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19 May, 2022 by Anonymous
Gave him $3000.00 after he made all these promises. Then he didnt submit the paperwork for the immigration process and stopped answering all emails/calls for months. A smooth talker. Beware.
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23 Jun, 2021 by Anonymous
If I could give him no stars I would. We paid him $500 for nothing. We sent him all the paperwork he needed in June. We asked if there was anything else we needed to do and he said no. Then in August we sent sent emails and never hear back. Finally after leaving a few voice mails he left a message saying nothing has been done and thank you for reminding me about it. After all of that he couldn't get the case re-opened. Find someone else to hire. He is worthless.
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16 Aug, 2022 by Colleen
Lazy and absolutely no fight in him. Gave my daughter false hope for a year and never argued a thing during the trial. Was either paid to be quiet or just quit! I would not recommend for a divorce lawyer!!
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01 Mar, 2021 by Amy
He was supposed to protect my husband but now he has bankruptcy on his record, wiped out his second mortgage and foreclosures on your house. I filed individually and was not supposed to affect my husband’s credit. Plus I’ve been waiting over 3 months for money that was promised to me.
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25 Sep, 2020 by Meghan
This law firm scammed me out of thousands and I worked off he clock trying to clean up the disaster.
It is FULL of fraudulent federal funding advice and edits and deletion and exploitation of its clients vulnerable states of health and substance abuse. Bruce makes mistakes because he doesn't want to turn his wife in for Embezzlement, Fraud, Theft, and Mis-Handling of client funds and confidential information. She is an addict.
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30 Apr, 2017 by Mike kuss
Hired him for a bankruptcy case. After giving a 2000 deposit, finding out that HE didn't think i was elligable. Cancelled my further procedures with him (him telling me "my time and paperwork is worth 1000") KEPT IT ALL AND WOULD NOT RETURN ONE PHONE CALL! Do not choose him unless you have money to lose! Crook! He's been barred from ND before. Watch yourself.
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19 Dec, 2024 by Jason m
When I requested to see video evidence from the state he said “we don’t want to upset the state.” For 6 months I asked him to meet and discuss the case, once he finally agreed to a date, he cancelled the day before saying “things are very fluid around here. It’s difficult for me to be at a specificplace at a certain time.” I said “you mean like here tomorrow at the time we agreed on?” He said “yes, I’m glad you understand.” Then hung up.
He will lie and tell you anything to get you off his back. Every day in court begins with someone firing him. I took an open plea to avoid him dragging my case out any longer.
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24 Aug, 2024 by Anonymous
There is a man rotting in prison for LIFE with no parole because of this "attorneys" negligence! He should not be allowed to practice law!
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31 Jan, 2024 by Anonymous
Hard to get a hold of and does not give a sh*t about his clients. Why can he still be able to practice law?
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30 Sep, 2024 by Monica
My husband and I did an extensive search for an immigration attorney, we found Anna through a good recommendation but from the beginning she did not give me a good impression, she made an appointment with us for more than an hour and a half and she just went in circles the whole time, never getting a concrete answer, it does not seem like she has any knowledge of the subject and knows 100% of what she is talking about, after that appointment she charged us $300 for just talking more than necessary, she told us that if we wanted to be in charge of our process for my husband's green card she would charge a fee of $5000 (which my husband paid the next day) Mrs. Anna never sent a receipt that she had received the $5000 fee, she never said anything, after 1 month I contacted her to see if she had received the money and there was an option to start the process and she did not answer the phone or the emails that my husband and I sent her, we called her daily and nothing happened, a month went by until one day she finally responded giving an excuse that she was not a lawyer. Without any professional ethics, she said she had a client in jail and another client in the hospital (I don’t understand why she’s so busy), why is she seeing new clients??? Then she apologized and asked for a second chance (which I never agreed to), but my husband trusted her and gave her a second chance. Then I insisted on being able to have an appointment with her to see if we could finally start the process, she finally agreed but gave us a super random appointment because she said she was very busy, we got to her office and again she just went in circles, she never showed confidence in herself and she never showed that she was a good professional that we could trust, at the appointment she said that she was going to send us a link to open an account with immigration and a letter to go to some medical exams. Then 3 weeks went by and I never sent anything, for 1 week I've been trying to talk to her and again she doesn't answer the phone or emails, we tried to give all our trust to this lady who says she is very PROFESSIONAL but it doesn't seem like it, the truth is I'm very disappointed that she didn't take us seriously and we waited for her until the end, my husband and I decided to start the process with another lawyer who does have the time available for our case and we just want our money back. I don't recommend her at all!!!!!! I hope people like her aren't willing to have new clients and play with people's time, I never felt supported by her. I hope she gives us our money back because she simply did NOTHING!!! Bad experience with this person
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15 Mar, 2023 by Anonymous
This woman does not listen to understand I've try to talk to her and explain to her about my situation but instead she would talk over me the whole conversation ended up nowhere and had to pay $300 for nothing would never recommend her for anybody you are better off going somewhere else
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11 Sep, 2013 by Anonymous
Mary is not a good lawyer, she doesn't return phone calls or e-mails, she seemed to put me and my divorce on her back burner through the whole process. She told me she would finish up additional paperwork which she did not do, and doesn't even return my calls when I leave messages to ask about it. Also gave me misinformation when writing up my decree that caused me to have to change my name back to my maiden name when I DID NOT want to do. I would not recommend her to my worst enemy for any kind of legal aid or even advice.
