I needed a local attorney to help me through my divorce. Ms. Mcintosh was rude, horribly unorganized, non responsive and slow. The revolving door in her front office staff should be an indication to run. It took over 2+ years to finalize the divorce which cost me not only in unnecessary legal fees, but also loss in the settlement. I finally switched to another attorney to finalize the settlement. She also charged higher rates than our contract outlined which I am having to dispute with her in arbitration. I would highly recommend researching other attorneys in the area.

Tremendous family lawyer who was able help mediate my ex-wife and mine's custody case

We used Alexandra to handle our divorce proceedings and found her to be extremely professional while handling case.

Whenever our family needs a lawyer I have offered her number to them

I am satisfied with how my case was handled by Alexandra McIntosh. I came to her four years ago with a very tough case. I was in a poor mental state and had just ended a very long term volatile marriage. I wasn't much help to my case and honestly didn't want to deal with it. Alexandra NEVER made me feel bad or crazy for how I was feeling. In fact she believed in me and guided me to take action with the police department to protect myself which I did and today I am protected! She also guided me to seek other measures outside her office which I did and am grateful today for that! In a divorce their are no winners. Most of the end result was fair in my opinion! There were elements of the case that were too tricky and I did not want to pursue. So would I hire her again? Most definitely!

Alexandra is an excellent lawyer. Her professionalism and attention to detail has far exceeded my expectation. Thank you for your hard work and all that you do.

McIntosh is amazing, hands down the only one to turn to when dealing with difficult divorce and custody cases. Highly recommend.

I gave 1 star to Alexandra McIntosh (AM) because 0 stars is not an option. Our family member hired AM and we paid the legal fees.

Using AM negatively impacted our entire family and is, by far, the single worst financial and legal decision our family ever made.

We don't know if the billing errors were intentional, simply due to incompetence, or something else - we DO know that AM refused to correct them.

If you hear AM utter the words "slam dunk", asking for a written guarantee might not be a bad idea.

After our family member lost the case while being represented by AM, AM was asked if our family member could SELF-appeal. AM's response was "No. I don't even do them . . . there are only 3 attorney's (sic) in San Diego that even do appellate work." Further, AM was asked if someone is out of luck if they have no means to file for appeal (i.e., no income). AM's response was simply "Yes".

There is a silver lining, however: Having had the painful "benefit" of realizing that accepting AM's advice could be a grave mistake, our family member discarded AM's words of "wisdom" and SUCCESSFULLY SELF-APPEALED. I think it's very telling that our family member, a NON-attorney, consistently lost in court and ultimately in a move-away trial while AM was involved but then prevailed after dumping AM and self-appealing.

The bottom line: AM's legal "representation" caused our family a lot of heartache and resulted in our wasting a ton of money; in the end, however, not listening to AM saved us from spending even more money on another attorney for the appeal, plus our family didn't have to take the risk of accidentally again getting involved with someone like AM.

UPDATE: Ms. McIntosh responded to my review, stating that I misrepresented the case, that I still don't understand the case, and that it was her excellent trial work that paved the way for a successful self-appeal.

Ms. McIntosh, here's your opportunity to state ONE thing that I misrepresented.

As for your contention that it was your self-described excellent work that paved the way for our family member's successful SELF-appeal (i.e., without an attorney), WOW, is your inflated ego blocking your memory? Did you or did you not state that our family member had no chance of prevailing via appeal (we kept the email exchange and can post the thread if you'd like)? You stated YOU don't even do appeals - on behalf of anyone considering an appeal, let me just say "thank you!".

Re: my not understanding the case, I understand the case AND THE LAW pertaining to the case extremely well. Perhaps you can explain where you once, JUST ONCE, made the proper argument before the trial court - you know, the argument that allowed our family member to prevail upon self-appeal? Let me know if you don't understand what that point is and if you'd like me to explain it to you. Also, please explain when you were successful even once in the numerous hearings leading up to the trial. In my opinion, "grossly incompetent" describes how you handled the case - our family member didn't prevail BECAUSE of you but rather in SPITE of you.

Your response appears to have a "let it go" attitude. Quite frankly, I don't care how many years it's been since our family, unfortunately, met you, as my goal is to point out how much heartache we could have been spared and how much money we wouldn't have wasted if our family member had self-represented from the beginning rather than hiring you.

Could not have found a better attorney. Knowledgeable, easy to get in touch with and did a great job. Tough case. Thank you. So glad I found you.

Smart and experienced. Expensive and worth every penny.

I cannot begin to express my thanks to Alexandra and her firm. From start to finish I seemed to be in a no win situation. Come the end, I had primary custody of my children, which I would never have believed. I highly recommend Alexandra and all of her staff.

Alexandra is the BEST!! I had to fire my previous Attorney because they were inexperienced and much to busy for me, and they ignored ALL my emails, phone calls, etc!! They were even highly recommended to me by a good friend in the legal field: - ( Thank goodness for the power of Google which led me to Alexandra's website.

When you are going through the most difficult time in your life with a custody issue and Divorce; Alexandra knows the Law!!! She is very well known in the community and as well at the local court house... She will go above and beyond for you, she even would check in with me in the evenings and weekends!! "She has a true heart and feel's your PAIN" Not to mention her entire staff is AWESOME!! Thank's again Alexandra and keep up the good work : - ) Dan McFall

Going to Alexandra to assist with my divorce was a huge mistake. She made a very difficult time even more difficult. I have never been treated so poorly, especially by someone who was charging me an arm and a leg! Anytime I called, she and her assistant made it clear they were very busy and did not have time for my questions. She would charge me for an hour to sit in her office while she was on the phone with other clients and working on other cases. When I mentioned that I was getting 20 minutes of her time instead of 60 she would get MEAN! She actually yelled at me on the phone & hung up. She charged me well over $5000 and quit my case. Now I understand why people hate lawyers! Mean! Vicious! Rude! She made me feel as if I had 2 lawyers working against me instead of just my exes.