Modern Law

DON’T BE FOOLED BY THE SOCIAL MEDIA… this firm is the used car salesmen of the legal world. Modern Law seems is more worried about social media and appearances rather than the actual job being done for clients. I first worked with Katie, who is a Junior associate. I felt Katie advised me incorrectly on the process for obtaining an order of protection (you would hope and pray your attorney would know this).. which ultimately ended up hurting my case tremendously! I had to go to ANOTHER temporary hearing AND PAY FOR IT bc of this error. I was also billed for her team ghost writing something I couldn't even use. Katie did not show up on camera for my trial either. I sat alone on camera with my ex husband, his attorney and the judge. SO SCARY AND INTIMIDATING! Katie called in by phone for my trial.. No warning. SUPER UNPROFESSIONAL! After the trial, she called me & asked me how the judge's face looked etc. Just so disappointing! I had to pay the same amount for the trial even though I felt completely unrepresented. Talked with the owner Billie about the experience. Knowing my case was high conflict, Billie then proceeded to tell me I was a good candidate to represent myself with her other document prep business. WHAT?! I was shocked because that is the worst advice and 1000% not what I needed to hear during that time! Billie "allowed" me to switch to another attorney within her firm after our conversation. She also insulted me on this same call saying I clearly love to talk and should just self represent. Ironic coming from Billie! This is the most stressful time in my life and the last thing I need to hear from the owner who I have given my life savings to is an insult and then feeling like she doesn't want to even help me! She would recommend I represent myself later down the road AGAIN. That's twice! Feels like this firm just wants to do the light lifting and collect money for it. Then my new attorney Christopher called me to see if I had "given Billie's offer of representing myself any thought."I had TWO motions by Modern Law submitted on my behalf without my approval. I felt everything Modern Law did for me was left until the absolute last minute. Unacceptable for Modern Law to bill clients for motions they can't even review before submission. I was over billed for pretty much everything. My ex submitted to drug tests and the firm billed me $15 for "file maintenance of every single test even though I received them and reviewed them independently. No discussion on it either. Just kept racking up billable hours. What a waste of funds. Every meeting/phone call we had included at least 2-3 people from the firm. All three billed me for the meetings too. YAY! Again, huge waste of funds. After a very stressful summer of working with Modern Law, they basically told me I had to give them another $11k or they would not represent me at my rapidly approaching next hearing. I had already paid way more than this amount for the previous work and couldn't afford anymore up front so they withdrew from my case less than one week before my discovery responses were due! Again, last minute...Crippling my case! Knowing I was out of money and would not be working with them further, they quickly threw together some documents to file or send over half way started so they could bill me for those too. My attorney Christopher even billed me for a closing letter TO ME saying thanks for working with him. I have never written a negative review like this but as a single mother who works hard for her money and had to go to court against a drunk driver to fight to keep her kids safe, Modern Law more than let me down. I wish I would have read more truthful reviews about this firm before wasting my hard earned money with them. Don't be fooled by all the SEO and the Social Media posts. It's all fluff. Modern Law is not it. Ironically, once I parted ways with Modern Law, I settled my "high conflict" case out of court. Funny how that works, right?! And we settled for EXACTLY what I offered since day 1. Working with Modern Law made a difficult case so much more stressful. Invest in a firm that will invest in you.