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01 Apr, 2019 by John
Apparently Jana Thornbury was assigned my case from Morgan & Morgan. On the calls she belittled the value of my case, and reiterated thats the costs for for expert examination would have to come out of the damages for the case, and failed to recognize that those particular damages would be in the compensatory damages, as these would thus compensate the medical needs and treatment required to recover from this case.
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15 Mar, 2015 by Anonymous
I hired this lawyer in 2008 for him to help me acquire a modification for my home that had entered in foreclosure the same year. He started doing his job as a lawyer but after the years passed and nothing had been settled we started asking him questions on how the process was going. He would always tell us that the case had been won and that there was nothing to worry about. He is very disrespectful and rude. He didn't show up to the final hearing of the home. Long story short I lost my home, and the lawyer didnt even know the house had been sold until I went to claim in his office. He had no valid excuse to give me.
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13 Jun, 2021 by H a
This Lawyer took my case, I trusted that as a Lawyer he knew what he was doing, and a short time later when I sold my house I thought that everything was fine and he had left me a debt of several thousands in the modification that he made. This meant that the profit for the sale of my house was significantly reduced. I DO NOT RECOMMEND, VERY UNPROFESSIONAL, AND SEEMS LIKE A LAWYER WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING AND ADVISES HIS CLIENTS BADLY SUCH AS IN MY CASE.
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24 May, 2015 by Anonymous
Lisa handled a partnership division of money for me and started out strong and then I was not included in the joint property appraisal that I paid half, to have done.. We were close to a settlement and I had provided a box of documents regarding back taxes paid and my grandfather's inheiritance that was taken and the only response was that I needed a $20,000 forensic accountant. She knew I could not pay for that and it was back and forth for about 3 years. I finally told her to settle this and then she "lost" me as a client for 3 months. I felt like I essentially did the paralegal work and she just bantered back and forth with an attorney that she also had another case with.. Finally ended up settling for under 1/4 of what the original numbers were,
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26 Sep, 2011 by Anonymous
Michele D Sensale failed to present important information showing that all payments on my home have been made. As a result, the judge ruled that I was in default on the mortgage and my family lost our home.
When I wished to speak to her regarding the results of the case a few days later, I wasn't able to get a hold of her until 5 days went by. She denied any wrong doing when I asked her why she didn't present certain information to help my case.
I highly recommend you stay away from this attorney. My life has been horrible since we lost our home and have had to move around staying with family and friends until we were finally able to find a new place to live.
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26 Jun, 2018 by Mark
He did a ch 7 gor me a couple of years ago. I needed a copy of my creditors listed in that case. I was told by the court he would have a copy. I knew he wasn't very nice when we filed with him but now think he's a total a-s. He won't even return my calls. Would not ever recommend to anyone wanting a nice, good, reliable attorney.
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25 Jun, 2022 by Anonymous
Based on all available evidence Ms. Armenta's sole reason for existence is to abuse the justice court system for the benefit of junk debt buyers. She files hundreds of lawsuits a month maliciously targeting the most vulnerable debtors. To be fair she delivers for her clients, it's just too bad she has no soul.
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14 Oct, 2021 by Jan serrano
35 years of career and no reviews. I should have read the signs when I looked you up for representation. He is a total embarrassment for the attorneys who performed with high standards. He barely knows the law system. As matter fact the only thing that keeps him alive are the connections in different agencies who he uses and still can not win a case. I would rather represent the case by myself than having this person representing me. He is a total ashamed. 35 years wasted. You know where to contact or call him or find him because he works for several firms. He would do much better in Publix filling up the bags than he does as an attorney. www. Publixjobs.com
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11 Nov, 2020 by Richard
Mr Harrison was hired with a substantial retainer to help with transferring some properties we own which involved clearing the title from liens and preparing them for sale. He was very keen on us working with his real estate broker for finding a buyer which seemed really strange especially as that person started giving legal advice. He was very enthusiastic to get to work before he got that retainer and then slowly over time he just stopped returning emails and phone calls. We never received any documentation for the research and work he was supposedly doing. Later, his website was removed and his email address became invalid, which is a really bad sign. Since we could not get any reply from him regarding the work that he has done or returning the balance of our retainer, we had no choice but to report him to the ARDC for client neglect and misrepresentation. I do not recommend this attorney
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20 Mar, 2017 by Anonymous
Javier represented my Home Owners Association. I would not recommend Javier.
