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30 Aug, 2023 by Est future
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14 Jul, 2023 by Tiffany
This review is long overdue. For 5+ years, Tim helped me with my divorce, buying my ex out of our house and a custody case. In all these cases, Tim got me the most favorable outcome due to his diligence, intellect, and work ethic. He always returned my calls and emails in a timely matter and guided me successfully. I felt his prices were fair. I can not recommend him highly enough!
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15 May, 2023 by Anthony
Where to start. Doesn’t respond, doesn’t know how to respond to motions, loses paperwork, sticks up for the other party. When he does call back calls with an attitude, cuts you off and doesn’t listen, then run to his senior partner with false accusations who is Louis Simonetti and he will back this thing up no matter what. This guy doesn’t have a clue, if it weren’t for me putting together some responses, god only knows what would have happened. Not sure if it’s inexperience or just simply doesn’t know what he’s doing. He can’t take any pressure whatsoever, a mediator was beating him down. He will take your money for sending emails but will do nothing with the actual email, not even read it. I sent him 3 offered to settle but yet never once sent it over. When the other party sent one he didn’t even read it, as he admitted when I questioned him about how ridiculous the offer was. All he wants to do and will do is sit back and take your money and watch you suffer.
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11 May, 2023 by Scott
I entered into this process with very little understanding of procedure and my rights. I had many concerns, questions and fears. Tim Fallon and his entire team provided professional and knowledgeable legal advice and support. My concerns and questions were always answered thoughtfully. I am highly satisfied with my representation and appreciate their efforts. You are in great hands with Tim.
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20 Feb, 2024 by Michelle
I hired Barbara Moore for a custody case over 12 years ago,.....she informed me that we had lost in court one day because the judge had lost a sports bet with her the night before and was still angry. She laughed. It wasn't funny to me at all, my child's well-being was at stake.....then for a year after my case, she harassed my mother for a payment that she had already made, but was "lost" when she joined the puff and cockerill firm during my trial. Would not ever reccomend.
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04 May, 2023 by Anonymous
If I could give ZERO stars, I would have. He is lewd and unprofessional. Hard pass!
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17 Oct, 2024 by Anonymous
Just got off of the phone with Geoffrey on a zoom meeting and just about had to laugh at how different my perception of him was after reading the reviews vs after speaking to him for no more than 5 minutes. Last night I spent a good hour Reading through all the reviews, trying to be really selectiveas who I choose to represent me in a landlord, tenant dispute. After reading through, I was pretty much convinced that he would be the right choice, especially given that I am also a business owner and would find need to use his services in other areas of law for my company. I was totally wrong and I'm glad I saved my money for a firm that will truly deserve it.
Within five minutes of our conversation, he and Alyssa pulled up my case and assumed he could represent me without even hearing certain details of my defense in my case against the landlord.
After requesting specific intentions of his approach on this case and his experience on such a case, he arrogantly got an attitude and hung up on me while Alyssa stared with a blank face with no further words.
So as I am glad that I will save money and find a more sincere firm that actually cares about more than just collecting a retainer and will actually
LISTEN to their clients voice, I just felt that it was important to share my personal experience as someone who let the reviews lead me to believe that this was "the right" firm. I genuinely got the feeling that it was all about the retainer. I guess that explains why there's no photos of himself online to be found. It really makes me wonder if he paid for these reviews because its definitely NOT the same person I was reading about. So since you couldn't hear what I had to say for a fee, you can take this negative review for free :)
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