Kimberly Marie Prendergast

We met with Amanda for Custody who after stating our facts made it seem that we had a good case to fight for Physical Custody. Our case was than given to Kim. We would have gone Pro Se as we wouldn't believe anyone would have fought for our case as well as we would have and we were right, we could ha...ve done this better ourselves. We like to stay on top of things and this Office made us feel like we were a handful, although taking our money was not a problem. We did most of the work. We gathered the facts, pretty much put the case together for them with out their requests but we knew what we had to do and they would get upset with many emails from us full of facts, as we had a high conflict case. All they did for us was fill out and file forms for us, something we could have done ourselves. Kim showed up to court late twice. The last hearing she was almost an hour late, leaving us worried, stressed only to call us the the day before to pretty much tell us we had no chance in Physical Custody and to come up with a better visitation plan. Court day after being almost an hour late, got the other Party to agree to visitation except transportation. When our turn came with the Judge it was only 11am and we had the courtroom to ourselves, we had the time to present and fight our Custody Case, but instead, Kim only brought up the Transportation disagreement and didn't argue it as that was something we really wanted after having to give up the fight for Physical Custody. All the hard work my Husband and I did, the great case we had that we would have liked to have had a chance to present and fight all for nothing. In the end Kim got the Mother to agree on some visitation, and that was that. We are very disappointed with the outcome as we spend thousands of dollars with her Law Firm only for them to fill out some docs and to file them, something we were intelligent enough to do ourselves. We only hired an Attorney because we didn't want to get taken advantage of being in California and My husband being a Father fighting for Custody and this state being Pro Mother. We put so much work, energy, money, time, stress, you name it into this case and we feel cheated and robbed as nothing went as we planned. Lawyers are not always the best benefit, the other party had no Lawyer and still we had no advantage. We are unsatisfied with the work this Lawyer and her Law Office did for us and I recommend you do a lot of research before hiring any lawyer. Kim's office does not have many reviews, I tried to look for some before hiring them, but after meeting with Amanda from Dorado & Dorado ALPC we felt confident in her confidence in having a good chance at getting Custody, but of course typically lawyers will tell you what you want to hear to get you as a client and than results are nothing like that Consultation! Good Luck if you choose Kim or her Law Firm. We would have been better off Pro Se and most people that I talk to have said the same.