Elise M. Mitchell is truly the worst part of my divorce. She is rude, tactless and a complete failure as an attorney AND as a person. She is dishonest in her billing, lazy in her representation, does not convey information and should not be allowed to practice any kind of law.
When I wrote to her my concerns, she responded immaturely, and quick to point out she quashed my ex wife's motion for a CLETS order. What she is not quick to point out, is that she showed up to the original trial date, completely unprepared... No witnesses, no supporting documentation... NOTHING!
Apposing counsel was totally prepared, with several witnesses, etc. I was very lucky, in that the judge was not able to hear this case, due to a heavier than normal case load. Did this embarras my attorney? NOPE, she was bragging how lucky we were, etc. She then asked me who these people were that the apposing side had in the courtroom... Blah... Blah... Blah... Pathetic.
She then demands I go to her office to discuss a strategy for the new trial date. When I went there, she met me with a list of items that she required me to do. This list was items that an attornies office would handle, but she said I could not afford Cadillac services, and am paying for Ford services. Now I read our Attorney / client fee agreement pretty carefully, but do not remeber that clause. From what I could tell she had an hourly rate... Period.
Anyways, there was no new strategy, except to have me perform the errands. The CLETS hearing was a slam dunk, not due to my attornies credit, but due to the fact that my ex lied about everything, and we were able to prove she lied.
She will also be very quick to point out that she was able to convince a case management officer to allow me to retain my residence and car, BUT she will not mention that she also failed to negotiate any time to make the first payment due of a little more than 2,000.00, knowing full well my ex killed our business, leaving me with no income what so ever.
My wife had a pretty new Honda Accord, and now our Tahoe too. Later, she was able to force me from the family home, and selling it (even though the 120K down payment was made from my fathers inheritance money), and to make matters worse, my ex ended up with everything... Every penny.
The courts ordered a pots and pans mediation, we generated a list, and Amy picked up her items, along with most of mine, and my attorney made no attempt to get these items back.
After having so many bad experiences with Elise Mitchell, I informed her that I would be meeting with another attorney, and wanted to see if I could possibly get another attorney to take over my case, without requiring a new retainer to be paid, as I did not have that kind of money. She reacted very poorly, speaking directly behind my back to commisioner Schroeder, assasinating my character to him. A week later at a hearing with Mr Schroeder, he threatened me into agreeing to settle with my ex, and her father, leaving me with nothing. The whole time this took place during his lunch hour, in his chambers, AND himand my attorney were hitting me with both barrells. My attorney was still my attorney of record, and her job was to represent me, and protect my rights.instead, she did everything possible to destroy my chances.
Again, please beware Elise M. Mitchell Attorney at Law... She will do you wrong!!!
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