Financially draining no progress in case I don’t normally post long reviews, but my experience with Buchanan Law Group was so costly and stressful that I feel obligated to warn others. I hired this firm for my divorce case, which should have been straightforward since my husband and I agreed on everything. Yet my case dragged on for a full year, and I spent nearly $20,000 with nothing completed and no meaningful progress to show for it. I ultimately had to hire a new attorney just to finally close out my file. The biggest issue was that the Marital Settlement Agreement (MSA) and Allocation Judgment were never completed correctly, despite being billed for more than 15 hours of “drafting,” “reviewing,” “revising,” and “case reviews.” Important components I requested such as the child schedule, true-up language, and a provisional clause were never added, even after months of corrections and repeated emails from me. I often received “revised” documents that looked nearly identical to previous versions. Communication was poor throughout the entire case. I was never informed that a scheduled court date had been stricken. Whenever I asked questions by email, the responses were vague, incomplete, or evasive, forcing me to send multiple follow-ups just to get basic clarity. This made an already difficult time even more confusing and stressful. The billing practices were some of the worst I’ve encountered. They bill bi-weekly, and the moment your retainer dips or you go a single week without replenishing it, you receive an email threatening that they will file a motion to withdraw from your case. Meanwhile, they burn through your retainer performing constant “case reviews” and “review settlement emails” that resulted in zero progress. It often felt like they were billing for the sake of billing not to move the case forward. I was also charged attorney rates for blatantly clerical tasks like: – Adding a case number – Saving documents – Gathering and emailing files – Basic filing tasks These were billed at $325/hour, which is shocking considering the lack of actual legal progress. Perhaps the most serious issue was the mishandling of the SDU and child support filing. The paperwork was submitted incorrectly, which caused delays in my child support payments. I had to notify the firm that payments were not being processed due to their errors and then I was billed for their responses about the issue that they caused. After a year of constant “case reviews,” vague explanations, incorrect filings, and thousands of dollars wasted, I still did not have a completed MSA or Allocation. I ultimately had to hire a new attorney to finish what this firm never did. My experience with Buchanan Law Group and Rebecca LaRocque was extremely disappointing and financially draining. If you are considering this firm, please proceed with caution and monitor every invoice, every draft, and every communication. I genuinely wish someone had warned me before I spent so much time, money, and emotional energy with so little to show for it.
Data dell'esperienza: 16 August, 2024