Michele C Verno

Please take time to read the negative reviews this attorney has received and understand that they are 100 percent spot on. She is unethical - period. I cannot stress this enough. She is NEVER reachable when you need her to be. Her advice is abhorrent. Her fees will leave you in debt and are abso...lutely not supportable by her. Please do not use her - even if you get her name from a friend. As I learned, other attorneys may be aware of her but not how she practices and your friends will end up feeling horrible they referred you to her. As several other attorneys I have spoken to have now described her, she is the "worst of the worst". She has no business in matrimonal law. Several things are certain if you hire her - she will make your divorce far more acrimonial than it needs to be, she will leave you penniless, she will not follow Court rules and you will pay the price, and she will ensure that what is probably an extremely low point in your life is lowered to a depth you did not know was possible. DO NOT USE her.

Retained Michelle on a recommendation after my first attorney had to leave the case. First attorney did most of the ground work. Michelle Went thru 5,000 retainer and I never once received an itemized bill from her - even when I asked. She wrote letters for everything, but nothing was ever accompl...ished. She wasn't working for me or representing me - rather herself. She told Me one thing and then in court changed Her mind and I had no time to decide what to do. She seemed overly frustrated all the time. She did try to appease me once or twice. But the bottom is - one year and 12,000 later - I am still not divorced ...but legally separated. I am paying rediculousness amounts of money that I cannot afford. I lost everything and she did nothing for me. She didn't want me to go to trial. But now I see why .......because she wanted to Bill me and if we went to trial she would have had to wait to Bill me. Horrible incompetent would not refer her to anyone.

I am not one to leave negative reviews unless I am deeply troubled by an experience. However, I feel it is my moral responsibility to warn other potential clients of Michelle Verno before they make the same mistake I did. She is horrible. She doesn't return any phone calls, is impossible to get in t...ouch with and does the absolute bare minimum as an attorney. My ex-husband's attorney did 95%of the work and charged him only 200 dollars more than she charged me. He was easily accessible and guided my ex husband during the whole process. Not the case with Michelle. I might as well have represented myself. I considered firing her at one point but I felt as though we were too far into the process to do so. So I'm hoping that I will save others the grief and anxiety that I experienced from using her as my attorney .

I used Michele for my divorce case and I could not have asked for a more caring person to handle things. I did not have a lot of complex issues, but she gave me the attention that I needed and I even got money back from my retainer. It is true that she is sometimes hard to get a hold of, but she ga...ve me her personal cell phone number. I used it after hours and on weekends and always got a response. I think that she goes above and beyond what is expected of her.

I read the other reviews and these people are clearly just unhappy vendictive people. Verno handled my very complex divorce and she did a great job. I was not happy with every single thing. But I felt like she listened to me and fought for what I wanted. I would definately reccommend Verno to anyo...ne going through a divorce.