Betty J. Burley, Attorney-at-Law

I do not often take time to review a business, I did wait and think about whether reviewing this business was necessary. If I save one person from wasting time it is worth it. Getting an appointment with Ms. Burley was not the problem, you can set that up online. She did have to reschedule and emailed me right away with other options, not a big deal I am flexible. Her office is a small room in connection with an optometry clinic (I think she owns), again no big deal. I do not judge people on where they work or what it looks like, only the job they do and the type a person they turn out to be. I add this in because she is not a huge company just a small business. The consultation was good and she did not charge me. She was a bit unorganized(again to each their own if you do the job), she was knowledgeable and seemed optimistic and honest. I left her office with items I needed to get back to her, she too, was going to get me the information to pay her in the next day or so. I sent her the requested information, a few questions (total of like 3), moved around some funds so I could pay her that night. I needed the questions answered so I could start to orchestrate my situation with other people, and I wanted to make sure she was paid. I did not receive a reply, after a week and a half I called just to see if she had received my emails. Her receptionist answered said she was really busy that week give her time and that she would shoot over the information for payment. After three weeks and few calls I still had not heard anything from Ms. Burley. No answer on my emails, no explanation, still no information for how to pay. I was not rude ever, not to her, or to her assistant. The last phone call her assistant did seem a little short with me. This time the assistant put me on hold, when the she came back she told me that “Ms. Burley could not see me and that due to my time constraints I should take my business elsewhere.” I waited three weeks to get that reply via her assistant. I was crushed, now I must go through this all over again. I only needed guidance on a few items, also I wanted her to be paid. Honestly the questions I needed answered and the website to pay her would have taken 30 minutes’ tops, I did not have an expectation of her drawing up the paperwork or any extensive digging of information at that time. So, if you are expecting communication or commitment I would find another lawyer because she has neither characteristic.
10 years ago (31-01-2017)