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21 Mar, 2023 by Anonymous
Worst of the worst!!! Don’t hire him he takes your money and doesn’t represent!!
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19 Jun, 2021 by Anonymous
I would not recommend this attorney. At first, I thought Erica was polite, compassionate, and professional. I had hired her to assist me in modifying child support and child custody arrangement from a divorce 6 years prior. She thoroughly explained the process and my options. She sent a proposal to modify the arrangements based upon his life circumstances (significant wage increase, living thousands of miles away).
His response included inaccurate information and personal correspondence that was incomplete. Upon receiving this response from my ex-husband, I provided her with a set of documents to counter, which she stated she had submitted. Upon losing a portion of the case, I spoke to her afterward and said I was surprised the judge ruled that way given the provided documentation. She replied, "Me too." I then received a thousand dollar bill from her 2 months later that she did not inform me of, which I requested an itemized list. I received the list that did not include the response. Afterward, I requested the files and found out that she had lied and failed to submit a counter.
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19 Jun, 2024 by Brittany
This C word has ruined my life and I'm not even the one she's prosecuting. She's as good of a human being as her cheap invisilign she thinks Noone can see. Sarah, u can't just break up families n think everyone is going to b on your side. Sarah is a heartless C* *T who cares about nothing but her felony conviction count no matter who it hurts in process. Sarah isn't there for anyone but herself. Dirty states attorney who's not to be trusted!
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06 Oct, 2023 by Laurie
I hired Heartland law firm and was given Thomas Burckhard as my attorney to file a time sensitive appeal which he failed to do so and I lost my case and any future appeals .I was sent back only half of my retainer and was told sorry we forgot about your case and Thomas Burckhard was fired and that several other clients he did this to too. Upon further investigation he has been fired by every law firm he's worked for and attorneys I have spoke to had nothing good to say about him!
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21 Jan, 2019 by Don
I was a client of Matt Menge. I was very disappointed with his lack of assertiveness in representing me. He seemed more concerned about the other party's feelings and interests. I asked him to pursue a financial matter pertaining to my case and he refused. I asked him not to attend mediation and he did which cost me an extra $500. I dismissed Matt as my attorney long before the case was settled as he did not represent me well.
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17 Aug, 2015 by Anonymous
mr. morrow is the worst attorney i have ever had, seen, or even talked to, he filed motions in my case witbout my knowledge or consent, it took me 2 weeks just to get someone to answer the phone at his office, and when i was able to reach someone at his office, i was hungup on when i asked for more information, i called back several times in an attempt to get the "so called professionals" name he repeatedly asked why i wanted his name and again hungup on me, i am still going to court on this matter, and am at a lose as to what i should do? so i guess all in all, i would never recommend him to anyone, and any help would be greatly appreciated.
