Connie L Hall LLC

"Ms. Hall was appointed as a GAL for a custody modification case that my husband's ex wife brought against him. Connie's job was to investigate both parents, and be a representative of the court on behalf of the children, to make a decision on which house they would primarily reside in, and which school they would go to. From the beginning, she was not responsive. We reached out to her several times to schedule our home visit with no reply, yet somehow during that time, she managed to get out to the ex wife's house, who lives an hour and 10 minutes away. When she finally scheduled our visit, she was late with no notification. When she got there, she was friendly and pleasant to talk to. However, she asked to touch my biracial stepdaughters hair. Anyone who is a person of color knows that this demonstrates ignorance and a complete lack of understanding for the experiences of people who do not look like her. We knew from that point on that we had an uphill battle, and that she would never be a true advocate, because she could never understand the dynamics that we, and our biracial children, were having to deal with in this case. That was our last main correspondence with her. She began to correspond only with the ex wife. She gathered references from each parent, yet never contacted any references on my husband's list. She would make phone calls to the ex wife and children, but ONLY while they were with their mother. The ex wife is a MASTER manipulator, and she absolutely had the children eating out of her hand. During our initial court appearance, she stated that the three children preferred to be with dad, but the ex wife manipulated the oldest child to change his mind, and told Connie to call him the day before the hearing. Connie was not able to see through this manipulation, and essentially got played by the ex wife as well. When she came to the hearing, she stated that because the child had changed his mind, she couldn't make a decision about where the children should be, EVEN THOUGH HER WHOLE JOB IS TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE CHILDREN SHOULD BE. Fast forward to the following summer, the oldest child began to have issues, and told his dad that he wanted to live with him. She met with the children after the middle child shared that his mother and stepfather had been yelling at and intimidating the oldest child for changing his mind on where he wanted to live. Connie stated that the oldest child was clearly uncomfortable in that environment and that he was having problems with his stepfather, BUT, she wouldn't change her recommendation for all of the children to stay with their mother. Now mind you, the oldest child was getting bullied, was saying that he didn't fit in, didn't have any friends, was uncomfortable being there, etc, but because he told Connie that he would miss his siblings if he had to be separated, she deemed it best to put him back in that same environment. She recommended that we get him counseling, so we proceed to do that. However, we needed mom's permission per the rules of the old parenting agreement. We reached out to mom several times about this, with no response. We informed our attorney, and Connie, and the attorney asked for Connie's authority for us to take our son to a counselor in our area. Connie never responded, but what she DID do, was reach out to the ex wife and ask if she had enrolled the child in counseling yet. So, from the very beginning, she was always on Team Ex-Wife. But she was unable to be an advocate for one of the children she was supposed to be representing, when he cried out for help. Connie is afraid to make decisions, doesn't investigate fully before making opinions, and is keenly unaware of the dynamics of people of color versus the system, which played a huge role in our case. If you ever have the option of choosing a GAL, and she is mentioned, I would not choose her and ESPECIALLY if you are a person of color. Do yourself a favor, and look elsewhere."

"My understanding a GAL is for the child however, Connie is not!!! She is impressed with money and money only. She DOES NOT investigate anything to protect the child. When photos of bruises and written letters from outside individuals are given, it is over looked. When she side’s with a father in which has never taken his child doctor there is an issue! If something happens to any child I really hope she doesn’t sleep at night and karma finds her! The truth always comes out!!!"

"The moment I talked to them over the phone I liked them Alot, the moment I met them I loved them. They made me feel protected during this whole trial and case. I've also had other lawyers to compare them to and they are worth the price you have to pay to win. They have made me feel like they are on my side completely not just made me feel but more than proven themselves action speaks louder than words and they are all about taking action. I truly am blessed that they took on my complicated case they have done what no lawyer has done for us in the last couple years ..... I highly recommend seriously I had even put off writing this review until I knew for certain and after the huge success today I'm certain you will not be disappointed!!!!!!! Call them ....... There's been nothing but smiles after leaving their office every time !!"

"Very disappointed. Not timely at all in making house calls or returning communications. Bases dicisions on school and school location and not total well being of child. She is not good at discerning truth and smoke screens. She is afraid to make decisions and gives very poor advice. She showed up late to court and made everyone including the judge wait on her. Then she had no facts or any notes to read off. She stumbled on her words and forgot the questions. Very unprofessional in court but seems to be great at being social in the lobby. When her money management mistake was pointed out, she refused to reply back. Did you think your poor service wouldn't get noticed? I've had several other attorney's to compare her with. Very disappointed."

"I was appointed ty his attorney as the guardian or my children last March. After my ex could do not it comes up with his half of her fees, he dropped the case. Mrs Hall advised me that I would receive my $500 back since she never met with myself or my children. Almost one year later and numerous calls and emails, I am still without my money. I'm as sofrustrated because she won't return my calls. Definitely dissatisfied"