorce case. She repeatedly told me after i had paid her 75k, that she didn't want to represent me but refused to tell me why and threatened that if i didn't sign a release we would write letter to the judge "that wouldn't be good for me." 6 months ...and another 50k later she did apply to the court to be dismissed despite the fact that she had no legitimate grounds. She was my second lawyer and i felt that my hands were tied. She refused to even let me sign a proposal that was offered and refused to put anything that i wanted to offer on the table. She writes a lot or repititious and epic documents instead of verbally negotiating. She lies and exaggerates.. that was my experience. she refused to communicate or send documents to me for the last 2 months of the case but charged me 20k for the last month alone. I am going to go to the board of ethics. I am lucky that i survived. i got divorced thru my friends lawyer in 45 minutes after having paid her over 125K. She is dangerous and will drain all of your money.