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09 Feb, 2017 by Elderlymom
Was my elderly moms attorney. She was billed for a lot of money, after she had Fired him. He would not accept the fact he was replaced. The new attorney had to contact him more than once. Stay away from this attorney.
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19 May, 2016 by Richard
Mark has helped my ski club revise our bylaws. He also advised us when a key employee died. Mark is no nonsense yet very kind and an active member of the community . He serves as VP for the South Portland Business Association. Few know that he is also an accomplished physicist.
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17 Mar, 2010 by Anonymous
Ms. Soto neglected to inform me about the other attorney's motion which cost me thousands of dollars and a financial mess. She did not complete her work as requested and basically dumped my case.
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13 May, 2009 by Anonymous
Ms. Soto represented me in traffic court in 2008 and the ticket was thrown out. I was satisfied with her representation and she was very affordable.
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17 Mar, 2017 by Anonymous
We used Anna's firm for years, sadly we inherited Anna.
Do to her inability to respond in an even remotely timely manner, we retained another firm some time ago. Unfortunately, Anna McCormack's inability to do her job is currently costing us money due to The City of Portland's new rent control ordinance. Had she not dropped the ball, all of our rents would have been raised in time for us to not be affected by the current 'law.'
Fortunately for Anna, I am too busy with my own business to do anything more than write this review and warn other people within my community. However, if this review mysteriously disappears, I will absolutely file suit against Warren Allen, LLP for malpractice in addition to a very well deserved letter to the bar.
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01 May, 2013 by Anonymous
A very experienced real estate and landlord's attorney. Anna knew much, much more about Landlord Tenant law than my tenant's attorney did.
Her knowledge and professionalism saved me time and money. If you ever find yourself with an unreasonable tenant, call Anna. She will save the day. She's level headed and an experienced litigator.
She was so great in my case that I am now hiring her for contracts and other legal matters regarding land and real estate.
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18 Mar, 2022 by Kimberly mcnamara
Called inquiring about an attorney for my potential case and even though Jonathan explained he does not prosecute these types of cases. He was more then willing and took the time to give me professional referrals that he knew of who do. He additionally was so kind and seemed truly genuine.
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11 Oct, 2012 by Anonymous
I have used several attorneys over the years and this is the first time I have actively gone out of my way to review one. I feel I need to try to warn others that Shannon isn't very good. We did not communicate well, the level of research needed was excessive for a 20 year attorney, billing was terribly slow, and together these items lead to average work at a very high price. I felt as though I was her first will client.
Do yourself a favor and keep looking. Even after confronting her I felt she was uncaring. I am not the type of person to write a complaint but I hope by doing so I can help someone from overpaying for legal services.
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02 Dec, 2016 by Scott
I did not communicate directly with Mr. Kennedy regarding my situation, but rather through one of his associates. Still, the advise I received was pragmatically very effective in informing me how he felt I should proceed with my case (still pending). I appreciated his professionalism in that he didn't let personal morality influence the advise he offered.
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23 Oct, 2022 by Weston grimmly
Also located at 220 north west skyline blvd Portland Oregon 97210. Information derived via Google Earth
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24 Aug, 2022 by S m
Christa was attentive and communicative. I got the best possible outcome and feel satisfied with the representation I got regarding a false claim.
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12 Feb, 2020 by M s
Connie was incredibly kind and fair. She took my case even though it was not a high paying case and worked for me as if I was a high paying client. If you ever need a good lawyer to represent you in any board complaints I highly recommend Connie. I am very happy with the outcome.
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07 Nov, 2020 by Dale silver
02 May, 2008 by Anonymous
Mr. Savage represented me in a Medical Malpractice case.
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30 Apr, 2008 by Anonymous
Mr. Savage represented me in a medical malpractice case.
