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05 Jun, 2020 by Maggie
I was very pleased to find a lawyer capable of writing a comprehensive trust. The document is very thorough. However, when I needed to make a minor change of exchanging the role of two names, the charge was half the cost of the trust itself. $500 for a minor secretarial change is outrageous. When we hired him we were made to understand that minor changes could be done without charge or at a minimal fee.
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25 Nov, 2019 by Kitty
I do not recommend doing business with this firm. I had a very negative and dissatisfied experience as I hired Matt to prepare a Will for my husband who was dying and I was scared by gifted talk into purchasing a high $$ estate plan which was NOT needed. Find a law firm that will support your needs and listen to what you want to do. The estate plan was not prepared timely, incomplete and totally worthless as the firm never completed the documents or returned my many telephone calls. I lost total trust to work with this firm. I wasted monies for an estate plan that I never needed and now as a widow, will find another lawyer to support my legal needs. Do some research and discuss your family needs before you are rushed to hire a lawyer.
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05 Sep, 2018 by Deborah
Matt constructed wills and a trust for our family. He took his time and made sure that the trust provided for our specific family needs.
We did not feel “rushed” and he was open to making changes, as needed.
He is competent and thorough.
He and his staff are efficient and friendly.
I would definitely recommend him to others.
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10 Feb, 2021 by Deisy mendoza
Información por un caso de deportacion, necesitaría un poco de orientación para este caso.
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30 Sep, 2008 by Anonymous
Karl is an excellent attorney, when he's working on your case. However, he or his staff do not communicate with you...at all. My case was/is an uncontested child custody and step-parent adoption that has been going on for 2 years come January. I had to write a certified letter to his office to get any response. I am still waiting...at this rate, my son will be 18 and moved out of the house by the time this is over with. He was 12, he's now 14 and will be 15 in March.
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15 Mar, 2015 by Hans
Richard D Woods was hired by my parents for a drug related indiscretion. He was responsive only in the first few weeks, at the time responding within a few days.
THIS MAY BE IMPORTANT TO YOU: He did not notify me of a warrant for my arrest ahead of time, and I was escorted out of class.
As the intensity of my case decreased, his response time increase proportionally, until he had handed my case over to a more conveniently located lawyer altogether.
Richard woods, acting as a middleman for the local lawyer,accepted the original money, requested additional funds, and yet did not pay the upfront fee from the hired lawyer out of his funds.
THIS MAY BE IMPORTANT TO YOU: The local lawyer was running for office Against the judge which my case was taking place in. Rick Woods either didn't account for the bias, or was aware of it and did not feel that my case warrented proper time and effort.
The local lawyer did not push for any sort of renumeration or lessened intensity, and instead, influenced by personal ambition, made only novel attempts at allowing the record to be expunged in the future.
A year after this excapade, I recieve an itemized bill from the local lawyer, having already sent it to Rick Woods, without any contact attempt from him.
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08 Dec, 2021 by Anonymous
Gennaro was a pleasant lawyer but slow to notify me of developments in my divorce case. My ex dragged the divorce out over 2 years. He allowed the opposing counsel to flagrantly ignore agreed upon elements of written and signed agreements, even court ordered items. He wouldn’t insist on my rights or inform them that he would take action if they didn’t come into compliance.
His rates were fair and flexible. I never felt like he was padding his billing hours because we agreed on an overall maximum potential cost. He delivered UNDER the price agreed upon.
Ultimately, I would rather have paid more for aggressive representation.
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03 Jan, 2018 by Cameron
Todd told me on multiple occasions that he was going to find out some information about my case and he would get back to me. He did not get back to me at all. His assistant Cassidy also said she was going to do some work and contact me and she never did. The law firm itself did not return my calls on two or three different occasions. Please don't go here.
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30 Nov, 2017 by Stephanie
I’m not sure why everyone else has had a negative experience. We filed ch 7 bankruptcy and everything went smoothly and very quickly. Every time I had a question Jane our paralegal was extremely helpful. I would definitely recommend Todd Malaise!
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15 Aug, 2017 by Cody
Just received denial letter from SSA for disability. Firm had an agent call me with a questionnaire and determined, without seeing the contents of the letter, that I had a "technical" denial, and stated I could not be helped.
