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I got the help I needed and they are really helpful especially if you don't know what to expect. And are extremely professional and tell you what will and can happen and are very straight forward and don't beet around the bush.

I was referred to Steve Helseth by another fine lawyer we use that does not do estate work. We found Steve to be excellent at helping us understand our options and get to the bottom of what it was that we wanted for ourselves and our loved ones. He was very detailed, extremely thorough and met every deadline on the way to helping us meet our goals. I highly recommend Steve and his firm for any work that falls within their wheelhouse.

Mike and his team are world class lawyers. If there's a team that I would rely on for legal matters, look no further - this is it. Compassionate, professional and honest. The advice they provide is easily understood and their representation is nothing short of zealous.

I called and instead of making me spend money on lawyers they answered my question and even looked into court dates all without me asking. They showed true compassion and understanding and extremely professional would recommend them to anyone

Thank you Ryan for helping me with my family issue. I thank God everyday that I was able to find this great law firm and people who genuinely cared about my plight. Thank you again and keep up the good work.

My experience with Mr. Marvin exceeded my expectations when he went to bat for me in my recent custody action when other attorneys told me I did not have a chance in hell. Mr. Marvin was very straightforward and did not beat around the bush and that took some getting used to. The resulting custody order was in my favor and I cannot express enough gratitude.

EDIT 2023: This review reflects my personal opinion, based on my personal experience. Making this edit because even 13 years later I still have negative feelings about how my custody case was handled. There a couple of things that were not addressed in my case that only created conflict for the past 13 years between myself and the other parent . One example is that there was no clause that determined which parent would claim the child as a dependent on their taxes. Had the original custody order been more thorough, perhaps it would have alleviated the constant arguments that came during tax time. Joe Marvin took a cookie cutter approach to my case and did not consider how a 5-2-2-5 would affect our family. This particular time sharing set-up is what many lawyers and judges will want to default to, but it DOES NOT WORK for everyone (if anyone). It was a major detriment to the upbringing of my child. Save yourself the anguish that I went through and find yourself a family law attorney who will not set you up for failure. I spent all of my life savings to hire Joe and could not afford to retain another attorney to modify my custody agreement. In response to my original review, Mavin law office writes "It is always our goal to provide each client with the best representation possible. Mr. Marvin indicated you needed to go through mediation prior to re-opening your case with the Court. You were unwilling to follow through with his free advice." This is NOT TRUE. To my above point, had the original order been thorough there would be no need to go to mediation, would there? Also Mr. Marvin also stated that he would not help me at all unless I removed this review. (end of edit 2023) (Original review) This review reflects my personal opinion, based on my personal experience. Joe Marvin represented me in a custody case a very long time ago (2008-2010). I am now, and I was then, very disappointed across the board. An example would be the final agreement (decree). It was as cookie-cutter as they come, with no attention to detail or personal consideration for what I was hoping to achieve. With a less-than-mediocre decree, I have found myself in perpetual conflict with the other party. This could have been prevented all together, had the paperwork been drawn up to reflect our individual needs at the time. In responding to another less-than-stellar Google review, Mr. Marvins office states "Client satisfaction is our #1 priority and we welcome the opportunity to address and resolve your specific concerns." This couldn't be farther from the truth. In fact, when I called him recently to "address and resolve" my specific concerns, Mr. Marvin was receptive at first, but ironically was not interested in resolving anything. Trust me, going through a custody proceeding is not easy, but having a lawyer that makes things worse, just makes things worse. Choose wisely! RESPONSE TO RESPONSE: Contrary to what Mr. Marvins paralegal makes it sound like in the response below, I did contact mediation. (ANOKA County Mediation services) In fact that was the first thing I did prior to contacting Mr. Marvin. I had a question about the first agreement that Mr. Marvin had drawn up and was signed in 2010. ONE QUESTION and he couldn't even help me with that. No where in the documents does it say Joe Marvin will no longer speak to you concerning your case unless you go to mediation. This just goes to show that Joe has no idea what his clients are needing or wanting. Do yourself a favor... Hire a lawyer that will answer questions about your case even down the road- long after your check has been cashed. IMHO (end of original review)

Do not ever hire these people. Was deeply considering paying them for their services, called them, got transferred to a lawyer and idk if he was having a bad day or what but he got super rude with me and hung up on me while I was trying to ask him questions about this firm before I hired them. Run as far away as you can from this firm