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08 Aug, 2024 by Logan ercanbrack
Went in for a consultation and was cut short simply because I said the defendant has a history of actions and the attorney stated he won’t get in the middle of it even if I pay. What a joke
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08 Aug, 2024 by Shelby clark
Attorney Fulcher Koontz was a pleasure to work with through a tense probate issue. Her guidance and confidence was comforting throughout the process.
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27 Jun, 2024 by Vern lattin
Always friendly and professional, as well as prompt and thorough. Will not hesitate to use Johnson May again.
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06 Aug, 2024 by Adrian sanchez
Daniel Taylor is a fraudster. He will coerce and threaten you. He will not fight for you. He will make you take a plea deal. He has the worst track record and has a relationship with the public defenders office. He will steal your money and do nothing to fight for you.
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26 Dec, 2023 by Julia taylor
If I could leave a review with zero stars I would! Really read all reviews I hired them and it was a horrible experience. Took a deal because my lawyer said prison would be off the table and totally screwed my self. You hire them and you deal with different attorneys and when it’s time to go to court you’re dealing with someone you never met or talked to. I had to hire another during sentencing because my lawyer basically told me to get ready to go an be away for 6-12 months. I’m not the only person this happened to. Not an I out $6,500 now I’m out double because I had to hire another attorney. Dan Taylor told me he would block me for being “disrespectful” because I asked him what did I pay for and explained how much of a nightmare it’s been. You have to reach out to them they don’t reach out to you. You give them money to fight for you and they do the complete opposite
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16 Sep, 2023 by Jen chastain
Doesn’t return phone calls, is late to show up if at all.. will take your money and do nothing. This guy is a con artist-DO NOT TRUST HIM
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30 Oct, 2023 by C greenfield
UPDATE after Steve Wieland RESPONSE:
Steve Wieland, your response provides even more support in what a horrible attorney you are.
Let's address your fabrications (lies):
1. The judge gave us an award of $50.00 NOT the Million plus we had asked for!
2. We were NOT awarded any Punitive Damages!
3. We asked for attorney fees that added to over $200,000.00, we were only awarded approximately $58,000.00 for the “Timber Trespass” issue as you did NOT win any of our damages as you did NOT provide any experts at trial!
4. We did NOT get any Court Costs or equitable relief awarded!
5. We LOST our easement that had been in the family for 120 plus years thanks to your incompetence!
6. You kept our piddly $7062.60 the judge gave us for the 50 plus trees that were stolen from us! (We should have won a lot more)
7. We sued you for malpractice and your insurance company agreed to settle with us to which you were given the remaining amount of your fraudulent fees!
8. We did NOT want to settle our Fraud Claim and Malpractice claim against you, but our attorney demanded it as our expert witness we were utilizing to sue you for malpractice had worked in the same law firm as you and a conflict of interest arose!
Shame on you Steve for continuing to defraud the public! All of this is public record for all to see! Everyone who seeks the truth will see that you are a liar!
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26 Oct, 2023 by Mo haws
I'm not a client; I'm Daniel, Steve, and Jaren's peer. Nevertheless, I highly recommend this firm to clients I am unable to serve due to conflicts or because their matter is outside my realm of knowledge. In my experience, the attorneys at Mooney Wieland Warren are passionate, professional, ethical, tenacious, and zealous advocates for their clients. Anyone looking for competent legal representation would be in great hands with this firm.
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30 Aug, 2023 by C g
After reading attorney Steven Wieland’s bio, where he proclaims; “Winning at trial in a real-estate easement dispute involving a large lakefront commercial-development property in Northern Idaho” Well, I (the Trust manager) just had to respond!
The Trust originally filed a lawsuit against two entities in Kootenai County Idaho, regarding an easement issue, illegal timber trespass, trespass, and other issues in October 2018, after sustaining millions of dollars in damages to their 120-year-old farmland, which included defendants building an illegal road on their property, and cutting down approximately seventy (70) one hundred (100) plus foot tall trees that can never be replaced.
