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20 Jul, 2022 by Pierre ghadoushi
extremally happy from the settlement , and hard work they did specially, Mr. mora
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22 Jul, 2020 by Leslie kaplan
I have worked with different attorneys at this firm for several years now regarding both personal and professional legal issues. I have found each of the people with whom I have worked to be knowledgeable, conscientious and respectful. I would highly recommend them.
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20 Jun, 2020 by Leslie mendoza
08 Aug, 2024 by Rebecca
The whole process was becoming so stressful and once she came into the picture that feeling went away. She did all the hard work and was able to finalize my divorce in a timely manner. I would recommend her to everyone. I am so happy with the outcome I am so grateful. All I can say is THANK YOU.
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30 Jul, 2024 by Gail bray
Amy Van Sickle was commissioner on my RTO case. She was unethical, showed prejudice, unethical with zoom practices and demonstrated emotional
Mental behavior. Was unfair with danction of atty fees on 2 cases. Wld never recommend Amy as a atty or commissioner
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04 Mar, 2024 by Isaac
Jannette handled my case very well I was very happy with the outcome , worth every penny don’t listen to these other reviews who don’t know what they are talking about and haven’t actually used her
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03 Mar, 2021 by James
Barbara, was assigned my case in June or so of 2018. She was attentive, she returned my calls, she spoke with me regarding the case and was really like a level headed friend. She always acted like she cared and always told me the truth. She was credible, powerful and determined and we were ready to go to trial. The prosecution waivered and stumbled on a bit of their evidence gathering and Mrs. Lewis was there to illuminate it. She is just as excellent in the detective and fact gathering part of my case as she was pressing the prosecution during the pre trial motions and the many court appearances leading up to the actual case. The prosecution ended up dropping the case, and Mrs Lewis had saved me from being charged with a crime I didn't commit. Ive never had a public defender before (I hope I never do again) But if you're in a position of needing an attorney, I couldn't give a more sincere recommendation of Mrs. Lewis's attorney services for both legal and personal support.
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23 Aug, 2020 by Aj
After consulting with Mrs. Lewis (Volpe) I was at first instructed by her that I just needed to accept the deal she had devised. After a long productive conversation where I felt like she really listened to my concerns, we changed the course and went in a new direction. Mrs Lewis (Volpe) not only Spearheaded the defenses case and won but, also coordinated a line of communication between the two parties which will greatly effect the outcomes for years to come... She is someone you want on your side. If you take the time to discuss the details of the case with her.
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01 Mar, 2019 by Anonymous
In my case, my attorney went great lengths of time without visiting me or speaking with me, and when ahe did she seemed very preoccupied and I didn't feel heard at all.
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07 Feb, 2021 by Kay
Robert agreed to take a case for me at the last minute on my part. He was relentless in completing a court filing and appearance saving a senior citizen from homelessness. This effort was beyond the normal effort. I recommend him for his commitment to a hard task.
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19 Mar, 2019 by Shanna
Do NOT hire Robert Ostrove! He over promises and under delivers. He lacks communication and organization skills. The costs I have incurred to stabilize my case with new attorneys at the last hour is cause for a malpractice suit.
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13 Jun, 2022 by Margarita
Oscar is the worst. His contract don’t make sense nor does his sense of morals. Oh my gosh if he gives you a referral don’t take it your better off looking through the phone book. Idk this guy seems like he has a stick up somewhere and he needs help getting it out.
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11 Apr, 2011 by Anonymous
Excellent to work with. Very professional, informative and responsive. My case was very small (but still very imporant to me) which I thought he would not be interested in taking and if he did I wasn't sure if he would actually respond to me in a timely manner. I was wrong. I was very impressed with him and would recommend him to everyone!
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30 Jul, 2024 by Gail bray
Amy Van Sickle was commissioner on my RTO case. She was unethical, showed prejudice, unethical with zoom practices and demonstrated emotional
Mental behavior. Was unfair with danction of atty fees on 2 cases. Wld never recommend Amy as a atty or commissioner
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05 Mar, 2023 by Tom clark
The best
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11 Dec, 2021 by Shannon riley coyner
If I could give her a zero I would. She was appointed by the courts in our high conflict divorce. She recomended 50/50 custody even though there was past evidence of emotional abuse by my ex (the evidence was in file from before Amy was appointed but she refused to review past files). Since the 50/50 orders, my ex is not providing the medical care he was ordered to do. I have informed Amy of these issues and she will not answer my emails and is not attempting to help her clients, my children.
