Heather Schmidt Bresnahan

I hired this firm to handle a custody situation with my son in which I moved to a different city than his father but was still in the same county. I initially had primary custody and did all of the work as the primary parent- none the less my ex filed for full custody. It was supposed to be a hearing... for a school decision (my son was starting kindergarten) but soon turned into a full blown custody hearing where I was in danger of losing all parental rights and only getting 50% custody. This firm did nothing to help me keep primary custody. They consistently told me that I was wrong for moving to a better area for my son because “I had no valid reason to move” and that the court would never give me full custody because of that. During my custody battle I had various lawyers show up to my conciliation hearings unprepared and asking me simple questions such as, what my sons name is, while we were waiting to go inside. I felt that they were extremely unfocused and were unwilling to put in any effort into actually winning my case but had no problem charging an exorbitant amount of money for their half hearted services. The only reason I’m giving two stars is because they managed to file paperwork in a timely manner.

I hired Heather and I had a mountain of safety concerns regarding my then 2 year olds father. Had she done her job with any conscious whatsoever we never would have endured 2 years of sheer hell. She was directly responsible for my child’s father getting unsupervised visitation. Should never have hap...pened.

I would highly recommend you hire Heather Schmidt. She is tough and smart. She fought for me and won. I now have shared custody of my son even though his mother tried every trick in the book to try to discredit me, even filing false charges against me. Heather was able to convince the judge that thes...e allegations were false through her expertise at cross-examination. Hire her, she will really fight for you too!

Heather is the Shark! She has been very aggressive when needed and when appropriate. She has listened to my needs and concerns as the client, but also has been able to balance my requests, yet be diligent in looking out for my best interests as my attorney. I can't say enough because I was in a ma...jor, at least in my terms, a major custody battle and she prevailed or rather pulled through for me and my son! I can't thank her enough and spread the good word about Heather and her level of knowledge and expertise in family law regarding divorce and custody. It just flows and comes naturally for Heather-there is no hesitation! She knows her stuff! I don't believe I would be where I am today without Heather-I meant this! These words are expressed with the sincerest gratitude!