I reached out to Steve Wieland in January 2020, after our first attorney quit prior to Trial (Scheduled for early March 2020), wherein Steve proclaimed that he was an “Expert on land issues, especially easements, and was an experienced trial attorney.”
In Steve’s first three weeks, Steve charged the Trust approximately $18,000.00 primarily for reading through the case notes I had provided.
Steve also charged the Trust ridiculous fees to research how he would represent the Trust, even though he had stated that he was an “Expert” on the issues being litigated. Steve later jokingly stated that he didn’t think the Trust would pay him that much…REALLY…what choice did the Trust have! They were desperate and it was too late to find anyone else and Steve took advantage of this fact.
The next couple of weeks, Steve charged even more outrageous charges for “…reviewing the case and strategy on how to win” instead of getting discovery completed, finding experts, preparing for a continuance, etc…
At the first hearing Steve was unprepared and failed to procure a continuance for trial.
The Trust desperately needed to disclose expert witnesses in order to win their damages. Steve failed to obtain any experts and failed to disclose the ones I had procured on behalf of the Trust, even though the judge allowed him time to submit them.
The attorney who drafted the Trust original easement even met with Steve prior to trial to provide ideas on trial strategy regarding the illegitimate amended easement document (presented by defendants) in question as it was obvious that said amended easement had been manipulated and changed from its original format. Steve missed the opportunity to utilize “Failure of the Meeting of Minds” as one example to rid said bogus amended easement.
The Trust was unable to secure a large damage amount at Trial as NO EXPERTS were retained to prove the loss in damages to their property.
Steve had attempted to utilize his wife, Jaren, and even brought her with him for a vacation (at the Trust expense) in beautiful North Idaho where the two of them spent a great deal of time in the local pubs instead of adequately preparing for trial! Steve later charged the Trust approximately $30,000.00 plus in attorney fees on behalf of his wife who did absolutely NOTHING!
During trial, Steve did not properly cross defendants witness, Sandy Young aka VERDIS, who the Trust believed had forged the amended easement document that was being disputed.
The Trust was not awarded the million plus in damages to their property and only received the minimal amount of $50 dollars from the judge because Steve had never procured any expert witnesses to testify at Trial as to the extent of damages!
Steve eventually sought almost $200,000.00 in attorney fees and costs for doing very little paperwork, and absolutely nothing to help the case!
We hired another attorney to appeal.
A monkey in a suit could have won the case with the overwhelming evidence I had provided to Steve to ensure a win!
It was a no-brainer!
The Trust eventually pursued legal malpractice against Steve Wieland
So, before you consider hiring Steve Wieland (I would run for my life), make sure you have him put everything in writing and that he actually knows the subject matter you need legal assistance with!
SEE RESPONSE!
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02 Apr, 2024 by Stack banks
11 Apr, 2023 by Jessy davenport
Highly skilled attorneys, beautiful office downtown, management are kind people who go above and beyond for support staff and attorneys. Truly an exceptional firm filled with gifted attorneys that offer a plethora of areas of expertise.
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03 Apr, 2022 by Autumn dismuke
02 Apr, 2024 by Stack banks
11 Apr, 2023 by Jessy davenport
Highly skilled attorneys, beautiful office downtown, management are kind people who go above and beyond for support staff and attorneys. Truly an exceptional firm filled with gifted attorneys that offer a plethora of areas of expertise.
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03 Apr, 2022 by Autumn dismuke
02 Apr, 2024 by Stack banks
11 Apr, 2023 by Jessy davenport
Highly skilled attorneys, beautiful office downtown, management are kind people who go above and beyond for support staff and attorneys. Truly an exceptional firm filled with gifted attorneys that offer a plethora of areas of expertise.
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03 Apr, 2022 by Autumn dismuke
01 Aug, 2021 by Vinay padre
Good for Parking
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10 Mar, 2020 by Linda calhoun
Very friendly staff!!
