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08 Jul, 2024 by Rick
Cory took on my tough custody case. I am a father who lives out of state and we had no previous court order for my children. I was gravely concerned for the well being of my children and Cory was facing a mother biased judge. He presented the law to me and did not make any false promises. His preparation for the trial was phenomenal and he prepared me for what to expect on the stand. His knowledge of the law and his hard work in preparing the case helped the judge see my concerns which helped me win full custody of my children. I couldn't have asked for a better attorney. I would highly recommend him to anyone, even trust him to represent anyone in my family.
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08 Jul, 2024 by Deborah
Cory is a very caring person. He has been patient, compassionate and understanding during the entire time he has been helping me with my parents estate. I lost both my Mom and Dad over a period of just a few weeks. Cory is easy to talk to and always professional. A very smart and a very knowledgeable young man. He is kind and truly cares about the people that go to him for help. I highly recommend him to everyone and I feel he goes above and beyond no matter what questions or assistance I may need. He's always pleasant and kind. He's one of the good guys!
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08 Jul, 2024 by Nathan
I was referred to Cory by my business attorney. I am very thankful to have been introduced to Cory. He made my divorce as clean and easy as possible. He was very transparent in the beginning about expectations and kept the entire process friendly and professional. If I have any friends or family who have to go through the same process I will definitely be sending them to Cory Stuart!
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11 Jan, 2023 by Gene
I sought out Dave's assistance to get a legal name change done. The process was easy and seamless. I think from beginning to end was about 2 months tops. Dave stayed in communication throughout the whole process.
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02 Sep, 2021 by Anonymous
I hired David to write a pre-nuptial agreement for me. Unfortunately my marriage did not work out nor did the pre-nup.
The pre-nup had multiple inconsistencies that opposing council pointed out and thus it offered no protection in the settlement.
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22 Feb, 2019 by William
I have used David Sheffield on several occasions over the last couple of years to sort out some company issues and also some family legal items. Highly knowledgeable guy and very smart. Plus very easy to talk out the issues. Highly recommended.
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23 May, 2024 by Michael
Unfortunately, my experience with Greg Larson was not positive. While he performed his duties as an attorney adequately, his approach was very transactional and cold. When I sought advice and clarification on billing issues, Greg became almost combative, which was truly unfortunate. This demeanor made it difficult to communicate effectively and left me feeling uncomfortable and unsupported.
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15 Jul, 2016 by Lindsey
My husband and I did a lease to own option on a house that we were in love with. The owner expressed that she felt so good about us being the ones in the house and that's why she allowed us to do this option. We told her that we would take of the house like it was our own and that she wouldn't receive any calls from us about any troubles the house may have, and we did do some renovations to make the house clean. When it came down to the wire of us having to purchase the home, we had a hiccup in our credit and needed 6 more months to be able to purchase the house. She became very nasty extremely quickly and wanted the house and the equity that we put into the house, for herself. We called Greg, trying to find out if we had any options......he was so awesome at negotiating with her and talking to her in a way that everyone would win. We were able to close on our house in the nick of time. Greg was wonderful and attentive through the whole VERY STRESSFUL process with us. He was my listening ear, when I'm sure he didn't love listening to me be chatty Cathy. He was very understanding of our situation and he tried to understand hers as well. I feel he did a fantastic job at communicating with us. He was quick to respond EVERYTIME! We so much appreciated having him on our side through a really rough time in our lives.
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06 Feb, 2015 by Bill
I have hired Greg on multiple occasions to handle foreclosures, write leases, and litigate for me. Greg has always impressed me and I will hire him again when the need arises.
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27 Jun, 2024 by Denise ormeño
I been trying to talk to them since February every time I call the assistant writes my info and tell me okey “I put urgent and that they will call you back”now is to late to sue my work 😡😡 Worst lawyer
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13 May, 2024 by Bre nace
Helped me get a nice cash settlement rather quick! Would definitely use this company again in the future if I dealt with another lemon. They were super helpful throughout the entire process and kept us informed every step of the way.
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10 Apr, 2024 by Valerie wallace collier
29 Aug, 2024 by Abhimanyu ghose
Not very knowledgeable. Tried to price gouge significantly for unimpressive services. wont recommend.
