Reviews

I hired Michael P. Mazza LLC to sue a company in Florida for copyright infringement. I assumed we had jurisdiction but we didn’t. Michael didn’t tell me, which he had a fiduciary duty to do so. In the first 3 months, he ran the legal costs up to $74,600 but he discounted the bill closer to $50k once I started complaining that he had a duty to tell me about jurisdiction. I had no evidence whatsoever that the defendant did any business in my state of Illinois: I would have sued in Florida if my lawyer told me about the issue as he was obligated under his fiduciary duty. That’s $50,000 in 3 months to lose a battle he had no chance of winning. After he filed the paperwork, he told me to keep my fingers crossed. Michael found one photo that showed the defendant did business in Illinois but the judge said that one photo wasn’t enough for jurisdiction and a lawyer ought to knows that. I actually did end up finding a Google Adwords campaign that was enough for jurisdiction but since Michael filed the lawsuit before having that evidence, the Judge said that we couldn’t use it. Keep in mind that Michael quoted me $5-6k to file the lawsuit and his first bill comes in at $15k.