Etta Ibok

This attorney is the worst , she mishandled my case dragged it out and made everything difficult. She also has no communication skills, I would call for advice on a emergency situation and she left me stranded and it hurt my case . The most disturbing part of it she works with the opposite party att...orney, that attorney then fabricated the information in court to help hurt the case. This attorney drinks as well. It’s visible her patience with her clients are defensive, she makes you feel less than. She’s irritable and lazy. She doesn’t care about children well-being. To add if you’re pretty woman she will make you very uncomfortable stay away!

Ms.Ibok represents my 3 young children in family court and I am Pro se. She communicates with the respondent's attorney and refuse to communicate with me after I've made several attempts to reach a compromise (the respondent is the paternal grandmother who gained custody of my children by default on ...my part and consent by the father). Ms. Ibok was bought on my case after the prior children's attorney withdrew after I exposed her to her supervisor for misrepresentation. Ms. Ibok unfamiliar with my custody case requested NO contact for myself & three young children 8, 7, and 6 at that time. Now their 9, 8 & 6. I haven't seen or spoken with my kids since 1/17/18 to present day nor has the father. On one occasion I visited her office it was May 22, 2018 and when the receptionist went to get her she came out and saw it was me and she said curtly " you can't come to my office" closed the door and walked away ; prior she consistently ignores my emails. I filed a motion to show cause to recuse her for her incompetence and conflict of interest. She has NOT represented my kids properly, they do NOT want to be alienated from their parents and has ALWAYS maintained that via supervised visits w social workers and court reports and ACS. Still Ms. Ibok works along with the respondent and her attorney ALL are seniors. My children are being neglected by the pgm( paternal grandmother) and Ms. Ibok fails to advocate for reunification of my family DESPITE the fact BOTH parents do NOT have ANY abuse allegations and the pgm lost her parental rights for all 6 of her own kids and is currently terminally ill. Ms. Ibok when asked if my kids wanted to see me in court claimed she explained to my kids client and attorney privilege and they are exercising that right. I KNOW MY KIDS AND THAT IS A BLANTANT LIE!!!! if my kids DIDN'T want to see me that would ONLY solidify her REQUEST so WHY on God's green earth she would withhold that information. This is deliberate omission and willful deception and misrepresentation of the facts. She CAN'T even pronounce my 1st born MOSES's name and she speaks incoherently there is no way my kids comprehend her claims. She should be suspended immediately or disbarred.

My husband and I were accused of child abuse in 2014, and Ms. Etta Ibok, Esq. was a court-appointed attorney that represented me. I consider myself very fortunate that I was assigned this particular lawyer. Everything I can say about her is very positive and glowing. She is a consummate professional:... very attentive, will not miss small details, which is crucial in building a defense strategy in a case like mine. She will make sure to take time and to explain her strategy and ideas to her client, making certain that they understand fully all the proceedings and outcomes. As a person, she is very sincere, she took my case as her own; it was evident that she took it close to heart and that the outcome of every hearing mattered to her, as it did to me. She was very compassionate and listened to me without judgment. Sometimes I left her office after 10 pm – she spent many hours and late nights on my case, studying it closely, pouring over every detail and preparing me for every question. She is always very organized, with copious notes and she was prepared for every eventuality, not missing a single detail. When she offered to file for a 1028 hearing, no one (including the caseworkers) believed it would work. She believed, and I hoped that it could work. We got the children back before the final ruling. 9 months later, the courts gave us our children back to us permanently and closed the case. Our feelings about her are not to the person that provided a service. We feel like she is a member of our family, and is close to our heart. She gave us our life back, and it happened much faster than is usual for such cases. Everything she did was in my best interest and listening and following her wise advice was the best thing I could do for my family and my own sanity.

What should have been a fairly easy case, was turned into a long, drawn out process and I was very unhappy with the outcome. She does not recall what she says or is ordered by the court to do. She does not do well when she is flustered. At my most recent court date, I was being questioned by the othe...r attorney and she was objecting so much, she was overruled almost every time and at one point just stood there stammering because she could not get the words out.