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29 May, 2024 by Brooke
I've gotten 2 warrants over his service. They (him and his secretaries)play with people's lives like it's a joke or a game. I called his office for one week straight and got a text saying everything is good until July. So I assumed that meant court dates. My mailing address on my initial app said general delivery!! no secretary noticed that while Mailing me any court documents!!! Bc they have not mailed me a single one stating when we have court!!! I also got a warrant over not signing a rule 42 paper. All I had to do was sign A paper!!! No sorry for having to sit in jail for that either so I'm not sorry this review is staying on Your record the way you gotten my record up there as well!!! If I could write a legal secretary a review I would as well. I do not recommend Justin or his team or any affiliates now or in the future. If he works like he does now on cases you'll never win. I realize hes a court appointed and is not gonna work nose to the grindstone but c'mon. What do you do all day besides go to court and not call ppl back.??? You played with my life and my freedom too many times and now I get to get my say! And what I'm saying is the honest to god truth so help me God. Is his lack of work ethic and diligence have anything to do with my lawsuit against this towns bias PD?? I believe so but can't prove it. Well here u go Justin take one for the blue team. And take a gander at my go fund me ppl. Bc how can a group of minorities that only make up about 4% of the population (native Americans) be so overly represented on busted newspaper!!??? ( I don't trust the data from the arrest records cities own hands it's dirty and I'll prove it!! In a sample study of just a mere 100. Natives made up 35% of busted newspaper!!! That is abnormally high and my sample studies on my FB prove this. Caucasians make up 86% of the population and their not targeted the way Native Americans are targeted. That's why they back the blue! I have data from the US census, cato.org, busted newspaper, national registry of exonerations on my FB that proves this towns pd racially profiles and targets native Americans. Help me win my case and be more diligent and fair and I'll come back to my review and state what happened. And leave more stars. Thank you for you help thus far. It hasn't been much and you know it
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01 Sep, 2023 by Anonymous
Definitely look elsewhere, Remington Kostenko has no interest to resolve your issues.
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17 Feb, 2024 by Earl
Arrogant and inadequate. Per ND Supreme Court, Attorney Criag fails to adequately brief appellate issues: Landis v. State 2024ND17 (Actual & Legal innocence, Judicial Error, Prosecutorial misconduct issues not briefed at all- Makes a person wonder if Craig endorses intoxicated drivers hurting/killing people as Landis was hit by an intoxicated driver that died but charged, tried, and somehow convicted of Negligent Homicide even as the sober driver not committing a crime) Craig did, however, adequately brief trial court's error of granting summary judgment regarding Ineffective assist. of counsel issue Unfortunately, the ND Sup. Court rendered a decision contrary to well-established State and Federal laws. Lavallie v. State 2019ND119 Inadequately briefed I.A.C claim.
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15 Jan, 2022 by Anonymous
I asked him to check exactly how many feet from this school I was never did. Come to find out I was over 2000ft from it. Had he actually checked into it my charge would’ve been totally different.
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31 Dec, 2024 by Heather
For someone who is supposed to be the voice of victims, I have never spoken to, heard from his office ( unless I call them) , no updates, no arrests and now that my abuser is in a different state my case, my family being repeatedly disrespected and violated with no act or resolution, and complete lack of any empathy have been an absolutely unacceptable!!! Victims should be helped instead of being told they don't matter now that he is no longer living here but is still violating his PO on multiple occasions. ND needs to do better and THIS is NOT how you should ever treat a victim. I'm tired of being silent and someone needs to speak up for those who have already given up because clearly Josh Traiser will NOT!!!!
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22 Jul, 2023 by Katelynn spencer
Garbage judge I was being prosecuted for driving under revocation given the chance to get it back in sixty days and have the charges dropped tell me why I asked this man and the states attorney hey you guys I don’t understand what’s going on can you explain it Douglas the judge started screaming at me thru the microphone about how I need to hurry and and plead guilty not cool not legal and not a good judge
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22 Jun, 2019 by Erin hansen
Garbage judge. He gave probation to a woman who molested her own child. The details of the case are horrifying, but she got credit for time served—which was only 315 days!
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14 Oct, 2017 by Becky thomas
Can I give negative stars? I just watched this judge deny a military member the right to accept an assignment leaving the state of ND in a child custody case, when neither the plaintiff or defendant is a resident of the state. He was definitely not equipped to hear this case. Military personnel beware!!! Plus, I found it super disrespectful that the Judge took part in the questioning and asked the mother if her career was more important than the dad having access to his kid. I guess the judge wasn't worried about her being able to take care of her kid...who needs a job right?... Or the fact that the dad just started visiting his kid 4.5 months ago, missing a year of his life and refusing to provide child support. This judge and the dad have something in common...
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22 Jul, 2023 by Katelynn spencer
Garbage judge I was being prosecuted for driving under revocation given the chance to get it back in sixty days and have the charges dropped tell me why I asked this man and the states attorney hey you guys I don’t understand what’s going on can you explain it Douglas the judge started screaming at me thru the microphone about how I need to hurry and and plead guilty not cool not legal and not a good judge
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22 Jun, 2019 by Erin hansen
Garbage judge. He gave probation to a woman who molested her own child. The details of the case are horrifying, but she got credit for time served—which was only 315 days!