Called the firm and possibly talked to a paralegal. Again refused to listen to the circumstances stated on the letter, which contained numerous inaccuracies. Also refused to consider I'm a 100% disabled veteran, concurrently rated "individually unemployable."
Ultimately was told I should read the requirements on the SSA website. Well, I did.
This law firm is only looking for the easy clients and has a poor sense of justice and fairness. Will not recommend this firm to my friends.
"Also in 2009, both houses of Congress introduced legislation known as the BRAVE Act1 that would certify veterans judged by the VA to have total disability (that is, having a combined rating of 100% or a rating of individual unemployability [IU]) as meeting the medical requirements of the disability programs administered by SSA. Essentially, a veteran with a rating of total disability would not have to undergo the medical portions of SSA's disability determination to be eligible to receive Social Security disability benefits."
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v74n3/v74n3p1.html
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17 Jan, 2019 by Anonymous
I hired this lawyer paid up front, she did half of my case then left on vacation. came back told me her fee went up and had to pay. she did not even fight for what i wanted. took the money and ran. didnt even finish my case... please dont use this lady!!!!!!!!!!! she will take the money and go. she shows up late to court, doesnt answer phone calls text messages or email. save your money and hire a better lawyer. even at that when i hired another lawyer to take over my case he was cheaper than she was and more professional.
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03 Oct, 2018 by Amy
I was divorced over a year ago and she has failed to get me my half of the 401K. I call and text daily but she send everything to voice mail. She also raised her price in the middle of my divorce because I refused to fight for more money,
Do not waste your time. Don't be like me and not read the reviews and regret it later.
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12 Jul, 2017 by Anonymous
Don't waste your time. Very unprofessional... late to arrive, judgmental, does NOT produce documents in a timely fashion and terrible about returning communication.
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30 May, 2023 by Kaydee
Kristen and her husband Jeff knowingly let my husband go to prison. They lied to the state and let us fail when trying to prove innocence. We paid $25,000 for literally nothing. No defense, no help, nothing. We would have been better off with a public defender. She told the state that we were liars (even though we have proof of their wrongdoings) and therefore my husband will get to spend decades in prison for something the Mulliners KNOW he did not do. Thanks for that. So much for Justice. I hope karma comes back on you both. Stop practicing law regardless of which side you’re on. You’re ruining people’s lives every day and sadly you’ve ruined ours. The other reviews I’ve read here are 100% accurate so please do not get into bed with these people. Do your research and don’t repeat our mistakes. It will literally cost you everything.
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19 Jan, 2023 by Anonymous
She had to turn to prosecuting people because she and her husband (now known as Charles Jeffrey Mulliner) take your $$$ and do NOTHING for it. One word. Scammers.
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12 Aug, 2022 by Don't
Walk away. She lied over and over, said she did not say things that she said although we had several family present to hear it. Her husband and her work together, act like they're a caring team to help you or your loved one. Once she has the money, there's no work, no researching cases, no great Motions, let alone a Motion at all. Easy to take cases, make deals and walk away with the money and no work. Next case? She was assistant district attorney, still is, although under the guise of defense attorney.
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18 Aug, 2024 by Anonymous
I do not recommend hiring, very negligent with any documentation or evidence, the payment method is very sketchy won't even send an invoice for payment, very dismissive of concerns, especially in family law, and will not accurately represent you won't update you till the last minute or upon receiving payment. will not add or modify as requested. immensely unprofessional.
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17 Feb, 2023 by Monica
He has not returned my calls or emails. He is terrible and I am going to report him.
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18 Jan, 2022 by Daniel
I have been trying to get ahold of Mr. Cruz for over a week now , it appears he is obviously dodging my calls. He was supposed to represent me in my divorce and somehow my information about my divorce went to his junk email!! he spoke to me and said because he dropped the ball he would return my $1000. Now he will not answer my calls or emails ...!! Knowing I don't have to extra money to fight for it , I believe he is just taking advantage of the less fortunate . .
