Dear Susan and Staff,
I just wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your time, energy, and efforts you put into our case. Thank you for helping make our son's quality of life better. I can not tell you how happy we are! You and your staff will always hold a dear place in our hearts. Thanks so much! -G. & Family
In June of 2008, my husband of 29 years announced he was "moving on." He left me, our children, and our home – never to return again. I was devastated, fearful, and desperately in need of a good attorney. I searched the phone book and the Internet. That is where I found Susan Butler. Nine months later, I feel so blessed to have been led to Susan. She is kind, compassionate, intelligent, capable, and driven – just to name a few. I felt so relieved to have her in my corner, and so hopeful about my future. She is beautiful inside and out, and will forever hold a place in my heart. Susan – thank you so very much for everything you are, and everything you've done. God bless you. - J.
Susan,
I just read the brief—very impressive! Many thanks for your outstanding work. - D.K.
Dear Susan,
God has placed you on my heart and therefore is the motivation behind this letter. In the rush of day to day life and activities, I don't always take advantage of the opportunity God gives me to let others know how they have impacted my life. During our second one-on-one meeting, I was attempting to express the love I have for my girls and the willingness to give up everything I own to keep them safe. When I spoke, I saw the compassion in your eyes and heard the compassion in your voice. It meant so much that you were able to relate and empathize with what I am going through. In the end, all we want is to be understood. Thank you for your time, dedication, and understanding; as a mom, a woman, and my lawyer. Thank you. -T.B.
Susan,
I am so glad God led a classical scholar to study law! Where would I have been without your clear thinking and steel will? -M.A.
Susan,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your excellent service and advice. I would not be totally truthful with you if I did not say that this has been a very difficult and momentous time in my life. Clearly you have many clients that are not as lucky as I am with their financial situations and I can only imagine their strife. However, I think you know me well enough to know that I truly believe luck is what "doers" in life create and the "watchers" talk about.
I appreciate how you "listened" to me as your client and definitely made me feel like your client even when you thought different of my opinion at certain points. I employ 5 different attorneys in my personal life and 38 in my business life and if there is anything I could not stress enough is to "listen" to your client…which you and your staff have done in exemplary fashion.
I will recommend your services highly and I am appreciative of our introduction. Please express my appreciation to your staff and a special thanks to Denise Clothier who was tremendous to work with…and I know I can be a little "tough" at times to work with. -J.P.
Susan Butler,
I want to thank you for all you have done for me. You will never know how low I felt that first day I came into your office, but you helped me to know that I could do it, and with the help of God I have. Thank you again. Also, I want to thank Denise and Laurie. -S.
Susan Butler,
A few years ago, I walked into your office about as low emotionally as a human can get. After meeting with you and talking about my case, I walked out that day knowing I would somehow survive this ordeal. You gave me every indication that this was a case that you would take and that we would work together to get a good result for me. You gave me hope that I could have custody of my three kids, and that I was not going to lose them in my divorce.
Over the years I have called both you and your staff to vent my frustrations. Time and time again you and they have saved my mental health. Your encouragement and willingness to listen were invaluable to me. I realize this is a job for you and your staff, but I felt as if there was real caring there.
I thought you were a good lawyer until saw you in the courtroom. Then I saw a brilliant lawyer. I asked you if you had ever read Uncle Tom's Cabin because Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote as if she was being guided. This may seem a bit goofy, but I felt during the trial that you were being guided. You have a demeanor about you that suggested total commitment to what you were doing. Again, I know you were doing a job, but it went beyond that. It is said that when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Did I ever see that in the courtroom!
Your questioning of the witnesses was precise. It seemed like you were weaving a theme throughout the two days. Your knowledge of what each witness would contribute to this trial was simply unbelievable. You knew all the court orders, all the times, all the psychological reports, and the positives, and all the negatives. Even the negatives you turned around.
One witness told me that my answers on the stand were simple and short. You had to work extra hard to keep me from getting too windy in my answers. You asked me some questions that you knew would bring out an emotional response from me because you wanted the judge to see for himself how much I love my kids and how serious I was about my case.
Your writing notes to me during the trial kept me involved and busy. I felt like I was helping my case, because you would take something I wrote back to you at our table in the courtroom and use it in questioning the witnesses.
You have a sense of what is always going on in the courtroom. You asked me to sit closer to you at one point. My friend told me you asked him to move directly behind us to show his support. This showed me how focused you were on every aspect of the trial. When the judge would rule against us on objections, you shrugged it off and proceeded.
The judge had to overturn the psychologist's recommendation and my own children's desires in order for me to win custody. I realize how hard that is, to convince the judge that I should be awarded custody even though the psychologist and my children had the opposite position. You made that all possible.
Your summary was so powerful, so full of truth and emotion, bringing out all the important and emotional points during the four day trial, that I was stunned. How could you maintain that emotion and confidence during the entire trial? You literally beat my wife's case into the ground by presenting such a strong case yourself. Even your physical appearance (the way you look and carry yourself) shows utter competence.
Thank you for your support and counsel during these past few years. Seriously, I am not sure I would have survived without you. I remember being in another attorney's office when I was first looking for someone to represent me, and being told there wasn't much of a case here, that the children would be better off with their mother. What a contrast!
My children are improving by leaps and bounds. I take my role as their father very seriously. With God's help, and with your unbelievable work, they will have rewarding futures.
I have already recommended you to one person thinking about getting a divorce. Please feel free to use this letter or my name (or have anyone contact me) who is choosing a lawyer. You have a permanent client and friend in me. I will always be grateful to you. -G.K.