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14 Oct, 2017 by Becky thomas
Can I give negative stars? I just watched this judge deny a military member the right to accept an assignment leaving the state of ND in a child custody case, when neither the plaintiff or defendant is a resident of the state. He was definitely not equipped to hear this case. Military personnel beware!!! Plus, I found it super disrespectful that the Judge took part in the questioning and asked the mother if her career was more important than the dad having access to his kid. I guess the judge wasn't worried about her being able to take care of her kid...who needs a job right?... Or the fact that the dad just started visiting his kid 4.5 months ago, missing a year of his life and refusing to provide child support. This judge and the dad have something in common...
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22 Jul, 2023 by Katelynn spencer
Garbage judge I was being prosecuted for driving under revocation given the chance to get it back in sixty days and have the charges dropped tell me why I asked this man and the states attorney hey you guys I don’t understand what’s going on can you explain it Douglas the judge started screaming at me thru the microphone about how I need to hurry and and plead guilty not cool not legal and not a good judge
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22 Jun, 2019 by Erin hansen
Garbage judge. He gave probation to a woman who molested her own child. The details of the case are horrifying, but she got credit for time served—which was only 315 days!
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14 Oct, 2017 by Becky thomas
Can I give negative stars? I just watched this judge deny a military member the right to accept an assignment leaving the state of ND in a child custody case, when neither the plaintiff or defendant is a resident of the state. He was definitely not equipped to hear this case. Military personnel beware!!! Plus, I found it super disrespectful that the Judge took part in the questioning and asked the mother if her career was more important than the dad having access to his kid. I guess the judge wasn't worried about her being able to take care of her kid...who needs a job right?... Or the fact that the dad just started visiting his kid 4.5 months ago, missing a year of his life and refusing to provide child support. This judge and the dad have something in common...
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22 Jul, 2023 by Katelynn spencer
Garbage judge I was being prosecuted for driving under revocation given the chance to get it back in sixty days and have the charges dropped tell me why I asked this man and the states attorney hey you guys I don’t understand what’s going on can you explain it Douglas the judge started screaming at me thru the microphone about how I need to hurry and and plead guilty not cool not legal and not a good judge
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22 Jun, 2019 by Erin hansen
Garbage judge. He gave probation to a woman who molested her own child. The details of the case are horrifying, but she got credit for time served—which was only 315 days!
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14 Oct, 2017 by Becky thomas
Can I give negative stars? I just watched this judge deny a military member the right to accept an assignment leaving the state of ND in a child custody case, when neither the plaintiff or defendant is a resident of the state. He was definitely not equipped to hear this case. Military personnel beware!!! Plus, I found it super disrespectful that the Judge took part in the questioning and asked the mother if her career was more important than the dad having access to his kid. I guess the judge wasn't worried about her being able to take care of her kid...who needs a job right?... Or the fact that the dad just started visiting his kid 4.5 months ago, missing a year of his life and refusing to provide child support. This judge and the dad have something in common...
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22 Jul, 2023 by Katelynn spencer
Garbage judge I was being prosecuted for driving under revocation given the chance to get it back in sixty days and have the charges dropped tell me why I asked this man and the states attorney hey you guys I don’t understand what’s going on can you explain it Douglas the judge started screaming at me thru the microphone about how I need to hurry and and plead guilty not cool not legal and not a good judge
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22 Jun, 2019 by Erin hansen
Garbage judge. He gave probation to a woman who molested her own child. The details of the case are horrifying, but she got credit for time served—which was only 315 days!
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14 Oct, 2017 by Becky thomas
Can I give negative stars? I just watched this judge deny a military member the right to accept an assignment leaving the state of ND in a child custody case, when neither the plaintiff or defendant is a resident of the state. He was definitely not equipped to hear this case. Military personnel beware!!! Plus, I found it super disrespectful that the Judge took part in the questioning and asked the mother if her career was more important than the dad having access to his kid. I guess the judge wasn't worried about her being able to take care of her kid...who needs a job right?... Or the fact that the dad just started visiting his kid 4.5 months ago, missing a year of his life and refusing to provide child support. This judge and the dad have something in common...
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09 Mar, 2022 by Pat indvik
Been a year this month since we filed paperwork to press charges against someone. Keep getting the same excuse it's in my stack of papers to review. Never can get a return phone call never can get a straight answer. I guess I'll just have to eat the $16,500 that I had stolen.
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