Burkett Alexandra

Very disappointed with Alex. She talks a good game and said all the right things at first to get that retainer but, once she had my money, she dodged calls, waited until the last minute (often the day before) to meet, came to court unprepared, and had a very weak presence in the courtroom. She constantly complained about the other attorney and spent long periods of time explaining what “should” have been done (while getting her rear handed to her in court over and over again). She offered horrible advice, cost me dearly, and stuck me with an enormous final bill. She’s out for no one but herself. Avoid her all all costs - but be happy if she’s representing the other side!nn************Editing to add:nI was really trying to post a review without revealing too many details of my dissatisfaction, and appearing to air dirty laundry, but the reply to my review has forced me to make this edit.nnFirst, I’m shocked that Ms Burkett responded to my critical review of her services within 24 hours when the almost every time in the past my multiple calls to her office went unreturned for two or three weeks. Seems that she cares more about defending herself than defending her clients?nnSecond, yes, my review is my opinion, but it’s very similar to so many others I’ve seen posted, including the feeling of being pressured into settling and her stock reply of “you made that choice yourself”. After a little digging, I found a very favorable, 5-star review posted over a decade ago by “burkett14527” with the reviewers name hyper-linked directly to her yellow pages business page. (I have saved screenshots of the review and the link)nnThird, yes it’s true that I did retain her in the past, but that was for paperwork to finish a case after the trial ended and after my previous attorney died. There really wasn’t much to it the first time as the trial had ended long before Ms Burkett was retained. The second time I retained her, she tried more than once to take credit for work that the other lawyer had done during the trial. When I corrected her, she said “well, I’m the attorney on record!” That showed me a lot about her. (She also stuck me with an enormous final bill that first time, too, but I foolishly thought that was for work she’d actually done.nnFourth, I stated that she had complained about the other attorney. This is not entirely accurate. She complained, at length and on multiple occasions, about *two* of the opposing attorneys (each of the four parties had their own lawyer).nnLastly, as for her offer to discuss the bill? She already did that when she sent it to me. She explained all the “work” she did but didn’t charge me for (though somehow that final bill was several times more than any other bill before), she sent ONE bill and, before I could make any payment, she sent it to collections.nnUpdate: I understand that she’s upset with my review and, rather than simply go to collections to get her final payment, she’s decided to involve the county bar association in retaliation.nnBe warned people! Don’t hire this person!

Do NOT hire this woman!! I can’t express this enough!!!! It has been 20 years since I’ve been in court with her as my child’s “ Law Guardian “ she was absolutely horrible, accused me of lying, doing things I never would of dreamed of doing, I still stand by my word after 20 years!! I NEVER LIED!!

Thumbs down. Does not have any sense of what a child needs and she represents kids?! Absurd.

I would give zero stars if I could. Very unprofessional and unethical

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