Hey nc, haven't had a chance to chime in on attorneys. Even though we used the mediator, we thought she was way overpriced, and left and right, we would receive a bill from her for never less than $400. And these were times we weren't even in the office!!! She also wasn't unbiased (a few comments to me and to xH that weren't 'fair', but luckily we saw through them).
She keeps emailing me that she wants to meet one more time, to make sure everything is in order (house, insurance, retirement, etc). I spoke with xH and we both agreed we don't need to meet, everything is going fine and we are handling things. I will email her to terminate our relationship before she can charge us any more.
I can ONLY imagine when there are 2 lawyers and fueding people involved. These attorneys are going to charge a lot! I haven't totaled it up, but mediation cost us over $5,000. Not saying they are all in it to 'screw' the client by billing every single thing, its just the way the game is played.
I just found it really difficult because I would have so many questions, about our life, our future, our kids. But I was afraid to email and ask her because we didn't have $200 to spare that week. It shouldn't have to be that way for anyone.
