Sharon Jo Gentry

I retained Gentry on the advice of a friend without doing enough research on my own. This is an error that will likely costly me custody of my children, despite the obvious advantage I have as the custodial parent. I'm writing this review in hopes to prevent this situation from happening to other fam...ilies. This attorney took on the case even though--as it turned out--she was not qualified to handle a case of such complexity. All along Gentry seemed to have little initiative to fight for me and my family, as she was hired to do. Of course, no attorney can guarantee a particular outcome, but one assumes that they work for your best interest. As explained to me by my new counsel, Gentry made several errors related to the manner of proceedings that delayed the case, thus greatly weakening my advantage. A number of the things she described to me regarding the procedure for this type of case turned out to be inaccurate, thus I did not have full information in order to make decisions about what strategy to pursue in litigation. In one hearing, Gentry argued the exact opposite of my position, effectively arguing in favor of the other side. When I questioned her about this, she decided she could no longer represent me and immediately filed a motion to withdraw. At that point, my next hearing was removed from the court schedule, delaying the proceedings and vastly weakening my position. Because the firm bills so aggressively, at the point this happened my retainer was all but exhausted.