It would not allow me to leave half of a star. She is a crook with a license to practice law. Did next to nothing on my case. Total time I had her was 6 weeks. I’ve paid her in full $3300. All the work was done for her. She has face to face conversation w me saying I will receive a fabricated bill(which was for court purposes only) and to ignore it and I would receive new bill of only $200 or $300 owing in a couple days. Meanwhile I received several emails with incorrect numbers and information on my case as facts to be sent to the opposing attorney. Unhappy with this I responded with emails that were yes direct and probably could be misconstrued as harsh. She called and had an hour long conversation with me about how she did not appreciate my attitude. Then hung up and sent me a new email that I now owed her an additional $3600 which included our hour long phone conversation of how she didn’t appreciate my attitude and response to her. I was in awe of this now $3600 bill when I basically had no bill. She sent another email stating how she was ending the relationship with me. She was withdrawing from the case and she would not work another minute on my case unless the bill was paid in full immediately!! Practically begged me to sign the withdrawal she sent. I signed it and sent it to her immediately. Then now I receive another email asking me to sign another form from the other party and acting like I’m an idiot and she is still my attorney. I call her and she explains she has an obligation to still work for me and then says I need to know when U are going to pay your attorney fees because she will be suing me and putting a lien against my house and then hung up on me. This is the most unprofessisonal practice I have ever witnessed and I pray the bar association looks into her. If you are in her office, leave now. Don’t me another victim of her not being able to handle high stress situations and frustrated individuals who need a strong attorney to stand by them and do what’s right but instead bullying them, degrading them and quite frankly, taking money from them simply because she says she can and that you owe it because she wrote it down and sent you the bill. Bar association is next step.

Caryn and her team are extremely professional, and they tell it like it is. They are extremely effective at getting the job done and I will certainly use them again if the need arises. I had a very unreasonable opponent that made it hard for me to deal with. Caryn Van Matre law firm took that burden off my shoulders to ensure a fair and equitable outcome! Thank you Caryn!

Caryn is a great attorney! She has exceeded expectations in my experience with her. She has been very proactive in doing what took others far longer with far less results. It was very messy but she has done wonders. Thank you! Sincerly, Tanner.

Ms Van Matre and her staff are excellent! They understood the importance of my case and helped me achieve the goals my family needed. Ms Van Matre was recommended by other attorneys at the County Courthouse. I'm from Louisiana and needed a law firm in Pensacola. I couldn't have found a better firm to help me. They were awesome!

What a wonderful legal team in this office. Caring, understanding and make you feel like you have someone in your corner. Mrs Van Matre is honest, strong, and will fight for you. If you need help, Mrs Van Matre is who you want on your side. Highly, highly recommend her!

Appreciated the care and concern she took with my Father during a stressful time. She was thorough with our case and provided sound guidance for our Family.

Ms.Van Matre is very knowledgeable at what she does. She spent most of a full day working out my mediation and the outcome was very satisfactory.

I had the honor of getting Caryn's assistance many years ago for an adoption. She works hard to communicate with her clients and demonstrates true compassion and knowledge. My son is now 14 and I truly owe her my life for her assistance in completing our adoption. I will forever be grateful.

Caryn Van Matre is the most unethical person I have ever encountered. Not only did she credit $150,000.00 to my former husband in our financial settlement that was NEVER agreed on as proven by the transcripts but she also had the nerve to make the claim that I somehow had something to do with my youngest son's death in November. She made this claim with no proof and as of this writing, a cause of death has not been determined. I was not aware that she knows more than the medical examiner. But for someone to have the nerve to say something like that to a mother in deep mourning needs to be punished. I have reported her twice to the Florida Bar Association and I hope and pray that she is disciplined if not disbarred. She is not an attorney that anyone should hire.

I had another Great Father's Day with my kids this year thanks to the hard work by Caryn and Teresa. You girls are awesome. Thanks again.

Nice friendly and very helpful