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30 Jul, 2024 by Gail bray
Amy Van Sickle was commissioner on my RTO case. She was unethical, showed prejudice, unethical with zoom practices and demonstrated emotional
Mental behavior. Was unfair with danction of atty fees on 2 cases. Wld never recommend Amy as a atty or commissioner
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05 Mar, 2023 by Tom clark
The best
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11 Dec, 2021 by Shannon riley coyner
If I could give her a zero I would. She was appointed by the courts in our high conflict divorce. She recomended 50/50 custody even though there was past evidence of emotional abuse by my ex (the evidence was in file from before Amy was appointed but she refused to review past files). Since the 50/50 orders, my ex is not providing the medical care he was ordered to do. I have informed Amy of these issues and she will not answer my emails and is not attempting to help her clients, my children.
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30 Jul, 2024 by Gail bray
Amy Van Sickle was commissioner on my RTO case. She was unethical, showed prejudice, unethical with zoom practices and demonstrated emotional
Mental behavior. Was unfair with danction of atty fees on 2 cases. Wld never recommend Amy as a atty or commissioner
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05 Mar, 2023 by Tom clark
The best
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11 Dec, 2021 by Shannon riley coyner
If I could give her a zero I would. She was appointed by the courts in our high conflict divorce. She recomended 50/50 custody even though there was past evidence of emotional abuse by my ex (the evidence was in file from before Amy was appointed but she refused to review past files). Since the 50/50 orders, my ex is not providing the medical care he was ordered to do. I have informed Amy of these issues and she will not answer my emails and is not attempting to help her clients, my children.
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10 May, 2024 by Sofia makaryan
Probably this was one of my best choices I made with professionals. I had to evict my tenant who were not paying their rent from February. Due to their prompt work and professionalism they were able to evict those tenants in 3 months. Kept very quick and good communication with me too taking me through all the steps of the way. Highly recommending their services
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10 May, 2024 by Monique moore
RIco.......XoXo
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14 Apr, 2024 by Anonymous
I am sure that you can find even more complaints against this individual and the firm he is associated. I will forever regret I got involved with the firm he works, Robert Baskin. It will be a decision you will regret too. Do you research. Contact the State Bar of California and see if they will allow you to know how many complaints there are against this attorney and the firm he works with.
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17 Nov, 2020 by Rebecca
I had made a review and I was mistaken. I missed an email from Mr Liss. He handled it professionally and I am adding an additional 5 star review after receiving my paperwork. He has helped me tremendously.
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16 Nov, 2020 by Rebecca
Mr Liss was paid $500 as a retainer for my probate matter. He made several broken promises. He had promised me paperwork to file and never provided it. A week later I email Mr Liss for the paperwork and he never responded. I then called him and he also never answered Two weeks after the promised paperwork to file he avoided my calls so I called from an alternate number. And guess what he answered! He couldn’t grasp his words when he answered and then again promised me the paperwork that weekend. Once again he failed on his word to provide it to me. So I wrote Mr Liss today and told him moving forward I am hiring someone new because this matter is very important to me. I basically got a letter sent to the other party for $500. Don’t waste your money.
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24 Dec, 2019 by Victoria richardt
I have been a client of Jeff liss since Aug.2019
After paying him 500.00 to file some papers with the courts he has seem to disappear not returning my calls or messages I've sent him. I don't recommend this attorney to anyone.
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29 Nov, 2022 by Anonymous
Justine does not answer phone calls in response to concerns about being potentially scammed by their client. Instead I was faced with heavy handed threats of legal action that would have unconstitutionally taken away my rights. All I have been wanting is my property back.
