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04 Nov, 2024 by Tanya
Poor isn’t low enough of a star for this woman. If the rating system goes into the negative, that rating would be too high. I am looking at my convictions and she does nothing to help her clients. Bad decision to hire her, no matter which side she is working for. If she can’t be trusted for whom sheis hired to represent she can’t be trusted any where.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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03 Dec, 2021 by Anonymous
Paige was overbearing and did not keep the family unity in her overall plan. She was divisive and manipulative. Worst investment ever. The only reason for the 1 star is because it wouldn't accept it otherwise.
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11 Aug, 2023 by Anonymous
1) I paid $200 for a consultation. I let him know my situation, that attorney's were clearly lying. Lots of evidence as well. Attorney for children says they are fine, CPS does a report showing they are being assaulted and fear their mother.
2) I specifically asked for a bulldog attorney. Michael said he would represent me zealously.
3) This crooked guy didn't even file a hearing transcript when reminded, so I got dinged for it.
4) They said I had two upcoming hearings on the same day. On that day I learned that wasn't true. They said it was an error, but if he really believed there was that second hearing he should have filed for it or requested witnesses. Nothing. It doesn't add up.
5) Then the Friday afternoon before a Monday morning hearing, the guy quit.
No joke.
And for doing all of that nothing he billed me $5000.
That's what the $200 at the start was for.
I did not find him to be competent or honest.
Avoid this guy and this firm! They take your money and run. That's what they did to me.
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03 Feb, 2022 by Jason
Miriam Allred is an attorney I have spoken to at Lexington Law about my case file.
She agreed they have deceptive practices about how they work monthly to serve paying clients, and that nothing had happened with my account since January 2021 and she wanted to work on a solution. I shared with her I had been redirected to bad numbers and promised call backs from their call center several times over the last year, without being able to speak to any attorney who the firm stated is working on my case.
The call center is staffed not by attorneys or even paralegals but under informed team members who often times will say a lawyer will call you back, or hang up on you. One of the call center staff Riona Floresca shared they hadn't done anything with my account in two years and this shouldn't be happening. Then I was hung up on.
I was told consistent misleading information about who was working on my case, how to contact them and even confirmed by Supervisor Clark Aldwin or Aldwin Clark because he used his name differently during the call that John Heath's (regional attorney) number and email was in the website and he could support me. I went to the website during the call and Clark then shared that it was removed. This was misleading.
After a year of calling I got through to an actual attorney, Miriam and she agreed it hadn't been provided what I paid for. I shared that my concern now was that many others too had been impacted by this misleading business practice, where call center will say things to get you off the phone that don't happen, that bots most likely send out the same letters for months and in my case years and charge you thousands of dollars forba service that didnt work the month before but is repeated monthly through what I assume to be automation.
I personally had been requesting a call for a year and no one followed up and the call center would not connect me to a higher up and I finally had to get an attorney to move the ball on this case and their business practices.
I asked for the documented information of my case file and they shared this was the first time this had ever happened. That was alarming, especially from a Law Firm that states they specialize in credit repair.
Miriam shared I would a full receive a refund for all the sevice period dating back to January 2021 and this hasn't happened. I also was blocked from my account.
I shared like they do I was recording these calls and just want to review her business practices as deceptive and unfair. Lexington Law is operating a scheme and when confronted Miriam shared I would receive a refund and hung up on me. This has yet to happen.
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08 Aug, 2018 by Carrie
Kevin never kept me in formed about my case I had to be the one to ask him how my case was going. I either called him or Lisa with no answer or emailed him and ask about my case several times. Most of these were unanswered.
He dropped the protective order I had put in place because of my abusive husband.
When we went to court he seemed unsure of himself, He was unprepared which caused me to lose my case and temp. custody of my children! Also when dealing with the opposing attorney Kevin acted scared of them he let them intimidate him. Instead of sticking up for me he gave my husband anything he wanted because he didn't want to "make them mad".
I don't think he has enough experience yet and should not be a divorce attorney.
Also his paralegal Lisa Stone had a bad attitude towards me when I thought she was wrong. She is not a person I'd want anyone to have to deal with when having to go through a divorce or any kind of trauma. She has reprimanded me several times through emails and on the phone when I did something wrong. Or if I didn't answer my husband on something.
I will be seeking retribution for my case also I'd like Kevin and Lisa fired! They both have shown that they are incapable of handling such delicate cases.
I know for a fact that I am not the only case that they have failed on.
thanks have a nice day!
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17 May, 2013 by Anonymous
Utah Bankruptcy Professionals is any but. It is close to impossible to talk to anyone on the phone if you have a question or concern. I was able to meet with Jody herself only once. She was late for court and did not have the correct paperwork done. They never let me know what I need to do until it was too late. I would get emails with cryptic directions and no attachments of the papers I needed to sign. In short, Jody and her staff are unprofessional, unorganized, and unable to do their jobs well. I would recommend that if you are filing bankruptcy - go elsewhere.
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03 Jan, 2025 by Anonymous
Ms. Powell is very inexperienced. She is wasteful of court resources and extremely incompetent to operate within the capacity she has in the state,
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07 Sep, 2024 by Anonymous
We hired Ben to go after a woman that bought our company and stopped paying. We should have known he wasn’t qualified when the first letter he sent on our behalf was completely wrong!! He obviously didn’t even read up on our case to send an embarrassing letter like that. He never fixed it, told us he sent other letters but we never saw them. We were locked out of my case so there was no proof of anything. He is impossible to get a hold of. He does not return phone calls text or emails! We finally got so fed up we contacted the person we are suing and she said he won’t return her attorneys calls and emails either and that they have not received the paperwork he told us he sent.
If you’re contemplating using Ben Grindstaff I suggest you save your money and find an honest competent attorney who will actually work for you and not just steal your money and run!
We want a refund and will do whatever needs to be done to get it. The Utah bar association and BBB will be hearing from us!
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21 Oct, 2024 by Anonymous
Very poor hearing and trial prep, hides critical information until forced to turn over, gets flustered in court hearings, cannot “read” the court’s direction, sets unrealistic expectations for clients…”bails” on trial after his lies don’t work….
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08 Aug, 2024 by Jake
We hired Craig Chlarson and he completely failed to appear. Took our money and put several unknown lawyers on our case who failed miserabley. Craig is a con man. He makes a ton of false promises. He is not to be trusted.
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