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29 Nov, 2023 by Robert
Lucy demonstrated she is not capable of representing those who desire anything other than to throw themselves at the mercy of the court or are simply willing to settle for mediocrity about their representation. Lucy takes on FAR to large a caseload and in turn does not communicate proactively or effectively. She does not answer phone calls, she returns emails and texts when it appears she feels that she has no choice. She does not follow reasonable client requests regarding providing discovery, exhibits, etc. She only takes the time to communicate when she knows she has dropped the ball. Her lack of initiative and professionalism cost me unnecessary time in jail, money, and more importantly frustration. I am VERY calm and reasonable. I understand professionalism and attempt to do the best job one can. I essentially represented myself. In the end, she provided nothing to my situation. She added insult to injury by not following through with disputing Lake Oswego Municipal Court from billing me for her court-appointed attorney services. Short of having a license with the bar I don't know what aptitude she brought to the table. I discourage anyone from placing their future in the counsel of Lucy.
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10 Apr, 2022 by Anonymous
Felt like her case load was to big and she didn't have the time to work on my case let alone respond to my questions I sent in emails or provide me with my full discovery. I felt like she just wanted me to take a plea bergen and be done with me. She might be a good attorney if you hire her or if she believes in your case.
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25 Oct, 2021 by Anonymous
As a first nation I struggle with identity and acceptance of the populations in the Americas in simply making jurisdictions in-laws to over substance substantiate what has happened in history in America does not negate any of the facts on how political framing exist I pray for every first nation in America and I pray that Lucy also heals from stating she had enough hearing about my ancestors for all court-appointed people in the biracial Community we are in a period where our ancestors are and will always be allowed to be discussed.
I had to end the relationship a d engagement due to cultural reasons and hope her clients are happy yet in my 1st nation life, we talk soind act and are different. It was very clear in meeting face to face and speaking as a Native only western nows!
Not in truth of Our boarding schools some acknowledgements must be done by those whom hold those same standards, that have covered up our peoples stories. I have ptsd anxiety and generational trauma. None of my emails were ever responded too, and I am sorry but our Ancestors abuse is handed down And taught. In reality I pray over understanding of this period in a non western conflict.
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15 Oct, 2022 by Anonymous
Jeffrey failed me in every way and it's my opinion that he lacked empathy or respect for the difficulties I was facing. It is also my honest opinion that I do not recommend him for legal services. He took advantage of me during a time I was vulnerable, while incurring excessive fees without providing the help I needed. Jeffrey Frasier increased his wages in the middle of our litigation without proper notice. He racked up a higher price tag with tasks that should have been completed in a shorter time frame, especially with his background and experience. He added billable hours to my invoice, then later sued me for his fees. He made no reasonable offers to settle our fee dispute, and even failed to attend our scheduled mediation.
When making an important decision to hire a lawyer to represent your important legal matters... you need to ask yourself..... do you want someone who is willing to bring a suit against the client vs. assigning their fee claims to a collection agency? I really wish I would have done my homework, before being damaged and financially ruined by Jeffrey Frasier
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19 Jun, 2018 by Alexis
We had contacted Jeffrey when we were referred to him by another Oregon lawyer & after I read about him on the site FindLaw. He is extremely courteous, very knowledgeable, sharp minded and is a very good listener. He acted promptly with our case and was able to put our minds at ease with a very stressful situation. His charges were very reasonable and affordable; We were very delighted with his services and would definitely rehire him again as well as recommend him to others.
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11 Mar, 2013 by Anonymous
I have been involved with a case for which Jeffrey Frasier was the attorney. Unfortunately, I found him to be unfriendly and somewhat terse. Some of the clients he works for are very unprofessional and it made the entire process difficult for everyone involved. This was the first time I had been involved with his group, and unfortunately I found it to be a troublesome experience and I would not recommend working with them.
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28 Mar, 2024 by Kenneth wahrenberger
24 Jul, 2023 by Kristina
62 years running a crooked business from my perspective
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19 Nov, 2021 by T.
No help with my issue whatsoever. Glad it was free because it was worth it. However I can never recuperate the time spent.
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01 Apr, 2014 by Anonymous
In my opinion Bill Keeler is one of the most evil men I have ever encountered in my entire life. I think that he is arrogant, selfish, inconsiderate, incompetent, and will do just about anything for money. I caught him lying to me on three occasions. He never kept any promise he made to me. He hunted me down like I was a wild animal, defamed my character and forced me against my will to testify in a civil case that had absolutely nothing to do with me and he knew it.
