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13 Aug, 2024 by Katie anderson
It’s impossible to get a response from her. She handled my divorce and I’ve maybe talked to her twice. I’ve never even met her in person as she didn’t show up to my final hearing. I was scheduled to attend virtually from her office, and her assistant called me the day before telling me that something came up for another client and Maria had to join my hearing virtually from elsewhere. The office as a whole also seems incredibly disorganized. I’ve paid 2 retainers and one has seemingly just disappeared. Still waiting on a response about it.
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15 Sep, 2023 by Luxury designer
Maria destroys children’s and elderly people’s lives. She threatens people, hides the truth, and uses her position to hurt families. Maria abuses her power, do not trust her. Save your kids, money, and sanity by avoiding her at all costs
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29 May, 2023 by Holly bell-victor
Maria Averill and her staff were great. They helped me get through one of the toughest times of my life and put it behind me. I highly recommend Maria and staff! You walk in as a stranger and leave as a friend.
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02 Nov, 2024 by Nickole kormaris
She and her office staff make a great team, she is easy to talk to and makes u feel comfortable with her leading u in the court room . I'm 100 percent satisfied with how she helped me.
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12 Oct, 2024 by Tiffany richardson
She is an amazing lawyer thus far. She works fast and is very understanding and works with you. She understands that things happen and this life ain’t easy and most importantly understands that you don’t have a money tree in your back yard. I will be updating later. But right now 1000 out of 1000. Will be updating in a couple of weeks.
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01 Oct, 2024 by Erik (erik)
Melissa Gay is an excellent attorney. She has the experience, the knowledge, and the connections to get the job done quickly and effectively. If you are trying to find legal representation, do yourself a favor and hire her immediately. Melissa and her staff are very profesional. They went above and beyond for me. Her prices were more than fair, but she would be my first choice at any price. Thank you to melissa and her staff! Great job!!
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02 Nov, 2024 by Nickole kormaris
She and her office staff make a great team, she is easy to talk to and makes u feel comfortable with her leading u in the court room . I'm 100 percent satisfied with how she helped me.
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12 Oct, 2024 by Tiffany richardson
She is an amazing lawyer thus far. She works fast and is very understanding and works with you. She understands that things happen and this life ain’t easy and most importantly understands that you don’t have a money tree in your back yard. I will be updating later. But right now 1000 out of 1000. Will be updating in a couple of weeks.
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01 Oct, 2024 by Erik (erik)
Melissa Gay is an excellent attorney. She has the experience, the knowledge, and the connections to get the job done quickly and effectively. If you are trying to find legal representation, do yourself a favor and hire her immediately. Melissa and her staff are very profesional. They went above and beyond for me. Her prices were more than fair, but she would be my first choice at any price. Thank you to melissa and her staff! Great job!!
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02 Nov, 2024 by Nickole kormaris
She and her office staff make a great team, she is easy to talk to and makes u feel comfortable with her leading u in the court room . I'm 100 percent satisfied with how she helped me.
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12 Oct, 2024 by Tiffany richardson
She is an amazing lawyer thus far. She works fast and is very understanding and works with you. She understands that things happen and this life ain’t easy and most importantly understands that you don’t have a money tree in your back yard. I will be updating later. But right now 1000 out of 1000. Will be updating in a couple of weeks.
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01 Oct, 2024 by Erik (erik)
Melissa Gay is an excellent attorney. She has the experience, the knowledge, and the connections to get the job done quickly and effectively. If you are trying to find legal representation, do yourself a favor and hire her immediately. Melissa and her staff are very profesional. They went above and beyond for me. Her prices were more than fair, but she would be my first choice at any price. Thank you to melissa and her staff! Great job!!
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02 Nov, 2024 by Nickole kormaris
She and her office staff make a great team, she is easy to talk to and makes u feel comfortable with her leading u in the court room . I'm 100 percent satisfied with how she helped me.
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12 Oct, 2024 by Tiffany richardson
She is an amazing lawyer thus far. She works fast and is very understanding and works with you. She understands that things happen and this life ain’t easy and most importantly understands that you don’t have a money tree in your back yard. I will be updating later. But right now 1000 out of 1000. Will be updating in a couple of weeks.
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01 Oct, 2024 by Erik (erik)
Melissa Gay is an excellent attorney. She has the experience, the knowledge, and the connections to get the job done quickly and effectively. If you are trying to find legal representation, do yourself a favor and hire her immediately. Melissa and her staff are very profesional. They went above and beyond for me. Her prices were more than fair, but she would be my first choice at any price. Thank you to melissa and her staff! Great job!!