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24 Jul, 2013 by Anonymous
He seemed to be oblivious to my case issues. Said he didn't like computers and failed to read my emails. (I was out-of-state due to a dying parent). He relied on me doing all research. His sole contribution was asking if my ex-husband was related to an unknown someone who shared an extremely common last name with us. He did not follow up on info that I gave him. Charged me for attempts to call my home phone in Texas when I'd clearly informed him that I was in another state. He was unprepared, inept and more interested in discussing football than my settlement. He cited financial data that wasn't even applicable to either of us... was acting very confused. He tried to be more than a little chummy with my ex during this process. In addition, the attorney for my ex-husband declared he'd been extremely lax at responding to her communications. The divorce was not especially contentious and there were no custody issues, yet it took almost two years to be final. Paperwork was incomplete, omitting important points we'd agreed on in mediation such as my request to resume using my maiden name and the refinancing of the mortgage. He had the gall to say he'd file for that separately. Expensive exasperating muddling.
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20 Jan, 2012 by Chuck
Slow, dim-witted and ponderous - he missed a significant point of law that had changed in the previous year which was crucial during the middle of an all day mediation session. While his staff is good, and he is responsive, I would not consider using him again. While he won't engage in useless letters and bulldog tactics to run up billable hours, don't expect him to represent your interests very well either. You will need to hound him to bring up points on your behalf.
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20 Apr, 2018 by Ken
Hired this Atty. For my son, facing an MTRP felony probation. Cuellar did manage to get him a bail set,which doesn't happen much with probation violations. So that's the positive.
Negative, Mr.Cuellar does not return calls, letters,etc... I didn't expect the best results,considering the hard a** judge, but Cuellar kinda all but promised freedom and that turned into a couple years of TDCJ .
Overall,I wouldn't recommend him,don't expect your calls to be returned and look around!
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25 Apr, 2017 by Nathan
Mr.Cuellar was my atty. on one felony case (MTRP) and 2 misdemeanors . In the beginning,was great , SOUNDING. "Let`s fight this" . Went from that to not returning any of my calls , Not letting my family know anything as a professional courtesy . Gave me his word he would visit me in jail (3 times) , Never did . Only returned a call when I mentioned the State Bar . Very unprofessional. A seasoned 'jailhouse lawyer' could have resolved the misdemeanors faster than he did. So I got ISF (90 days) for the MTRP , but couldn`t get started on that because Cuellar couldn`t/wouldn`t get me a court date to resolve simple,Non -enhanced misdemeanors ! There you go, choose wisely! Doesn`t even have a secretary to take phone calls, just leave a voicemail and HOPE he calls back.
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11 May, 2023 by Anonymous
Matthew was not responsive throughout the process. He said it would be $1K to help me. 5 weeks after paying him I still had no information on next steps, he kept saying he would write a letter. After 5 weeks of no action I asked for my money back and he kept $250 due to a phone call we had. I would not recommend him.
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30 Nov, 2018 by Anonymous
We hired Matt over 2 yrs ago to handle a bad real estate transaction. He said it shouldn't take more then 6 months to settle. Here we are 2 yrs and 2 months later nothing settled and haven't been able to get him to respond to emails, phone calls or text since Aug (almost 4 months).
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05 Nov, 2018 by Anonymous
Engaged Mr. Cowart for a title search three years ago. Have have next to no response from him. All he was asked was to keep us informed on progress. We even gave him he addresses of all parties involved. He has not answered emails or text requests. His phone is always full
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25 Jul, 2024 by Anonymous
If I could give negative stars, I would. This man tried to scare me to get me to give him my cc info over zoom for his 5k retainer fee.
He made me think cps was gonna come take my kids immediately over bogus claims that were recanted within 24hrs of them being made. The investigation never went anywhere.l and it was never that serious to begin with. He told me cos would take my children for me smoking cigarettes and that after their investigation I wouldn’t be allowed at my child’s school anymore. He was just spouting lies to scare me. He also immediately went and told cos I didn’t have a lawyer after I declined to give him my cc info over zoom. I would never recommend him to anyone!! Stay far away from this man!!
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26 Dec, 2023 by John
He was terrible at communicating, did not prepare me at all for court, refused to meet before court to go over anything. Did not use any of the evidence I brought him, did not let me object when the opposing side repeatedly lied on the witness stand about me. The only thing he did that I asked for was to ask the opposing side to pay for my legal fees since it was a bs suit, yet he did it after they repeatedly lied on the witness stand so it sounded like I was a complete degenerate who was unjustly asking for more than I deserved. If I could rate him zero stars I absolutely would. I have never met or even heard of a more disgraceful, lying, duplicitous lawyer and I would stay away from him at all costs.