The civil case was all because someone at his law firm had written a living trust incorrectly and did not list and give money to anyone who might contest the trust. Because of that when their client died, someone previously listed on another living trust contested the trust. Everyone knows or should know that you have to list anyone on a trust who might contest the trust and give them $1 which shows you considered them and didn't want them to get any money. Any competent attorney would have listed any and all people listed on previous trusts and given them a $1. This is standard practice in the industry. Yet Bill Keeler's law firm did not do that. And one of the people listed in a previous trust contested the trust. Surprise, surprise. NOT The case couldn't be thrown out because he wasn't listed on the trust that Bill Keeler's law firm had written. So instead of owning up to the fact that they had written the living trust incorrectly, he decided to supeona anyone who might correct his mistake. A good person doesn't force other people against their will to correct their mistake. A good person corrects their own mistakes.
I was one of the people subpoenaed on their fishing expedition to correct their mistake. However, Bill told me excruciating details about the case. Attorneys are not allowed to tell details to a witness because it might sway their testimony. But Bill did exactly that to me. In my opinion he was trying to get me to lie under oath.
He also sent a process server to go to all my neighbors and tell them that I was being served papers. That process server hunted me down for over a month. I work a lot so I was never home when she tried to serve me. That gave me many sleepless nights during that month because all my neighbors were coming up to me telling me that someone was trying to serve me papers. I knew that I had done nothing wrong to get someone to serve me papers. He had never sent me a letter in the mail to tell me what was going on in advance. His first effort without giving me a chance to volunteer to testify was to serve me papers to get me to testify against my will. Again it is extremely rare for a person to be supeonaed in a civil case. Yet, because Bill, in my opinion, has no morals, it didn't bother him that he had made my life hell by defaming my character to all my neighbors.
When he finally got a hold of me, I figured out right away he wasn't owning up to the fact that they had made a mistake. And they wanted me to correct their mistake. I was so furious when I found the truth about why the process server had defamed my character for over a month.. To make matters worse, he and one of his staff threatened to throw me in jail if I didn't do exactly what they wanted. Knowing they would be throwing a completely innocent person in jail didn't bother Bill and his staff one bit. In my opinion, the person who should be thrown in jail is Bill and his staff. In my opinions they are criminals.
I sent Bill two certified letters telling them not to contact me and I sent over 50 emails telling them not to contact me. And the next day Bill would always contact me out of complete disrespect, arrogance and selfishness. I couldn't sleep for four months over a case that was 100% caused by Bill Keeler's law firm's incompetence, in my opinion. Now you know why I think Bill Keeler is one of the most evil men I have ever encountered.
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07 Feb, 2014 by Anonymous
Mr. Keeler told us we would not be liable for anything but our own attorneys fees but infact he joined us to a petition that held us responsible for over 100 grand of all the other partys fees. He filed responses we never agreed to or even signed just to rack up more charges. Mr. Keeler was all about the money rather then having a close bond with his clients or even standing up and showing compassion for a deceased individual who deserved justice! NOT TRUSTWORTHY! I do NOT reccomend and would NOT ever use again! Please research thoroughly before you just think because of his age and how long he has been practicing law he must be good at what he does.
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29 Nov, 2018 by Anonymous
Do not go to this guy! If he's appointed to you, fire him! He comes across as "Do whatever dhs says if you want your kids back." What about dhs shouldn't have ever taken them?? What happened to defending your client?? It took me 8yrs fighting the injustice system. I finally got full custody just in time to find out my son had a brain tumor the size of an orange on his brainstem & was close to death. Ya this "lawyer" was the first mistake. Hiring one of his parters, mistake #2. Good luck out there!!
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19 Feb, 2016 by Anonymous
Attorney Ford was referred to me via Pre-paid Legal to write a letter to someone who was defaming my name. He sent the draft letter for me to review. I submitted the letter with changes. I then received a email from his administrative assistant with the original letter attached without the changes I requested. The name and orientation of the agency was wrong, and there were several name spelling errors. I let the office know that I was not aligned with them sending out the letter. Despite my communication of my not being aligned with the letter they sent the letter out without my knowledge or approval.
