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26 Feb, 2020 by Helen manzietti
I never received a phone call back. I originally used this firm for two cases. I'm disappointed I inquired regarding my divorce papers for enhanced drivers license and where I can get a copy of divorce for DMV.
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26 Feb, 2020 by Helen manzietti
I never received a phone call back. I originally used this firm for two cases. I'm disappointed I inquired regarding my divorce papers for enhanced drivers license and where I can get a copy of divorce for DMV.
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26 Feb, 2020 by Helen manzietti
I never received a phone call back. I originally used this firm for two cases. I'm disappointed I inquired regarding my divorce papers for enhanced drivers license and where I can get a copy of divorce for DMV.
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26 Feb, 2020 by Helen manzietti
I never received a phone call back. I originally used this firm for two cases. I'm disappointed I inquired regarding my divorce papers for enhanced drivers license and where I can get a copy of divorce for DMV.
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26 Feb, 2020 by Helen manzietti
I never received a phone call back. I originally used this firm for two cases. I'm disappointed I inquired regarding my divorce papers for enhanced drivers license and where I can get a copy of divorce for DMV.
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26 Feb, 2020 by Helen manzietti
I never received a phone call back. I originally used this firm for two cases. I'm disappointed I inquired regarding my divorce papers for enhanced drivers license and where I can get a copy of divorce for DMV.
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26 Feb, 2020 by Helen manzietti
I never received a phone call back. I originally used this firm for two cases. I'm disappointed I inquired regarding my divorce papers for enhanced drivers license and where I can get a copy of divorce for DMV.
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26 Feb, 2020 by Helen manzietti
I never received a phone call back. I originally used this firm for two cases. I'm disappointed I inquired regarding my divorce papers for enhanced drivers license and where I can get a copy of divorce for DMV.
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26 Feb, 2020 by Helen manzietti
I never received a phone call back. I originally used this firm for two cases. I'm disappointed I inquired regarding my divorce papers for enhanced drivers license and where I can get a copy of divorce for DMV.
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11 May, 2023 by Vivian
Jeanella kept telling me I was going to get full custody of my daughter. My daughter's lawyer and the judge both stated that most of the time they do 50/50 custody between parents. And that would mean, me...the only working parent, paying the deadbeat dad who doesn't work, child support! Spending over $2,000 to hire Jeanella was a mistake because she was pushing me into a hole with what clearly was going to be the verdict here, with me paying child support for my daughter who I take care of and support fully and she resides with me. Then Jeanella said she needed more money until she could do anything else for me (this meaning my money ran out) so I fired her and closed my case. THEN...she hits me with a bill! How can you give someone a bill when their money ran out!! Sounds like a scam to me.
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10 Apr, 2023 by Sherry
Ms. Baldwin completely threw me under the bus which I didn't realize at the time. As we were down to the wire in my divorce case and the judge waiting on her bench for our trial to begin and negotiations were being done to prevent a trial an agreement was made. When the divorce decree was typed and I read it there was a line in there about cohabitation. When I asked her about it she waved her hand across it and told me it was standard language in a divorce decree. I fell for it. Also no equitable distribution after a more than 25 year marriage. I don't think she defended me to her fullest ability and almost feel like she was more on my X's side. I'm not sure how to have this situation rectified or if I need to just live with it.
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31 Oct, 2018 by Anonymous
Only lawyer I know who didn't do the "free consultation". Charged $275 and then a $2500 retainer fee on top of that. My divorce was easy peasy. No arguing. No court appearances; yet it took 18 months for her to actually get paperwork done. A co-worker just asked me if I would recommend my divorce attorney. Big NO!
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21 Sep, 2022 by Anonymous
He will lie to you over and over again until the case ends and brush you off with a sentence you could have got representing yourself, although he is probably different as a payed lawyer because I have heard other people having a better experience but as a payed lawyer! Every other person who has had him as a public defender on the other hand will tell you try an get a different one. Don't settle for him as a public defender
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16 Jul, 2022 by Matthew
I sought Mr. Canzano's advice regarding a sensitive matter that is especially important to me. I sent him an email on 06/03/2022. Rome (Romolo) responded to my professional, well thought out inquiry with a terse and unprofessional three sentence response. Despite his response, and hopeful he would agree to talk to me, I brushed off his poor attitude. I sent him a respectful (something he lacks the ability to be) reply on 06/06/2022 and followed up on 06/10/2022 and he ignored both of those inquiries. I strongly recommend you look elsewhere if you want professional assistance. Ignoring a prospective client is highly disrespectful and unprofessional. I was very hurt by his conduct. Avoid Rome Canzano; you will save yourself a lot of grief. If AVVO allowed me to do so, I would rate Rome zero stars.
