Andrew Richmond
Virginia Beach, VA
Licensed for 14 years
Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Divorce and separation
Language
English
About
Honest. Caring. Diligent.Andrew T. Richmond has those qualities in spades, and he loves using them to help people move forward in a positive direction after experiencing what is oftentimes one of the most difficult times in their lives – the breaking up of a relationship.Mr. Richmond adeptly resolves complex divorces involving the equitable distribution of high assets, support and custody cases, through both contested litigation and negotiated agreements. He also handles a variety of other family-related matters, including Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court cases, paternity actions, Department of Human Services proceedings, and collaborative divorce.Mr. Richmond's peers elected him to be included in Virginia Business magazine’s Legal Elite in 2012 and 2014 in the Young Lawyer category and in 2015 in the Appellate Law category. He also has been named to Virginia Super Lawyers: Rising Stars list five consecutive years, 2013-2017. In 2014, Mr. Richmond was selected by Inside Business as one of the “Top Forty Under 40” young business people in Hampton Roads. He has an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale Hubbell.Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Richmond clerked for the Honorable Robert J. Humphreys of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, which is the appellate court for all divorce and family law appeals in the Commonwealth.
Practices Areas
Child custody
Divorce and separation
Family
Language
English
Contact
Mahoney & Richmond, PLLC4705 Columbus StSuite 101Virginia Beach, VA, 23462-6798
Office: N/A
Website: N/AReviews
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.
I originally hired the most senior partner of the law firm Andrew (Andy) is with and he was very supportive of my case. Then he became ill and my high conflict child custody case was passed along to the junior partner Andy. It was not until after I dismissed Andy and hired another attorney from another firm, that learned that Andy had failed to inform me that the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) who was appointed by the court, has to provide a final report to the Court. This was very crucial information that I did not have early on in my case, and it unfortunately resulted in a significant missed opportunity to reach out to the GAL soon after initially meeting her in Court. When I brought this to Andy's attention in my final meeting with him, he dismissed the GAL and her credentials as insignificant, when in fact, the GAL's report was extremely significant and ended up having a major (negative) impact on my case. The opposing counsel, however, did reach out to the GAL early on and it apparently helped to bias the narrative in favor of the opposing side, while I remained in the dark for several months before hiring a better attorney. This put me at a disadvantage and was a key piece of information that Andy should have shared with me in my very first meeting with him. Furthermore, Andy was often dismissive of my reasonable requests and at times appeared to be more of an advocate for my children's mother than for me. Instead of even trying to ask opposing counsel for reasonable visitation requests, he would initially respond that my children’s mother would say, "she'll never go for that" until I pushed him to convey my requests to opposing counsel. He was often caustic, criticized me, and demonstrated a lack of empathy for me. He also submitted written documentation to opposing counsel without asking for my review and approval of it first. It was evident to me by his aggressive, matter of fact, and sometimes critical demeanor, that Andy thought very highly of himself and his credentials. Andy came across to my wife and I as thinking very little of others, except when I hired another family law attorney, who he praised as being extremely capable.