Stacey Schmidt
Cottonwood Heights, UT
N/A
Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Divorce and separation
Language
English
About
Stacey specializes in assisting in family matters such as divorce, child support issues, and domestic violence situations. Working with Utah Legal Services she assisted those in domestic violence situations; she became the managing attorney for the state-wide domestic unit over 9 attorneys and numerous staff in courts throughout the state. Her legal experience has equipped her with the tools to protect her client’s interest in divorce, custody, property, and domestic law. Stacey loves spending time with her family, skiing, playing sports. Originally from Alberta, Canada she has a rich native heritage and legal background. Professional Associations and Memberships
Practices Areas
Criminal Defense
Divorce and separation
Family
DUI and DWI
Language
English
Contact
Reviews
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.
DO NOT retain Stacey. She was appointed to my protective order case. She did not communicate with me, before bringing me up to the judge. Ignored me when I clearly wanted and needed to speak with her. I just found out it got dismissed, of course she did not notify me.
Stacey took care of some family law matters. Her work was generally careless and inattentive. Here are some specific examples. I called about an email I'd forwarded that needed some immediate action. She said she'd read it but was clearly doing something else during our conversation and was not making sense as I tried to find out what needed to be done. After about 15 minutes, she suddenly woke up and said "I just read it. We need to do something." This was frighteningly typical - billing but not paying attention. There was a new paralegal every few months. Documents were submitted in my name and in first person, but without any input from me and with embarrassingly incorrect facts and obvious, ridiculous, and sometimes seriously detrimental mistakes. One document had me swearing my name was some totally different person. "Oh, we fixed that," Stacey repeatedly said, but she hadn't. These documents are in the court record. They asked me to fax a signature page before I had even seen one document because they "were in a hurry." They were usually in hurry, and I got repeated calls from Stacey's latest paralegal trying frantically to throw together a statement left until the last minute. This was reflected in the sloppiness of the documents. I don't normally write reviews like this and I don't like to be critical, but Stacey's poor performance created a lot of problems and additional stress. Once I had had some experience with another lawyer, I realized how sloppy and ineffectual Stacey had been, and I'd like to prevent anyone else from having an experience like I had.