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01 Apr, 2024 by Néstor
23 Nov, 2023 by Pablo ponciano
05 Oct, 2017 by Becky
I totally would recommend Stephen . He helped me with a legal matter with my sister and did a great job. This was Three years ago. And here just recently helped me get questions and answers I need for my deceased fathers estate. Both times he knew what he was doing. He cares about his clients and does a great job.
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22 Sep, 2016 by Donna
I hired Stephen thru a referral from my parents lawyer Wilford Taylor. I hired him to preserve all that my parents wanted. He talked me into changing everything my parents paid good money to have written on their Wills Trusts and Estate! He wrapped it all up nicely and handed it all to my brothers with a bow and I got nothing and the brother my mother took out of her estate got half sharing all with my other brother who Stephen talked me into giving Executorship!!!
Beware! When emotions are involved I wanted my relationship with my lawyer and did exactly what he asked me to do...I got screwed in the end and got nothing!!! Even out of moms vault because he said "how do I know this $100.00 bill is not worth a million"? Idiot google it!
He is terrible to say the least!!!
STAY AWAY RUN AWAY!
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02 Oct, 2015 by Lori knutson
Our company finds money through various sources, then finds the heirs who can claim those funds. Stephen has done all our court work in AZ for many years and has successfully represented us. He's very knowledgeable and through his tenacity was responsible for getting our legitimate heirs paid when the State read their own laws incorrectly. I wish the other attorneys I have to work with in other states were half as good!
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16 Sep, 2023 by Tim
Ive known Jeff for some time and he has helped alot of my friends and customers that were suffering financial hardships. Jeff even help me thru a chapter 7 BK When I had alot of medical debt etc. He filed in a timely manner. Worked out a reasonable pymt plan. Its 2 years later and my credit is now back in the 700's and was just pre approved for a mortgage. I send everyone I know to Jeff because I know he will take good care of them. Also he almost always answers his phone when you need him. He has a personal touch with each and every person who hire him. Thanks Jeff
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14 Feb, 2022 by Anonymous
This lawyer dropped the ball on my bankruptcy. He claimed that he never received information I had emailed. I even had proof of the emails sent and read receipts. I had provided him with everything he needed. I would wait for responses and would have to call and email several times. Finally, time ran out and the case was dismissed by the judge all because of this lawyers laziness. Then, he said I'd have to pay all over again! Thousands down the tubes for a woman having to file bankruptcy due to covid and loss of work. Gee thanks.
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17 Sep, 2015 by Carrie
I hired Mr. Biddle for my bankruptcy and he was amazing. Not only was he extremely responsive but, even after my bankruptcy was over, he still helped me with my requests for information when I was getting ready to buy a house. My title company told me they had to "order" information about my mortgage and title but Mr. Biddle looked it up online, and emailed me my discharge papers and the information about my mortgage and title that the title company said would take over a week to receive. He really is a great lawyer and put me at ease both before, during and after my bankruptcy. I can't recommend Mr. Biddle enough.
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02 Dec, 2023 by Michelle
Stephanie stood outside the courtroom and told my attorney if she did not give father sole custody now, that she would put my child in foster care. She throw papers at my face while I testified and spewed a theatrical dumpster load of laws causing me and my childless harm that continue to this day. She has done this scam for decades and I personally know several of her victims. Class action is coming...
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30 Jun, 2021 by Jeremy
We hired Stephanie to help us with the adoption of our son. She did an outstanding job but was not our first lawyer. Our first lawyer was fired shortly after retaining her due to personality conflicts. We explained the situation to Stephanie and she was very understanding, kind, and caring as well as being a very competent and diligent lawyer. Would definitely hire her again.
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29 Jun, 2021 by Laura
Ms. Stromfors and her team were always incredibly informative, communicative, and reliable. Ms. Stromfors was always very honest with what to expect and did not sugar coat it. She did not set unrealistic expectations. She got me results that were better than I was hoping for. I hope I never have to hire a Family Law attorney again but if so, I know exactly who I am calling.
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08 Jun, 2015 by Anonymous
The reviews included herein are bogus. He does very little to earn his exhorbitant fees. A little chit chat with the Prosecutor was about all I got for my money. My recommendation is to find an attorney that actually works a case v. lolling around in the court building chatting with his cohorts. I was overcharged (about double) and underserved.