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24 Aug, 2023 by Kareem mathis
The most disrespectful and arrogant attorney I have ever crossed paths with. He talked to me horribly and lost my case. I really feel like he sold me out. What a waste of time and money! I would advise you not to hire this clown
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12 Apr, 2024 by Theresa
Run! Run! Runaway from this attorney. We hired this attorney to handle my mother’s estate. We wasted two years of him doing absolutely nothing at all. This man was rude and would not return phone calls. We finally got a court date , but the judge had to cancel because this idiot did not file the proper paperwork.
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15 Nov, 2020 by Anonymous
I Hired Mr. Reyes For My Divorce With Children. I Paid Him In Full 2,500 And, Basically Had To Do The Work Myself. At Meditation He Didnt Really Argue Much My Ex-Husband Had Been Arrested For Something Major Yet, They Still Granted Him Unsupervised Visitation Of My Children. Im A Single Mom With No Background History And, Here I Am With A lot Of Questions I Will Never Have Answers For. It's Been Over A Year He Has Failed To Complete My QDRO And, Hand Back Over Documents I Provided To Him When I First Hired Him. I Feel Like Im Stuck. All Because He Fails To Respond And, Receptionist Still Continues To Give Me The Run Around. I Even Text His Personal Phone And, Not Even A Text Back Or Phone Call. I Guess I Will Be Calling The State Bar
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20 Dec, 2018 by Daniel
This attorney was hired and never filed my case after receiving a down payment. several calls were made and never returned and office as well was rude. basically took my money and ran.
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19 Jun, 2016 by Renee
I hired Norma Gonzalez in 2014 for a divorce. She required a $5000 deposit. She assisted with filing the initial papers. We never made an appointment to the court since I reconciled with my spouse. we had some exchanges via email mostly with her assistant. Once reconciled I advised her services were no longer needed and requested itemization of billing and refund if due. I received no response other than billing would look at it. This is after multiple inquires. It's been about a year now. Still waiting. Norma has contacted me since then to support her campaign and donate. I would not vote for her. I feel money is owed to me. My husband did receive a refund from his lawyer and he put down the same amount for down payment. I would not recommend.
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12 Dec, 2015 by James
I hired this lawyer 2 yrs ago and still don't know where this case stands. The other party's lawyer excused themselves from the case and I don't know what that means to me. Do I still have a case, is the case over? I tried to ask via email, letter, and phone call and still have not received a response.
As soon as the opposition asked for documents, this lawyer was real fast to submit paperwork to them without consulting with me first. She told me after the fact that she had supplied the asked for documents to Opposition. I submitted all documents that I thought would help my cause, even created spreadsheets to help lessen the time she or her staff would have to spend creating a spreadsheet themselves. I don't think she ever looked at the documents I supplied. I sent a letter requesting a face to face meeting and 3 weeks later have still not gotten a response or appointment to speak to her. I don't know what else to do.
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08 Nov, 2015 by Anonymous
Norma would not return our calls or emails. She met with the other party to our suit several times and met with us twice of which one time she was cold, would not listen to us, and rushed us out. She listened to the other party and believed lies that were told to her without any proof whatsoever.
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19 Jun, 2022 by Andrew
This man takes your money then does nothing he doesn't work on a contingency basis so I doubt if he's ever won a case. Also he graduated from a 4th tier law school and it shows.
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23 Jan, 2022 by Anonymous
This is a horrible attorney, I reported him to the bar of Texas and of course they did nothing, He even went as far as to slander me before the bar of Texas, Believe me this man doesn't have your best interests at heart only what makes him money, I have had Great experiences with another attorney, this was not one of them, If your smart you will use another attorney!!
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22 Apr, 2017 by Anonymous
This is a volume business..A cottage industry. If you get to meet with the chief lawyer, you will be the recipient of a favor. Intakes are handled by non lawyers or, if you are fortunate a an associate.
What struck me was the complete lack of compassion for my case and my medical condition.
My confidence in this lawyer is zero.
It is all about the money.
