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30 Sep, 2011 by Board member
Our homeowners association hired Ms. Powers because we had heard that she was an experienced HOA attorney. The Board was having a internal dispute and wanted Ms. Powers to help settle its issues. Ms. Powers attended our meeting and acted like a mediator. However, her presence made the Board even more antagonistic and did not resolve anytime. She made mountains out of molehills trying to scare us, and billed our association thousands by writing lengthy convoluted letter. I think our association would have resolved its issues with hiring Ms. Powers. Also, she does not respond to emails or phone calls quickly.
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11 Dec, 2014 by Anonymous
My first impression of Ryan was that he seemed smart and knowledgeable of the laws pertaining to my situation. However, in retrospect I wish I worked with someone who was a little less self-confident and a little more willing to put the time and effort into the details of the work that he was paid to do.
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09 Mar, 2024 by Helen
Believe the negative reviews. A terrible experience for me! This lawyer Marvin Adviento come to represent all the ugly and rancid stereotypes that attorneys are known for: cold, inattentive, lying, disappearing and not responding your calls and emails for months and totally unprofessional! He kept my case for so long and did absolutely 0 for the whole case during 2 years. He told me we need to go to the deposition to get more money and then disappeared for months with no response. During 2 years the depo never happened! He promised me he would send inspections to my unit , that there will be more additional work done. He has done literally nothing for 2 years. Every question you ask him about his behavior he either avoid to answer or twisting the truth. When you tell him to help with what lawyer supposed to do like talking to the other side- he threaten you to leave the case. He doesn’t care about your case or your situation or outcome of the case. He disappeared many times for months ignoring my call and emails, he wasted 2 years of time and he has done absolutely 0 work for the case, none. He didn’t even care to read all materials and evidences I provided and work with it. The worst experience ever! If I could give 0 stars I would!
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26 Mar, 2023 by Anonymous
Marvin claims he is an eviction attorney however after 60 day notice he was not able to evict my tenant. He had served the wrong documents to the tenant! He was unaware of the new TPA law. I had to start all over again and he would not return my money. He also does not return your calls or emails. Stay away!
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02 Oct, 2021 by Anonymous
This attorney had the worst follow through. He would take 2-3 days to answer an email. I paid him $500 to serve a tenant with the intention of going to trial. He served her and ghosted me. After 3 weeks of numerous emails and phone numbers, I gave up and hired someone else.
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20 Jan, 2016 by Anonymous
As other reviewers have mentioned, Ms. Brauer charges high fees, but did very little. She is hard to reach. I don't think she needs new clients, or it's a strategy to make her seem important. In any case, when I asked why they are recommending that I withdraw the case at the end of my ordeal, she (or her assistant) told me that it is because they did not expect the other attorney to do so much research and build such a strong case. Really?
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04 Jun, 2014 by Anonymous
Laurel Brauer and her partner Colleen Hemingway have absolutely no business practicing family law. They present horribly in the courtroom, Ms Brauer stumbles and fails to articulate minor points. Their fees are exorbitant, and they are judgmental, rude, and lazy---they never arrive in the office before 10, and they are never in court either. Ms. Hemingway was buddy buddy with my ex husband, and was blatantly taking his side even though he violated a number of court orders regarding custody. If they had an issue with me, which they did, they should have made their bias known, and I would have sought other counsel, which I did ultimately, but $60,000 later and too late. They refused to represent my interests, and were clearly only experienced in financial issues regarding family law, not custody issues, In a 3 month time frame, they collected over 60k and resolved almost nothing. They were so late in filing emergency orders when my ex husband decided to move against court orders it proved disastrous to my children. They attacked me, my parenting, my personality, my clothes, and my relationships with every person in my life. Ms Hemingway has no children, but dispensed more parenting advice than legal advice, I was mocked and ridiculed by them for taking my kids out for fun weekend events, rescuing and keeping a stray dog, and having big birthday celebrations for the kids. They were supposed to fill adverse interests on the 401k and did not, enabling my ex to move funds and deplete the account. I don't know how they stay in business, but if you are going to pay $500 an hour I suggest you contact an a phenomenal female attorney in Tustin with a great reputation in the courts that actually works to represent your needs. These are two of the most dishonest people I have met in my 2 year divorce nightmare.
