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12/6/17 |
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Lori was recommended as someone would be an advocate for my children and me, leaving an abusive home situation with my ex husband, who had an open CPS case against him and had temporarily lost custody due to extreme abuse. The end result of working with Lori was a financial and custodial mess. My kids were not protected. My children were still in an abusive and neglectful situation, and he was still behind on support, with minimal to no help from Lori. Lori admitted to grossly overcharging me, and ultimately cut my bill down by 1/3 to fix her "error". I am still in custody and support hell but have retained a new lawyer. She knowingly and purposely left me and more importantly my children out in the cold, and didn't think twice about it. I cannot think of a less competent, less caring person that should be practicing family law. I could not in good conscience let this go without warning others. I wish I could go into more detail, but there is a character limit for these reviews.
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3/7/16 |
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Lori is a very experienced attorney who handles tough cases well. She is very protective of children. She is good in court, but also knows how to negotiate well and protect her client's interests.
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7/1/14 |
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Lori suggested that I file for discovery because I was sure that he was hiding assets during our 30 years of marriage. I then got a notification from my Spouse’s attorney that I too had to fill out discovery papers. Page after page of private information that I had to fill out with a lot of tears. Pictures of me with any men, letters, cards etc. He was the one having the affair, not me! He was the one that was in control of all of our money, yet I was the one filling out discovery. In the end, my husband never even had to do discovery. His attorney ignored letters from Lori stating that my husband needed to turn in his discovery or he would be held in contempt of court. Lori gave up. She said the divorce would drag out for another year if I didn’t just go ahead with mediation without his discovery. At that point, I was running out of money so we proceeded with mediation. I handed my paycheck over to him all those years and I made more money than he did. What a wealthy guy he is today.
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5/3/13 |
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I was referred to Attorney Spearman by a very well-respected family law specialist, in 2005, to handle my divorce. I was completely satisfied in all these rating areas and am astonished to see the negative comments here. I searched just to find her current office address, as I may have need of some family law advice in the near future.
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SYSTEM: location changed from Grapevine, TX to Southlake, TX |
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3/22/12 |
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It was very encouraging to read all these other reviews. I am at the front in of my divorce and have had two meetings with her. She has provided slim to no advice or direction. "Talks down to" is a mild way of putting it! She is offended at the idea of having to answer a question, provide advice and direction, which is what I thought an attorney was for. Stupid me I guess. She flies off the handle each and every time I asked a question and treated me like I was stupid...well lady this is my first and hopefully last time to ever go through a divorce. I am going to fire her just as soon as I find a replacement.
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3/9/11 |
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She is very knowledgeable and very easy to work with. I would recommend here
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10/30/10 |
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Yes, horrible communication, talks down to client. Very rude and impatient when asked any clarifying questions. Made huge mistake forwarding document to opposing party before terms of divorce were met.
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12/28/09 |
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I agree, She was a horrible attorney! Screwed up my Divorce Decree and it took almost a year and a half to have it re-done! She was also over an hour late to my court appearence.....and did not give a you know what!
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3/28/07 |
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She sure is nice before she is retained. Lookout afterward though. VERY unprofessional when dealing with her clients. I was spoken down to constantly. Simply wants to get the procedings overwith rather than making certain that every base is covered. That is especially important when children are involved. NOT empathetic to someone going through the extreme pain of divorce.
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9/27/06 |
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shows biast/favortism towards certain clients when she is acting as an ad lietem does not have the childs best interest at hand. doesn't take time to get truthful facts and goes by just suggestions from caseworkers without appropriate investigation
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