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16 Jul, 2018 by Barbara
Mr Larue handled my case, in which was the hardest time of my life, with care and concern. He was very thorough in helping me, my emotions of what I was going through and to this day, personally answers the phone and assists me with any questions I may still have.
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16 Nov, 2009 by Rich
Mr. Larue has been very instrumental in the review and negotiation process regarding contracts for my business. He has been a valuable recource in protecting the interests of my company as well as a practical resource with regard to the pursuit of claims against delinquent manufacturers. I have also relied on Mr. Larue for personal legal advice and he has been a very integral part of estate planning and settlements. I strongly recommend him and his associates as they have been very reliable and knowledgeable and have gone above and beyond what has been asked of them.
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28 Oct, 2009 by Kelly
John LaRue is a strong asset to our business. His experience and attention to detail has helped us to avoid the pitfalls that many of our competitors have faced. He is especially helpful in contract negotations, liability and debt collection.
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24 Jun, 2010 by Anonymous
yes , so i was having a hard time and jimmy stepped out of know where and helped set my life back on track.... he is everything you could ever want or need in a lawyer, he has the FULL package. if you need professional HELP go to james borgmann!!! he recognized industry better than anyone i have ever met. he goes the extra mile and is an astonishing person!
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03 Sep, 2024 by Anonymous
Aubrey provided expert help to our family as we navigated some difficult issues. She was compassionate and honest. She did not try to price gauge like most attorneys but rather kept our personal situation in mind as she helped us.
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11 Sep, 2024 by Jessica fowler
I do not recommend anyone use this attorney for a divorce especially with or without children because my ex and I have a divorce case and we dont have any kids together but since we have property he stated we have nothing to fight over mind you I am a victim of DV and he didnt want to submit anything for evidence. He wouldnt ever meet me in the office to do anything it was all over text messages and I have the messages to prove it and was very rude when hes supposed to be working for me not me working or him. I have fired him as of today 9/10/2024. He doesnt like to respond to text messages either even when you have gave him plenty of time as in 4 business days to get back to you and he wants to come back with the world doesnt resolve around you and your not my only client as I sent him a text friday afternoon and never got a response until that wed or thursday the following week saying a reply would be nice then im the bad person. And then send me emails he sent to my exes attorney making me look like the bad person saying you ready to fight over an apartment? which we dont live in an apartment and to add canine parenting rights when hes the one that stated we could fight over me keeping both dogs and I said no. This guy is a complete joke.
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09 May, 2024 by Patrick orr
Chris is a very honest and able attorney! He assisted us in a legal matter and avoided court and forced a settlement in our favor. Highly recommend !
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30 Apr, 2024 by Aaron cates
Who knew filing a lawsuit could be so much fun? Chris is an absolute professional, an authentic and thoughtful human being, incredibly diligent and responsive, and all around great to work with. Highly recommended!
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21 Mar, 2024 by Lori burton
15 Jan, 2023 by Beautiful disaster
Wonderful experience with atty. This practice is quik in response as well. Kuddos
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18 Apr, 2022 by Justus norris
I’ve been a client of Michael G Foley for over 2 and a half years now. He’s superb at what he does in custody cases and litigation. He’s attentive, smart and always has his clients best interest in mind. I highly recommend him if you’re looking for an attorney!
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20 May, 2024 by Tracie cost
This attorney should have no reason to intimidate a female in a court room, intimidation is a criminal charge and is against the law. I have no respect for any male attorney tring to intimidate a female in a court, & Also having possession of a copy of a check that belonged to Me and not his client, is crazy of an attorney, NO where on My check had his clients name on it at all, but he somehow had possession of a copy of my check that I signed, that i didnt give him permission to my information. VERY CORRUPT. JUSTICE OVER CRIMINALS. LACK OF TRUE JUSTICE
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13 Mar, 2024 by Marshall morris
Eric is one of the most professionally proficient lawyers I have ever had the pleasure of doing business with. His entire team represents a level of empathy to their clients that is like no other group I have ever met. You can't go wrong in choosing them.
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09 Feb, 2024 by Salem theirin
This review is specifically for Schafer. Schafer is one of the WORST attorneys in Muncie. He took the $1,400 fee and basically did NOTHING.
He didn’t fight during my divorce proceedings. I am over paying for child support by a TON, I know because I have a new attorney and the new amount is ridiculously lower.
His secretary told me that because I make so little because of how high child support is per week that I can pick up overtime so I can live. My exs attorney then used it against me and the mediator told me that the secretary lied about that.
I had proof that my ex and her attorney lied to the judge about how much she was paying for daycare, receipts from the daycare that showed she was paying HALF of what she was claiming, and they STILL did nothing.
I called them to tell them that I was paid up on my back child support and they didn’t do anything. I had to call the courts MYSELF and they had to make my exs attorney send in the new paperwork.
I have overpaid by over $400.
We had mediation in July and I had 7 days to get my things from my father’s home, which she was told to leave at the end of the school year and refused, then we “agreed” to $10 less a week for child support. That wasn’t given to the court until JANUARY!
Save yourself time and money and go with literally ANYONE else.
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18 Jun, 2024 by Anonymous
Awful. He tried to charge us more money and actually owed us money. He had no clue what he was doing. We paid 1500 for nothing.
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05 Jun, 2024 by Charles
I paid him 8000 dollars for a case with dcs he told me I had a law suit and he was filing paperwork. He never filed paperwork for lawsuit. I am the one that fought in court for my daughter not him I got my daughter back and my case closed out. I asked repeatedly about the lawsuit because he said there was a statue of limitations on it but he never filed so I kept contacting his paralegal about what was going on with my lawsuit or the return of some of my money and he just kept putting me off and never returning my calls then today I receive a paper from the courts saying he removed himself from my case. He is stealing from the poor people to make himself rich it's not fair he is not a professional he is all talk and no show I would not recommend him to anyone and anyone that reads this we should all come together and get rid of his law firm all together. He just keeps stealing from people just read most of the other reviews thank you
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29 May, 2024 by Shannon
Me and my fiancé hired Rolin for my son. He doesn’t think we lost but after court, it was pretty devastating. He didn’t ask the questions he was supposed to so the judge would know what was going on. He was late then when I called his secretary looking for him, she said he just pulled up and he just let her know the judge was going to be late. I said I feel like he should be in here letting us know but instead he was in his truck playing games on his phone, when he finally came in, he only briefed us for five minutes. He didn’t ask the right questions. My son did not know what to say so the judge didn’t feel like it was imperative they not live in the Homeless Shelter. With his jobless mother. We finally get done. I’ll let him know how to Sleeze that we are with the results. He said we are going to get a final bill, but he would zero that out because it was not our fault that the judge was late today. I get a call from him, letting me know That he’s not happy on how I spoke to the paralegal on how to please I am with everything that he did we paid him $2500 and we never met with him in person. Talk to him twice on the phone and we were lucky if the paralegal answered an email , so he said since he’s not gonna go by his word, he’s gonna go by the contract and charge us the additional $633 do not use him
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