Maxwell C. Agha

160 Thorn, San Diego, CA

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Luis espinosa

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19 Dec, 2024
Great organization, pleasure to work with Gabriela...highly recommended!!!
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Ana laura de la torre

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19 Dec, 2024
Loved the experience of working with them, specially Gabriela.
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Oumkanika nop

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18 Dec, 2024
this place deserve -0 ratings. It’s better to admit this law firm is laughable because they provided such horrendous service, unfair, thirsty, ineffective work, good for nothing job to me and my mom. We I found this place through a friend and I wished I was more picky because with the amount of money I spent 50k + I would think I got help, fairness, respect, understanding & support from them. I did NOT get HELP from neither Mr. Ahga & Ms. Ingae shame on you both for thriving to not help me and my mom in those hard times. Good job you did the total opposite of what your job is intended to do. Injae in the worst in this field because she was not beneficial, offered my mom no assistance with really little as understanding the whole case she just wanted to move along money this and money that…. Very money hungry. She did not care about clients needs and sure does not respect them. Ms.injae tried to kick my husband out of one of our meetings .. mind you we already spent 20k+ We’re frustrated/disappointed at the same time because we see that we’re not going anywhere with this case. It kept getting worst and we kept losing money. My husband spoke out about all they cared about was the money. SPOKE NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH! We felt some type of way but still wanted to work with them but ms. Injae’s attitude and behavior made us uncomfortable because she felt like it was fine to move on with the case without my mother really understanding + demanded a few thousands to continue case Like what? You’re working for her!!!!!! Why would you keep moving forward when your client is telling you she doesn’t understand can’t move that fast with info given. Give her time and explain to her but that wasn’t the case .. ms. Injae lashed out and told my man to get out if he doesn’t calm down. Very unprofessional and I wish I would of ended the case right there. She was lucky she didn’t go any further because that would of been the end of her meal ticket. These people are independable, unrealistic, unprofessional, rude, money hoarding, unpleasant law firm & worst kind of people to go to if you’re looking for help. And Mr. Ahga is the main character hiding and making sure he gets money from us. Shame and pitiful. At the end of the day, my case is over and that’s all that matters I regret ever using there service because it was so horrific. This place, I wouldn’t recommend to friends or family because they didn’t do there diligence at all. From now on I know better and will always tell people to skip this place of business. I put this review up to warn/save anyone that is thinking about using them.
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