When I went to law school, I knew this line of work was for me and I was going to be good at it.  Straight out of law school, I had a choice of taking a six figure job pushing paper as a foreclosure attorney or help people who needed a good attorney, but could not afford it.  Helping people and working as a Public Defender in West Palm Beach, Florida was the decision I made.  Jury trials were a daily possibility and I got really good at arguing motions.  This experience developed my skills as a trial attorney and the first five years of my career taught me skills that most lawyers do not learn their entire career.  I moved on to exclusively practicing Family Law in 2015 until I left the State of Florida in 2019.   Continuing to exclusively practice Family Law, I also added Probate to my skillset.  My name has been associated with some of the more well-known firms in Georgia, and I maintain a license in both Georgia and Florida.  I have been a member of a large and medium sized firms and have been billed out as a high priced attorney.  Despite this, I have always kept a human connection with my clients and try to help rather than hurt an already volatile situation.

I have never been divorced, but I have lost a spouse.  Having gone through the pain of loss, I think I have some sense of the feelings someone goes through divorce.  I certainly understand the demands of being a single parent, when the other parent is absent. The pain, isolation and stress you feel often gets compounded by things that inevitably come up during a divorce.  Lawyers and their cost adds to this stress and they often drag things out, making the experience more painful.  When I took time to grieve my loss, I gave my professional future considerable thought.  I even returned to my professional life and struggled with what my clients were going through given my new perspective.  In situations where a client just needed to talk or needed help, the almighty billable hour and dollar took precedence.  The eight months I came back to this business, I saw things that always bothered me, but bothered me more after having experienced my loss.  It bothered me that lawyers did not pursue amicable resolutions because there was no profit in it.  It bothered me that profitability was more important than the mental health of all individuals involved.  It bothered me to keep track of my time and bill clients for every single call and email which would often take seconds.  Despite my client’s being pleased with my service, they were not pleased with the firm’s bill for my time.

I found that some clients would not tell me the entire story or feel rushed in relaying information because they were worried they were being charged.  They felt like they had to abbreviate their life story because they were being charged.  They felt like they had to settle because they ran out of money.  They felt like divorce landed them near bankruptcy.  I decided that would never be the case with my own firm.

I offer skilled flat fee solutions to family law problems.  Vakil means attorney and Vakil Family Law Solutions was founded on the premise that no one should have to compromise on what they believe to be in their family’s best interest because of money, or the lack thereof.  At Vakil Family Law Solutions, you are quoted one price at the very beginning of the case.  That one bill, is the first and last bill you will ever pay me for my time.  Never will a client ever be forced into a settlement because they no longer had the money to just speak their truth.  Never will a client feel rushed to tell me their life story because every second is costing them money.  Never will a client feel their attorney is dragging things out to make more money.  Vakil Family Law Solutions now joins the select few that practice law in a manner that is more concerned with you retaining as much of your wealth as possible, while paying a reasonable flat fee.

It is time for a new way and I hope you allow me to walk this path with you.  I will listen, offer you my experience, my skill, and give you to platform for your voice to be heard.