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12 Jun, 2013 by Anonymous
I never received a statement from this attorney (for three months) until I fired her (she claimed to not have email for 50 days). The bill was $9,000 for one filing of a boiler plate document and for a very unprofessional letter she sent on my behalf without my approval. The rest of the bill was padded with redundancies and review after review of what? I don't know! She additionally missed a filing deadline with the Court and expected me to pay for drafts of which should have been filed that I never saw. I cannot understand an attorney who claims to have no email for 50 days and whose website has been "temporarily under repair" for weeks on end. There are some very good attorneys out there and Laurel Brauer is not one of them. I have filed for an arbitration hearing regarding my statement and have filed a complaint against her with the Orange County Bar Association. She won't even respond to my letters regarding disputing her fees. She has her associate do so. She also informed me when I hired her that she had an office in Los Angeles. Apparently she does not and has not for some time. Find another lawyer.
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10 Feb, 2024 by Anonymous
Showed up late for court. Was unaware of basic case law. The judge had to repeatedly educate him. Left our hearing to answer his phone. Very poorly trained attorney. Turned a simple case into something not winnable.
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19 Dec, 2018 by Anonymous
We hired Isaac for what we thought was a very simple breach of contract case. He showed up late for the court case and left twice in the middle of our hearing to answer his cellphone.
The judge had to inform him of some of the laws around the case as he apparently had quoted some no longer existent law.
Overall, very unhappy. We ended up letting Mr. Zfaty go and hiring another attorney.
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19 Oct, 2014 by Anonymous
I made an appointment with Darren Nguyen for my immigration case after watching a TV commercial on the Vietnamese channel SBTN. I arrived to the attorney office 15 minutes before my appointment to fill out documents. The receptionist told me to take a sit in the waiting room. I ended up waiting one hour before I could come to Mr. Nguyen's office to wait for another 30 minutes. He accepted to take care of my case after briefly speaking with me for 10 minutes. After I hired him and made payment to him, I was extremely disappointed about the practice of his office. He did not handle my case; instead, he has very young attorneys to do the job. They did not seem to understand my case. They were not informed about the elements I told to Darren Nguyen during my appointment. I decided to hire a different attorney for my case.
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20 May, 2009 by Anonymous
I hired Darren Chuong Ngoc Nguyen for my immigration case. After I hired him and made payment to him, I was unhappy with him. When I was hiring him, he made it seem like he would handle my case, but after I paid him, he had one of his very young attorneys handle my case. She did not even understand immigration law very well at all. I decided to hire a different attorney for my case. When my new attorney asked Darren Nguyen to transfer copies of my immigration case file to him, he did not return the phone calls.
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07 Feb, 2024 by D
Keith Dolnick is unprofessional at best. Initially felt hopeful for resolution after retaining his services for what should have been a very simple divorce.
His lack of responsiveness and care for paying clients is disappointing. Unsure if it was "too small" a case for him to care or if he maintains a lackadaisical tempo in every area of life, but if you want your case moved forward or resolved- 10/10 would not recommend Keith.
Ethically questionable and I wish I'd paid more attention to warning reviews online prior to wasting time and money only to retain an attorney that was competent and thorough enough to close my case.
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02 Jan, 2019 by Emily
In addition, he is withholding my file from me. After several attempts and promises that he would provide it, he is not willing to cooperate and provide it to me. He blocked my cell phone number after sent a text message requesting it in the next 3 business days.
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17 Feb, 2023 by Don
Don't expect professional communication if you engage this firm. Rather, vague, non-answers peppered with typos.
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16 Aug, 2013 by Anonymous
He is not reviewing anything and never answers his phone. He never kept me informed and always looking for an excuse. Don't waste your time, money and energy because most probably you are going to lose the case.
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18 Dec, 2014 by Anonymous
I had an opportunity to work with Ms. Muldoon. She is abrasive, rude and condescending. She makes it appear like she knows a lot and really she doesn't. Sad to see the that lawyers like her give that profession a bad reputation. If you are thinking of hiring her, stay away and save your money for another attorney who will be cheaper and represent your interest.
