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09 Jul, 2015 by Anonymous
Mr. Shuman was nice, affordable, and knowledgeable. When we discussed what needed to be done to obtain custody of my daughter (I'm her father) he basically said it would be cheaper if we got my ex to sign the paperwork ourselves. Which was fine, I got them signed, then I didn't hear from Mr. Shuman for weeks. We finally got a call and he said court in two days. TWO DAYS. Thank God I was able to take the morning off work with so little notice. Then he was late showing up for court, he talked to the judge for me, the judge asked me few questions, signed the papers and we left. It's been 3 months and I still haven't received my new custody papers. I've called the office multiple times, left messages with the secretary. Mr. Shuman was a decent attorney, did his job, but his communication skills are a zero. Because of this one problem, I will never use him again.
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17 Feb, 2015 by Anonymous
To start, I hope you never need the service of an Attorney, but if you do, I strongly recommend Mr. Shuman.
Years a go, I open a simple child support case at the attorney general office, and when my ex turn that small case into a Custody Case, the Att. Gen. Office step back and told me that I need to get a private attorney other wise I will most likely lose my 4 year old little girl at the hands of a fhater that many times verbally express his negative feeling toward her.
Living day by day, single mother, and no money, I Desperately begin to call every attorney that I could find on the ph. Book, and every single one had the same answer for me..."no $$, no case"..... "$200-$300" was the average per hr,.... "We need $2000 to start"..... And when I begin to lose my hope, Mr Shuman call, and I answer that phone so aggravated for the situation, and his answer was kind, and he begin to talk of the options I have... He was the only attorney from that ph. Book That offer me help, and more than that..."hope". He was knowledgeable, experienced,profecional, trusted, and patient , but also, so kind and compassionate. He reprecent me and my daughter for a total of 3 years (due to the extension requested by my ex and his attorney ). 3 years !.... And Mr Shuman show always all those qualities.
I own him the happiness of seen my daughter grow up by my side, and also a very good support check for my daughter.
My story happens 13 years a go, and until this day I still thinking that God put Mr Shuman is my path, and I'm so thankful for that.
Thank You Mr. Shuman.
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07 May, 2024 by Jennie pena
Professional, welcoming, & very kind! Talking to a lawyer for the first time can always feel scary but with Hollie I felt very comfortable & relaxed the entire time. She takes her time to explain the process in detail making sure all of your questions are answered and you leave your visit feeling at ease with your case. Thank you Hollie Hale!
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01 May, 2024 by Johna moreland
I highly recommend Ms. Hale. I met her for a consultation. She was very straightforward and answered my questions clearly. I will be using Ms. Hale for any lawyer needs going forward.
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16 Apr, 2024 by Hannah dobrinen
Hollie is the best! I highly recommend.
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07 Sep, 2023 by Anon
He seems nice at first. If he tells you to do anything that isn’t exactly in line with the courts, don’t listen to him! He got my ex thrown in jail for 60 days!! He dropped a lot of the fees, but give me a break! I said he should have his license removed, but my ex still got his case dismissed so whatever.
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17 Aug, 2013 by Anonymous
Used in two times in last three years .He got charges dropped both times .First charge was a DWI .Second was a more serious matter which involved a trumped up charge of child abuse . He is a down to earth kind of guy and stayed involved .
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15 Mar, 2011 by Anonymous
Bradley went above and beyond the call of duty to help get my case dismissed. He kept me posted throughout the process and was very affordable. Call Bradley and I guarantee he will do a fantastic job for you.
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17 Apr, 2024 by Elia hatcher
Mr. Ceja was very attentive from our very first call and communicated flawlessly throughout all the stages of our case. He made a stressful situation a more hopeful one by providing clear insight. He was able to get our case dismissed and his rate was excellent, no surprise charges!
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23 Mar, 2024 by Angela lambert
Mr. Ceja's handling of my case was exemplary! He went above and beyond to ensure a smooth process. I highly recommend Mr. Ceja for anyone requiring legal services.
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08 Mar, 2024 by Josh cavazos
I can not express how satisfied I was with Jose Ceja and the team for helping me with my case. From the moment I contacted them and talked to Jose I knew that I was in good hands. I will definitely share this firms information with anyone that needs assistance. You guys are amazing and thank you so much!
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29 Feb, 2024 by Afool4trusting
I have been employed all my life since I was out of High School. I have graduated from UH. I never been court before at all so I am the first one to admit my experience in this field is very limited. Understand the laws and I follow them. I suppose it was my fault I let this be known to her right off the bat. My case was not a divorce but a simple child support enforcement/ modification to visitation orders. Her words were No worries I'll see you through this advise all the way beginning to end I've been doing this for years...etc All you have to do is provide me with docs, info, and let me do the rest no need to checkup or worry I'll call you/ email. Worry free limited invested time on my part once I provide with all items bang for the buck. I had already researched a bit in advance had all ready those first 2 days of service. I was a fool. At the end after a year with 3500 of advance she was late unprepared on the 1st court day dressed very casual. I felt uncomfortable bc she did not have her documents with gave excuses. She let go of one of her employees etc. 2nd court casual hand written draft to sign late again. At this point I was calling emailing no response wanted to understand and be advised on what the law expected out of me. No answers no tips no important info to have on hand in the future. Nothing before, after, and during communication provided, I did get charged however for every call, letter, email I had made during the last of last of it. At least they read them. Case is closed had a large bill paid but not forgoten. I am not a professional in this field but professionalism is important no matter where you work. I got more help from the D.A. Office and blogs then her for before and after the case. I held off getting her off the case bc she said it would be worth it. I am glad the D.A has info I need and its free. I suggest mediation/gov. Lawyer before get stuck in the rain with no rainbow in sight.
