Tami Elizabeth Ratliff

I saw this Lady for a case. She booked 2 people same day and same time . We both walked in same time. She hurried me through, then told me she will charge 10k but will collect 4k as down-payment. I gave her my credit card, she charged 5k instead and did not give me a receipt. I immediately check...ed my card at home and discovered she took 5k. This makes me think twice and partly culminated in my telling her I do not want to proceed and wants my money back 3 days later. I opted to have her withdraw the case as part of the 2 options she gave. She did not mentioned anything about my refund. I contacted her again, and then again. She then told me my down-payment is nonrefundable. I asked for at least given me the extra 1k she took from my card, she said I don't remember saying 4k,...let me check...but did not get back to me. I contacted her again but she always try to divert conversation. She said I can only use the down-payment towards the case if I decide to proceed in the future. I asked for any signed document confirming such agreement since she never told me that payment is non -refundable. She is not sending me any document and our online conversation had miraculously disappeared. I can not even retrieve initial fillings and communications. I have contacted other attorneys and have been advised this is utterly wrong and unethical and I need to file complaint against her with the State. My 5k had gone after spending less than 30min with her. She has deep eye for your money .. be aware, you are warned.

It saddens me to see people, who work hard for what they have and fall upon hard times, as we all experience. What more saddening, is the exploitation of these people, DURING their difficult time, by attorney's who've been hired to protect our rights as American citizens, under constitional law. Atto...rney's are paid for what they consider a "job," just as if they were going to Firestone to manufacture tires every day. Instead, we as citizens, are coerced into "buying into" whatever deal we're presented with and most times, in an effort to uphold the personal agenda of our legal counsel, who is concerned with pushing this client out the door to open a seat for the next lucky lucky exploited. While in the process of hiring an attorney, I read reviews because word of mouth is the best advertisement tool we have; it is also the worst advertisement tool for those with less than ethical intentions. Based on the reviews I've read and the personal testimonies of people I've spoken with, it sounds as if the judicial system may need to reconsider their decision to allow this type of conduct to remain in legal practice. Sifting through the madness to find a quality attorney is utterly exhausting.

At first, she was great filed all the needed motions and seemed very sure of herself. Until my husband hired his attorney which happened to be her mentor and I was told by a friend she was turned down by the same attorney because it would be a conflict of interest if she was opposing lawyer because '..." she taught her everything she knows" never mentioned to me only by my ex who was aware. She filed restraining orders and motions for him to pay me legal fees and spousal support due to the cheating and abuse. promises I would be reimbursed for all the repairs I had to make to our home that his renter/girlfriend caused. Never happened. I gave her so much evidence of domestic violence pictures and text and voicemails. She never used any of it. He never paid a dime of what I lost. She canceled every single hearing ever scheduled and there was like 5. Never even had to answer one question and turned the motion to enforce to get some of my money returned into the final hearing. Oh, and when I exited the elevator in the courthouse she was sitting and carrying on with his attorney and him and after she did absolutely nothing but con me, she stayed behind to chat with them some more after I left courtroom. Very embarrassing and I believe disrespectful to say the least. I paid all my own court costs, and she dropped the spousal support and restraining order first thing and she never even pulled a financial discovery to see what we had and was allowed to sell all our furniture and belongings we left in the home when we moved abruptly due to abuse. she also wrote special clauses in the divorce where all our debts were separate the day we separated. THATS IN NO WAY THE LAW. or in my best interest at all. I could go on and on at the mistakes and lack of interest in my situation and obviously had better things to do. She even offered to send an ac repair man to fix the ac that all the parts were lifted off of before I took possession of our home. Told me to bat my eyelashes at him and she would get me a deal. Anyway, she is a crappy lawyer and is lazy!!! Didn't lift a finger or even make a call I had to do it. She sent a few emails to her MENTOR that said let's get this one done and gone!! She sent that to me. PROMISES PROMISES!!!!BS!!!!Run!!!!!! And my ex actually recommended her to his friend in a cps case! Just WOW!

Tami was hired for my divorce case. I terminated her 3 months into it. PROS: She was responsive. I had no issues getting in touch with her either by text or email. CONS: With my particular case, I feel she had an agenda from the beginning which wasn't revealed until after I fired her. That agenda... was to settled the case, even though it wasn't in the best interest of my child. She filed incorrect information in initial documents, didn't inform me of a cancellation of court date. She waited until the last minute to prepare for court, coerced me to agree to an agreement that she concocted with the opposing attorney and I had no knowledge of it until right before court. Unbeknownst to me, I had other options, but listening to her ended up costing me $35000 to undo her poor decisions. She gathered evidence and never used any of it. I consistently felt dismissed. She didn't listen to my request and it was as if she was grasping at straws with what to do. She padded her billing when I fired her to max out the retainer so she wouldn't have to give me any money back, despite clear errors like charging hourly rates higher than her contract stated. She has been disciplined before for being dishonest, failing to complete legal work and keeping money that doesn't belong to her. She's a small town attorney that works in a system where the law (or knowledge of it) is not a factor so it's easy to appear as if she's doing something noteworthy. May she never keep a single penny that she has dishonestly gained by cheating others.