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02 Nov, 2024 by Nickole kormaris
She and her office staff make a great team, she is easy to talk to and makes u feel comfortable with her leading u in the court room . I'm 100 percent satisfied with how she helped me.
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12 Oct, 2024 by Tiffany richardson
She is an amazing lawyer thus far. She works fast and is very understanding and works with you. She understands that things happen and this life ain’t easy and most importantly understands that you don’t have a money tree in your back yard. I will be updating later. But right now 1000 out of 1000. Will be updating in a couple of weeks.
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01 Oct, 2024 by Erik (erik)
Melissa Gay is an excellent attorney. She has the experience, the knowledge, and the connections to get the job done quickly and effectively. If you are trying to find legal representation, do yourself a favor and hire her immediately. Melissa and her staff are very profesional. They went above and beyond for me. Her prices were more than fair, but she would be my first choice at any price. Thank you to melissa and her staff! Great job!!
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02 Nov, 2024 by Nickole kormaris
She and her office staff make a great team, she is easy to talk to and makes u feel comfortable with her leading u in the court room . I'm 100 percent satisfied with how she helped me.
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12 Oct, 2024 by Tiffany richardson
She is an amazing lawyer thus far. She works fast and is very understanding and works with you. She understands that things happen and this life ain’t easy and most importantly understands that you don’t have a money tree in your back yard. I will be updating later. But right now 1000 out of 1000. Will be updating in a couple of weeks.
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01 Oct, 2024 by Erik (erik)
Melissa Gay is an excellent attorney. She has the experience, the knowledge, and the connections to get the job done quickly and effectively. If you are trying to find legal representation, do yourself a favor and hire her immediately. Melissa and her staff are very profesional. They went above and beyond for me. Her prices were more than fair, but she would be my first choice at any price. Thank you to melissa and her staff! Great job!!
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28 Jul, 2022 by Anonymous
Whitney would do 20 minutes worth of work and then be unreachable for days only to return to urgently ask for more money at 9pm. Please stay away.
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17 May, 2022 by Anonymous
My final hearing ended over a month ago. She has disconnected her phone number, has not responded to emails, will not return my case files to me, and opposing attorney has communicated better than my paid and hired attorney.
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26 Feb, 2018 by Amy
Whitney did an awesome job representing me with a hideous custody case. She knew how to handle my case from ever different angle. She was angry and firm when I was angry, she was compassionate when I was upset and she was positive when I was doubtful!! She is an awesome attorney who ended up being a dear friend!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND HER!
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13 Mar, 2017 by Maria
More than a year after my first meeting with Mr Howell and after I called over and over to find out the status of my case, I just received a letter in the mail stating they will not be representing me. I highly recommend NOT using this law office for any reason.
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04 Mar, 2015 by Hannah
Working with Howell & Christmas for my car insurance claim has been a great experience! I feel as if they are genuine and sincere in their concern and advocacy for my case and every person I've had contact with at the office is responsive, attentive and professional.
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25 Jul, 2014 by Xavier
Attorney Howell and his staff were great! I brought a case to them I had with another attorney for almost three years with no results. They were able to get it settled for me within 8 months. They were very knowledgeable and kept me informed at all times. I would recommend Lad and this firm to all my family and friends.
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05 Jul, 2021 by Anonymous
This guy is a joker. I paid him $2500 dollars and never heard anything for three days so I told them I wanted my money back and was firing him. They didn't send me money as I paid online and said they were going to send me a check and I told them I was in Florida. I didn't get home for weeks later and then cashed their check. They stopped payment on the check because of my online dispute. It has been over 60 days I still don't have my money, my bank doesn't respond so I filed a compliant with the bar. If you want to lose your money hire this guy he's a winner!
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23 Oct, 2016 by Anonymous
Mr. Barker is a fantastic attorney! I cannot imagine having a better experience with my unpleasant divorce. He is confident, assertive, and has a strong presence in the courtroom (and it doesn't hurt that he is always in a well-fitting suit and has crazy good posture).
My divorce was final about nine months ago and I still do not understand how I walked away in good shape! I was absolutely terrified of my husband and of the divorce process--I am fairly young, in school full-time, and my ex is not kind to say the least--but Mr. Barker walked me through the entire thing with compassion and wisdom.
I genuinely felt that he listened to everything I said and fought for what I wanted and what was best for me. He was quick to return my calls if I had to leave a voicemail and always answered all of my questions (even those that were probably irrational). Bonus: I never ever felt like he was talking down to me or over my head.
