Domestic relations matters, such as divorce, custody and support are often fraught with complications and emotions. It is critical to have an experienced attorney in your corner who will pursue your matters aggressively without encouraging you to make unnecessary legal maneuvers in order to draw out your case and add to your bill.
While embittered divorce clients often desire to take their spouses "to the cleaners", their attorneys should not be permitted to take their own clients to the bank! In other words, for favorable outcomes, it is preferable for your attorney to be very aggressive while not, at the same time, increasing tensions between the parties and opposing counsel in order to unnecessarily drag out your case and raise your fees.
In adversarial matters such as these, you want your legal rights protected, and you certainly never want to feel at odds with the attorney you hired to protect you.