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22 Jun, 2021 by Anonymous
I engaged Caitlin for a small project. She estimated the time to complete at roughly 3 hours. Caitlin initially sent me an email stating that she would begin the research immediately and check in by the end of the week. A month later, I've heard nothing - no status updates, no work product.
I then write her an email on a Tuesday checking in to ask for a status update and to request that she have the project completed within the next 10 days. She writes back that she'll have it to me by the end of the current week. End of the week arrives, nothing.
Tuesday of the following week, she emails me to she had a multi-day emergency the previous week but that she would get it to me the following morning. She did not. She also did not send me any notice that she would be delayed by the emergency.
A few days after that, I emailed her to terminate my engagement with her and asked for a refund. Ignoring my email, she sent me the work product for the project soon thereafter.
If you're looking for a responsible, responsive attorney who will complete work in a timely manner, I strongly recommend that you look elsewhere. Caitlin exhibited a clear pattern of excuse making throughout the engagement that I would have never tolerated from any of my own employees. I suspect that if I hadn't followed up the project would have never been completed.
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11 Jun, 2015 by Heidie
I sat with Andrew and cried my heart out over an injustice put upon me.
His reply was a trespass warning sent to me by certified mail. This is no way to treat a customer.
Looks like I have enough characters to tell you what happened and I think I will, it's just an incredible story.
In 2010 an Umpqua banker sent me to a private lender because I didn't have good enough credit for a small loan. I was told that in one year to come back and I would have established credit and she would issue me a conventional loan. I came back in one year and the company I paid that pays the private lender does not report to Equifax so I was at square one and a shrug of the shoulders was all I got. Not "Here let us help you".
It took me until 2015 to establish good credit. I invested the loan in source material immediately so I could pay the money back over a four year time span. So I wasn't able to return the loan from the private lender and have gotten caught in a very frustrating financial trap. Get this the loan is for 15% interest only I was advised that that wasn't too bad because I'd be issued a conventional loan and have credit and all would be ok.
By now of course I know this was terrible advise and it would seem she should have a fiduciary duty as a banker to inform me, the customer who had never borrowed money before of the Equifax stuff. I never heard of them at that time did not have a credit card never had one, all of this the banker was apprised of. I would have done due diligence but was led to believe "just come back in a year with your payments and we'll set you right up."
I asked for the promised loan in Feb. 2015 and was told no. I have paid 29K in interest alone trying to establish the credit rating they required. I went to Umpqua headquarters May 27th 2015 and told this to Andrew Ognall, mind you I am crying and carrying on, this has caused me a lot of grief, let me tell you. This is breach of contract pure and simple.
There is an interview on You Tube with the CEO by Jeanne Bliss at the 4:12-4:55 he states he gives his permission to his bankers to make decisions. This banker gave me her word and when I could finally meet my end of the contract I was denied. I explained this to Andrew Ognall and today I am served with a trespass warning I declare this is no way to treat a loyal customer. I have written to the CEO 5 times this year, my first was begging for the promised loan, pretty good letters too and nothing, I asked for a meeting with him and not even a email.
I would bet you that the minute I push submit they close my account.
This is an incredible institution with a very cold hearted lawyer.
I would not recommend Andrew Ognall if you are looking for tenderness and understanding.
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02 Jan, 2022 by Anonymous
I found Tara Costanzo to quite rude and unprofessional when we had are consultation. She was very disrespectful of my mother and youngest sister. Seemed to me she has a problem with power dynamics. She wanted to be clear she was the alpha in the room. She was very short and snarky. In typical lawyer fashion, she first acted very bubbly and accommodating. While later showing her true colors after we had met and her time clock was running. With an attitude like that she should be working at Starbucks NOT at a law firm.
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14 Apr, 2022 by Anonymous
We used this lawyer because another lawyer referred him for real estate issues. Unfortunately, as we found out, he has zero knowledge on real estate law. Even though we hired him and paid him and would’ve cost us more money to change lawyers, we ended up going with a different lawyer due to his lack of knowledge and incompetence.
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