Douglas Lawrence Shaw

Shaw was recommended to me by a few people as well as my fiance. First time meeting him...i wasnt impressed. He didnt care to any details of my case (my kids mom took my children and ran across the country and now wanted child support.) He couldn't give me any reason why I shouldnt fight for custody.... But still wasnt interested and became upset when I asked if it was a financial thing. He would roll his eyes at my questions or give "beat around the bush" answers. And in the end....basically agreed if I had 10k or more to give him....I could go for custody. I raised my children from day one. They lived with me until their mom took them while I was at work. He didnt care. His whole attitude reminded me of a spoiled kid who was mad daddy made him go to work for his money. Very arrogant, unprofessional. With no time for my personal concerns. We went to child support court and he denied me entrance to my own hearing. He told me I had to wait for a Family Court Hearing before any chance of me speaking to my children. 6 years later.....still waiting for a family court date. Tried to reach Shaw to find out what is going on....which led me here ..finding out he quit without informing anyone whose money he took. When I told my now wife. Her jaw dropped. She said "wow....and you told HIM his character was deceitful and unprofessional. Thats why he was mad. You called him out." Theres a special place in hell for people like Douglas Shaw. But what does he care. He took our money and built a beautiful home on a cul-de-sac.....while the rest of us struggle to find reliable representation. Mr Shaw....I told you you were a money hungry snake that didnt care about your clients cases...only our money. You were soooo upset lol. But in the end....proved me right.

At first Doug was hired by my mother and sister to establish temporary guardianship of my daughter. Despite the fact that Doug doesn't take the time to listen to all aspects of your situation, everything seemed to be going great until the second hearing. He was supposed to have subpoenaed several c...haracter witnesses, but I'm guessing due to his vacation to Mexico, decided to instead just fall back on the fact that my ex was facing a drug charge. So I didn't find out that my ex had beat her charge until the day of the hearing. At which he proceeds to explain that there was no other option but to arrange a formal visitation agreement, because he had not subpoenaed a single witness, or prepared in any other way, that I could tell. He didn't even know she beat the case until that morning. During this whole process he had quoted me a price on getting my paternity established, so I gave him a check for slightly over that amount before the second hearing. He assured me the paperwork was getting done and even walked over to the fax machine as if he was doing it at that moment. Come time of the second hearing he was still saying that he only represented my mother and sister and told me I hadn't paid in full for the paternity. After reminding him of our agreed price, he told me that he had got me confused with another client and assured me it would get done asap. Fast forward several months and numerous phone calls I still hadn't heard a single thing about what was going on, so I went to his office and told his secretary that I would no longer be requiring his services and requested my money back and a write up of to where the money for the guardianship case was allotted. Supposedly, going into the second hearing my family was paid up through a whole day of witnesses and whatnot and my paternity was in the process and paid up. So he completely dropped the ball on everything pertaining to that hearing and paternity. I have yet to see where any of that money went, my paternity documents or any of the money back for services NOT rendered. If you truly care about your family, I would suggest you find a lawyer that does the same. Douglas Shaw is not that lawyer. I truly hope this review helps even just one person not make the mistake of hiring him that I did. FYI, you can legally fill out and send in a paternity affidavit on your own for $10-15 and get it back in a reasonable amount of time. Don't let an attorney charge you $1000+ and sit on it for months.

Attorney Shaw does everything he can for families. He is able to see the case for its merits and come up with a strategy to help navigate difficult custody cases. Very valuable attorney to deal with stressful issues. This man knows what he's doing and responds quickly. Everything you could ask for........