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31 Jan, 2023 by Nathaniel moorefield
Kathryn S. Garrett is supposed to be a guardian ad litem in a case. She is supposed to be a neutral party and clearly sides with DCS from day one. Not professional and called my children liars. Will be contacting the bar to let them know of her behavior.
Wouldn't recommend hiring this lady as she doesn't seem to know the definition of guardian ad litem...
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29 Mar, 2023 by Anonymous
Would not respond to repeated phone calls, did not review evidence, did not even interview a single witness. Showed up to court and sat on his hands. Absolutely life destroying.
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30 Dec, 2014 by Jennifer
David Griffin held my $1000 earnest money for a real estate purchase contingent on my getting a mortgage. Mortgage was denied and David Griffin sent me $750.00 back, claiming $250 of my earnest money for work he had done on behalf of the SELLER. Unethical
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24 Feb, 2024 by Anthony demarco
Peter never followed up with me and took my money.
I called him when he told me to and he never followed back with me via email he said he was busy
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12 Jul, 2019 by Anonymous
Was scheduled to meet with Mrs. Diaz regarding a dispute with landlord. Not only did she not show up for the scheduled meeting, never bothered to contact me regarding the missed meeting. I was waiting at the agreed upon location for 45 minutes before i left. What a waste of time.
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19 Oct, 2015 by Autumn
We had contacted John Odom for a consultation for our foreclosure issue, I had a great phone consultation with him where he was confident he could help us (he was referred to us by the Army). I received an email from him the first week of March following sending him the documents he requested for review. He said he would get back to me "next week." Well, after over 6 months, 3 messages left with his secretary, and at least 2-3 emails to attempt to follow up on the status of our case and zero response, I finally gave up. I was very disappointed since he came off well on the call and I was looking forward to working with him.
He might be a fantastic lawyer, but it appears I will never find out. I wouldn't have had a problem if, in the end, he didn't think we had a case or if his workload didn't allow for our case, but I deserved a response and to be notified of that. Since we tried to be patient since we knew we weren't the only clients he had and we know things take time, we still have been unable to make headway on recouping our loses because we are now back to square one.
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25 Apr, 2016 by Anonymous
I can not recommend Tom Lenney or the Lenney Law Firm after working with him on our first-time home buying process. He barely spoke with us after our initial contact. Our emails were neglected. He left for vacation during our home inspection negotiation and didn't even let us know he would be out of town. Our realtor ended up having to negotiate the entire deal on his behalf. Looking back, Tom didn't add any value to the process, only frustration.
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26 Jul, 2023 by Anonymous
Very unprofessional and spoke to me in a very condescending, demeaning and rude manner. Glad I got away from him and I would advise nobody to hire this mentally unwell person.
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05 May, 2015 by Anonymous
Tyra Read might be a "super rising star attorney" but she will plow you over on her way to create a name for herself. Very unfair person & completely unreasonable to work with! She solicited me away from my management position, hired me & then only worked with me for 14 business days before firing me! That day she stayed home & didn't even have the guts to look me in the eye. She's a very fake person!! Only cares about herself & her wallet!
