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Pros
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Highly knowledgeable, experienced, and effective litigator
“Dan was always responsive, compassionate and commanding at the right time. I highly recommend Dan Spector!”
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Provides clear, concise, and timely communication
“Dan was able to correspond with us as well as the Trust attorney, relay information and bring our case to settlement.”
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Offers valuable advice and guidance to achieve favorable outcomes
“He gave me valuable advice which avoided future conflicts. The arbitration successfully resolved our case saving me a great deal of stress, time and money.”
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Demonstrates professionalism, integrity, and a strong work ethic
“Dan is not only very knowledgable, experienced and professional, he is honorable and direct.”
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Achieves positive results and settlements for clients
“The settlement was in my favor! I highly recommend him.”
Cons
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May not be the best fit for all clients or cases
“Unfortunately, more than $10,000 later, Dan was unable to accomplish anything.”
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Clients may feel that their case did not receive enough attention or dedication
“90% of the file consists of my own notes, observations, work, emails etc.....For an attorney who is supposedly an expert in undue influence and elderly abuse, I was extremely disappointed.”

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02 Sep, 2021 by Yvonne
I hired Mr. Spector to resolve my Father Trust. Out of the five of us I found out that my two sisters and my brother were not being truthful. Trying to hide assets, after three proposals from them we finally got it settled. Being a litigation attorney I didn't know if I would have to go to court. Dan, was very professional and very helpful thru the whole process. Even thou I live in Nevada, I am from California, and I would recommend Dan, to anyone who is in need of an attorney.
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20 Jul, 2021 by Anonymous
He was very helpful. I wish I would have know about him earlier. Would definitely recommend him.
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03 Nov, 2020 by Dorothy
I have worked with many lawyers in my professional work over the years so I have a range of experience from which to evaluate an attorney's performance. We faced a difficult situation with a family trust and put it off for too long anticipating an impossible battle to resolve. When the issues became too disruptive to delay any longer, I contacted Dan after he was recommended by our trust's attorney. I have never witnessed such swift, effective, extraordinarily smart navigating of legal challenges and disruptive family member behavior. Dan got up to speed so quickly on a complex situation and never missed a beat, encouraged my activities which he reviewed to make sure I wasn't putting myself in harm's way, and when the anticipated World War III in the family resulted from my initiating action, Dan brought it to a peaceful resolution with remarkable speed and intelligence, without having to take the public route of going to court. I and my family will be forever grateful and recommend him so highly for anyone facing such a difficult situation.
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26 Jun, 2020 by Anonymous
I am grateful to have found a knowledgeable and seasoned Trust Litigator. Dan was always responsive, compassionate and commanding at the right time. I highly recommend Dan Spector!
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21 Aug, 2019 by Anonymous
I hired Dan Spector (at his rate of $500/hr) to represent me and my family involving a case of undue influence and elderly abuse. My decision to retain him was based on 2 factors: 1) his Super Lawyer rating and 2) a referral from a professional colleague. I was involved in a big case against a multinational company several years ago and retained a Super Lawyer who was terrific and won our case. Unfortunately, this was not the case with Dan. I setup a consultation call with Dan to discuss my case. Prior to the call, I sent him an email with the details. During the consultation call, Dan essentially paraphrased my email back to me. Towards the conclusion of our discussion, he told me we had a strong case and despite wanting to put odds on our chances for success, he guesstimated 70%. He also advised me that he didn't write letters, he litigated. If the opposing party wanted to talk, he would certainly take their call. I was impressed with the attitude as we were going to need an aggressive attorney to successfully pursue our claims. Unfortunately, more than $10,000 later, Dan was unable to accomplish anything. He wrote a letter to the opposing party and had a call with opposing party's attorney resulting in absolutely nothing. In fact, when his office sent me an email summary of the call, for a moment, I thought that he was the opposing party's attorney not mine. Furthermore, I gave him critical talking points for the conversation with opposing attorney. To my shock and disappointment, he chose not to discuss them. I just received my final invoice and file. Not surprisingly, 90% of the file consists of my own notes, observations, work, emails etc.....For an attorney who is supposedly an expert in undue influence and elderly abuse, I was extremely disappointed. Dan did not move the needle at all and was subsequently fired. $10,000 and two months later, nothing accomplished.
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