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04 Feb, 2021 by Anonymous
Andrew has been my workers comp and wrongful termination lawyer for the last couple of years. He has gone out of his way to help me and secure my job and my health. He knows his stuff and he knows what he’s doing. Great lawyer!!
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13 Jan, 2021 by Ac
I was injured at my CDCR job in January of 2020. I was ordered by my boss to do work not in my job description after I had been injured. I could not afford to take time off on Workers Comp. I support a family of five. In May, my employer forced me to go on workers comp because due to my injury I could not perform the duties which were listed at N/A in my job description. My co-workers all told me to contact Ferrone and Ferrone because they are the best for state employees. I quickly looked up their website, and asked them for representation. I was assigned Mr. Scott. He had his clerical contact me, and state that they were working on my case. Over the course of several months, I contacted his office several times. In October, I was wrongfully terminated due to my injury. I called him immediately. I HAD A FAMILY TO SUPPORT! My employer told me I no longer had health benefits and the salary of 9000.00+ was now zero. I frantically called Mr. Scott! After weeks!!! For the first time he called me back and said, "You have no case, you should just retire." I would be receiving no benefits and $1,000.00 a month to support my family, he said there was nothing else to do. Luckily, Mr. Scott left Ferrone and Ferrone and attorney John Ferrone answered my call for help! I now have my job back, I am supporting my family again, not losing my home, and Mr. Ferrone is assisting me in all the areas starting back in January where things went wrong. Mr. Scott misled me, wasted my time for months and did not care that my huge state employer was going to ruin my entire life and family’s support. I would have lost everything if it were up to him. Stick with Ferrone and Ferrone for work issues.
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01 Jan, 2021 by Anonymous
This was my attorney for the past year. He would not even call me back when I requested just five minutes of his time. I was severely injured at my state job. The state accepted responsibility however continually denied all my surgeries. Now I’m a young athletic woman walking in a walker with more compensating injuries than before and living on 2/3’s of my salary. But in a year I was not worth five minutes of his time.
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27 Jan, 2014 by Anonymous
Do not set the bar high. Do not expect a win. No matter what . It may never happen. After he takes a lot of money from the client(like most attorneys) he makes promises and he never delivers and says things at the start and then down the line says he never said that .
At first he acts like he is your best friend and is out for your best interest and may very well get one task done to impress the client and win their faith to make you feel like you can trust him. He seems likeable in the beginning.
When the dust clears and the client asks questions about what was said in the beginning about a future lawsuit , he gets angry and defensive. Guess sometimes attorneys talk too much.
He does know Trust Law very well so that may be a selling point, but tread cautiously. Who knows if he has Actually won cases.
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11 Apr, 2023 by Jane mckillop
Don't bother calling these people. Secretary never relayed our message. Never even got to speak to a lawyer.
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29 Jan, 2021 by Eric caras
Only issue is I have reached out and have in number of ways and a number of times I have questions I wanted to ask and would liked answered please reach out to me asap check your email for my information
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11 Apr, 2023 by Jane mckillop
Don't bother calling these people. Secretary never relayed our message. Never even got to speak to a lawyer.
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29 Jan, 2021 by Eric caras
Only issue is I have reached out and have in number of ways and a number of times I have questions I wanted to ask and would liked answered please reach out to me asap check your email for my information
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11 Apr, 2023 by Jane mckillop
Don't bother calling these people. Secretary never relayed our message. Never even got to speak to a lawyer.
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29 Jan, 2021 by Eric caras
Only issue is I have reached out and have in number of ways and a number of times I have questions I wanted to ask and would liked answered please reach out to me asap check your email for my information
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11 Apr, 2023 by Jane mckillop
Don't bother calling these people. Secretary never relayed our message. Never even got to speak to a lawyer.
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29 Jan, 2021 by Eric caras
Only issue is I have reached out and have in number of ways and a number of times I have questions I wanted to ask and would liked answered please reach out to me asap check your email for my information
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01 Sep, 2024 by Anonymous
If your looking for a good lawyer, they’re plenty around the area. Extremely rude, forgot the facts of the case, and developed quick and obnoxious opinions. Would not go even for a consultation, anywhere
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30 Jan, 2017 by Anonymous
I had a bad experience with this man. His style is attacking and very short and does not wait to gather facts to make out his opinion which I knew was awfully incorrect, wrong and a rude..