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09 May, 2023 by Chris
"If anyone needed a firearm to defend himself, this thin bundle of sticks does." Was a Facebook comment in reference to David Hogg. I've never hired this lawyer however with comments like this, I believe it would be best to stay away
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24 Mar, 2024 by Anonymous
I worked with Sean for a bit; very shady individual and a terrible tax practitioner. Stay away!
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09 Dec, 2020 by Amanda
He was hired by my old landlord and I guess he didn't do his homework correctly because he sent a letter to both me and my prior ex-boyfriend who stalks me by the way. It took me two years to escape the mess and abuse in California I moved to another state and try to keep my new life hidden from my ex who was physically abusive which was why I left California in the first place but somebody named David K Compton decides to send a letter to both of us giving both of our new addresses and work information in there to where my ex can now see where I live do what I'm doing and where I work and I will sue him for HIPAA violation because I have a restraining order against my ex and now he knows everything about me thank you maybe next time you should do your homework if something happens to me you are responsible .
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20 Feb, 2014 by Anonymous
I do not recommend Stephen Trella. His concern is more about his bill than your case and he will calculate his work according to your savings account. He let us down and destroyed our faith in honesty and accountability. We would have been better off doing the work ourselves.
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26 Oct, 2020 by Robert
On October 26, 2020, I received a text message:
(833) 885-7666‬
Mortgage Assistance Available A+ Rated with the BBB. If you still need help with your home, please visit: www.homelawsolutions.com/help Reply STOP to opt-out.
I did contact the Mn attorney, Brodie D. Hacken, and was told by him that he is not associated with this group and has not for the past two years.
Under the TCPA and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations, it is illegal for a company to send text messages using autodialers unless the consumer gave consent to receive the message or the message was sent for emergency reasons. As of October 2013, the FCC issued new regulations that require businesses to obtain written, signed consent before they can send text messages to consumers. This applies even if the consumer has not placed their cell phone on the Do-Not-Call list. When a company breaks the law and sends out spam text messages, the recipient can seek up to $500 per message – a fine that can increase to $1500 per text if the company willfully violated the law.
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26 Jul, 2020 by Anonymous
I hired Amy Neshanian to work on my child custody case ,after several month a mysterious person starts emailing me saying he is Amy's Husband ,he sends emails without signature or phone number or anything ,She never clarifies that her called husband works for her ,He is Very rude ,then he stops his wife ,Amy Neshanian from working on the case .Don't hire this firm ,they will leave you in the middle of the road .Not professional at all.
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18 May, 2013 by Anonymous
Caught her in several lies and at times seemed to have an attitude and to her employees.
Her work seemed to be sub-par compared to other attorneys I have used in the past.
At times she wasn't paying attention. If I am paying for her time, I expect to have her attention.
I won't use her again.
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23 Aug, 2010 by John
I am not bitter with the situation, I just want people to know what happened in my case before they hire him on retainer. Everything in this review is what happened in the case that he represented me for.Kevin represented me in a criminal matter. He was helpful with getting me in to a program which I truly am grateful for. However, when I hired him for a second time, I was misinformed by him and paid the price for it. (I did break the law and deserved punishment.) . But with his guidance, I did not do what I was obligated to do by probation. He instructed me to keep quiet and not tell probation what had happened. I trusted his judgment and did what he said only to have it come back at me as an additional violation. I have been on probation for 2 1/2 years and had no violations. I admit, I messed up and I'm not blaming kevin, and I was violated. My first violation was maxed out- 1 year in county jail. You can do the research, most if not all 1st violations are 90 days for the same violation that I did. Once in front of that judge in C58, the violation court room, I had him represent me again, hoping he could clear up the miscommunication. He simply did not know how that courtroom operates. He was warned by the DA "that is not how it works here". He then shushed her and pushed the case to another date and judge and stormed out of the room. Negative words were said about his actions by all the court officials. I'm not a lawyer, but the mood in the room was poor. I thought this was his way of handling the situation and I kept my faith in him. When he came to me with what the penalty was and what my options were, he misguided me again. He told