Paul Alfred Rutherford - Nashville, TN

Run away & find someone else!! I cannot express how this man did nothing to help me legally, or otherwise, during my divorce. I was abandoned during breast cancer by my husband after 25 years. He was proven in court to be having an affair with a girl 23 years younger . He quit his job as to not pay me any support, (which is not smiled upon from the courts & is, considered illegal). He moved out of state. My husband was court ordered to pay me a a small, temporary support. He didn't pay on anything that he was ordered to by the courts. I suffered greatly & had much stress. Mr. Rutherford never kept me in the loop & forgot many key points to help my case. I was automatically winning the case, because I am sick, my husband stopped my insurance for a month, ( he was ordered to provide it- as myself being a cancer patient, that is despicable), my husband was having an affair & quit his $92,000 a year job to work for his new girlfriend for a mere $18,000 a year. With all this defiant, insolent, behavior from my "soon to be ex", I should have been obviously winning the case, but, Paul did such an incredibly poor job in representing me. It was hard to believe he had such a lack of understanding for the parameters of the law. It was as if he "appeared" to be "bought off" by my husband's attorney. Everyone would ask how the case was going & then I was strongly urged to fire him because it was obvious I was going to be left with nothing. My despicable husband just went on with his life & had no responsibility or, accountability for his devious actions. I asked Paul to file contempt, since that is what was happening. Paul said he would file for contempt since we had my husband "dead to rights", (according to the courts). Paul made me come in & he took my check for the contempt filing cost & then, told me the next day he had no intention to file contempt at all!! He STILL cashed my check for the contempt filing, even though he did nothing! Over the course, he took $13,000 dollars of my money for doing nothing. He cannot be trusted & I had to do all the work for him, so, I had to fire him. In 3 short months my new attorney has done more for me than Mr. Rutherford did in a year & 3 months. I will be contacting the bar association with proof of this deplorable behavior. He is not worth 1 star, let alone, one cent. According to other reviews on other sites, I'm not the only one who has had a bad experience with Mr. Rutherford. I will be contacting the Board of Professional Responsibility.