Truce Law

⭐ 1-Star Review — A Serious Warning to Anyone Considering This Firm I’m writing this to warn anyone thinking about hiring Truce Law or Joshua Hawkins. My experience with this firm was absolutely unacceptable from start to finish. Joshua Hawkins proved to be disorganized, unresponsive, and in my opinion, completely out of his depth as an attorney. Truce Law made big promises at the beginning, but when it came time to actually deliver, they fell apart. Communication was terrible — I was constantly left in the dark, waiting days or even weeks for basic updates. Key details were missed, deadlines were nearly blown, and I often felt like I was the only one paying attention to my own case. For a legal matter that directly impacted my life, this lack of competence was beyond frustrating — it was dangerous. I put my trust and hard-earned money into this firm, and it turned into one of the worst professional experiences I’ve ever had. In my honest opinion, Joshua Hawkins is not equipped to handle serious legal matters, and Truce Law lacks the reliability and professionalism you’d expect from any credible legal office. ⚠️ Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere. There are better, more capable attorneys who won’t leave you feeling abandoned and misled. I wish someone had warned me before I hired them.

As a therapist in the community, Truce Law is at the top of my list to refer couples and families to when they need legal support. They are thoughtful and compassionate, and approach the process with care, not just for how the family will get through the immediate legal process, but also for how the family relationships can be strong in the future.

I’ve worked with Paralegal Melodi for many years while she worked for Dianna. Her work is thorough and professional. She is patient, always quick to assist and the best to edit and make the legal process move fast. I highly recommend her services, she’s a great asset for this company.

My experience with this firm was deeply disappointing and harmful, both financially and emotionally. My spouse and I hired Truce with the clear goal of finding solutions to maintain stability for our daughter by keeping the family home. From the start, we expressed openness to a variety of options -- refinancing, payment plans, creative asset divisions -- but none of these were ever explored. Instead, when my initial retirement offer was declined, the mediator simply asked what I was going to do. When I responded that all I had was the house, her reply was, "Okay, you're selling. What month?" That was the entirety of the guidance. We were promised expertise and fair scenarios for how to keep the home, yet no such solutions were ever provided. During our initial consultation, we were told that the mediator would review our financials and help identify the best financial options available to us. I specifically understood this to mean I would not need to hire an outside financial advisor -- that this expertise was included in what we were paying for. This never happened. That promise turned out to be empty, and the experience felt very much like a bait and switch. The mediation process itself was mishandled. Separate breakout rooms were used unnecessarily, which undermined communication and strained what had been an amicable relationship with my spouse. Instead of fostering cooperation, the process left us feeling railroaded into rushed decisions we didn't want, without the transparency or support that we were promised during the consultation. The billing practices were just as troubling. Before we even met, $1,500 was billed for scheduling correspondence. I was then charged for messages and drafts that were never sent, for Zoom links resent multiple times, and even for the firm's own need to reschedule. Screenshots confirm that I was billed for correspondence that never occurred. More alarming, I was charged for work labeled as "housing options" and "primary residence scenarios" -- the very solutions we hired the firm to provide -- but these drafts were never created or shared. Despite acknowledging these billing errors and promising corrections, the invoices remained inconsistent and nontransparent. Even the basics were sloppy: my name was repeatedly recorded incorrectly in official documents. The firm's own leadership later admitted that we were also overcharged on hourly rates: $575 for legal work instead of the contracted $500, $265 for paralegal time instead of $220, and $175 for legal assistant time instead of $120. They promised to adjust all bills, apply discounts, and review their processes to prevent such mistakes in the future. While this confirmed what I had already raised, it only fixed their accounting errors -- it did nothing to address the fact that the core services promised were never delivered. To make matters worse, after raising all of these concerns in writing, I never once received a direct response from the lead attorney. That lack of accountability speaks volumes. At the time of this review, I am still waiting for a corrected refund and an accurate invoice. Ultimately, we spent thousands of dollars and walked away with no solutions, more conflict than before, and the need to start over with another mediator at additional cost and delay. This has added a ridiculous amount of stress and wasted time during an already arduous divorce, which is the last thing any family in crisis needs. Families going through divorce are in an incredibly vulnerable position. They deserve compassion, expertise, and transparency. What we experienced instead was pressure, disorganization, unfulfilled promises, unresolved billing problems, and practices that felt exploitative. I regret ever hiring this firm, and I cannot recommend their services to anyone.

Dianna was the attorney I spoke with initially and she was amazing. But then my case was handed off to David, who judged me and was incorrect in every assumption he made about my life and my case. I asked for another attorney based on the gross things David said to me, and I was working with Elaine, who clearly had the same judgments and misconceptions that David did. After asking them to help me with child support amendment paperwork (which is why I signed and paid the retainer) they are now telling me they cannot help me and they're done representing me. All they have done is taken hundreds of my dollars, wasted my time, and put my children at risk. I have zero good feelings about this firm and the way they flippantly handle life and death situations. Absolutely disgusted. Dianna seems to be the only capable person there.

Truce Law firm has honest, intelligent, and patient lawyers. They listen to their clients and work to achieve the best outcome for them. As a client, you want someone who is patient and will work for you like Dianna Caley.

Justin Aanenson and his legal team are fantastic collaborative family law attorneys. They understand how to resolve divorce and an easy way that is perfect for families.