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09 Feb, 2021 by Tiffany
Best possible outcome. Id recommend him. Trustworthy and fights for his clients.
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10 Feb, 2020 by Steph
He was amazing! He was honest with possible outcomes and put his whole heart into it! I love him, his passion, his drive and his foundation and ethics in life. Priorities are top of the line and honestly nobody better!
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04 Jul, 2014 by Michael green
I hired michael to help a friend he did a very good job got them a good deal and got alot of things dropped if my friend had been a better client he could of got them off completely I would give him a call he is a very friendly guy easy to talk to and he knows what he is doing dont go to court with out a lawyer if your freedom is at stake.not only does he know the law but he usally knows what they are going to give you for fines or jail time
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31 Dec, 2020 by C young
I contacted Robert for representation on an unemployment case. Throughout the entire process I found him to be knowledgeable of unemployment law, and able to answer all my questions and concerns. I would recommend him to anyone going through the process and in need of help.
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27 Jun, 2018 by Liz
I contacted Robert in 2016 to help me appeal my SSD claim. He came recommended from a neighbor and sounded like he would care at first. I have been following up with him for the past two years, to no avail. He is super slow to return my messages, if he does at all ,whether they be emails or calls. When he finally called me the other day, after three weeks had gone by, he blatently lied to me. I took it upon myself to "double check" Robert's claims that he was "working on it" - and called SSD and found out that after his name was added to my "file"" at SSA admin. That not a thing had been done on his part to help me. SSA said that NO activity had been done on his part!! None! So basically I've spent the last two years trusting his word that he was "ON It", what a bunch of BS. My faith in attorneys is blown, this man needs to be disbarred if this is his "way" of helping people such as myself. Now, I'm told that I need to start all over again.
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21 Apr, 2015 by Anonymous
I have had difficulty getting representation on my social security disability matter for years. Mr. Engler agreed to represent me and was very nice to work with. He fought hard to help me. I finally was able to get my benefits. He has an awesome staff and I was able to talk to him anytime I had questions.
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21 Jun, 2019 by Greg
The above review is invalid as the reviewer was not the person who hired Andrew Knuth in the case it is referring to as I, the petitioner, hired him. Andrew Knuth was hired to cover a very difficult and complicated custody case almost a year and a half ago after firing a different lawyer who did not fight for my child when the respondent lost our child to DHS and I was given primary custody. Andrew Knuth was very open about what would be expected during the court hearings and was prompt at letting me know what was going on. We were granted Concurrent Jurisdiction. Heartbreakingly, during the district hearing the courts believed the respondent despite the truth, facts, and medical evidence provided by Andrew and myself. Andrew worked hard and did his absolute best in my case even though the outcome was not what was desired. I wish this part of the state of Iowa were more father friendly. I would recommend him to others.
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19 Jun, 2019 by Anonymous
We came across Mr Knuth awhile back when my cases were first fresh. Mr Knuth knew that one of the professionals involved in the investigation was represented at an earlier date by Mr Knuth. Normally this would be a conflict of interest, however Mr Knuth decided to try and use this to his advantage. During the course of the case, Mr Knuth would file motion after motion, nothing with any weight behind it, just opinion.
During the trial Mr Knuth really seemed like he was overwhelmed and not ready, despite pushing for an earlier trial date. He had only 3 witnesses called, and 2 pieces of evidence, on a case that had been open for more than 2 years. The witnesses were not credible in the fact that they were either related to the petitioner or represented by Mr Knuth at one time or another. In the final order, the judge even called it out and said he still had yet to file 3 pieces of evidence he said he would file. After which he did. I believe he went into the case under prepared and over confident and not only ended up losing but also having the judge go In favor of the respondent.
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31 Dec, 2020 by Anonymous
In my experience Theodore, on almost every court appearance for my case he would either wait until the day before, or even hours before on the day of the appearance to prepare for court. He has on more than one occasion misplaced documents, emails, and faxes blaming his secretary. He would make eccentric statements about evidence he would present in court during my meetings with him, and then sit silent in court, and not follow up with any evidence he had previously claimed would be so important. He would make appointments to meet with me and either would be excessively late, or not show at all blaming his children, daycare, or school.
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19 Sep, 2019 by Anonymous
Wonio is a very unprofessional lawyer when I first met with him I was in jail and I sat there nearly a month before he even came to see me then when I got released and set up a meeting at his office I walk in and his shoes are kicked off and his feet kicked up on the desk Theodore has no respect forhis clients or his staff me and Wonio discussed that he needed to request for my text messages to be pulled off my phone back in November of 2018 it is now almost November 2019 and he still has not done any thing to get those text to prove I'm innocent he also tell his clients incompetent his secretaries are and how they don't know to do there job I would never recommend this man for any serious case seems to me he's just in it for a check and not to help his clients WORST LAWYER I HAVE EVER HAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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19 Dec, 2017 by Zachary
This lawayer was hired to handle my father's estate. During first meeting with him he informed us of a client he was representing and played a message he received from that client. At that moment I knew that his ethics, character, and honesty were very low. As we neared the closing of the estate, hehad made a mistake, it's honesty questioned, that ended with both my brother and I left each with an $ 11,000 tax liability with the IRS which he himself did not correct. My brother and I were left to clear his mistake on our own. I have paid in around 4000$ since 2011. I have had my tax returns taken, my privilege to register a vehicle, my wages garnished, my bank account levied, not to mention all the time and money it took for me to clear up Theodore wonios mistake. It took 6 years to resolve this matter that he caused and refused to correct. My life has been put on hold for 6 years because of this lawyer. I lost my home, my vehicle, and almost everything I owned trying to just barely survive. It has only been two weeks of December 2017 that I have had the chance to make a life for myself. He has yet to be held accountable for this.
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