My ex-husband is nasty and spiteful, and Mr. Barker advocated for me in such a way that my ex actually played relatively nice AND he got me a good deal of money when I was expecting absolutely nothing! I know he got me more than what I should have gotten, and I am certain that this only happened because Mr. Barker was dedicated to my case and fought hard for me. His solutions were creative and realistic, and seriously he was so incredibly kind to me throughout the entire process!
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01 Jan, 2019 by Shan
Marie Louse seemed concerned about my children and me and that was important during the divorce. I was scared and intimidated by my ex-husband. ML was happy to take over joint divorce actions when she was paid to do everything by billing me. She negotiate me down to a very poor position even though I told her my job was not a permanent position. She didn't seem to care. It became obvious that we couldn't win any motions in front of some judges in Charleston County. We continued to lose. I never understood why because ML kept telling me our position was strong. My job ended. My kids are now on Medicaid. My ex is a nightmare (as he was before the divorce settlement) and won't pay for anything past the amount required (half of unpaid medical expenses--no child support, no alimony...nothing else...seriously.)
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18 Aug, 2015 by Ray
We worked with ML and her staff for almost a year. We were extremely please on how she handle the case. ML communicated with our daughter and we always felt she gave excellent advise . We watched the progress from another state (VA) but felt ML and her staff did everything in their power to settle this complicated divorce case. We highly recommend M
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16 Dec, 2013 by Anonymous
She was hired to assist another lawyer in a civil case. Instead of taking the opportunity (for professional growth and a lot of money) and learning about the case, she chose to use her existing knowledge. She apparently knew nothing about this kind of case and chose to remain ignorant. She often gave the client incorrect information. Her laziness and arrogance were very obvious. She was only waiting for a check. She was incredibly rude - continually taking personal phone calls during meetings with client and other lawyers, screaming at the client, etc. She did as little as possible and even tried to get the client to do her work for her. She disgraced herself personally and professionally. Her commission was substantially reduced due to her actions or lack thereof.
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22 Apr, 2013 by James
God put Atty Gay in my life. In a nut shell... I was treated unfairly by the MTP PD. She did not care care about ruffling some feathers in the mt p police department.. If you want a lawyer who is sharp, knows her stuff, has 30 years of connections....Ms. Gay is your next atty. My advise is do what she tells you to do...everything. Attorney Gay will always be real, she gives you her cell phone number! even though she is raising a slew of young girls, she finds time to practice law.. She is a good person with a better heart!!! Clayton
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25 Sep, 2024 by Anonymous
This lawyer is terrible. He will not call you back, or complete the job hired for. He will gladly take your money. It’s about money for his 1000 children.
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28 Sep, 2013 by Anonymous
I have been represented by Shawn French for over 4 years on a wrongful foreclosure brought by a bank not even associated with my home loan. I am a victim of the dreaded robo-signed documents. Mr. French is extremely knowledgeable, very personable and I would highly recommend him to anyone in need of foreclosure defense. So far, my case has been stalled in the court system for over 4 years. I am well defended and well protected by this attorney. In addition to my foreclosure defense, Mr. French has also helped me with successfully defending against collection agency efforts. I cannot recommend him more. He deserves 10 stars!
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31 Mar, 2023 by James joldersma
C1 Buyck , Health and Wellness, has been taking money out my cash app cash account and I don't know why.
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21 Nov, 2019 by J h
The smartest most honest group in the state.
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03 Jan, 2024 by Sharon
Same experience as the below indivilual below. Thirteen (13) months of a horribly bad experience, when a divorce is hard enough. Very unprofessional. When I complained about his non-responseness he would claim he always returned calls. He would blamed me for not getting his messages. That I had him blocked or my mail server was not working properly. I do not have a server. I was asked to fill out my own legal documents. Which he has not served to the court. Zero legal advise. Nothing accomplished. Already paid him over 8K and he is still billing me. My X's lawyer has done the agreement work so far. Haskins has give my X's lawyer permission to work directly with me.
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31 Dec, 2021 by Anonymous
Papers were not served on time. They were supposed to be served before thanksgiving and now it is after Christmas and still not served.
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21 Jun, 2017 by Robert
No idea what happened in these negative reviewers' cases, but there's something odd about them because she did an excellent job for me. She was sharp and direct during the negotiating phase, refused to let me get the short end of the deal, and represented my interests well. And even after the divorce, during a few tense disagreements with my ex, she was extremely firm in advocating for me and even gave me some unbilled consultation when I really needed it!
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12 Apr, 2016 by Marty
Sabrina Grogan did a horrible job representing me. I seemed to know more about family law from researching with google! She didn't pursue the best position for me, poorly represented my interest, and definitely was not plugged into the details of my case. Then she over billed me by thousands. After dragging my case on for months to run up my bill.
