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01 Jul, 2023 by Anonymous
After hiring and paying Greg from home equity he was hard to contact and when he made jail visits never brought a notepad. I eventually went pro se and he was assigned as Standby (his wife makes these assignments for the court). When testifying he was to direct "my questions" to me to answer. He didn't ask me a single question of about 18-20 so no defense testimony or evidence was entered! He works for the Prosecutors, NOT you! Be cautious if you need legal services...
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04 Jan, 2023 by Anonymous
This attorney, Mr. Skordas was hired due to a recommendation by a mutual friend. He was very rude, difficult to contact & inappropriate! He was hired to defend my father. Skordas had no respect for his client, telling my father to "shut up" during a hearing. It seems he only cares about high profile cases and publicity. Regardless, he was a terrible attorney in my opinion! So disappointed with his representation!
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26 Nov, 2021 by Anonymous
So sad to have to write a negative review for an attorney. Don’t hire Greg Skordas. All of the negative reviews about him are true, he doesn’t prepare, doesn’t show up and doesn’t care. Now an innocent man has to go to jail because of him.
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06 Jul, 2024 by Clientreview1
I was disappointed by quality of service on the matters for which this attorney was retained. In particular, was general lack of knowledge about the legalities of the issues he was presented with. Most disturbing was a sense of false assurance about the potential outcome of my matter. Over time, it became clear that attention to my case was erratic, and that the quality of service was distracted and uncommitted. In short, Mr. Pappasideris, this attorney fails to walk the walk despite any credentials. Most notable, was repeated overbillings which seemed to an ongoing trend w Jonathan. I think this attorney could be a decent one if he kept his hubris in check, could focus on client’s needs, would invest the time needed and would resist the urge to overbill .
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06 Jun, 2017 by Anonymous
I wasn't surprised to see these other reviews as they mirror my experiences. Jonathan Pappasideris is very adept - but less as an attorney on the substantive issues but in creating defensibly well crafted invoices. His performance for me was otherwise mediocre. I believe he is now working for Salt Lake City so he it appears he will be less of a threat to private clients. Hope this is helpful.
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01 Jan, 2015 by Judith
My experience reflects the commentary of some of these other reviews I have seen online. I was assured by Jonathan that he was capable and knowledgeable about the issues I needed legal assistance with. This turned out not to be the case. Over the first few weeks I was met w a dismissive attitude and I was surprised by the size of the his first invoice. I will not be going back to this lawyer though I would assume that he may be the right counsel for some clients out there.
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11 May, 2024 by Robert
She is whats wrong with the legal system. Playing with peoples lives like it’s a game
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02 May, 2024 by Anonymous
The state of Utah and the Salt Lake Legal Defender Association should be ashamed of this woman, and her previous colleagues including Daniel Torrence. Nathaniel Swift, and the DIShonerable Katherine Bernards-Goodman. They all should be arrested, charged and then have their cases railroaded, just as they schemed to have Luis Sanchez imprisoned despite him wanting to fight his case, and your lack there of, as his own attorney. You had the right to drop him from your cases if it bothered you so much, and him recieve a new DA, but you didn't! INSTEAD, you thought "hey he's just some brown immigrant, who cares?"
DESPICABLE.
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27 Mar, 2024 by Anonymous
I mean she's a PERFECT Defense Attorney if you want an attorney that's willing to lie on record, and DELIBERATELY get you imprisoned! So if that's what you're going for- you should DEFINITELY hire her! OR Torrence! They're both great at that!
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02 Feb, 2018 by Anonymous
We were referred to Travis to build trusts for our family and to transfer our business to more secure holdings. What a colossal mistake. After our initial engagement fees were paid, we were expecting to have a little extra money due. But bill after bill kept coming and wouldn’t stop. We tried to get an explanation on each charge, but to no avail. We finally had to contact another lawyer to stop all “work” being done for us and to transfer all our files away from them. The new lawyer had us done quicker, cheaper, and better than we could have hoped. Don’t make the same mistake my husband and I made. Steer clear of Travis and his firm.
