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22 Aug, 2008 by Anonymous
Been handling my case since 1999, and have been able to get every medical expense, and most disability issues resolved. They have always gotten what was requested, and gave fair advice to myself. The only complaint that I would have is their time to get back to someone regarding their case. Occasionally this is delayed due to various reasons.
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15 Sep, 2024 by Dawn szczechowiak
I have known Michael for years but haven't needed his service for 30 years. He remembered me and my family and was treated like family very professional
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06 Mar, 2022 by Jimmy j
22 Oct, 2021 by Lynn skubish
05 Sep, 2023 by Betsy doyle levy
Professional, courteous, experienced and very intelligent.
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31 Mar, 2021 by Brian link
Ken Farrell was referred to me by the Erie County Bar Association - which provided confidence from the start. He and his team continued to earn that confidence throughout the whole process. In brief - Ken assisted in domesticating a Canadian divorce and ensuring that a subsequent QDRO agreement was appropriately developed and filed. I had worked with several other lawyers to conduct this work, but none were astute and diligent enough to work through the novel challenges presented. In contrast, Ken and his team worked through the process in a deliberate and efficient manner, through to a successful conclusion. I can't recommend them strongly enough. Thank you Ken and team!
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18 Aug, 2020 by David kirszenstein
05 Sep, 2023 by Betsy doyle levy
Professional, courteous, experienced and very intelligent.
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31 Mar, 2021 by Brian link
Ken Farrell was referred to me by the Erie County Bar Association - which provided confidence from the start. He and his team continued to earn that confidence throughout the whole process. In brief - Ken assisted in domesticating a Canadian divorce and ensuring that a subsequent QDRO agreement was appropriately developed and filed. I had worked with several other lawyers to conduct this work, but none were astute and diligent enough to work through the novel challenges presented. In contrast, Ken and his team worked through the process in a deliberate and efficient manner, through to a successful conclusion. I can't recommend them strongly enough. Thank you Ken and team!
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18 Aug, 2020 by David kirszenstein
07 Aug, 2024 by Anonymous
She is very biased, makes assumptions about a person before she even talks to them makes statements that are untrue during representation, ruins families only hears what she wants to hear, if you see her name on a list to represent you, run!!
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22 Sep, 2021 by Anonymous
My husband and I hired Cheryl to do a simple Power of Attorney for my husband and me. We met with her in early February 2021 and filled out all the paperwork. She told us that she needed to send a document to our son in Florida for his signature. She mailed the paperwork to him, but he kept calling me (for many weeks) saying that the paperwork never arrived. I tried calling Cheryl multiple times to try to find out what happened. She did not respond to any of my phone calls. It was very frustrating to leave messages on her machine and have her not respond when I knew that something was terribly wrong. She must not have a secretary or receptionist, so instead of speaking with a live person, I had to depend on the messages I left on her answering machine. She finally contacted me and told me that she sent the paperwork to the wrong address. She sent the paperwork out again and our son signed it and sent it back via "return-receipt requested" mail. After paying the extra postage for the paperwork to arrive quickly, Cheryl did nothing with it for quite some time, so I tried calling her again. Once again, she did not get back to me. The only message that she quickly responded to was the one I left on her machine that said that I wanted my money back and that I was going to hire another lawyer. It took over 6 months from the time we filled out the paperwork to finally getting the POA completed. To be fair, once she sent it to the court house, there was a delay in getting the paperwork processed, and that was not her fault. I don't know if the fee she charged was fair or not, but my daughter recently hired a lawyer to handle her and her husband's wills, Living Wills and Health Proxies. She was charge far less for all three documents for her and her husband than I was charged.
Cheryl came highly recommended by our previous lawyer who retired. I was very disappointed with the way everything was handled for my husband and me. I would not recommend her due to her lack of follow up to her voicemail messages. It was very frustrating dealing with her when she was so non responsive to us.
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10 Dec, 2020 by Jenny richards
11 Jun, 2024 by Natural beauty
11 Aug, 2023 by Ethan macomber
Never do business with these people, you can't even get past the horrible rude front desk person without getting treated terribly and hung up on before I even got a word out past my name and building , not to mention I've never even called before so I dont get who they thought they were speaking too
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10 Dec, 2022 by Jeffrey walker
28 Jun, 2015 by Chris
He sounds like he is going to stutter when he begins to talk to the judge. He forgot to bring important documents to court. I was convicted of a a misdemeanor. He told me that they would explore all available options which could be a conditional discharge or even probation. When he spoke to the Judge the first thing out of his mouth was your honor if you are going to incarcerated my client.....I wish he would have been honest with me I would have hired a different lawyer.
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14 Mar, 2016 by Anonymous
Extremely rude, disrespectful, moody, and lazy attorney. Mr. Lupiani does the minimal amount of work needed for your case. Never got any of the information about my case from my previous attorney. Mr. Lupiani always wants you to go to him to sign documents and it always need to be signed asap. There is a thing called send it in the mail. He does not take notes when discussing details about the case. This became a problem because he would do things that I never said for him to do or proceed. And due to lack of his notes and communication, he would always say you told me to do that, when in fact the notes I took from the same conversation said the exact opposite. As paying client you should be represented with respect, honesty, loyalty, and to the highest ethical standards. He is more into his looks than doing his job for his clients.
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29 Oct, 2021 by Anonymous
Hired Freidman to handle estate of my sister. Paid $2000 upfront. It was during height of the pandemic but NEVER met him, always had Rachelle(his asst,) meet me. Gave me incorrect info on order of payments to creditors and others. Had to print out correct info and give to him. Never returns your phone calls. Makes phone appointments then stiffs and his office doesn't even call to cancel. Leaves you sitting by phone wasting your time. Believe we are finally finished with this process but I had chase down this guy to get things done or do them myself. Just picked this lawyer without knowing about him -total mistake- do you due diligence-just don't hire this guy. He was an associate at Gaughan Group when I hired him. After much frustration with unanswered phone calls Dennis Gaughan told me he fired him and I should try to find new lawyer. Freidmann then set up his own practice on Main Street in Hamburg. Felt I had to stick with him because he had my money. In conclusion, look at reviews or get referrals from friends. Just Don't hire this guy.
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07 Feb, 2019 by Anonymous
I would not recommend Dan. I told him police lied about everything and that I wanted police records regarding the arrest. He made no attempts to do so. Which means there was no point in telling him my version of events of what happened. Allowing the police to withhold evidence that could prove my innocence is just as criminal as the police committing perjury like they did.
After we lost in court Dan had the nerve to tell me that he should had charged me more money in the beginning. He failed to file motions at the end which nearly ruined my chances of filing an appeal.
Dan knew the police lied and did absolutly nothing about it. He never even questioned the lies in court. Seemed as though he was keeping it secret that the police lied and helped the police cover it up. Dan and the police irreparably destroy my life.
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