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04 Apr, 2014 by Anonymous
She was happy to charge me approximately $50,000 but did not represent me adequately. She did not follow up on disclosure as well as present the judge with documents that were requested by the judge and in her possession. The list goes on. She gave no insight into child custody rights. Run!
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03 Jun, 2022 by Anonymous
She just tol all my money and didn’t help me! I got nothing in my divorce ! She let my husband get every! Do not use her!
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08 Oct, 2021 by Anonymous
She gave my child to the opposing party and charged thousands of dollars and did nothing but ruin my life in only one month. Once, she may have been competent but not anymore. Run as fast as you can from this attorney!
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07 Apr, 2021 by Anonymous
1) B&D gave the opposing counsel all of my “evidence” (my entire flash drive) without requiring any reciprocation (I never saw it) and without them having filed Admissions/Interrogatories/Discovery
2) B&D withheld the fact that the opposing party then filed the above documents against me after they had MY evidence and then waited till weeks past the 30 day deadline to inform me, AFTER they filed motion to compel, forcing me to spend thousands of dollars last second on defense while also composing my counter filings, and all this a only month before the final divorce decree where the opposing party didn't have to answer before the clock ran out...and it did.. wasting thousands on a closed case. See point “*7B” below
3) B&D failed to “CC” me on emails to the opposing party as I had directly requested and then when I inquired, simply told me miraculously she'd been speaking with the opposing lawyer on the phone and their were NO email to copy me on (for nearly 3 months Feb to May)
4) B&D continually emailed (at my expense) the opposing counsel concerning issues that I had already answered or flatly refused including but not limited to: changing the custody exchange point, signing the quit claim to give my Ex my home, adjusting my Summer visitation times ALL completely my purview via my case's court orders and several other issues. Thousands of dollars in emails over nothing or issues already answered by court order or frivolous all together
5) B&D refused to file an RTSC on my behalf (My wife was openly seeing romantic partners and sleeping with them in the same household as my children for months - April-May 2020) when I repeatedly asked Natalie to do so stalling the case for 4 months in the name of “cooperation” and for the Admissions/Interrogatories/Discovery she never filed either to be returned – see above #2
6) B&D failed to review original and standing court documents concerning details about my custody, control of time with the kids time, and financial matters like whether or not I was paying alimony, in what form or even at all. She continually wasted time, money, and negotiated in favor of the opposing party/counsel constantly because she had not reviewed my cases foundational documents (the Temp support order and/or mediated agreement).
7) B&D refused to pursue and file RTSC against the opposing party for perjury on court documents concerning financial documents clearly fraudulent, including work and income not reported by the opposing party - which I had irrefutable proof, keeping my Child support payments unnecessarily high and increasing my expenses far beyond reasonable during the peak of B&D fees as well. Thousands more in cost due to her negligence
8) AND Finally B&D leveraged and risked my entire case by attempting to strong arm me into giving my home to the opposing party by signing a quit claim or she “would quit working for me” I told her no and walked out of the office. She quit. (June/July 2020)
7B - B&D allowed my case and filings to be closed/dismissed with the final divorce decree (without my permission, knowledge, or understanding) essentially wasting the last 5 months of work and nearly 8000$ paid to their office with another 2000 outstanding (approximately).
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23 May, 2019 by Anonymous
Bought a new home and builder recommended using this law firm for my closing. Closing was delayed due to incompetence of law firm. Can't recommend to anyone.
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31 Jan, 2014 by Anonymous
Had a dispute with a lender over a contract closed by Harvey and Vallini. Tried to get help simply in the form of advice. They were very unhelpful and in fact rude to me. Actually dodged my calls and emails. Will never use them again for my real estate transactions.
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03 Jan, 2018 by Mehdi
I paid him to help me for some legal work but day before court, he said I can't come but I help you over the phone . then whenever I called him, never respond my phone or email. He is not reliable and can not be trusted. He took my money and didn't help me .
Do not trust him
Mehdi
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30 Dec, 2014 by Anonymous
Over the past 11yrs, Brian has been working on our case. Since then, we have heard from him A TOTAL of 4 times. He is VERY DIFFICULT to get in touch with. I have tried very hard to keep phone numbers emails and such up to date with him. It does absolutely no good, he is still unresponsive.
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13 Aug, 2013 by Tina
This lawyer has not been respnding to me in my divorce. I have tried to work with her to get as much from my former hisband who i used to get a green card, and she is not working well
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