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22 Sep, 2017 by Anonymous
I hired Mr Zimmerman (AKA James C Zimmerman / James Zimmerman/ James Christopher Zimmerman ) to handle a bankruptcy case for me. I gave him a full list of my creditors. He omitted many of them in his filing. I brought it to his attention, he blamed me, and then wanted more money to add the creditors he omitted. The bankruptcy was completed at this point and I still have the debts he omitted. I took him to small claims court and he told the judge I was just trying to make a name for myself trying an attorney in small claims court. The judge never fully heard or considered my case or was interested in allowing me to speak as judges have little respect for non attorneys. I gave up, because other attorneys are not interested in pursuing cases against fellow attorneys that they will have to interact with throughout their careers. However, I can surely let others know that he has proved himself a liar and dishonest in my opinion and with clear supporting documentation.
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12 Sep, 2023 by Anonymous
So Not Use this Office or this attorney. This firm has been very rude and does not provide proper service. Their secretary and Inez in the office hangs up on my face instead of providing me with information to contact a supervisor or attorney.
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15 Dec, 2016 by Amy
I would be very careful about retaining this attorney. I retained him for a foreclosure matter. He was non-responsive. He refused to do things that we asked him to do such as contact opposing counsel and work out settlement of 2nd mortgage. Then when we complained about his communication, he withdrew from the case as attorney after taking our money and not finishing the case. He is - in my opinion as an attorney for 24 years in this State - a horrible attorney and I would never retain him again.
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06 May, 2023 by Mike
FIND ANOTHER FIRM!!! I spent just shy of $20k with this firm representing me with an estate/probate matter. Sarah Grossman is ignorant to the laws of Missouri and provided very false information that put me in a position of possible contempt of court. Her advice that was completely inaccurate. Directly from an e-mail she sent me when I questioned the direction we were heading: “ the law is very clear that wills written prior to a divorce are voided post divorce.” This is false! It started the legal process on an inaccurate foundation and was only one of many questionable decisions she made.
Furthermore, when there became too many indications that she was off base with both her understanding and approach, I escalated my concerns to the partners/founders of the firm; Gregory and Zane Williams. I explained that I had paid good money (and well more than what was predicted) for bad information and I was very concerned. Gregory never responded to a single e-mail. Zane defended the nonsense I was getting from Sarah insinuating I should be happy with where things were at b/c if he was representing me, the costs would be nearly twice what I had paid (for bad information and extremely poor positioning in court and far more than their estimate already). Following this exchange, I received another e-mail from Zane saying they were withdrawing their representation and suggested I find new counsel immediately so things don’t get worse. They collected their nearly $20k, provided bad information, risked me being in contempt of court, and then dropped me in the middle of the case.
They forced my hand, didn’t work with me at all, and defended their mistakes. It felt like they took me out to an island, dropped me off there, and said, “good luck, by the way, the tide is coming”. I found new, better representation out of Kansas City. The first things they asked were, “why was it filed as though there wasn’t a will” (which Williams Law Firm was provided a copy of the will) and “do I know why the titles of the different properties were not transferred correctly” and that they’d have to fix all of this in order to proceed correctly, which of course cost more money to correct Williams’ nonsense and I still got lectured from the Judge as he questioned why I signed the document saying there wasn’t a will. I had to plead with him that I was following poor advice from previous counsel. My new lawyer had to defend me with e-mail documentation in order for him to dismiss his consideration for contempt of court.
Wasted money, unnecessary delays, extreme frustrations, poor knowledge base, poor advice, poor leadership, poor conflict resolution, abandonment, unethical practice. These are the words I would choose to describe Williams Law Firm. Maybe they are okay with setting up LLC’s and other simple legal matters but absolutely do not trust something important, like your family’s inheritance, to these “professionals”. I’ve never felt so strongly about wanting to warn others about such an abysmal experience.
