Elizabeth Stup

I hired Ms. Stup to represent me during my divorce and custody case. She claimed to put family first and I obviously felt confident in her abilities when I hired her. But that quickly changed. Ms. Stup did not seem to know how to handle my complicated case. We had documentation of my husbands addicti...on, as he recounted it, and enough testimony to ensure that I received primary custody. However, as of three days before my final custody trial, she had not deposed any witnesses, she had not asked for any documentation from me regarding damaging text messages, etc. This was after going to TWO settlement hearings where she just sat quietly while I had to try and stick up for my rights. During the settlement hearings she convinced me to agree to sell the family home and allowed my ex husband to keep over two-thirds of his retirement, even though we had been married for 13 years. She was not willing to go up against the best-interest attorney appointed for my children because they (the best interest attorney and Ms. Stup) were best friends (verified by a former employee of Ms. Stup). The best-interest attorney made claims that I was an unfit parent because of my children's school attendance and Ms. Stup told me that if her friend said it then it must be true. She wasn't willing to collect the evidence I was told by my children's school administrations would help clear my name with the best interest attorney. I paid Ms. Stup $33,000 to basically do nothing. In the end, she was just a glorified file attorney. Because that's all she did - file motions and documents. I fired her three days before the final trial and am in the process of reporting her to the MD Bar Association for attorney misconduct. Consider carefully before you pay her hefty retainer fee.