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16 Feb, 2017 by Anonymous
We went to Travis to try to settle a $11,000 tax debt. We jump through hoops, spent thousands of dollars, and discovered that there were no calls or attempts made to lessen our debts. My husband and I finally called and got the relief we were looking for. Much to our complete surprise and disgust, we received another $2500 bill for "services rendered". When we attempted to call to discuss this we received the runaround. No one would speak to us. Not Travis or any other attorneys, accounting, paralegals; no one. Clearly they are in some financial issues and in doing further research which we should've done in the 1st Pl., Travis has been reprimanded by the state board. It's absolutely astonishing that someone like him and someone like this company is still in business.
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03 Feb, 2017 by Anonymous
We were looking for a reliable trust attorney to get our affairs in order and ensure our business was properly taken care of. When we sat down with Travis he went through this "system" that he has in which he attempted to get us to sign a $10,000 Engagement letter which would assess all of our assets. All we were really looking for was to tighten our trust and affairs. After we explain this to him we continue to get extremely annoying and unprofessional calls from his office weekly if not twice a week. Absolutely a terrible experience. Keep looking elsewhere!
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07 Jan, 2022 by Anonymous
Kristen is harmful to parent child relationship. She has done more damage to our already hurting family. I understand parents divorce lawyer needing to be bias for there client but Kristen is suppose to be here for the CHILD. She has held a cloud of insecurity over the child and interfered with the progress and relationship of parent and child. I would give her credit if she was doing her job. She is cold and transactional. Does not return calls. She should educate herself about parent alienation this would really help the community.
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03 Jun, 2021 by Anonymous
This woman is biased, cold hearted and simply awful. From the beginning she chose a side. She should not be allowed to represent children.
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21 Mar, 2015 by Anonymous
Perhaps she should have chosen a career as a judge. My children have suffered so much. I made a mistake and the insanity has to stop. My children are not better off where they are right now. She doesn't return phone calls and it isn't like I call numerous times. I care about the best interest of my children, she thinks she does but her process is messing up their little heads. This woman is not only impossible but extremely judgmental. One should not take sides by only knowing what they have seen on paper. Horrific things have occurred in my X's care. She behaves as if the incidences are nothing. I have an X that will do and say anything to bring me down. Our system is so far gone, I have little faith in our country anymore. Thank you Kristen for breaking my children's heart over one mistake. They will never forget what you put them through and they don't even know you're in charge. So I end up looking negligent to them.
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10 Oct, 2019 by Anonymous
Melissa Patten-Green withdrew after one day. Melissa Patten-Green got paid in full $6500 retainer to file one thing, a child Protective Order. Because of her misrepresentation, I have not seen my child in six months. This woman will destroy your case. Zero Stars should be an option. She will impact you more than you can imagine. Then Withdraw.
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12 Aug, 2019 by Miya
I retained Melissa years ago to represent me in a custody evaluation. She made many mistakes which were costly. As a result of her poor representation, my daughter suffered molestation, physical and verbal abuse and severe neglect at the hands of her 'Dad'. Melissa was much more interested in impressing the judge than she was in representing me. Furthermore, in hindsight and after reviewing my case with a reputable Yale attorney, I learned that she was guilty of malpractice due to several issues that she missed and failed to address that to her, a trained attorney should have been glaringly obvious. Melissa is also arrogant, and she tends to leave her clients out of the decision making process. In her mind, she knows best. You can do much better than Melissa. My advice is to keep looking... best of luck.
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28 Jun, 2017 by Anonymous
This attorney is excellent at billing and so much as charging $25 to $50 to read an email and to charge $250 an hour for her paralegal to work with me from what I have seen it's usually $70 to $90 an hour for the paralegal and totally disregarded the first priority in the case and change the wording on the second and third priority to make them mean so much less and then withdrawing from the case a few days before trial at the first hint of conflict and I'm sure she's going to try to take and keep as much of my retainer as she possibly can
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16 Oct, 2022 by John
Sally commits perjury on a daily basis and is under bar review. Her firm tries to protect her, but she will hopefully be disbarred soon. Her firm violated a conflict of interest, I interviewed them and then they took my ex wife on as a client.
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04 Oct, 2022 by Anonymous
Sally is one of the most unprofessional attorneys I have ever encountered. She was unprepared, lacked follow- through, and did not advocate for me. I was bullied by her. When you are at your lowest point and need an advocate, she will not fight for you. Honestly, I felt like she was fighting against me. I was shocked by her lack of performance. She is a phony. She pretends to be supportive, but all she can do is argue against you and go on personal trips. She is always on vacation. When she actually does work, her work is full of punctuation errors and mistakes. I am surprised she works at a prestigious firm. The biggest error I made was in hiring Sally. I honestly don’t have one good thing to say about her. Please do yourself a favor and stay away from her and her shoddy work.