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24 Dec, 2012 by Dick r
In 2010 I hired attorney Sanders to represent me in a foreclosure case. He seemed competent initially, however 6 or 7 months later I received a notice that my home was to be sold at sherriff's auction in 48 hours. I immediately called his office, but the phone was disconnected, I drove to his office, at first they said he was no longer ther (he operated from a shared office), after pressing an administrative person who had known him told me he had taken an emergency medical leave, but had not left a forwarding number or address. Sanders had allowed a default judgement to be entered in my case, never notified me, and disappreared altogether. Fortunalty, I was able to quickly hire a new attorney and prevent the sale from going forward. However, his negligence has compromised my case in a manner that I may not recover from and may ultimately may lead to the loss of my home.
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04 Jan, 2023 by Anonymous
He doesn't have time for his cases he only works as a part time attorney and try to postpone his cases. He always has an attitude and thinks he knows it all which he doesn't
He is very unprofessional I cant believe he is still an attorney. Don't hire him
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08 Jun, 2013 by Amalya
Mr. Shapiro is part of a law firm that is a known Foreclosure Mill. Shapiro, Fishman, & Gache and this lawfirm is being investigated by the Florida Attorney General. The lawfirm above produces illegal Robo-Signed documents and fraudulently forecloses on thousands of homeowners every day. I am one of them and will bring them to justice.
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12 Apr, 2022 by Condo board
Jason Reed sold us out for 2/3 of the money we could have collected.
On August 30, 2021 we told him via email that “we as a board are not of the mindset to waive any sort of late fees, penalties, interest, etc. we have a collection policy and we the board do not discrimination in the application of that policy.”
On August 31, 2021 at 9:29AM Jason Reed replied to us with “I (Reed) will report to opposing counsel that the Association is not going to waive any of the charges and feel that Mr. (Name of person being sued by us) is responsible for all assessments, late charges, collection costs, including attorney’s fees, and the fines levied against the respective units”
Later that week we reached out to Jason Reed about the state of things as foreclosure was scheduled for early the next week. Reed informed us that the person being sued came in and paid about 2/3 of the money owed and since everything but fines were now paid, we could not pursue the foreclosure any longer and we were still owed the fines.
When Jason Reed wouldn’t pursue things further we requested copies of all communication and discovered the following.
On Tuesday August 31, 2021, 12:44PM : Reed replies to an email to the opposing lawyer and states If the amounts minus the fines are paid, then the sale will no longer be an issue.”
NOTE: It appears here that in the span of three hours and 15 minutes, Reed has unilaterally (without client feedback) decided what he will accept in direct contradiction to written instruction by his client.
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13 Feb, 2021 by Anonymous
After he was retained for a job, he became none responsive.
It has been a year to date , I contacted Attorney Lawrence Katz about an issue regarding my Home.
He was then hired, and of coursed, retained . I tried contacting this Attorney 20 times Via emails and phone calls over a period of twelve months. He has only responded to two phone calls and no email. The two phone calls he briefly mentioned he is in quarantine , and he will file the documents pertaining to my home with the Courts, this was back in August of 2020.
Now ,it is mid February 2021 , no documents has been filed and I cannot get in contact with my Attorney Lawrence Katz.
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04 Jul, 2015 by Anonymous
When given items to review to see if legal action was warranted and after a few calls and a two week wait a call was made by him to me. He proceeded to tell me all the reasons why I didn't have a case and then asked a series of questions that were answered on the first page of my two page letter to him that he apparently didn't review! When I questioned him as to how he was able to determine that I had no legal remedy when he obviously had not reviewed any of the paperwork sent to him he became extremely condescending which I didn't appreciate. I also let him know that if he wasn't interested in my case they just say so but don't tell me that I have no course of action when you haven't a clue as to what you're talking about! Totally unprofessional. I contacted another lawyer and when I told him over the phone the same particulars he cited at least three items that I had legal recourse against the party I was looking to sue. He then told me to look for a particular piece of legal papers in the mountain of paperwork I had gathered over the years so I could save myself the cost of having him spending hours looking for. Like I said, 100% unprofessional. Avoid him like the plague!
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15 Aug, 2013 by Keith
was uninformed of contractual issues, complete and total lack of respect to clients
collected fees but did not provide a competent service
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