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09 Apr, 2015 by Michael
Tim was my attorney in a 2.5 pound marijuana case. He advised me if I had more money I could beat the case. At sentencing he advised me, against my better judgment, to say nothing. I didn't and received a 4 year prison sentence and 4 following years of probation
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15 Jul, 2022 by Anonymous
Ms. Conti has taken two years to settle a simple case which is still not completed. She does not communicate in a timely manner and does provide timely updates on what she’s doing . She has created a really stressful family situation. Do yourself a favor and seek counsel elsewhere
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03 Nov, 2021 by Anonymous
Guy is a joke needs to retire. takes your money and falls asleep during hearings. Blabbers about none issues and timing isn't a thing to him at all. Would never use would rather do it myself
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05 Jun, 2011 by Anonymous
Had my mother pull out of her trust w/my father when she was on her death bed and mistakingly made incorrect changes. He was not willing to
admit his errors. Therefore my deceased parent's estate has never been settled and are in the process of being lost to back property taxes,
because we could not afford to fight him and are unable to find a lawyer to help us.
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01 Dec, 2014 by Gary
I might as well have had someone off the street. She missed most court appearances, never argued or negotiated anything on my behalf, never kept me informed of what was going on or what to expect. I can't comment on how knowledgeable she is because she basically did nothing. When I asked for a refund of my retainer, she would not refund ANY of it and claimed she put in more time than I paid her for...USELESS
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24 Jan, 2015 by Anonymous
I went to his firm for a speeding ticket he told me he would get rid of the points i was fully compliant to all of there request only to see that my 200$ ticket to begin with soon escalated to costing me around 700$ and i still received points. I received a ticket from New York saying that i had to many points and i needed to pay an additional 400$ i went to the lawyer about it he said it couldn't be since i am from Pennsylvania. He got back to me saying that I needed to pay for that ticket. I came to him asking for a refund because I was not happy with his services and he refused and was very rude to me and yelled.
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15 Apr, 2010 by Adrienne
I had this attorney close on my current house 9 years ago. Went to buy a new house in 2010 and my original abstract was destroyed in a flood in his office. He REFUSED TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT which cost me $400.00. Am taking him to small claims court. Do not use this firm!! He is responsible for replacing the abstract, but refused to do so. There are millions of attorneys - choose another one.
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24 Jun, 2021 by Anonymous
I was assigned this attorney by Judge David Bruffett in Cicero, New York. This attorney and Judge Bruffett are friends. After being assigned I experienced an almost three year battle to get this attorney relieved as my assigned counsel. He was condensending, arrogant, and in league with the judge and DA's office to get me convicted. He did absolutely nothing on my case but email me a one (1) page undated Discovery request, and nothing else besides showing up in court. We exchanged many emails in which I suggested an investigator, preserving evidence at the police precinct (videos) and a myriad of things which he ignored. I truly believe he was involved in a conspiracy to have me convicted. After almost three (3) years of battling with my court appointed attorney, I found out he was fired from Legal Services for failing to do any work on his defendants cases including mine. Thank God. I witnessed him speed when leaving the court and I recorded him. When I confronted him about his speeding he said he was "entitiled to speed" due to his "years of service as a public defender." Hmmmm...really? He thinks he is above the law and does not have to do work despite receiving payment for his services by the County. This man accused me of being prejudice towards him for being Jewish and old. I told him I serve a Jewish Messiah as a Christian and was not prejudice against anyone especially people of the Jewish faith. I do not recommend hiring him especially after being fired from Legal Services. I was forced to file an Attorney Grievance Complaint for his failure to zealously represent me. It is being considered and I believe I presented enough credible evidence to back up my claims. Do your due diligence before hiring this attorney and check into his background. Dav Savlov his former boss was forced to reveal his firing to me. He prejudiced my case by failing to do any legal work of substance and by having me do my own motions and legal work. I have faith I will be exonerated but it was a hard journey dealing with ineffective assistance of counsel. Again, I warn you, be careful and think twice before hiring this attorney. He is toxic and has severe issues.
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30 May, 2009 by Anonymous
I went to Mr Arno regarding a tax audit by new york state tax. I expected assistance and guidance in how to best resolve my tax issue but received bad advice and my $30,000.00 tax bill is now up to $120,000.00 and Dan Arno has not helped at all. He let my tax problem get to this point and now is offering no assistance what so-ever. Noe explanation asto the increase in price and the state has seized my assetts including my retirement accounts. Thanks for the help Dan!