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02 Jan, 2020 by Matthew
I contacted this attorney office to get a consultation on a employment law issue. The secretary would only take my contact information and credit card and demanded a 275.00 without any information about the case. I suspect I pay 275. sit with this guy and then have him charge me more or tell me he cannot take the case. I have contacted other attorneys who want a background first and offer a free consultation. Ya this fish smelled bad and glad I did not pay for nothing.
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26 Apr, 2016 by Anonymous
I saw Erik Strindberg in a newspaper article and felt like that case was similar enough to ours and I was impressed by him. The first meeting was okay. But then it got weird. He could never get our last name right and spelled it wrong on every document and even in emails. How do you continue to spell a semi-common name incorrectly despite signature lines and such? We came in once at his request for hearing prep and he acted like he had no idea who we were and seemed very confused, walking in and out of the room, losing his train of thought frequently and just having no clue about the facts of the case. Not exactly a confidence booster. He treated us like we must be some kind of country bumpkins because we lived in a county other than Salt Lake. He said rude things about the opposing attorney, referring to him as "small time", completely overestimating his own abilities. Plus, he let the STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS LAPSE. Obviously, not a win for us. He seemed to be entirely unaware of the SOL although it was within his specialty. I should have turned him into the Utah state bar.
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02 Jan, 2018 by Anonymous
You only know how good your divorce papers are after you are divorced and the papers are directing parents to work together.
I hired Mike and we drew up papers and went to mediaton. My divorce decree has been back to court three times in 2 years, all the while my X has moved from Vegas to California and then back to Utah. While my X has broken our decree many times it costs thousands to accuse and prove it. Once proven nothing changes because the kids are not in danger or being harmed. Mean while items that Mike consulted me to agree to put me at a huge disadvantaged position as a parent. While I have 50/50 physical and legal custody specific words that her more experienced attorney used makes it more like 90/10.
Just a few of the major issues that specific words put us at a huge disadvantage are;
1: I’ve been responsible for all transportation of he children. (Be careful, at one place in my decree it says all travel should be shared other places in the decree says I am responsible. Ultimately I have been the one responsible)
2. I can never take the kids out of school early or keep them home on any circumstances, while my X takes them out when ever she wants.
3. First right of refusal to get your kids instead of daycare has requirements that are excessive, costly and inconvenient.
4. The custodial parent clause is a very small sentence that gets in the way of everything being equal. “When the parties cannot agree the custodial parent will have the final say”
Guess what that means, the custodial parent makes the decisions on everything with out consulting you ever. This little sentence invalidates 23 pages of the decree that we spent thousands to come up with.
I liked Mike as a person but severely regret hiring him as my attorney.
Be careful, the legal system around divorce in Utah is twisted. The only people who win are lawyers, mediators, commissioners and judges that keep their jobs. If your lawyer is not great and leaves holes in your divorce decree plan on going back to court. Getting a decree inforced or changed is as hard and costly as the decree itself.
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13 Nov, 2017 by Anonymous
I hate to leave a negative review for anyone, but my experience with Mike Bringhurst was so awful that I feel inclined to warn people before they go through what I did. When I first reached out to Mike for my divorce, he was on top of his game. Quick to respond, persistent, and seemed eager to help. Even agreed over the phone on a lower retainer as I was financially strapped with my divorce. After my consult, he changed the retainer amount to a higher dollar than agreed upon. I ended up paying anyway to get my divorce going. Once I gave him the check - crickets. He had all my paperwork, money, info, etc in February and told me he could get my wife served within 24-48 hours. SHE WASN'T SERVED UNTIL MAY 30TH!!! When her lawyer responded to the petition for divorce, it was a proposal for my wife to have Sole Legal Custody of my daughter. Mike didn't explain to me what that meant (FYI - DO NOT AGREE TO THAT CUSTODY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE). I clearly explained to Mike that I wanted joint custody (now I know this is called Joint Legal) yet he was completely fine in knowing I was getting screwed over and would ultimately be sacrificing time and legal rights to my daughter. It took him days to respond to my calls or emails, and when he did they were short and uninformative. When I notified him I would be changing lawyers, I asked him for a printed receipt of what work had been done against my retainer (which wasn't much) and he threatened me saying "there was so much work done" it would result in me owing him more money. NOT POSSIBLE. I now am happily divorced after moving to a different attorney. My new attorney got everything re-filed, mediated, finalized, signed sealed delivered (with EVERYTHING I asked for, including Joint Legal Custody of my daughter) for over $600 less than what I put on retainer with Bringhurst - and in less than 3 months time. Mike didn't even serve my (now) ex with papers in that amount of time...Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere before meeting with him.