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01 Aug, 2023 by Dalila clark
As said in the previous reviews, Mr. Vargas is rude. He seems to be all about the money. I was advocating for my fiancé, who is in TDC. Who was appointed Mr. Vargas during a case. Mr. Vargas refused to help. The only thing that Mr. Vargas did was ignore text messages and phone calls. He showed up one time to a court case. And did little to absolutely nothing besides show up to the courthouse. I was told by Mr. Vargas over the phone that he would help if I was willing to pay the $300 charge that he charges per hour. I offered to pay that $300 per hour; after offering, Mr. Vargas, then said absolutely no. “I don’t want to take your case. I have paying clients that I’m already assisting” Even though he was already a court appointed attorney on said case. Luckily, I was able to contact the court system. And have Mr. Vargas removed from the case. Yes, it took months for this to actually happen. But thank goodness he was removed. Mr. Vargas is a horrible man. He does not want to actually help his community. I do not understand why anyone gets involved in law if they are not passionate about speaking up against the law, For their clients.
Good riddance Vargas. You will not be missed.
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01 Mar, 2023 by Anonymous
I was court appointed this lawyer for a criminal case. Off the bat, I’ll say that his communication skills are horrendous. He does not return calls no matter how urgent the situation is. On one incident he showed up to court 5 hours late. He made absolutely no effort to speak with me about my case. The first two times that he showed up to court he was still unfamiliar with my case details and had to reset multiple times because he was not ready. Extremely dismissive in nature.
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07 Jul, 2021 by Marion
Mr. Vargas was appointed as the attorney for my grand daughter in Comal County Jail. The rules for court appointed lawyers is they have to contact their client within 24 hours of being appointed. I contacted Mr. Vargas after the 24 hours had gone by and he yelled at me for 10 minutes about how he did not want me to call him. This was Wednesday and he said he would see her by Friday, 2 weeks later he had not called her and would not return my calls. I called the court and explained the situation. The next day he did show up at the jail and left before seeing my Grand daughter. He came back with 3 court papers for her to sign, refused to let her read them, told her it was for probation agreement. He told her that I was never to call him or the court or the jail again. So we are trying to get a new court appointed attorney. He is mean and rude and does not keep his word
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15 Dec, 2023 by Marie
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS MAN. HE IS ARROGANT, DISRESPECTFUL, AND RUDE AND WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP YOUR CASE. I DID ASK THE PAPERWORK FOR MY HUSBANDS CASE AND GOT IT DISMISSED, AND THIS MAN HAS THE AUDACITY TO SAY I GOT YOU DISMISSED. WHEN I WOULD CALL HIM TO GET THE STATUS ON THE CASE HE TOLD ME SEVERAL TIMES WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME YOUR NOT THE DEFENDANT, AND WOULD HANG UP ON ME. I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH DO NOT HIRE THIS MAN.
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17 Aug, 2022 by Anonymous
He has done absolutely nothing to help my brother in laws case. He was in jail when his court date up they took him to a family violance court instead of criminal court. The judge ordered a RWOB till his reset trial court date. This attorney didnt fight for him he agreed with leaving him in jail without a bond!! Then when my sister called him he hung up on her. He is a horrible lawyer and will not fight for whats right. He should not even practice he just wants the money.
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23 Feb, 2022 by Anonymous
Didn't file motions that help my case I'd asking to file a motion if speedy trial and he didn't do anything I asked him to do or helped
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29 Aug, 2023 by Ebony
John was retained by myself for a simple child modification case. He was paid in full cash, took my money and never contacted me again. For 5 months I was ignored by this attorney. He wouldn’t answer my emails, texts or calls. It took me notifying the state bar association for him to return my calls. Please please DO NOT hire John Sandheinrich. He will take your money and leave you high and dry!
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02 Aug, 2023 by Elizabeth
He has multiple complaints against him with the state bar. He has lied to his clients and lied to the state bar. He took my case and my money and then continued to lie to me for months that things were done that he never did. He lied about having hearings and it took me having to call the court house to find out. He had done this to other people. Save yourself the distress and actually get a good attorney because it is not him
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03 Feb, 2021 by T
A one star is actually very generous considering Mr. Sandheinrich was hired in January 2019 for a "simple", non-contested case. According to Mr. Sandheinrich, the judge wouldn't have any other choice but award us a favorable outcome. In December 2020, I changed counsel. My new attorney accomplished more in 3 months than Mr. Sandheinrich did in 23 months. There was no follow through, a lot of misguided information and NO resolution. Mr. Sandheinrich will charm you, tell you exactly what you want to hear and then take your money and leave you. Don't be fooled!
