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| - I hired this law firm in 2012 to represent me in a child custody case; the other party (mother) had obtained an Order of Protection, unbeknownst to me, which evicted me from my home and prohibited me from having contact with my 2 yr old daughter. I was a stay at home father for all 24 months of my daughter's life, so needless to say, I was devastated. I requested a hearing to quash the order, but Deshon Pullen and Associates told me the hearing would be vacated because they settled with the opposing counsel to remove the child from the Order of Protection. The court cited that I failed to appear, and denied our stipulated agreement without any explanation from Deshon Pullen and Associates.
This firm did represent me at our temporary orders hearing, and our family court judge did remove my daughter from the order and award me joint custody and exclusive use of the marital residence...after not having ANY contact with my daughter for 3.5 months and after a Notice of Trustee Sale was filed to foreclose my home that I hadn't occupied for 3.5 months. They withdrew from my case after our temporary orders hearing, informed me that I exhausted my $10,000 retainer, and then mailed me a bill for an additional $2,000.
My daughter is now 8 yrs old, and she's with me most of the time, but when I think about my experience with this firm and my losses, I get nauseous.
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