Poor service. Won't answer phone calls or emails. It's frustrating. Paid in full and can't even get a call back.

she was my atty many many years ago i would use her now for family or friends still in the area in ca amazing family law atty

I highly do NOT RECOMMEND this lady! She doesn't even have kiddos of her own, she is only out for herself! Going through my divorce at my time, she was heartless, and my boys from the end, got messed up in the head! I give this, actually a minus 0 review!! read more

The worst attorney ever ! Doesn't return calls, doesn't like to be called . Argues about everything , makes excuses for Everything! The biggest wasteful time spent plus Around 6k down the drain for what ? Shuffling of paperwork , a few phone calls . Zero help ,, if u like being treated like a suspect instead of an innocent person then call her . She should lose her Bar license . And I will be contacting them as well. Messy office , excuses . That's her . But ran out to meet at a busy low class restaurant to go over the case and get her money ! Horrible - I hope the worst for her . read more

We hired her back in April to assist with a probate matter. She told us email was the best way to contact her so we did. Even to get advice she would have her assistant schedule a phone appointment, which was 2 or 3 weeks out and ended up getting cancelled 3 different times. When we expressed our dissatisfaction she made excuses. After 3 months of her not getting anything done and not being available for us we fired her as our attorney. Would definitely not recommend her. A good attorney knows when their caseload is too high for them to be effective at their job. read more

This woman is awful. Absolutely unresponsive, cancelled over three appointments with us, and pretty much ignored our emails. She always blamed her assistant for it as well. I absolutely would not recommend her, my siblings and I just lost our father, and she made an already difficult time for us much harder and more stressful. Look elsewhere. read more

I would NOT recommend this lawyer. Unresponsive to phone messages, emails, says she is filing paperwork and never did. We gave her everything she requested over a year ago, and it took 6 months to get her back on the phone, only to get a laundry list of excuses, and requests for more documents, and empty promises that she will "get on it". This "lawyer" needs to be report to the bar for what she is doing to folks! Takes money for a service, and does next to nothing for them, complete robbery! read more

I hired Pat for my divorce proceedings. Initially, the first few months she would return phone calls and emails. Then, she started to instruct her staff to make appointments for meetings instead of just replying to an email. She would make appointments with me and cancel them last minute. My ex would request to continue the case (6 times) and she would grant his request. Opposing counsel would send her correspondence and it would take her over a month to forward the correspondence to me. This was unacceptable. After almost a year of this nonsense I finally reached the conclusion that I'd rather hire a new attorney than to keep paying one that wasn't moving my case forward. It was a nightmare! I finally hired a new attorney. Almost immediately I saw the difference between the two. It took me 1 more year to get a final judgment. I am convinced that the year that I wasted with dealing with Pat's canceled appointments and non replied emails would have moved me forward in my divorce. In the end, time is money and money is time. I've learned that not all divorces are created equal. It's all based on different variables. Divorce is not for the faint of heart. It's a very difficult process if you're not a believer it might just make one out of you. I learned that God is in control we're not. But one thing we can control is who we hire as our representative in this process. Save yourself and hire someone that will be responsive to your case. Godspeed! read more

If you ever wondered why an attorney is stero -typed " dishonest " look no further !!! read more

First things first SEEK DIFFERENT LAWYER. Don't bother or waste your time with this lawyer. She was absolutely the worst lawyer I have ever experience in my life. She was extremely unorganized, judgmental of me based on the lies of the person who I hired her to help defend me from, put her personal life above all. extremely unprofessional in every way, blamed her secretary for everything, never showed up to 2 of my court dates and the was late to the third and then tells me that didn't even need to be at that court date and that someone should have told me!! She was never available for me, always canceling our meetings and one time canceled the most important meeting we needed before court and went 6 weeks without hearing from her at all!!!! And when I asked her advice on something that any lawyer should honestly know she directed me in a completely wrong direction and acted like she had no idea what I meant and that made my child custody case be postponed longer than needed! Then when I had an emergency it was almost impossible to get ahold of her and then when I finally did and I was upset she tried to turn it on me and tell me "I wasn't listening to her" or "I wasn't understanding her" when in fact I was literally repeating her word for word and she kept going in circles to make me seem unreasonable. After asking a friend who is a criminal lawyer the first words out of his mouth were "fire that woman and find new council" and after doing that and hiring my new lawyer I couldn't be happier. WOULD NEVER recommend this lawyer to even an enemy. read more

I lost two cases with her. It seems that she throws the cases together last minute. There was a lack of communication and notification. She didn't fight for me. I had to coach her through the some parts of the case. Friends and family that were there wondered if she was going to do anything. I lost my cases, my money, and more with her. Don't lose yours and look into someone else read more

Pat was hands down an absolute lifesaver in a very difficult time in my life. My ex-husband filed several times attempting to get custody of our daughter and it was extremely stressful. Pat was extremely knowledgeable and very truthful with me when I would ask questions. I knew what to expect from the court/PPA process so I was never caught off guard. We went through 7 different days in court over a year and a half and she was phenomenal each an every time. I highly, HIGHLY recommend her. read more

Pat was very helpful and an Angel during this hard custody case . Couldnt have asked for a more understanding person and professional. I would strongly recommend her. read more

Pat was amazing the entire time during our very complicated guardianship case (minors). She was communicative, compassionate and extremely knowledgeable. We had to go out of county as one of our parties was so well known that no local attorney would take our case. She was very kind about not nickel and diming us, was much more concerned about taking care of our needs than making sure we were caught up with what we owed her. Thanks to Pat, these kids are safe, back with mom where they belong and I credit it to her knowledge, expertise and efficiency. Thank you Pat! read more

Based on my experience, I would not recommend her. Did not seem like she cared . Did bare minimum.

I wanted to share my story about Atty Murphy. My granddaughter and new born great granddaughter were iin Ca. in an attempt to visit the father and his family to introduce them to the newest member of the family at their encouragement. To make a long story short, once she was there they took the baby and refused to give her back. We were horrified and needed legal representation immediately. We contacted many attorney's and got NO RESPONSE. Atty Murphy read our frantic request and contacted us immediately. She was kind, professional and extremely fierce in fighting our battle. We are extremely happy with the handling of our case and feel we couldn't have gotten a better outcome due to the circumstances and the laws of California. Attorney Murphy kept us informed through the process and was fare with payment. read more

I highly recommend pat Murphy. She has done an outstanding job with my case so far. Also is very attentive to my needs of being specific about my child's safety. She takes a load of weight of my shoulders with the stress that comes with child custody. read more

Outstanding!! Pat is careful and competent and conscientious...! She was always available for conversations about my litigation, answered questions thoroughly and as if she were representing herself. Her recommendations were extremely accurate and my litigation settled in far less time than i anticipated. Don't let detractors sway you away from this law firm. Pat is very caring and as an added bonus she will work with you on cost. read more