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30 Aug, 2019 by Astryd savage
21 Jan, 2024 by Rod furniss clu chfc
24 Oct, 2023 by Don foreman
Pathetic, stop harassing Ammon over trumped up charges
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08 Sep, 2019 by Brady
21 Jan, 2024 by Rod furniss clu chfc
24 Oct, 2023 by Don foreman
Pathetic, stop harassing Ammon over trumped up charges
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08 Sep, 2019 by Brady
21 Jan, 2024 by Rod furniss clu chfc
24 Oct, 2023 by Don foreman
Pathetic, stop harassing Ammon over trumped up charges
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08 Sep, 2019 by Brady
14 Jun, 2021 by Honor dupree
He is the best! He is always willing to answer my questions & finds the best solution for me! I will always call him 1st if I need a lawyer again.
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08 Jun, 2021 by Ryan k
29 Oct, 2020 by Aj
Wasn't really appreciating the attitude that I received. Cant think of a reason why an attorney would deny your case as well recommend a different attorney.
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24 Jun, 2019 by Chris
Worst Attorney experience ever! Don't waste your money! I was given a low quote up front and assured that we would win the case. After spending triple the original estimate, I was told that I have a "Weak Case." I asked for a refund based on grossly misleading legal advice. The only response I got was an additional billing. Please shop around for a more honest & knowledgeable attorney, or represent yourself, lose anyways & save lots of money. Following Matt's advice has caused permanent damage to my established business. They walk away with a stack of my hard earned money.
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15 Jul, 2015 by Jean
Matthew is a very excellent young lawyer in downtown Boise. He is professional and always comes well prepared for any case that he is working. Matthew presents his cases eloquently in court and leaves nothing in question. I cannot express how well Matthew does his job. I would recommend him for any legal needs. His clients will not be disappointed in his preparation of cases. He is very thorough and leaves no details out. He is also very punctual and always early for any cases. Another point in Matthew's favor is that he doesn't sugar coat the case and what he feels will be the outcome of your case. He is candid and always tells the truth. His integrity in impeccable.
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01 Feb, 2023 by Jessy
Mark was initially rude. He made me feel as though he was annoyed by me and my questions. He was snarky and short with me. I was put in contact with him through the bar referral service. I told him how he was making me feel and he softened. By the end we were joking, sharing stories and he apologized for his first impression on me. I got some valuable information from him that I appreciate but I would not recommend him. I am going to seek a second opinion from a more empathetic attorney.
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01 Feb, 2021 by Jean
Hired this attorney with hesitation but he promised he could save the world! I bought into his high pressures pitch noting I didn’t have $15,000 to litigate so my goal was to settle out of court. Throughout I kept asking for feedback on the process having never received any cc on emails to the opposing attorney which I’m used to getting. Leon would say, ‘oh I bumped into opposing attorney at court today...and they don’t want to settle.’ I’d ask about the fact we hadn’t even drafted any terms for settling so wouldn’t that be prudent to do? He acted like it was my fault I hadnt done that yet! Unreal. So we did this and I waited and waited and my ever received a letter to approve. He only said once again they won’t settle. Odd. No attorney letters again. Next thing I know he filed litigation and sent me a long list of discovery from opposing attorney on me but we are the ones suing them. I asked where’s the discovery for them. He showed me five questions! I had 5 pages!! I reiterated I did not want to litigate nor gob to court so he needed to settle. I refused to do discovery. He did nothing. A day before everything was due he contacted me telling me I was going to be in default if I didn’t turn in the papers. I was shocked that he had drug me into a litigation without my permission and with explicit direction to only work on a settlement so I fired him. A few weeks later I received a copy of a court hearing paper that he appeared before a judge recusing himself from my case because I would not follow his advice! In it he lied and said I had been notified of said hearing but I hadn’t. I would have crawled crippled to be there. I requested several times to get copies of all my paperwork and he hadn’t be worked my case at all. I contacted opposing attorney and settled it in one week. I wish I knew how to disbar this attorney for being so untruthful.