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26 Sep, 2020 by José
Mr. Valdez has no business holding a Texas bar license to practice any kind of law whatsoever. I have submitted a formal complaint/grievance to the state bar. He was a court appointed lawyer for a case i had in county court 186 in S.A. He missed completely more than one court appointment. A judge during his absence asked the court clerks in a scheduled appointment "is this the same Jerry Valdez that always shows up late if at all ? ". The clerk simply nodded and said "yes your honor". That's to say he has a well established reputation for being tardy and even absent from scheduled court proceedings. Do not for any reason hire this man. He is a crook, a lier, and has no business practicing law in Texas or any other state for that matter. I will work tirelessly to have him disbarred as he is a detriment to legal community as a whole.
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30 May, 2018 by Anonymous
This guy lies, he's not a good lawyer at all. He will not work for you, he works for the courts. No return phone calls, no visits in jail to discuss my case. I only saw him the day of my trial for which as stated he did not fight for me.
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29 Oct, 2017 by Warren
Jerry told lied to me, about what would happen after a conviction, now i cannot drive or find a good job . when i try to contact him, he ignores and avoids my phone calls , and refuses to call me back. My life if now set back for years to come due to this lawyer.
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09 Jun, 2016 by Kim
If there was a less than poor or less than 1 star option, I would've picked that instead! I would tell anyone that's in the process of trying to find a parole attorney to keep looking if they're thinking about hiring Paul Hampel. I hired Paul for my husband, this is not the first time my husband has been incarcerated. Paul said that he was pretty certain there would be a good outcome for parole but after 2 parole hearings and a short way, my husband was still denied. My husband is currently serving an 8 year sentence for evading arrest, non aggravated, he has an exemplary disciplinary record, and he's not in any gangs, as a matter of fact - he's very involved in the faith based programs. There was no reason for him not to get his short way other than Paul not doing his job. During the parole process, I requested every time to speak to the parole board and every time Paul's secretary's said my request had been denied. After my husband was denied his short way and set off for another year, I called everyday, 2 and 3 times a day, and Paul wouldn't talk to me. The girls who answer his phone always say that he's either not in the office or he's on the other line or he's in the middle of a parole hearing, they've even put me on hold and left me there for 15 or 20 minutes until I just hung up. The secretaries sounded irritated or put out when I called and asked for any information - they would always tell me if they hear anything they would let me know and in the almost 3 years that he represented my husband I never received one phone call from that office - I was the one calling them when I noticed his case was in review on the computer. This office has horrible customer service and all they cared about was getting their money, although Paul Hampel is cheaper than what other attorneys charge, it's just not worth it - he's equivalent to not having an attorney at all, so you might as well keep your money. In the end you get what you pay for - and for me... They have my money and I still don't have my husband home with me :( Needless to say I fired him after my husband didn't make his short way. Don't make the same mistake I did by hiring this worthless attorney
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06 May, 2016 by Paul
Please save yourself the affliction and do not hire Paul Hampel. He is incompetent and unable to carry out his services in an effective manner. I am sorry I hired him and am filing a grievance with Austin State Board
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21 Feb, 2013 by Carina
They were nice at the beginning but soon after my last payment, no body answer the phone, once I send him a letter and he did call me but he call me names and threatening not ever call him email or send no more letters or he will put my brothers case a side and he told me I will hear from him. I never call him no more but he keep my $2400. He charge me and my brother still not home. I will informed my self how I can report him to BBB so he stop lying to people and have more ethics and not calling people annoying. I paid him $2400. Dollars and he call me annoying wow how low work ethics. I will not recommend him to no body.
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02 Jul, 2015 by Anonymous
Hired him to take care of my family's ticket now we all have warrants for our arrest, we payed him all this money and nothing. To top it of he wont even return our phone calls
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03 Apr, 2012 by Anonymous
hired him three years ago to take care of my tickets and all he did was reset the court date and now i have a warrant out for my arrest cause he did not take care of them and i cant hire another lawyer till he signs off on it
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13 Mar, 2012 by Gabriel perez
i have had a hard time contacting him. he has not help my traffic tickets. and my case is on freeze until he shows up to court or he calls me back. I have had a hard time finding employment because of this reason. I when to court to try to just pay my tickets so I can work ,i need to live. Only to be told i can't pay my tickets until i contact this attorney. So my advice use him at your own risk!