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04 Jun, 2014 by Anonymous
This guy doesn't know what he is doing... causes delay after delay all while charging me for each one. He never remembered the details of my case while in front of the judge or opposing counsel and I had to start over with a new attorney! Waste of time and money using him!!
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30 Jun, 2022 by Anonymous
I had hired them and mostly spoke to, as i was corrected by their manager, their paralegal. And as she pointed out my charges stemmed from 30+ emails! Well if i had gotten responses the first time one email wouldn’t have led to another!! They also accused me of writing the “bad” reviews, which were just my opinion, in light of my bill. Which was not true either i had always thought of writing a review to let other people know of my experience so they can decide, seems i’m not the only one and i agree with all these other reviews. I was sent a quick email in response to my reviews asking me to take them down also threatening to sue me for incorrect title of their employed paralegal which i stated as a secretary, she answered the phones and responded to me the most in emails so i assumed. They had also mentioned payment arrangements and upon first payment settling for a lesser amount. It wasn’t about the money and as much as i was struggling from not working and trying to get my owcp case going it was never about the money. They got their whole amount through my work man’s comp. It was my idea given to me by the nurse at a kaiser workmans comp dept, to go with my initial complaints on my first visit. And that’s what i wanted was to add those to my case, which i got! Once i figured i could do this on my own I didn’t need them or their fees and it was a waste of my time waiting for them to respond. During this time i expected understanding and patience and sympathy, especially from a firm that knows how hard it is dealing with the Dept of labor and why you are having to deal with them. Yes i had a lot of questions and yes maybe i expected answers sooner rather than later but if i was told to be patient and had someone reach out to me versus me chasing a response i think it would of been different. Tho is not a “bad” review to get back at this company i just feel these high priced company’s sometimes are not the way to go for people like myself a single mom out of work all because someone ran a red light and hit me! i didn’t ask for that!! and maybe i expected a more sympathetic someone with a little pulse! I found one and she is out of state but very attentive over the phone!
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07 Sep, 2021 by Anonymous
I hired his firm because of Dan Goodkin who was referred to me by another attorney. However, I didn’t know they all work on the case including Mr. Brown. One day, I had a call with both attorney’s and Mr. Brown was the most rude and unprofessional attorney Ive ever experienced in my entire life. He literally even yelled at me and we ended up arguing and engaging in a yelling match. OMG! I could not believe how this man was treating me in this call. What a horrible experience!
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29 Mar, 2016 by Michael
I am a former Federal Employee who was involved in whistleblowing case. The agency terminated my employment.
I initially hired Mr. Brown's law firm, without doing my homework. But who really does in these matters. The firm seemed professional, had a flashy website boasting years of experience. I spoke to Mr. Brown, who assured me the case would take no more than 4-6 months and I would have my job back.
10 months into my MSPB appeal, his firm had charged me three times the normal attorney fees for such a case. (which I found out after firing his firm and hiring another firm in TX.) He was now resulting to using bullying tactics, threatening to drop my case if I would not settle with the Government for virtually nothing.
I would strongly encourage anyone looking for representation to look elsewhere. A firm with this amount of professed experience, should be able from day one to give you a fair assessment and not be looking at your pocket book. It seemed at every turn the case was dragging on and fees growing exponentially.
After hiring another firm my case was settled in less than 3 months to my satisfaction. I would stay far away from this firm.
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12 May, 2022 by Rocio
Kevin will hear your case, take your money, and then bail. I am hoping to hear from him and get a refund so that I can do what he wants me to do, stop asking for his advice and "find new representation." Kevin, If you read this, please just refund my money and I'll be happy to find a new attorney as you advised 2 days ago.
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29 Jan, 2024 by Anonymous
I hired this attorney to represent me March 2023 nearly one year ago for a work injury case. Did everything as instructed and was going to Physical Therapy appointments soon after he was hired. I was approved for six sessions of physical therapy and then was told that I needed an MRI to confirm if I proceed with sessions or discontinue. I circled back with his office with this information as well as the medical office and never did this MRI happen. To be honest I even forgot about it.
