I hired Kristen Leonard to represent me in a bogus 50B and enforce my custody agreement. She was very nice and made a lot of promises during the paid consultation. So after deciding to hire her to get my child returned to me, as I wasn't really worried they would continue an enforcement of the 50B. Ms. Leonard showed up too late to meet before our court appearance as promised; did not bring documents with her to court -- even though she was given 2 copies prior to court and I gave her 2 more copies after that day; did not subpoena any witnesses -- said she was going to subpoena 2 people; said she was going to police station to get copy of arrest report and the 911 calls; but no one there remembers seeing her; then left the court room as fast as she could. She said she could not get copy of 911 because "the girl" was on vacation??? that didn't make any sense to me. After the 50B was dismissed, she got out of the court house as fast as she could
When I ran her down ad asked her what to do next, she told me to "wait and see", or go back to my old attorney. When questioned abut what I paid her for, she actually told me that the amount I paid did not include the custody order. Both she and my boss said that the amount I had paid her had all been used (this proved not to be true when I got a copy of the statement). At that point Ms. Leonard said she had done everything I had paid her to do. So I contacted her boss, with a copy of the email from Ms. Leonard stating she would handle the custody issue, then the boss had Ms. Leonard call me and she "promised" she would "try" to help. During her trying to help me, she would tell me "she didn't hear from my ex" or she "had been in contact with my ex several times" ?? I was very confused. When I asked Ms. Leonard what my ex wanted from me to return my child, she didn't know. I "feel" Ms. Leonard was not trying to help me at all and was actually retaliating against me for calling her boss. When I finally insisted on a answer, miracuallsouslly my ex who wouldn't call her back, called within a few minutes. After all of this, Ms. Leonard actually said she would get the agreement signed by a judge if I paid her more money -- mone I had already paid her to do this same thing 3 weeks earlier. Of course I was not about the pay her any more money.
I "felt" I was in a bait and switch scam since she promised to do something, then wanted more money to do it. She definately was not prepared when we went to court, and although I paid her 3 times what all other attorneys wanted for just the 50B and I had it in writing that she was suppose to handle the custody issue, she said I didn't pay her to handle that. I lost 2 weeks waiting for Ms. Leonard to get my child back and I could say alot more about all the things that happened, but I hope this is enought for others to see what kind of lawyer she is. I definately would never recommend her to anyone.
Kristen Leonard Attorney Reviews
I hired Kristen Leonard to represent me in a bogus 50B and enforce my custody agreement. She was very nice and made a lot of promises during the paid consultation. So after deciding to hire her to get my child returned to me, as I wasn't really worried they would continue an enforcement of the 50B. Ms. Leonard showed up too late to meet before our court appearance as promised; did not bring documents with her to court -- even though she was given 2 copies prior to court and I gave her 2 more copies after that day; did not subpoena any witnesses -- said she was going to subpoena 2 people; said she was going to police station to get copy of arrest report and the 911 calls; but no one there remembers seeing her; then left the court room as fast as she could. She said she could not get copy of 911 because "the girl" was on vacation??? that didn't make any sense to me. After the 50B was dismissed, she got out of the court house as fast as she could
When I ran her down ad asked her what to do next, she told me to "wait and see", or go back to my old attorney. When questioned abut what I paid her for, she actually told me that the amount I paid did not include the custody order. Both she and my boss said that the amount I had paid her had all been used (this proved not to be true when I got a copy of the statement). At that point Ms. Leonard said she had done everything I had paid her to do. So I contacted her boss, with a copy of the email from Ms. Leonard stating she would handle the custody issue, then the boss had Ms. Leonard call me and she "promised" she would "try" to help. During her trying to help me, she would tell me "she didn't hear from my ex" or she "had been in contact with my ex several times" ?? I was very confused. When I asked Ms. Leonard what my ex wanted from me to return my child, she didn't know. I "feel" Ms. Leonard was not trying to help me at all and was actually retaliating against me for calling her boss. When I finally insisted on a answer, miracuallsouslly my ex who wouldn't call her back, called within a few minutes. After all of this, Ms. Leonard actually said she would get the agreement signed by a judge if I paid her more money -- mone I had already paid her to do this same thing 3 weeks earlier. Of course I was not about the pay her any more money.
I "felt" I was in a bait and switch scam since she promised to do something, then wanted more money to do it. She definately was not prepared when we went to court, and although I paid her 3 times what all other attorneys wanted for just the 50B and I had it in writing that she was suppose to handle the custody issue, she said I didn't pay her to handle that. I lost 2 weeks waiting for Ms. Leonard to get my child back and I could say alot more about all the things that happened, but I hope this is enought for others to see what kind of lawyer she is. I definately would never recommend her to anyone.