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23 Dec, 2014 by Tina
He is the Best. I truly believe he is my Guardian Angel. I have him to thank. Everyday spent with my son is a blessing because he won my case.
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17 Jan, 2014 by Anonymous
Patrick and his secretary Kim are an excellent team, and I would recommend them in a heart beat to anyone facing criminal charges. Patrick is very straight forward and answered all my questions to the fullest. Kim was exceptionally well at helping me from out-of-state as well. Overall, it appeared that many of the other attorneys looked to Patrick for advice and they often seek him in the hallway for advice since he was a former prosecutor.
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19 Apr, 2020 by Anonymous
This review is well over due! Mr. Bybee was very helpful in getting an old issue cleared up so we could close on our home. We would highly recommend him for your legal needs.
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13 Jan, 2018 by Nathan pearson
I was looking for an attorney to handle a debt that arose from an apartment lease agreement. The landlord was playing hardball because of a negative (but honest) review I left online.
The landlord even refused to accept full payment because I insisted we sign a release.
When I contacted this Bybee character he sounded arrogant. I had to sell myself and my case to him even when I was willing to pay for his services.
While describing the situation I mentioned the negative review I left and he interjected with "there goes any good will".
There I was with my wallet open looking for representation and he did nothing but question me at every point.
If you like being treated like a second class citizen this is your guy. Otherwise I'd recommend finding someone with better bedside manners.
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14 Jul, 2015 by Leigh ann
We were recently represented by Floyd Bybee and found that his legal sense, personal attention to client needs, and overall attitude was above and beyond. When it comes to consumer rights, he has the expertise
to navigate those areas that other attorneys simply can't deal with. He was there for us and never backed
down. A wonderful attorney!
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10 Dec, 2021 by Anonymous
At first Michael Miller seemed to be caring, a good listener, and very reassuring about what needed to be done for what should have been a simple divorce. Unfortunately that didn't last long and after that it was very hard to find out what was going on with my divorce. I would ask questions and receive very short texts with legalized terms that I didn't understand...so of course following up with more questions cost more money. The final straw was when I found out from my ex husband that the divorce was finalized 5 days prior. When I contacted the office about this the response was almost like "oops." So if you're looking for someone who doesn't communicate and not proactive about keeping you informed about your divorce, Michael Miller is your guy.
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20 May, 2021 by Daniel
In my honest opinion there couldn’t be a better attorney for high risk custody cases. I needed an aggressive and articulate litigator and Mr. Miller provided me with the legal protection I needed in order to feel fully protected. I have advocated for pro se representation for a long time, but I will certainly use attorney in the future for any of my family law needs.
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14 May, 2018 by Tony
Absolutely amazing results. Does exactly what he says he’s gonna do! I did exactly what he instructed me to do it all worked out perfect. My divorce and clean and I want for custody. And I’m am the male, but my intentions were sincerely In the best interest of my children. Michael Miller made sure everybody knew it. To superior courts in two different states, appeals, FBI, sheriff department, local police department, governors, just for starters. My divorce and custody case was so extraordinary the lead detective here in Arizona is actually writing a book. With mr. Michael Miller, Esquire you get what you pay for. He’s worth every penny.
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01 Aug, 2023 by Lisa black
I worked with these folks over at Jones, Skelton and Hochuli before they broke off into another firm. While I like a majority of these folks, the administrator is awful. If she doesn’t like you you’re out. Her name is Kara. And she fires people if they get cancer. Unless, of course, you’re a lawyer. Just think about this before choosing this firm as your law firm. And Rachel Love, Tonya died. Your assistant, that you loved so dearly passed away from ovarian cancer, and wasn’t given the opportunity to come back to work after treatment. Because Kara, who is now your administrator, told her that she has CANCER and there’s no place for her at the firm anymore. Tim is great. Rachel, I thought you were a nice person. Apparently I was wrong.
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25 Jun, 2022 by Jennifer torley
I am not a client, but I read a job posting and viewed your website and I love it. I just wanted to let you all know I have never viewed a job posting as well put together as yours. I have just started learning litigation, but if I had the experience you require I would love to work for you! Kudos!
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16 Feb, 2021 by Jodi jankowski
03 Nov, 2021 by Anonymous
My wife’s children were removed per an emergency order resulting from a baseless claim of child abuse. Despite us having video and audio evidence that contradicted the allegations, Kelly’s advice was to wait 6-8 months for DCS to investigate. She told us that we were not able to fight the allegations or the removal of custody of the kids.