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06 May, 2022 by Jennifer
I’ve known Hector for years… my family has been living an ongoing nightmare for almost 3 years now, and we consulted him on the matter. Decided to retain him, and the case ended up being dropped. It didn’t go anywhere, never even set foot in court or even zoom court for that matter. We’d discussed the likelihood of getting any part of the $7500 retainer back at our initial consultation, and were assured we’d most likely see some return. Fast forward and now being told we get none of it back. He referenced the contract, and said the retainer is nonrefundable, however I do not find that information within the contract. We requested an itemized statement, which he was annoyed by, and days later when we received it, saw that a couple of listed items do not even make sense, and every item listed was charged at an in court rate. I genuinely feel like he played on the emotions, vulnerability and turmoil of myself and my family at the time we chose to retain him. It’s extremely disheartening to think that a friend would do this, considering that this case involved my daughter and grandson, two of the people closest to me that are my world.
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07 Mar, 2019 by Carlos alonzo
Hector has been a friend of mine for over 10 years. I hired him for my personal injury case. It was a heartbreaking experience, poor communication, poor results on the case ,including his assistant Ray using salesman closing tactics on me . Overall waste of time.
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31 May, 2023 by Jenny
No lo contraten es un estafador solo dice q va ayudar con el caso y no hace nada ya después que uno le paga aveces ni contestan son unos estafadores
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09 Jun, 2021 by Hernandez
No lo recomiendo solo te cobra y no ace nada por ty solo tiene 2 reviews. Mas de un web sites no existe y Los demas es lo mismo son un fraude cuidado no caigan en su juego lo digo por experiencia propia primero investiga y denuncia mala practica de estos abogados falsos
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16 Apr, 2015 by Anonymous
I was able to communicate with Mr Duganne, until I paid him a substantial amount. Now he will not answer phone, or return text or emails. It's like he fell off the face of the earth! I never received any copies or haven't found any evidence that he's done anything on my case! At a loss for what to do. Live on a fixed income and it took awhile to save enough to pay him. And now don't have funds for another lawyer! Ugh!
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04 Feb, 2014 by Anonymous
Never answered or returned calls. Always late to court. Did not represent me in the fullest. Just went with the plea bargain instead of fighting for and defending his client. Also, charges even though court appointed.
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25 Mar, 2021 by Andrea
This guy was horrible. He failed to get protective order in timely fashion or meet with me and tried to convince me of splitting my son 50/50 after the father abandoned, stalked, harassed, and was mentally unstable. He then said he needed an extra $7k retainer on top of $2.5k he already received. I fired him the next day and he refused to give any of the 7k back nor did he provide a single invoice. This man is a THIEF and should not be allowed to practice law for his lack of ethics.
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31 Dec, 2014 by Anonymous
He didn't seem to really work on the details of my case until the very day of mediation. Prior to that, he forgot about our meetings that didnt involve his payment and wasn't prepared for them which left us discussing the exact same things we had already discussed; yet, he had no problem charging me for that meeting and thensome. During one meeting (in which I paid him more $) he yelled and threw papers at me when he got upset that I wouldn't just agree with his point of view of how I should just forget about getting things that the mediated contract noted should have occurred. Yes, I know that complaining about paper being thrown at me sounds silly because it was merely paper, but it should not have happened in the first place. I never felt like he was "on my side" and his advice during mediation was just to give into what the other side demanded since it'll cost more $ in the long run...but that didn't stop him from charging me more than $3,000 after that! Very unprofessional! It'll be a waste of YOUR time and money.
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27 Jun, 2023 by Anonymous
Horrible attorney. A yes man to the DA and best friends with the judge in court 187. Pessimistic, not driven, not interested in defending his clients.
