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Jun 12, 2016
I highly recommend Heather Williams and everyone at Raleigh Divorce Firm, especially if you are involved in a high conflict situation. I was being sued by my husband’s ex-wife for Alienation of Affection and contacted Heather to represent me. My husband’s ex-wife retained a lawyer who ended up taking a personal interest in persecuting my husband, costing him $80,000 in legal fees and destroying their co-parenting relationship. His ex retained the same lawyer to sue me, and I am so grateful that I had Heather on my side. Early on, we thought we reached a settlement with the ex for $10,000, but she did not execute because her lawyer promised to secure $40,000 plus expenses from me. This lawyer filed the complaint in February and took no action whatsoever, as she knew Heather was scheduled for maternity leave in September. Heather contacted her in July, inquiring when she was going to schedule the court case, and the lawyer only proposed dates while Heather was out. When Heather objected, the lawyer got particularly nasty and personal with Heather, even accusing Heather of getting pregnant just to obstruct the case! Heather held her ground, not being intimidated like my husband’s first lawyer, and secured dates for when she returned from leave. As part of the discovery process, we learned that his ex and the lawyer had illegally taken copies of my husband’s computers and phone. In addition, the ex admitted entering into my husband’s residence without his express permission, breaching the terms of their separation and custody agreement. My husband then installed a security camera in his apartment and captured her several times wandering through his apartment, snooping through papers and entering his personal bathroom. Heather then had the brilliant idea of filing an invasion of privacy suit against her, a criminal offense, which we ended up using in mediation. We did end up settling, but for less than the $10,000 initially offered to her and far less than the $40,000 + she expected. This was a huge victory, due to the vexatious and legally oppressive nature of the divorce and the particular nastiness of the ex’s lawyer, who had taken a personal, vengeful interest in punishing my husband. Heather stood up to the bullying tactics of the ex’s lawyer, with confidence, professionalism, knowledge of the law, and brilliant legal strategies. My only wish is that my husband would have found Heather vs. the first lawyer he retained. If he had retained Heather in the beginning, I doubt if the legal situation would have escalated to where it is now and they could have maintained a healthy parenting partnership, which has been destroyed by his ex’s lawyer.