Gee Douglas M

I would stay clear of this Law firm. The office staff is made of by Mr. Gee and his wife and daughter. His daughter is a very nice hard working girl. Too bad she is limited to typing and
research. Mr. Gee’s wife Shelly however, is the most obnoxious and load mouthed person I have ever come across. She tries to control every aspect of the business. I had requested to
speak to Mr. Gee about issues pertaining to my case prior to moving forward. I wanted to go over the remainder of my retainer and how best to proceed in my complicated divorce.
Shelly refused all requests I attempted to meet or speak to Mr. Gee. She said she would answer my questions. I was adamant about not going forward with anything else on my case
research or otherwise until I spoke to Mr. Gee.
By the time I became really upset about not being able to communicate with Mr. Gee my bill
was up to $ 6,000. I was upset by the inability to talk about My case. She then told her husband
I had lost faith in him regarding my case.
Mr. Gee only heard I was dissatisfied with him. He then wrote a letter to me stating he could not
represent me anymore. He never tried to call or hear from me.
After that letter shelly sent me a new bill with 80 hours of Mr. Gee’s time. This 80 hours was
after my failed attempts to try and speak to Mr. Gee. about.
Shelly then told me to pick up all my files and sign a substitute of Attorney. When I refused
attempting again to speak to Mr. Gee. She would not allow me to explain my frustrations to my
Attorney directly. I was served with papers that Mr. Gee was going to court to have me dropped
as a client.
At that point I was convinced that Mr. Gee was not willing to listen to my side.
When I did go get my files. I was completely broke and had no way to come up with a retainer for a new Attorney.
PLEASE DO NOT get involved with these firm. I wish I had been warned.
Shelly is there only to make as much money as she can. She told me after I was retained. She
needed to make up for the million dollars that had been embezzled by a former bookkeeper.
One day she was talking to another client about a women they were handling a divorce for that was over 80 years old. The new client asked Shelly why would she be divorcing at that age?
Shelly replied «this is like divorce number. We don’t care about what the women does. Just
keep bringing in the money, honey. I couldn’t believe it. Not only was she talking about a clients
personal business she blatantly said it’s all about the money not the client.
I should have ran right then.
My thought was I am hiring Mr. Gee not his wife. Boy was I wrong.

I was referred to Doug Gee as one of Sonora’s top Family and Divorce Lawyers. Doug is compassionate, hard-​working, is knowledgeable of the law, and genuinely cares about you as if you were family. He helps minimize the stresses of going through custody/​divorce issues and is a good mediator with the opposing party. He goes above and beyond to help you in any way possible, even in short time notice. Very good communication skills. He is experienced in special needs cases. His office is also very fair with billing issues. I recommend him to anyone who is having custody/​divorce issues that need to be settled. Very good lawyer, I highly recommend him.

This is an attorney who has extremely bad judgement about family relationships and gives advice designed to create conflict and break families apart. I would not recommend having anything to do with this person.