It even got to a point to where their client lied to a judge in order to file this legal action. She was also calling me multiple times from a private number calling me names and such. So now this review is my only recourse in an attempt to seek Justice from being taken advantage of and abused through the court system by this law firm and their client.
The client's name is Neydi Garcia. She has been charged with 23 felonies involving theft, embezzlement, and filing a false tax return. Justine, please call me back so we can find a resolution. Ind Est, just reimburse me for the engagement ring that Neydi said you guys would send back to me, but didn't.
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16 Oct, 2013 by Anonymous
Justine represented me a few months back. She was rather knowledgeable regarding criminal cases. She explained to me what was going to happen and what possibilities were during each step of the case. We ended up finding a code that led to my charges being dropped. Justine is really chill and down to earth. Definitely would like to have her as an my attorney again, God forbid something else happens.
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19 Dec, 2023 by Karen
TERRIBLE! Samuel Huestis has done nothing for my case. It has been 5 months and he hasn't filed discovery, notices of pendency or anything other than the initial petition and objections. The court has nothing from us which tells our side of the story.
He doesn't return calls or emails (except from opposing counsel) and refuses to explain why he is not doing anything.
The case is so damaged that other attorneys are saying they can't represent me because of liability.
DO NOT USE SAM HUESTIS!
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11 Jun, 2022 by Anonymous
Mr Huestis completely detached himself from me as a client by refusing to return any of my emails and phone calls over a critical 3 week period of time regarding our opposing counsel's new legal challenge to our case. I finally decided that I had no other options left but to hire another attorney to replace him. Then on the very same day that he received the substitution of attorney agreement from my new attorney, Mr Huestis decided to record several more billable hours to a sum total exceeding my initial retainer by several hundred more dollars while retroactively claiming complete ignorance that I now wanted him off the case. He was totally apathetic until it came to his fees.
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30 Apr, 2019 by Rr
I have worked with Sam Huestis since 2018. He is an EXTREMELY ethical, honest, fair, & trustworthy trust litigation lawyer who is an outstanding advocate! After my Mom passed, I greatly resisted hiring a lawyer to represent me; consequently, I suffered a great deal of blatant unfairness and animosity from a combative & extremely expensive trust litigation law firm whose legal bills rapidly depleted tens of thousands of dollars from my Mom's trust. Ironically, this other firm is exactly why my Mom, and many others in this world, abhor dealing with lawyers. Getting burned by the other expensive & arrogant trust litigation law firm reinforced my distrust of lawyers. When I interviewed trust lawyers in Ventura County, I learned few are "trust litigation" lawyers. Sam is a "trust litigation" lawyer. This means he can go the full distance to trial, if necessary, which avoids the added cost of hiring a 2nd lawyer if things must go to trial. When I hired Sam, I was a deep cynic of both trust litigation lawyers and the trust laws that seem to protect unethical successor trustees at the expense of the rights of beneficiaries. Sam put an immediate stop to the abuse I suffered from the opposing arrogant law firm; he leveled the playing field. Sam also billed fairly and protected my money by doing things in the most cost effective manner. There are very few words that properly convey my PROFOUND sense of appreciation for Sam Huestis, an extremely rare, fair, honest, ethical, and talented lawyer! Sam Huestis is the antithesis of the worst types of lawyers; this is why Sam Huestis was/is my knight in shining armor. I consider myself terribly blessed to have found Sam. I am forever grateful to him for all he did to protect my best interests with my Mom's trust....and for transforming me from a deep cynic....to someone who is forever deeply grateful. My heartfelt thanks for all you did to create justice and fairness for me Sam!