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02 Mar, 2021 by Joycelyn
He has insulted my intelligence! He has threatened me via emails and text messages. On a phone call with my husband, he told my husband that I will never see my children again and neither will he. This man has completely sabatoged my case! He has treated me very poorly and unfair because I am a woman and of the minority. He doesn't take the time to treat me with respect, he's extremely harsh especially when he gives information and makes it sound extremely horrible! He was upset with me when I reported him over 3 times to the San Antonio Bar Association and removed himself off my case/filed a Motion Of Continuance just because he personally felt upset. He's done nothing for me but make everything worse! Court appointed or not, Richard's services are the worst! I don't recommend him! He will lie to you and make you out to be the enemy! I pray that justice will be served for my family and I. I don't deserve this anymore and I'm speaking out! Richard doesn't like when you speak the truth against him, he will use it to his advantage and become vindictive!
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30 Dec, 2021 by Jose
SHE PRESIDES OVER HER COURT WITH GOD LIKE COMPLEX NOT ALLOWING PLAINTIFF OR DEFEDANTS THAT AREN'T IN HER BRITISH ACCREDITTED COUNTRY CLUB THE SAME PRIVILIGES AND LIBERTIES AFFORDED BY THE CONSTITUTION AND TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHS ACT OF 1964. SHE SHOULD NEVER BE IN OFFICE. PERRIOD!!!!!!!!
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20 Jan, 2016 by Anonymous
I used Cynthia for my divorce and custody case, she was a little less expensive than the other consultation with another attorney... I got what I paid for. She didn't return my calls, emails or texts for months and when she finally did she claimed she never got my messages. I used a friends phone once and she answered right away but that didn't work after she had the number. She sat on paperwork, and then worded the decree incorrectly causing me to pay more money than I had to as well as having the attorney general put my child support payments on hold because of the verbiage being wrong on my decree so they couldn't send it to have the money taken from my ex husbands check. When I reached out to her I had to wait over a month to reach her and then she sat on the paperwork again and finally got to court several months later. She sent me a text saying the judged signed and she would send me the decree and my Q-Dro and I never received it nor was I able to reach her again. She was horrible!
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16 Dec, 2023 by Anonymous
Meet with Ms. Castro for a divorce, she talked a good talk. After paying 3k retainers fee heard nothing for months. I called and talked to Pat who said there was a court date set and Laura wanted to meet before that date. Never heard a word on the meeting date, then the friday before court i get another call from Pat saying Laura will call you sunday. I was think weird the day before court on a sunday, she did call at 5:00 pm. I next day at court she was was in organized and wanted me do things i had already done. Nothing was accomplished and cost me 1,000 for her to show up.
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28 Sep, 2022 by Anonymous
I hired Ms Castro because on our initial talk she said everything you want to hear from an attorney. She really Sold me. After that she was unresponsive for months in my case. Several times I poured my heart out to her in many emails about things currently happening in my case & nothing but crickets for a good few months Eventually to my surprise ms castro replied to one of my emails and for the 1st time in a long time she actually seemed interested. then Next email I got was an itemized bill detailing the charges & I was quickly confused that the bill was at 2300 dollars I couldn't believe it!! How!! I almost never talk to her!!Well apparently, every single email she sends to you or anyone regarding case, or her paralegals sends to you or on your behalf will cost you. every email was $75-250 drafting a temporary order another 700.00. They easily eat up your retainer and then send you a bill for the other things that haven't happened. appearing in court, hearings, drafting other orders ETC. At the end I received a bill for an additional 2000. on top of the 2500 I had given her upon hiring her. For BARE MINIMUM WORK. She doesn't care about her clients or the outcome of the case. She just cares about how much money she can get out of you. Be aware.
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21 Apr, 2022 by Anonymous
Una persona q trabaja allí dice ser abogado y no lo es su nombre es Josue Velásquez y lo único que hace es robar el dinero de las personas lo digo porque tuve una relación con el y al final lo descubrí, al principio muy amable pero una vez q le pagas no les importas y también hace que la gente mienta en sus casos de Immigracion mucho cuidado busquen en state bar of texas y verán de lo que les hablo
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27 Sep, 2016 by Anonymous
la oficina de este Abogado Rodolfo Zepeda, lamentablemente son unas personas sin interes por los seres humanos, una ves que se les a pagado sus onoraris ya ni contestan el telefono, te ponen en espera y luego te cuelgan. ni siquiera puedes hablar con ellos. Tienen un terrible servico al cliente. Si necesitan un abogado les recomiendo que busquen a otro porque estos senores no vale la pena. yo persoalmente tube muuy mala experiencia con estos senores, quienes son de lo peor de las ramo de abogados. y no se los recomiendo.
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