Patrick T Collins – Franzblau Dratch

Patrick Collins handled my recent divorce and I was very pleased with the outcome. If I wanted an aggressive approach, I’m sure Patrick would have taken one, but he listened to me and understood that I wanted to resolve my divorce amicably. We sat down and put together a settlement proposal that Patrick felt would hold up in court. By taking this approach we were able to offer my ex-​husband a proposal that he was willing to accept without a lot of legal wrangling. As a result, my divorce costs were relatively low and the process was as brief and painless as a divorce can be. I’ve recommended Patrick to friends already.

I have been working with Pat Collins on a divorce/​child support issues for the past 8 years. The matter is extremely complex and we have been in and out of court over this period due to the adversarial nature of the opposing attorney and ex. Pat has been amazing to work with. Always on top of issues and creative in approaches. He has been estremely easy to work with and very fair on billing. He is extremely responsive to both emails and phone calls.

Writing this for my new husband. Very disappointed with his service as a divorce attorney. He had a cut and dry pre-​nip but his ex, who orchestrated it just before their marriage decided she didn’t like what it said and had it changed and lost everything. He got stuck paying child support for a 23 year old college graduate! You read that right! Mr. Collins unfazed by the decision and did nothing to fight it. My husband was totally railroaded in this divorce. Mr. Collins seemed to give up and let the other lawyer run right over him. He sat in court and didn’t say a word in rebuttal for what he knew was absolutely, and easily rebutted false information. Total character assignation and he did nothing to defend his client. It is especially sad as he came highly recommended. Said it would take just a few months and $ 7K because of the pre-​nup but ended up at 18 months and just shy of $ 20K. Just stating facts. I will also state in fairness that the family court judge in this case was a pompous man who cared not in the least for facts and made decisions that were totally senseless and preferred to hear himself talk than listen to truth and reason. What a poor combination with the representation he had.