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20 Aug, 2021 by Anonymous
An utter rip-off. Hired a rip-off company CA Traffic Tickets and they hired this guy to do a traffic court case. DeJon Lewis had 2.5 stars on Avvo--which shows him to be a 'personal injury attorney' with 3 comments calling him incompetent and lazy--wow, I wish I'd seen those first because I agree.) He feels his only job is showing up in court in your place to PLEAD YOU GUILTY. He never spoke to me once until he was in court, never told us what was up with the case (apparently, it was being delayed for months because he requested date changes and then did not show had to find this out on our own by reading the online docket from the court). When he called the convo lasted all of 2 minutes, saying, quote: "Hi, I'm the lawyer handling your case. Do you prefer to lose your license for a month or pay a $1000 fine and do community service?" That was it. $650 down the drain. I would have never hired him myself, but he's who we ended up with from that fraud business--makes sense they would work together. We'll be reporting this guy to the bar association and suing him for malpractice. He should not be allowed to practice law. He did not inform me he would be pleading me guilty. Nor did he informed me I was "required to appear in court to show evidence of my service hours." He could have appeared on my behalf to present the evidence (after all, that's why you hire an attorney) but he didn't--just ignored my calls. Moreover, he told the referral service to tell me to mail in my hours. Had I done so, I would have lost my license. Bad lawyers are truly worse than none.
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07 Mar, 2018 by Anonymous
This is the worst lawyer that i have ever encountered. Took my case we harldly spoke,couldnt give me any explanation on how the case was going.on court appearance lawyer did not defend my case nor did he ever fought in my behalf to explain my case .more he just gave up half way..would never recommend this lawyer to anyone.
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14 Oct, 2016 by Jason
I was a lifer in California, first time to board. He offered me advice and gave me guidance. He also spoke up to the board with the one issue I had in the record that could have been interpreted as denial. I was found suitable on my initial and Mr Lewis was an outright professional. Furthermore I was indigent and his counsel was provided. I couldn't have gotten more by spending money, my freedom has no price tag.
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14 Feb, 2020 by Anonymous
I am experiencing every negative comment others have posted previously.
No contact or follow up. Rude staff makes continuous excuses as to why my case is ignored. Won’t fight for necessary medical treatments. Haven’t received a single payment and I have permanent injuries.
9, 10, 12 years is way to long and I was not forewarned that this would go on for so long. It really is disheartening when you trust someone then hire them only to get no information and being left hanging. It’s extremely stressful not knowing what is going on.
Do not hire him!
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13 Sep, 2018 by Anonymous
Upon initial contact over and decade to ago, Warren Green successfully sold himself as a knowledgeable, hard-working, fiduciary with extensive Workmen’s Compensation experience. After over a decade of “ grappling “ with the Workmen’s Compensation system it became clear that Warren green expended very minimal time working on the case, never scheduled a single hearing with an administrative Workmen’s Compensation Judge or expanded efforts to bring the case to trial. BEWARE that he does not provide clients with an email address, business voicemail, or a cell for text or voice communication. He clearly has established his practice of minimizing any paper trail beyond the minimum to keep the case open. He clearly was not “ fighting “ to address necessary medical care and/or a settlement. When you ask him a straightforward question ( which you can typically google with some effort ) he will tell you that he does not deal in reality. Minimal (rude) support staff, no apparent paralegal support at all; patiently waits for the case to settle at any percent ( with absolute minimal effort to organize or advocate ) counting on his percentage of ANY settlement. If you do retain him, it will be virtually impossible to obtain alternate councel. BEWARE!!
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26 Jun, 2018 by Anonymous
Case took almost a year. Nearly lost everything and he pulled it out in the last quarter. State insurance is a different story. State gets a Neg 5.
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04 May, 2013 by Anonymous
I hired him to represent me in my divorce several years ago; he did not do some of the things he said he would, and he also unnecessarily delayed filing my divorce filing so my ex's attorney ended up filing first, picking venue etc. He also didnt return several phone calls. He took my money but didnt do anything for me so I ended up firing him and using another attorney for my entire divorce. Awful experience and he was unapologetic.
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27 May, 2010 by Anonymous
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I was a client of Ouebacker's. He represented me in a Pasadena Court for a restraining order and divorce that we were filing.