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08 Mar, 2017 by Anonymous
A very irresponsible lawyer, I would not recommend Leon at all. I had to correct him everytime with mistakes he made because he either did the opposite thing I told him or did it completely wrong, especially when he was filing for full custody for me and he made at least 9 mistakes. He obviously didn't listen and took notes. I shouldn't be correcting a lawyer when I didn't even go to school to be one I also shouldn't be correcting his grammar either. Also he said he would do something but he never did it at all. Especially when I was trying to get temporary custody and for 2 days straight he told me he would file but he never did at all. Leon is very untrustworthy and irresponsible and he is definitely not a lawyer to hire.
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01 Jul, 2024 by Chris
I wouldn't recommend this guy to anybody he pushed me to take a offer that nobody in their right mind would take and when I wanted to go to litigations he just ignored it and got himself off my case
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10 Nov, 2021 by Brian
Absolutely the most unprepared attorney I have ever worked with, Mr Davis appears time has passed him by, retained him for a divorce proceeding, 2 days before hearing called to make sure he would be in court, was totally unaware the hearing was in person, on day of hearing, wants to file motion, while we are sitting before the judge, had me sign motion 2 pgs that i didnt get chance to read, because he forgot to submit to court, legal tactics awful, secured new atty, have asked his office 4x for my file, never received, today follow up, court discloses Mr Davis never filed motion, Im screwed, also according to opposing attorney never let them know I was on vacation and not vacating the family home, spent more time flirting with my 25 yr old daughter,,,stay away he is awful, unprepared and unprofessional.
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13 Mar, 2024 by Eva
Why Does A Established Attorney Hire A Lesser Qualified [ Dominic Pechota ] Attorney? Is It Because Dominic's Mother [ Anita Remerowski] Was A Physician And His Father [ Terry Lee Pechota ] Is A Federal Judge ? Does Mathew F. MColl Believe That His Protégé Dominic Pechota Was Involved In Money Laundering And/Or A South Dakota/Idaho State Financial Cover Up Involving A Innocemt Client? Did Attorney Alec Pechota Have Financial Ties To This As Well? I Was Promised A Court Win And Given Expensive [ IRS / Tribal Reported ? ] Gifts . Terry Pechota Forced Me Not Speak Of Dominic Pechota's PROCLAIMED Weak Attorney Skills And His 8 Year Affair, Is There Justice ?
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13 Jan, 2022 by Amy
TERRIBLE!!! Many attorney’s and accountants tell me I should report him to the board. Took my money and did nothing!!! Some say he is a bulldog but bulldogs don’t go quiet on their clients unless someone is feeding him a bone that is extra special.
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A business lawyer provides critical legal guidance and support to entrepreneurs, startups, and established businesses. Whether you are forming a new company, drafting contracts, or navigating complex regulations, a business attorney ensures you are legally protected and operating within the law. They can also help prevent legal disputes or represent you in negotiations, transactions, or lawsuits that arise during the course of business operations.
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- Forming a business: When deciding on the best structure for your company (LLC, corporation, partnership, etc.), a lawyer can guide you through the registration and compliance process.
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Business lawyers typically charge either by the hour or on a flat-fee basis, depending on the complexity of the work. Common payment structures include:
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The payment structure is often discussed during an initial consultation so you can choose the one that best suits your business needs and budget.
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The cost of hiring a business lawyer depends on factors such as:
- The complexity of the legal issue: More complex matters, like mergers or intellectual property disputes, typically cost more than routine tasks like contract drafting.
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It's essential to discuss fee structures upfront to avoid surprises.
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Ask how the lawyer ensures there is no conflict in representing your business. -
Can you provide references from other business clients?
Speaking with past clients will give you an idea of the lawyer's expertise and professionalism. -
Do you have experience in my specific industry?
Industry-specific knowledge can be crucial, especially in highly regulated fields like healthcare or finance.
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To ensure you're hiring a reputable business lawyer:
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To make the most out of your first consultation with a business lawyer, prepare the following:
- A description of your business and its structure: This will help the lawyer understand your legal needs.
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- Questions about fees and billing: Ensure you understand the lawyer’s payment structure and fees upfront.
By preparing these materials, you can ensure that your first meeting with a business lawyer is productive and informative.