We sought several outside opinions and all were in agreement that our evidence was very strong and that *not* fighting the allegations would imply guilt on our part.
Even worse: The day that the kids were taken away, I called and the office to beg them to contact my wife by phone that day as she was very distraught. Blake Binion-Holliday told me (verbatim), “We are not a crisis line. You are entitled to legal advice and you will receive that in writing by the end of the day.” I cannot believe the lack of empathy afforded to a client in the field of family law…
In our opinion, Kelly’s office is fine for handling simple run-of-the-mill family cases. But if you have a complex case or one that goes before a judge, you need an attorney that exudes confidence and can get the judge’s attention and make your side of the case heard. Kelly proved utterly incapable of doing so - to the point that we wish we had hired the opposing attorney. Her lack of ability in front of a judge, her obvious inexperience in cases involving false allegations of abuse where DCS has become involved, and her unwillingness to admit that she was in over her head lead us to strongly recommend against representation from her office for all but the simplest of cases.
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06 May, 2021 by Ashley
Kelly and her team are amazing! She helped me with a custody case. She answered all my questions in a timely manner and made sure I was prepared for court and she was very prepared
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30 May, 2017 by Lydia
I hired Kelly for custody representation. I put $5,000 retainer which she blew through in several days and I also paid her hrly, which balance was paid in full, on time, by me. She used all my own work, forms, declarations, with nothing new to add to the table. I caught her "dealing" with opposing counsel and didn't want to help me whatsoever. In my opinion, she is only in it for the money and how she can over bill clients. She was dishonest with me and when I questioned her on certain things, she got upset with me and closed herself off. I had to start representing myself, which I absolutely did a spectacular job. Now I have fantastic representation and couldn't be happier Kelly is behind me.
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10 Apr, 2024 by Anonymous
Barbara dragged my case out for way too long just so she could keep taking my money. After having her as my lawyer entire year we had not made any progress with my case. She has no sense of urgency and doesn’t truly care about her clients only about receiving her payments.
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15 May, 2019 by Anonymous
I used this attorney back in 2009. She charged me a $4,000 retainer. My ex and I were able to work a lot of stuff out on our own, she she ended up having to do very little work for me. Well, she made sure she kept her $4,000 by charging for every little thing. She also left some very important items out of the parenting agreement. She claims I told her to leave them out, but I did not. Any good lawyer would not have left them out. As another reviewer stated, she "nickeled and dimed". I feel that overcharged me for the work she did and that her work was inadequate.
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19 Mar, 2017 by Anonymous
This person failed to disclose her past with an incident at a jail. Charged me for 32,000 for discovery, found nothing or presented nothing to justify charges which were for demanding a mother in laws financial records, without disclosing it and then dumped my case. Run dont walk away from this attorney.
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25 Apr, 2017 by Anonymous
The previous reviews were correct about Christine Powell. Please if she is assigned to your case get her off, unless you can get on her emotions with no evidence. Christine Powell was unfortunately appointed to my case as a best interest attorney. My case involved a narcissistic parent who has been out of my children’s lives for the past several years to the point where he has been in jail for non-payment of child support.
As our court date was approaching, I called her for our initial meeting and she wanted to meet last minute. After the meeting, Powell promised me that she would do everything in her power to prevent the other parent to receive 50/50 custody. I thought that was a little odd because at that time she did not even speak with the other parent or my children.
Powell then met with the other parent the day before the hearing. Powell called me right after her meeting with the other parent and said that the other parent made allegations about me and that she believed those allegations.
Powell then proceeded to use profanity against me and spoke to me in an emotional tone. I could not believe all of the allegations Powell was saying about me especially since I have never done anything close to what she had said. For example, Powell said that I have an alcohol problem and I can’t even remember the last time I drank alcohol.
Despite all of that, Powell told me that at Court the next morning she would recommend to the Judge that I get every day except some weekends. To my surprise, at Court the next morning, Powell recommended to the judge that I get 50/50 custody, made baseless allegations against me, and recommended that I be tested for alcohol. To make matters worse Powell told the Court that she did not even need to interview my kids because her mind was already made up and the interviews would not change anything. It is devastating because I am the only parent that my children know and all one needs to do with Powell to get her to side with you is to make false allegations about the other parent.
