Reviews

Jack was recommended by a family member for our custody case. Warm and compassionate on our first meeting but that will never make up for how the case progressed and the fallout of his behavior. Jack would promise a draft or response and then go radio silent for weeks when we needed to act swiftly. Many times over he would send a draft and we would reply with edits only for him to completely ignore the edits, over and over again. He showed up to court disheveled, profusely sweating, unkempt. He lied directly to our faces about what was said in chambers with the judge. He submitted a petition to the court with all of the wrong edits and affixed our signature to it. He lied over and over about submitting said petition, allowing the opposing party to file for custody first. We submitted a formal complaint to the state against him and he was found to have violated the rules of professional conduct. I could not be less satisfied in his professional capacity.

Highly disappointed. Had worked successfully with Jack on a case the end of 2018, beginning of 2019. Tried to work with him again in 2020 and it's been an utterly disappointing nightmare. I'm out a lot of precious time and money and have nothing to show for it. He never filed the paperwork with the court that we met several different times to fill out, but he still hasn't filed it over a year later, and certainly not for lack of trying and following up on my part. He finally just stopped taking my calls and responding to messages. Words cannot convey my disappointment.

It would be great if I could either get my money back,or something resolved with my grandparent case.Refile payment in March still nothing.Repeatedly does not return texts, and phonecalls.If you cannot follow through with what you were hired to do, then I'd like a refund at this point.I have been more than patient and provided helpful information to help my case.

Very good attorney, someone you can trust.

Has done great work protecting me and my children. Highly recommend.

I had Benicia do my divorce and my first motion to modify. Each time I got more than I expected and was very pleased. My ex filed another motion to modify last year. I waited too long to call her and she wasn't available at the last minute. So I went with another, larger firm. At that firm I only spoke with my "lawyer" when money was due or at the courthouse. I felt like that lawyer's secretary was my lawyer. Two months ago I returned to Benicia. At the rate my ex is proceeding I probably have another 3 rounds of modifications before my youngest is done with custody and support. Since I returned to her, she has helped me diffuse minor fights shich were growing into more trouble. My last firm asked me to write a review on here about them, after I terminated them. Benecia has never asked me to do that. I asked her about these sites and she said some lawyers credit a client's bill in exchange for a great review. If opinions can be bought, then sites like these won't be of any value. Be careful with firms with way too many 5 star reviews. ... especially all at once.

Because of Benecia we won an unprecedented case in the state of new york....after winning our argument with missouri cse, she encouraged us to continue in new york, which we did and won. Apparently the modified order was not registered with the state (auclair v bolderson). Benecia was smart enough to see this from the beginning. Thanks!

Every lawyer I called said I didn't have a chanve. From my first meeting with her, I knew she was different. The one hour consult turned into 3 hours. She agreed with the other lawyers up front but then she said "I wan't to research this while you are here with me to see if I can look at this differently." She grabbed her Ipad and tried to explain the child support issue. I wish I could say it made complete sense but I learned more about my case from her during that first "hour" than the years I had a Clayton firm. At the end of the first meeting I knew I had a longshot. I also knew I had everything to lose financially if I didn't have a lawyer. Benisha guessed I had about 20% chance. .I hired her and I am so glad I did. Her longshot that no other attorney thought of resulted in a win in my column. This was a few years ago and now a family member is using her and I found this site and wanted others to know that there are real lawyers who come up with game changers.

Benicia is a hard working and intelligent lawyer. She works diligently for her clients and is skilled as a trial lawyer and as an appellate lawyer with a focus on family law.