Experienced Wake Forest Child Custody Lawyer

I feel obligated to write a truthful review of my experience with Kathleen Murphy as my attorney. It has been an absolute nightmare since August 2 of 2024 the day I hired her. I requested that she file for custody of my daughter, and she instructed me that it was not the right time for that and not part of her strategy at that time. I trusted her expertise as I have never been through something like this. I continued to request every month since August 2024 for her to file For custody of my daughter And she kept giving me the same excuse. Her answer continued to be That she did not feel that was the right strategic move at this time and that she would deal with that later. During the last 15 months, I have been denied visits with my daughter by her other parent. My daughter continues to be told untruths about me, And I cannot do anything to facilitate reconciliation with her because Kathleen Murphy has filed no motions to get me any visitation and has failed to file for custody on my behalf despite the fact that I have paid her Approximately $100,000. I have been grossly misrepresented by Kathleen Murphy. I have been unable to communicate with her for months. She does not return emails. She does not return phone calls despite promising to do so. She does not do what she promises to do. This has been my own personal experience with her. I have had very little contact with her paralegal and almost no contact with Kathleen herself. I have followed her advice and done exactly what she has told me to do Since the day that I hired her. Her advice Has made My already difficult divorce even worse. She has put me approximately $100,000 in debt, I am still not divorced, as she refused to file it for me until I paid her an additional $2500, I still receive no salary from the businesses that I am a co-owner of because Kathleen Murphy has filed no motions on my behalf To get me a salary. I still do not have visitation with my daughter because Kathleen Murphy has failed to file for custody as she promised to do. I tried to fire Kathleen Murphy in March 2025 and she begged me not to and she promised me that she would give My case the attention that it deserved. She told me that I needed to give her a good review and so initially I did because I felt pressure to do so just to get her to work on my case. The review that I initially gave was what she wanted me to say not what really happened. I had to finally fire Kathleen Murphy And hire a new law firm. The law requires that Kathleen Murphy turn all of my files over to the new law firm and she has still refused to do that as of today. She has made it very difficult for my new law firm to properly represent me because she is still refusing to turn over my files. Even though I have already paid Kathleen Murphy approximately $100,000 and she has failed to file for my divorce and she has failed to file for custody of my daughter. She is still sending me bills for $15,000 and for $5000 additionally, Even after being fired, she continues to send me bills for work that she did not do and communication that she failed to have with me. I witnessed her being rude to me to her own paralegal, to a friend of mine, and to a retired judge. Based on my personal experience with her, the lack of communication that I received from her, The fact that I was not allowed access to her, and to her staff, the fact that I was not made aware and kept updated On my case, I cannot recommend this attorney to anyone. Sincerely, Teresa Hamaty