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He was always available to discuss issues with my custody case, and keep my best interests and those of my young son in mind.
If you are looking for a family lawyer thay will not only help you through the maze that is family court, but someone to help keep you grounded while you are in probably one of the most difficult times of your life, I highly recommend speaking with Adam.
Finally, if your case has multi-state aspects - Adam was able to explain how this even more complicated process works better than just about any lawyer I have spoken to. Even though he is not able to give advice in regards to other states, he has a very good understanding of the process and can help explain things in a clear and understandable way.
Divorce started, settlement agreement signed. After the proper waiting period, I find it very suspicious that he hasn't shown us any copies of the filed settlement agreement. Adam assures us that the agreement is only filed with the final paperwork of the divorce. I assume that this man knows the law and I relax. During this time I reiterate over and over about the name change paper (it's one paper, should be filed with divorce.) Divorce license (is this what it's called?) comes in the mail, but despite the finalized divorce, there is still no sign of this settlement agreement having been filed. Queue phone conversation where at first, Adam lies about having filed the agreement, then finally admits it was never filed:
Adam: I filed it with the paperwork. They don't stamp settlement agreements.
me: Can I get copies of the divorce paperwork
Adam: We did the wrong divorce in the first place, they wouldn't let me file the settlement agreement, it never got filed.
I am obviously paraphrasing. So even though we went into this divorce knowing exactly what we wanted (an amicable divorce WITH a settlement agreement) you filed the wrong type of divorce, and lied to me and my ex husband over and over about having "filed the settlement agreement" without ever actually filing it. He assured us over and over via email that he was filing the agreement, confirmed it had been filed, lied about it on the phone, THEN remembered it had never been filed in the same six minute conversation. He didn't even file the ONE paper for a name change. Yay for long lines at the Social Security office instead!
Enjoy the $1500 we wasted learning our lesson. I hope no one else has to go through that. It was probably the most simple divorce possible and you still managed to mangle it.