me that I would be getting x amount of credits. When the judge read the sentence, those credits were not included. I looked at him with disbelieve and he assured me that he would get those credits for me and not to worry. Again, I trusted his judgment and believed him. I later found out, that there was no way I could get those credits because I was not going to prison, I was serving county jail time. Another attorney told me that fact and also said, every criminal attorney knows the procedure. Thats not the issue I had with our relationship. I did the crime, I'll do the time. It was exactly what I needed to get my life back on track. The issue I had is this; while I was in jail, my mother was corresponding with Kevin. Her experience was less then professional. When asked about credits, he kept saying "I'll get them, don't worry he will be out in June.... Where is the remaining balance he owes me?" Mind you we have paid him well over $80k over the last couple of yrs. and I owed him less then $1000. After emails to my mother calling her "stupid" and other terrible things, we finally paid him the balance. He came back and said , " oh yeah I can't get him those credits" in June, after months of him saying" it's just paperwork I need to file" I am not bitter at the situation, I do wish he had a little more "bedside manor" when dealing with my mother. After more disrespecting emails, we fired him and hired a new attorney who had me released from jail the following week before my sentence ended. He had a sentence modification done. My new attorney told me that I should never have had to go to jail in the first place.These are truly the facts of what happened. I am not spiteful, or hostile. This is what happened.
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30 Oct, 2019 by Chris
I recently had a very unpleasnt interaction with Lynne Bolduc. I was refered by my current attorney to her. After a two short calls and email exchanges it appeared to me the advice I was being given was inaccurate according to the statute she provided me. When I questioned her about this she claimed I was harassing her and that she would block me on email. I felt horrible and couldnt umderstand why she would respond that way. I shared this with my attorney who referred me to her and they apologized to me for her unprofessional behavior. They also couldnt see any grounds for her responding that way. In retrospect I believe that with all Lynnes experience she has not learned how to be humble and admit when she has given inaccurate advice. She would rather "act a fool" and "slightly on the crazy side" than own up to a mistake. In my opinion she "lost it" when I brought forward discrepancies in the advice she gave to the statute she shared with me to support her advice. I would look elsewhere for an attorney.
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31 Aug, 2021 by Anonymous
Richard is completely incompetent and has little knowledge on what he’s doing. He also drags out hours to take your money and bill you more than needed. Things that should take one week have taken months.
He has lied on multiple occasions and had put myself and the opposing party in several unfavorable positions.
His work is lazy and has no eye for detail.
He often contradicted himself in his documentation.
He has little knowledge in his field.
Richard is truly awful, only hire him if you want to be scammed, belittled, and ensure whatever you do with him legal doesn’t hold up in court.
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10 Nov, 2022 by H murray
My sister who defrauded my parents of their home of 39 years in order to pay for her divorce hired this attorney to help to defraud my mom of her only asset. My mom has dementia and doesn't know what year it is or who the president is. This scumbag attorney rewrote her will that she had for over 20 years. In order to defraud her out of all of her assets and her heirs of their inheritance. He and my sister are both guilty of undue influence
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01 May, 2012 by Anonymous
I was initially impresssed. He agreed to represent me.
My opinion changed after I realized he had much larger fish to fry...and my case took a lower priority. I asked for a bill; I got charged for services that preceded the date I retained him. Wow. These charges were about $4,000. I appropriatedly questioned the bill. I received an email telling me he wasn't going to represent me. I also got a revised bill that still over charged me. It took him awhile to resolve the dispute. While he is quite wealthy....and I am not....he held my money the whole time the bill was disputed. He fought terribly hard not to give me any money back even though the dispute was small.
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14 Jan, 2022 by Anonymous
Kenneth Scott August, Esq. When a powerhouse law firm reviewed my case, it was discovered that Kenneth August, Esq. breached his fiduciary duties multiple times. His actions were egregious causing damages resulting in millions lost, including damage to reputations.
Do you not stake your life or business with this man. You will regret it. He is soft spoken and eloquent but he is untrustworthy, incompetent, and the worst kind of person to hold a legal license.
If you are a lawyer reading this review, think about the most basic ethical duties to a client and Kenneth August violated over half of them.
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