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07 Feb, 2021 by Tammy
I signed a retainer for $1000 and was told, if work needed to be done over that amount that I would be informed and I would have to sign a new retainer. I was NEVER kept informed of hours being charged. They billed my credit card for $6031. They will not return my calls or emails. Will not do anything now that they have my money. I have contacted BBB & filed a complain with the Utah State Bar.
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07 Mar, 2014 by Anonymous
He was the leading attorney over my case. When I asked for my money back because of the lack of work that his junior attorney had not done; he wouldn't give me my money back. He claimed he did work for me that was not done. This firm, as well as this attorney, is not to be trusted.
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14 Oct, 2023 by Anonymous
Didn't react nor respond timely. Didn't seem to even know what he was doing. Constantly cried about his former partner kicking him to the curb and how poor he was.
Let my case slide and missed critical responses, deadlines, actions, and refused to hold the other side accountable but called and had a tantrum if his sizable bills weren't paid 10 minutes after he sent over an invoice.
Just fall over and surrender before you give him your money. Results will be the same but you'll save a lot of time and expense.
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12 Oct, 2022 by Anonymous
Mr Tilt will represent you to get your money, but when he realizes that his case can't be won, will send a subordinate to represent him!
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18 Aug, 2014 by Anonymous
We hired David Hancock after we hire him everything went bad
it was like a different person. He just did not know his banking
experience with the issues we need him for. We just made a big
mistake hiring him.
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29 Sep, 2013 by Michael
I would not use this Attorney again!! has been late showing up!! had me waiting couple of times!!
And seem to not know what on earth he was doing!!
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05 Mar, 2021 by Anonymous
I hired Michael for a family matter. He did a terrible job representing me. Really disappointed since it appears he has a solid background. I recommend you think twice when considering him to represent you.
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31 Jan, 2023 by Ti-rone
I AM STILL GETTING TO KNOW LISA, ONCE I KNOW HER BETTER I WILL GIVE REVIEWS ABOUT HER.
T-RONE!
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05 Sep, 2013 by Anonymous
I gave him one star, because I had to. Didn't want to give him any stars. He doesn't return phone calls. Been three weeks and havn't heard from him. Left numerous messages with secretary. Doesn't know the laws about interstate cases of childsupport, and expects the client to do the foot work.
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27 May, 2018 by Anonymous
What if your lawyer waived you off when you are about to respond to a judge's request as to who will be testifying in the court hearing that day? And you do so because you believed the lawyer when he told you just the prior evening that you may be able to speak?
But then when you try to speak again, the judge saying that the lawyer can let you do so, you get reprimanded by the lawyer, let alone him going back on his word?
Brent Wamsley, on that evening, said it was even a maybe that I could testify that day even though he would be the one responsible for me not being able to do so.
Consider also that Wamsley told me one thing but said something else on the same matter to others -- or me -- on at least three other occasions (there are words to fit that definition, aren't there?). Consider also that there were 21 total reasons in that hearing that disappointed me, I do not in any form or fashion recommend Brent Wamsley to be your legal counsel.
I actually recommend against it.
You may think I'm this upset because the hearing was relatively recent, but that is not so. The hearing was two-and-a-half weeks ago.
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02 Jan, 2019 by Anonymous
Mr. Booth was slow to respond and missed important deadlines. Seems only worried about his payments, even when the work performed were less than quality. When you have to start almost every sentence with "Sorry" something is wrong. Could have cost me $100 of thousands of dollars. I have had many attorneys over the years (30+) of successful business. I hired him on a referral as an "expert" in a RE foreclosure situation. This has been my poorest experience thus far. FYI: I paid the bills and moved on
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26 Nov, 2020 by Anonymous
She was not my specific lawyer. But never have I met a lawyer who babysat minor children during a custody issue. Included minor in emai communication about adult issues nor actually said in court that her client was left with one dish and one utensil. A blatant lie. That is what she is good at lying and distorted stories.