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26 Jan, 2017 by Anonymous
I think I've covered everything above. In addition to that, when I criticized his lack of responsiveness, he hung up on me. This attorney was assigned to me by a Syracuse area bank. I called the bank, explained the situation, and asked for a different lawyer.
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15 May, 2020 by Anonymous
Terry J Kirwan took my Civil lawsuit for $ and had no experience in the field. He told me I could sue the Women my deceased former Husband gifted my family's money too (after paying him, he suddenly remembered I could not sue the Woman because she was "gifted". We also sued The Life Insurance Co. For allowing my former Husband to withdraw the Life Insurance money. The Life Insurance Co. Had a Federal law protecting them called Erisa Law, Terry never even knew what that was nor did he research it? He just wanted me to accept the $10,000 offer from the Insurance company to settle it, I was disgusted. We also sued my Divorce attorneys for Legal Malpractice for not freezing the Policy so my X could not withdraw it. Terry used Insurance Law 3113...WRONG LAW, I needed a Qualified Domestic Relations Order to freeze my X Husband's Employee Welfare Benefits Plan! Terry didn't know! Not did he have me sign a Retainer until I ASKED FOR ONE. He called me to Wire him $3000 more and he hadn't even filed the case yet! I declined until complaint was filed. I lost on every matter while Terry did NOTHING. He never told me of communications from the Defendants or court dates! I fired him. He would not be fired so the Judge fired him on the record. I mediated against him to get my $ back, he brought a Lawyer to represent him against me, a lay person! I won more than 1/2 back. I later sued my Divorce attorneys Prose', as my own Attorney, for not providing the QDRO to lock the Policy in my Divorce and won a settlement! Oh, and the Woman who was "gifted" countersued my for $100,000 for Terry's mistakes. He had published her bank account #. She and I dropped our cases against each other, I had to handle that myself also...and Terry published my Social Security # and my X's in our complaint! I had to have it redacted! The people we were suing he gave my information too! What a cluster f#+k! I grieved him with the NYS Bar association and the Disciplined him "off the record"! BEWARE!
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26 Dec, 2023 by Anonymous
Joe is not an experienced attorney.He was hired to help dispute a small case in the school district in which he failed to provide adequate representation. I would not recommend him for anything. He should be disbarred.
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22 Oct, 2013 by Anonymous
Mr. Killmartin is far from a good attorney because he does not manage his time well, he is too busy running for every office in the political world to do his other jobs. While runnig for offices' is respectable, it would be more respectable if he was able to stay ontop of his other duties as well while running. however he pushes his clients aside to make his own life better. he holds grudges and punishes people for his mistakes. morally he is not a good man or attorney, and not a respectable person. "only eat what you can digest" meaning... Stop taking on more than you can handle. Also lieing is a sin. a liar is one of the lowest forms a man can be, and this is mr. Killmartin. He was my attorney and after he was fully retained, he stopped answering phone calls, was un prepared in court and in the end we lost the case because of his professional misconduct. and professional neglet. i since have hired a new attorney and appealed the courts decision and without much work at all my new attorney was able to win the case. this shows how neglectful he is, if he would have done hos job he also would have helped me win.
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15 Sep, 2016 by David
I used Wladis several years ago and was treated to nothing other than a big fat bill, a bunch of hot air and promises that he couldn't keep and had no intention of keeping. Once he had my retainer fee, he was inaccessible, delegating responsibility to a younger attorney who was honest but incompetent. Stay away from this guy.
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22 Aug, 2023 by Jennifer
She's looking to do the least amount of work possible until she retires. The horrible thing about it is she works for Hiscock Legal Aid. People that can't afford attorneys go to her and she doesn't nothing in return. So if you can't afford $300/hr+ attorney, you won't receive any justice in Syracuse, especially if you hire Monica Heath.
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22 Oct, 2022 by Anonymous
Stay away from the individual. She will reel you in and make you feel comfortable, than behind your back she does absolutely nothing and appeases the other side. If you disagree with her, she takes it personally and is extremely rude and vindictive. I’ve paid her over $30,000 for nothing.
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30 Apr, 2021 by Anonymous
Talks a big game. Acts like he will help you and then nothing ever gets done. He makes excuses to the problems instead of trying to find solutions. Almost makes it seem like he was working for the other side. One of the worst lawyers I’ve ever experienced.
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