Fast forward to November 2023. My Deposition was taken by the opposing counsel and to be honest it looked like Mr. Jimenez was not even paying attention. He did not interrupt or object to any questions was just on zoom doing computer work or texting. Finally the deposition was completed and I was told by Mr. Jimenez, the court reporter and the apposing counsel that the deposition report would be completed by then if not sooner and then sent to me for review and acceptance or to note any changes as I see fit. After going after Mr. Jimenez and his secretary over and over via text, email and phone calls I finally received the Deposition January 2024 TWO MONTHS after not two weeks as I was told. I immediately signed and sent the form acknowledging that I had no changes to report and today I am CC'd in an email from my attorney where he's asking for the deposition again and asking that one of us circle back with the court reporter to request it. I emailed him back and said, you already sent it to me on January 17th today is the 29th and on the 17th I sent you the signed acknowledgement doc and you confirmed receipt so why am I asking for the deposition again? It is constant mistakes like this that are only prolonging this matter and last time I checked I don't work for him, but it really feels like I do have to do things myself or locate important documents or remind he and his secretary to get back on topic or reiterating what he said to me and what he clearly did not communicate to the secretary. It is just insanely clear they don't communicate with one another and I'm just along for the ride.
Now going back to the MRI this was to be scheduled back in March 2023 and this request went along as far as as June 2023 and never happened. January 2023 I met before a medical panel and was asked if I ever received an MRI I stated that I did not and the medical panel stated the same that at this point a year after the injury occurred is just foolish to even do an MRI and that obviously someone dropped the ball somewhere. I circled back with my attorney and let him know what was said at the appointment and frankly that I cannot go further with him and begged that he just settle being that rather than helping he is just imposing further stress. He then said he wanted me to do more physical therapy and the MRI I declined in just about all languages I know and said NO! Finally, it seemed as if he understood only to receive a call this morning from a Dr's office to schedule physical therapy, I declined circled back with my attorney and reminded him again that I am not and nor in the future going to do further physical therapy or an MRI he certainly had the opportunity a year ago and frankly I am not going to waste my time nor his in looking foolish in having an MRI one year after my injury. He claimed that he would generate a letter stating such and would move to settle and send this off himself personally. Only to receive an email from his secretary four hours later scheduling an appointment for physical therapy with my attorney and im cc'd in this email the appointment started off 6 miles away from my home then goes onto being scheduled 42 miles away from me and then another email from the Dr himself saying I am to see the patient twice a week this is too far! and included a map to show both the secretary and the attorney. I hit reply all on this frankly idiotic exchange and basically said REMEMBER and reiterated again to settle and no physical therapy.
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11 Jul, 2014 by Robert
Scott lost what should have been a very simple case where my son's mother and I shared 50/50 custody and she was looking to leave state and take my son. He did not fight aggressively and had a very dismissive attitude about the whole case. Apparently he felt that it was such an easy case that he did not need to put forth the effort necessary to ensure that the case was won, even though every attorney I have spoken to since has said it should have been a sure win. It's not that I dont believe that he has the talent, I just dont believe he puts forth the required effort. This is, of course, just my opinion.
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22 Jan, 2015 by John
Was promised an easy case. Wrong! He continued to require more fees, yet was hard to get in touch with and impossible to speak to when I needed updates. My case was continued upon his request, yet he told me it was the other party's attorney causing the delays. He was fighting his own custody battle and put his personal life before my case. He continued to be dishonest to me and when confronted with the truth, he became rude and unbalanced. Horrible person and even worse was his lack of honesty and integrity.
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19 Apr, 2012 by Anonymous
I hired Mr. Bryan on a friends recommendation, he did not represent this friend but he knew of him being an attorney. He started out okay but it was extremely difficult to get a hold of him or to get a call or email back. I was out of state and it was extremely frustrating to not be in contact while my life and my son's fate was being determined while I wasn't there. He wouldn't file papers on time and my court issues increased due to this issue.
Ultimately it turned out that Mr. Bryan was contacted by the same person I was fighting against in court and found out that they had mutual friends, after Mr. Bryan was contacted by this person he did not return any more of my emails or phone calls till I asked him to sign a substitution of attorney form.
He was EXTREMELY unprofessional and rude to me and I had significant losses due to his lack of integrity and fortitude.
I would not recommend Mr. Bryan for your legal needs.
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23 Apr, 2024 by Anonymous
Typical slip and fall lawyer. Stay away. I called and got passed around to 10 different people and I thought it would get better when I spoke to Matthias himself, but no. He bragged about how he sued the city for a missing manhole cover. Very slimy! Very shady! Stay away!!
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