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02 May, 2024 by Adam
Sarah took my money and started filing my case. Then she vanished and did not do what she said. She was late filing my documents and caused my case to be dismissed. The court now has a case against her for malpractice. I have proof of everything. Emails, texts and court documents.
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07 Jun, 2023 by Anonymous
He is a lawyer who will fill his clients with delusions of grandeur and make them believe they will get everything they want. He is not above lying and trying to destroy a person's life. If you would feel good about hiring a man who is that type of person, by all means hire him, but just know that he will lie to you just like he lies in court.
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18 Dec, 2023 by Anonymous
Where should I start? He mistakenly texted my ex instead of me. Showed up late to my hearing, didn't demonstrate a knowledge of key facts in my case etc.
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31 Jan, 2023 by T-rone
I WILL BE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH MR. BELL SOON.
LITIGATION IN A COURT OF LAW.
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09 Oct, 2021 by Anonymous
I did not hire him. I did have several questions for him and he was extremely angry that I had questions that he hung up on me. Just wanted to save everyone some time. He is not even worth a phone call!
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19 Apr, 2016 by Anonymous
Mr Porter is a terrible attorney. He is mean and immature. He has no respect for women and one of his para's is worse. He knows very little of the law. After I left him and went to another attorney I realized how very bad he and his office was. My file was incomplete and that was after 2 1/2 years. Stay away from him and find someone who will respect you and answer your phone calls
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12 Feb, 2013 by Delanna
I had hired kieth Barton in 2010 to do a bankruptcy case for me. I paid 2,100$ to get things started. Kieth up and closed his office without any noticed or information or even giving my money back. I had got ahold of his partner mark crieven he said he will try to help me get ahold of kieth. I gave him all my info to give kieth, but kieth never returned my emails, phone calls, or letters.
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21 Feb, 2015 by Anonymous
There were a number of critical aspects to my case he either overlooked or plainly ignored. When asked about these issues, he asked for additional monies. Is legal points are difficult or inconvenient, he will not address them to the peril of the client.
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21 Jul, 2019 by Rocio
He did my case back in 2016. Took 10 months for a simple divorce. For a whole month, he did not do anything or work on my case. On the 8th month, he tells me to go to do the divorce class which he should have told me that the very first month of filing. He does not work with a paralegal so he did all the paperwork which was more expensive that way. After going to the court and asking them what ariel needed more, I sent that to him by email and he wrote all that back to me and charged me for it!!! Just a ridiculous lawyer!!
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02 Jan, 2018 by Anonymous
I sent him some specific questions about a complicated real estate contract before we met. When I met with him it was obvious that he had not read what I had written him. His diverged into areas that didn’t apply to my situation and in addition, he was totally incorrect in his evaluation.
As a result of his mis-information, I ended up spending hours chasing down information only to find out I had been misled. I would have less of a problem with Jeff if he had just refunded the $199 he charged for a half hour on the phone, but when he refused that just added to my annoyance.
I have a new lawyer now that was able to answer everything I asked in about 10 minutes and for half the price.
If you want a cookie cutter real estate lawyer for a simple LLC Jeff Breglio might be okay. Unfortunately, I probably know more about real estate law that he does and I am not a lawyer so I can’t recommend him at all.
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04 Dec, 2021 by Anonymous
Jay Bell has been a very poor attorney he does not return phone calls he does not represent you well he does not care about protecting your Family Trust. We are very disappointed and everything he has not done to help us. He has collected our money to the amount of $15,000 which was a waste of time and money by hiring this horrible attorney. He won't even give a current update of how he spent the money when we asked for it. For your own protection be sure you make a contract in your favor before you do anything with this attorney beware and be cautionary.
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22 Jul, 2019 by Anonymous
Spoke with Analise to resolve a serious issue with a brand new Ivory home. Absolute
Lack of concern or compassion. Did not care one bit about the family in the home. Literally Stayed that the family would now be flagged and not responded to because they reached out for help. Beyond unprofessional.
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