Tanya Lea Akins is a lawyer practicing family law. Tanya received a B.S. degree from Northern Illinois University in 1992, and has been licensed for 21 years. Tanya practices at Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC in Greenwood Village, CO.
I think Tanya’s bio is misleading. With a background in social work, custody matters involving substance abuse and work as a custody evaluator, I expected her to have soft skills and a more compassionate approach, particularly toward children. If you are a victim of abuse or domestic violence, I can’t recommend Tanya, which is sad because she seemed very knowledgeable and skilled. It felt to me like she had decided who I was before she walked into the room and held me to that. It wasn’t accurate. She didn’t have a good read on me, and she decided early in the meeting that she didn’t trust me as a client. She spoke to me very slowly and condescendingly as if I was mentally impaired and not understanding her when really I wasn’t understanding why she was treating me so inconsistently. I also cannot recommend her for people with older children/teens. The best description I can think of is she’s like a doctor who is very skilled but has a very hard bedside manner.
Tanya came in initially like she cared, then very swiftly shifted gears, letting her litigious side take replace her compassion. All she cared about was going to trial and throughout 8 hearings, she shushed me repeatedly. She was not interested in the things that I had to say or my feelings about anything. All she wanted was my money and drained me for everything I had just to exercise her ego in court and litigate. My entire savings and retirement is gone which ended in me temporarily losing custody of my son in the end. She was nasty to opposing council, never once attempting to settle us out of court. It was the "Tanya Show". She was extremely condescending throughout, even scolding me on the phone at one point calling me names, including that I was a "bad mother". She knows the law well, but completely disregards the person she is serving. I changed lawyers who got us settled out of court for everything, getting custody back and even attorneys fees. Avoid this woman at all costs.
5299 DTC Blvd., Ste. 430Greenwood Village, CO 80111U.S.A.
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