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01 Jan, 2015 by Jason
I am the petitioner in my case. Over a year ago my now 3year-old son was abused while in his mother's care. When we broke up she kept my son from me for 2 month's before I was able to get her to court. We finished court and not even a month later his mother lied to the courts to get emergency custody of our son. I went to the courts with proof that she lied and a witness whom she told that now that she had custody of our son she would never let me see him again. The courts assigned Christine Powell to the case.
From my very first phone conversation with Christine she used offensive language told me I was guilty of what my ex said dispite my proof that my ex had committed perjury to get emergency custody of my son. She then told me to email her the information I have. A week later she says she doesn't have the time to read the emails and to mail her the papers. She also not only accused me of stalking my ex she said she believed that I was. I informed her it's impossible for me to stalk anyone without a vehicle. She also told me I wouldn't be getting my son on Halloween even after I told her that our current custody agreement says our Son spends all Holidays with both parents. She replied back with )"That's not how it works"). I replied back with haven't you even read the custody agreement? Her next email was her apology for not checking the agreement. I still didn't even get to to my son trick or treating for a hour. She has been coaching my son's mother. Which is a conflict of interest. She also refuses to give me the babysitter information that his Mom has even though it's not protected information in any way.
She lied to the courts about me even though I can prove she is lieing. This woman thinks she canmakr up laws at will. She eeven threated my boss to have me held in contempt of court if he didn't let me have the day off for a mediation that I had already requested to the courts that it be changed because I didn't have anyone to cover my shift. The judge of the case granted my request to reschedule the mediation. This woman has also orderd me to give my son to his Mom before my time is up or else.
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12 Sep, 2014 by Anonymous
She is the best interest lawyer for a minor child in a case I have going on. She is very basis. And she says one thing one minute and then she changes her mind a few days later. She has a good back ground history but she doesn't do her home work and shows up for court right on time and has done any research on what she is doing. Then when she was told that the case will have to come back in a month she replied she wasn't going to come. That she will call in her review of the case.
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09 Aug, 2018 by Anonymous
Mr. Brown did not properly or ethically handle my Rule 32.1, Petition for Post-Conviction Relief. Mr. Brown took 9 long dilatory months to file my Petition for Post-Conviction Relief and failed to file a Reply to the Prosecutor’s false statements in the states response. In fact, Mr. Brown failed to file any reply at all. Falling well below the ethical norms of what is expected of an attorney when accepting a case that deals with a person’s most valuable asset their very “Freedom.”
Mr. Brown had everything he needed to file the Petition, because he received it from my Appellate Attorney within days of his tenor on my case. I sent Mr. Brown detailed instructions of what needed to be include in the Petition within a week of Mr. Brown accepting the case. Mr. Brown tried to get me to lose some of these issues that needed to be included in my Petition by arguing with me that they were not necessary “which is false” because if you don’t use them you lose them in other petitions, and continued to delay the process by ignoring my phone calls and requesting for extensions from the Court by falsely stating to the Court that he needed a certain transcript that; 1. he already had and 2. didn't have anything to do with my Petition or with what needed to be filed. Mr. Brown finally agreed to file the Petition with what I requested because it was proper, but only after my wife called him almost every day for over a month.
Mr. Brown also tried to get me to sign a petition without the issues that needed to be kept in play during the process, by sending me an incomplete Petition, because if you don’t include them in your rule 32 they will be lost forever.
After the Prosecutor filed his response, Mr. Brown did not send me a copy of it until it was to late to file the mandatory reply. Mr. Brown did not file any reply to the states response at all, and everything the prosecutor stated in his response “even though it was false” was considered by the judge as if it were true, due to Mr. Browns Failure to reply to the Prosecutors Response.
The Judge stated that her ruling was based in part because Mr. Brown failed to file a reply to the states response.
Mr. Brown issued his final statement falsely claiming that there we no other issues to continue to the Rule 32.9 Petition for Review. Mr. Brown then took another month or so to send me the Rule 32.1, decision, and the rest of the file so I could continue to file the Rule 32.9, again delaying the process, to give me the time needed to file my Rule 32.9 Petition for Review.
These are not all the problems I experienced with Mr. Brown. The fact is Mr. Brown did not work in my interest at all, and I would not recommend him to anyone.
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