I would not recommend Ouerbacker as an attorney. These are the things I did not like:
1.) Â He and his office staff chose to write my testimony for me. The testimony that they wrote had errors. The errors were serious enough that I made multiple attempts to explain the corrections needed to Ouerbacker and his staff. The recommended corrections to my testimony were never made by Ouerbacker or his staff prior to the filing. Submitting inaccurate statements to the Court was a very uncomfortable way for me to start out my case. I did not like this. I believe that this action also led to complications later in the case.Â
2.) There were witnesses available to support my case. Ouerbacker was made aware of who these people were and how to get a hold of them. Ouerbacker did not subpoena any witnesses. He did not gather any statements from the witnesses. The most crucial witnesses were our neighbors who were direct witnesses to certain events and school district employees, including a counselor and a principal, who had interviewed my children prior to any filings. Ouerbacker told me that he was not going to call any witnesses. And he did not. Since my ex's lawyer did call a witness and did submit a witness statement, I began losing credibility with the judge and the judge was getting agitated with me. I did not like that there was data that was available for Ouerbacker to use to support our case but that he chose not to use this information. The damage that this caused to our case was apparent through the comments the judge began making with each passing court date.Â
3.) I did not like that Ouerbacker did not make sure that witness statements and appointments made were reaching me. I was in a confidential location during the case, and so my only source of court documents as well as child support payments was through Ouerbacker's office. I missed a counseling appt that Ouerbacker did not make me aware of. Ouerbacker's office miplaced and failed to send me one my child support checks until I called his office and asked the receptionist to assist me. I did not see a crucial witness statement (i.e., the judge entered it as evidence against me) that my ex submitted and that I could have easily helped Ouerbacker respond to, until we were sitting in front of the judge for one of our court dates. I did not these things. As a client of Mr. Ouerbacker's, these things were tremendously distressing to me.Â
4.) We did not fare well in the court case. Because the judge based his opinions on a case that appeared to me to be missing a substantial amount of supporting documentation, this was a disappointing outcome for me and something I did not like. Â Â
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5.) I did not like that Ouerbacker set up my child support payments to go to his office but did not assist me when I asked him to have the checks rerouted to my own address. I had a conversation with him on the day that I was signing papers to terminate services with him. He would agree to have the checks rerouted directly to me or offer me advice on how this is done. So for a short time after he was no longer my attorney, the child support checks were still going to his office until I figured out how to resolve the situation myself.
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20 Apr, 2017 by Celie
I spent less than 5 minutes in his office this morning and in that time, this attorney did everything in his power to agitate me with his arrogance by telling me without looking at ANY of my medical reports, or hearing anything about all my new disabilities since I was originally given SSDI in the first place!! He took a look at me and said in a stern voice and without even letting me explain my health issues, "I'm not going to take your case unless you have medical paperwork saying that you 100% disabled!!". I then handed him a pile of medical records, and said very upset, "Here are my records! You will see that I'm disabled!". Not liking that I was clearly upset by his abrupt egotistical interrogation, he then handed me back my records and told me to get out of his office! Unbelievable!
After I got cancer and after I was originally approved for disability in the first place, I then broke my back 3 times, in 9 places over a 1 year period time. Radiation treatment for colon cancer weakened the structure of my bones and I now have osteoporosis and arthritis, I limp from that and I lost 3 inches in height. I also now have other physical disabilities from the cancer and other new medical problems that limit my ability to function daily, yet in 5 minutes, without letting me explain all my medical history or looking at the medical records, he decided NOT to take the case based on me sitting in a chair. He stated that the new administration is denying a lot more cases and it sounded like he was asking me questions to quickly get rid of me, rather than asking appropriate questions to take the case.
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08 Dec, 2012 by Anonymous
A few years ogo i got my self into some trouble and brown was my pub. def. and he was such a District attorney brown nose, he did not have any experience in Receiving Stolen property all he could tell me was what the DA is offering me and nothing he could do for me it was and the DA had nothing on me and i was unexperienced and scared and took the DA deal and thats was the end of my life. and i thank brown for nothing.
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19 Dec, 2023 by Anonymous
He refused to listen to me, I told him about how I had a nonconsensual encounter and was infected with an STD. The police dismissed my case due to lack of evidence and I had to drop out of school for missing too many of my classes by going to doctor's appointments. He told me to just go back to the police again because his office is not going to waste time on a guy who is working class and not loaded with money. Unbelievable! I already explained to him the incident occurred in his county and that my county did not have any personal injury lawyers. I wanted to be heard, represented, and given justice!
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