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30 Mar, 2019 by Anonymous
She charged me monthly legal fees, and had me collecting documents for a year, but did nothing to resolve my divorce. She didn't explain why it was taking so long, and became hostile when I complained about the continued delay. She made several threats to withdraw from my case just days before a scheduled hearing. She had my file 10 months, and was not prepared for the final hearing. Took no initiative to resolve my divorce. Allowed opposing counsel to control the direction of the entire case. With months of doing nothing to finalize my divorce, she caused me to lose a lot of resources with no results. She is neither competent or capable and shows no compassion or integrity.
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21 Apr, 2017 by Anonymous
Ms Bushman holds a law degree and has many years of experience, There is no doubt that when she applied herself she can win for her client. Unfortunately my case seemed to fall through the cracks in her work load. She was very difficult to get a hold of. When Inwould call more often than not I had to speak with one of her assistants who were.not able to help other than taking a message. I appreciate being spread too thin and having too many comittmentd, however I would ask if that's the case are you really serving your clients properly? Ms Bushman at times was very reactive and failed to control her emotions when speaking to me, her paying client. At times she threatened me with withdrawing her services knowing we had important court dates coming up. At times I questioned her commitment to my case given her volunteer work at Food Bank sermed to take priority over returning my calls. She seemed to give up and essentially buckle under the view points of opposing counsel. Essentially sfe talked me in to agreebig to terms that have traumatized my child all in favor of opposing counsel. I agreed to the terms proposed with the hope of allowing the acrimony to settle, this was a huge mistake. As time has passed the opposition haa only become more emboldened and less open to coparenting with me than before. Ms Bushman's relationships with other attorneys seen to hold very little influence exhibited by their reluctance to be open to negotiating wit the terms she would provide in mediation. She ensured that I was always paid up in full so there was no question about her commitment to get paid. I understand she's running a business but bottom line Ms Bushman failed to deliver results on her committmenf to me and my child when we came to her for help. Please be certain to have an easy case because unfortunately Ms Bushman just did not seem to want to engage and fight for her client despite having hard physical evidence of abuse stated by the child regarding the opposition.
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30 Jan, 2023 by Reyna
I wished they're were zero stars, We hired them for my husband green card renewal, worse customer service, every time we called for an update about our case, they were just plain rude and wouldn't answer are questions. they would transferred my phone call to this guy so rude. never again
DesearÃa que fueran cero estrellas, los contratamos para la renovación de la tarjeta verde de mi esposo, peor servicio al cliente, cada vez que llamábamos para una actualización sobre nuestro caso, eran simplemente groseros y no respondÃan nuestras preguntas. transferirÃan mi llamada telefónica a este tipo tan grosero. nunca más
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31 Mar, 2022 by Iris perez
We paid her 4000 dollars for my husband case and did not help us in any way I will not recommend this law firm
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24 Feb, 2022 by Juan jo pedroza
01 Mar, 2024 by Texastechdude40
As my review states this attorney is a very smart attorney,but he is very lazy and really unorganized he will lose your evidence because he has no secretary. he will never return your calls until the day before court then he will submit a bill to you that reflects all of this work that he has been doing but it is a lie because he just starts blowing your phone up the night before your court date. he will take all your money and give you no receipts until you ask 100 times then he will throw one together that will eat all of your retainer and reflect that you owe him a couple grand more.....then he will hound you until you pay him then you will not here from him again until the night before court again he is always unprepaired !
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09 Dec, 2021 by Kathy
Hired this guy several years ago ..
I recently found out the work he did for me wasn’t worth the paper it was written on.
I reached out to him about the problem .
I told him he should fix this screw up free of charge ..He focused on the free of charge.
I never heard back from him..
I felt like since he didn’t do it right it the first place and I paid him back then that he should fix it free of charge ..
I hired a new lawyer that knew what he was doing and he was able to fix the mess this guy left me with..
If you hire him just be warned his screw ups might come back to bite you in the butt later on …He never even apologized !!!!
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04 Jan, 2021 by Abby
Mr. Patterson is an outstanding attorney. I cannot recommend him highly enough.
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06 Oct, 2011 by Anonymous
Referred to this lawyer by a friend as he was highly recommended. A nice person in all but not sure of his attorney skills. The result was that after a year in and out of court, and several thousand dollars later the case remained as when we started. Had to constantly refresh the attorney of case details, provide tons of paperwork which I got the impression were never thoroughly gone through otherwise would not have to remind of case issue and details. Office staff was very good about collecting money or would threathen to withdrawl just before hearing date. At court the attorney would appear confused and uniformed over case points, and lacked negotiations skills to contend with opossing lawyer.
Attorney seemed unprepared and evetually lack the luster as he tried cases that were not his main practice. Did not provide itmemized service statement for services only a call that our bill was due payment.
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09 Mar, 2024 by Anonymous
This man will over sell himself as family lawyer, string you along not file any papers, miss the court date and then demand another payment. All to just ignore you after the case gets dismissed because of his negligence. In the hole 6500 dollars because this man lacks ethics and integrity.
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