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23 Jan, 2024 by Anonymous
I first sought out Mr. Eikenberry for help regarding eviction litigation. Throughout the entire process, I was assured that I would be granted an eviction. Not only did I not receive an eviction, like I was promised, I had to refile multiple times each time setting the eviction date further and further. The communication from this lawyer is awful, I would go weeks without proper communication, only for Eikenberry to demand we refile due to his own errors. Do not hire this lawyer find one much much more reliable.
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26 Mar, 2013 by Anonymous
We met with Kevin Eikenberry at a friend's recommendation. We found him to be knowledgable, detailed and patient in explaining the law. He was available for questions.
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28 Aug, 2009 by Anonymous
Kevin Eikenberry was referred by a friend who also ended up being taken advantage of.
In short, I was charged $1500 to be told that he cant help me. All along he already knew that, but charged me and wasted my time anyways. Asked a bunch of completely irrelevant questions to make it seem like he was worth the $300/hour, but ended up being clueless.
DO NOT let Kevin Eikenberry from Walnut Creek take advantage of you. If he wants a retainer for an "interview" then you are paying for nothing........ Very bad practice.
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02 Nov, 2023 by Anonymous
Excessive attorney fees of $10,000 in addition to retainer fees of $2,500, and deposition transcript cost of $576.09 for a total of $13,076.09 + additional $18,000 requested to take the case to trial. I sought legal counsel for an eviction in July of 2019 for a cost of $2,500. Two weeks later in August of 2019, Robert A. Miller demanded an additional $5000 to further represent me. Amidst my major depression (documented diagnosis) from an overwhelming amount of grief (grandfather passed away in April 2018, father passed away in June 2018, and workplace mentor passed away in August 2018) and being on a new anti-anxiety medication (trazodone), I mistakenly gave Robert A. Miller $10,000 instead of $5,000. At which point attorney Robert A. Miller exclaimed, “We charge this much $10,000 for an unlawful detainer case?” Even with this admission, Robert A. Miller (then employed by David M. Sternberg law firm) greedily took the check without hesitation instead of honestly advising me of my error. In September of 2019, they set up a useless deposition (not a normal practice in landlord-tenant disputes) where I had to pay for the transcript (after giving Robert A. Miller $12,500). In the same month, they requested an additional $18,000 to further represent me when they could not pressure me to accept an informal resolution of moving out at the end of October 2019. This would essentially give me 30 days to find a new rental, a resolution that I could have accomplished myself. If Robert A. Miller did not want to represent me in court, then do not take my additional $10,000. During a break at the deposition, I was going through an eviction law textbook and turning the pages, Robert A. Miller forcefully grabbed the book from my hands and raised his voice to yell, "Stop!" I was already crying because the settlement was horrifying and my counsel whom I paid for was yelling at me. I had to seek new counsel immediately. The opposing counsel Richard Beckman, two other UD attorneys (Dennis Phillips and Jeffrey Carter), my own counsel Wendy McNabb all advised me to seek attorney fee arbitration. Attorney Richard Beckman, the opposing counsel, stated in open court during the trial that he would never want to smear a fellow colleague, but $13,000.00 is unheard of for an eviction. Additionally, Richmond Superior Court Commissioner Jennifer Lee (now a Martinez Superior Court Judge) expressed great discontent upon hearing the $13,000 amount that was paid for a simple retaliatory eviction. Judge Jennifer Lee also asked for the name of my previous counsel and I replied, "Robert A. Miller of the David M. Sternberg law firm." I was billed for discovery which did not produce any new evidence to show for time spent. I was billed for the deposition. I was billed for emails and phone calls for hours at a time. The emails were never more than one sentence or a paragraph and that was an hour. I had to personally print out over 100 pages of exhibits to be used for the deposition and trial. Kelsey, the paralegal of Robert A. Miller and David M. Sternberg filed and transcribed my dictation for discovery responses all the documents yet Robert A. Miller billed me for her work at his rate of $350.00 - $495.00 per hour instead of the paralegal rate of $100.00 per hour. I had to take three days off from work. The first day was when Robert A. Miller recorded my statement of what happened in order to draft a response to the unlawful detainer filed against me. I had to sit there the whole day while his paralegal Kelsey Ibarolla drafted the response from Robert A. Miller's tape recorder. The second day was to go discuss the case and that consisted mainly of my sitting and waiting in a room. I even had time to talk to my therapist, my union, and my friends in three separation conversations. Nothing came out of this second day. The third day was an unnecessary deposition. Near the end of the deposition, I was deciding how to proceed and asked Robert A. Miller what were the outc
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20 May, 2019 by Faig habibov
I hired Qiana Washington for my case, it was worst experience in my life. Spend $20.000 for nothing. I paid more than $500 for get appointment. She charged more than $500 when I appealed for the bill. charged about $2000 for the third court which she was not ready. I asked why you trying to extend my case, she said we are not loosing any thing(it means she does not care your money). She charged about $2500 for texting message or e mail. 1 text message at least $40 which she did not spend 1 minute to answer. Finally she won my case, but it was not her success. She does not care your case, she cares your money.
if have any question I am ready to answer
I will complain her to the BAR soon.
Thank you
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20 Jan, 2016 by Anonymous
Mr. Loewenstein scammed me out of $15000.00 and did absolutely nothing. We later found out he had a recent stroke and was forgetting facts and could not keep them straight. He then 'Sued" me for another $3000.00 just because he figured out he could and piled up bogus charges such as over $660.00 for copying 300 pages and so on. He lost the case! He actually lost the case before the judge to his former client. The judge said that in all years of practice as an attorney, he had never seen billing done in such unaccountable manner! I lost over $18000.00 to this man for nothing. Watch your back with him.
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13 Dec, 2022 by Anonymous
For 5 months after her and her partner David Ratner took my case, I emailed or called about once a week or two. I left voicemails, called multiple phone numbers, her personal cell, her partner David's personal cell, left messages with their receptionists, emailed them both. Then David started communicating with me, but it did not go well, because he consistently misunderstood the facts, and was quick to make false accusations against me. I kept calling and emailing her, trying to de-escalate the situation, and about 7 months into being so-called "represented", she finally answered the phone. At first she treated me really badly, but in less than 2 minutes into the conversation, she realized that I am a normal rational person, and we had about a 30 minute conversation where she heard out my concerns and promised to look into what she could do. Unfortunately, her partner made it clear that he was not going to fulfill his basic responsibilities as an attorney and was a bad lawyer. I requested records from her and her partner, and she has ignored me. I am entitled to the records under law. She was meant to represent me at the trial. Refusing to communicate with someone is not a good way to do a good job at a trial. It was an extremely serious case. And I consider myself deliberately sabotaged by their firm.
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28 Aug, 2024 by Anonymous
I've contacted him through messaging here to inquire about a case last month, and I'm still waiting to hear back. This makes me not believe that this site is credible or maybe just his office is really bad in replying to people.
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