Reviews

Mr. Fenley was extremely professional, courteous, and always had my best interest in mind. My case was complicated and I, at times, was not an easy client to deal with. He was very understanding and laid back, and always did everything in his power to make things easy for me to comprehend. I would highly recommend him and his firm for all of lawyer needs.

John is the most patient, kind, and genuine attorney ever! We love working with him. He seems to understand how stressful and traumatic it is to go through a custody battle. He treats us like human beings. His guidance through a very complicated legal and custody mess has been invaluable . If you want a top-notch attorney who isn't full of himself or condescending, John is your guy. We are so glad we found him. Thank you, John!

Very Professional. Gets the job done

Complete professionalism and amazing communication on handling my traffic citations. His direction to me was crystal clear, and he got my issues taken care of in no time, with best case scenarios occurring due to his expertise on handling these situations. Would highly recommend!

Great guy that helped my family with a matter relating to custody case. Was very professional and also kept us up to date on what was happening. Would certainly use John again if the need arises.

I would request another GAL if Mr. Nissenbaum is assigned to your case. I found it difficult if not impossible to receive information from him, emails went unanswered, calls from my attorney were often not returned. I believe it was less than a week that the courts notified us of a postponement of court due to him being unavailable on that day and I was never notified by him or his office about this. My daughters therapist was ordered to communicate with Mr. Nissenbaum to determine some points of custody and she herself had a significant amount of trouble doing so with him. It seemed to me he just had a rather blatant disinterest in helping us accomplish anything in a timely matter and now as I sit here with a ridiculously large bill from his office, I am disgusted at the cost for how little was actually done and how much time my divorce was drug out because of it. My ex and I actually only agreed on one thing through the entire divorce and that was the mistake we made not demanding a new GAL. So unless you want to spend thousands of dollars for wasted time and very little effort or communication, I would look somewhere else.

Nice guy but more concerned about reputation with peers than fighting for client. You cant let women push you around in a case where you should have supreme confidence. I take some blame but im closing this case myself.

I would give Bob negative stars if I could. I retained Bob’s services and he ended up costing me thousands upon thousands of dollars due to his negligence (this was in addition to paying him hourly for his lackluster services, to put it mildly). He didn’t make just a single “mistake” or provide some questionable service, he made several huge costly errors on my case. Only when I confronted Bob about his series of negligent actions and breach of duties, did he decide that we "weren’t a good fit"? Bob was my lawyer for a few years so I know what he’s truly made of when it comes to his profession. A respectable lawyer would have dealt with problems head-on, but Bob denied, lied, and made excuses for himself. I was told by other lawyers (that I exposed Bob's negligence to and asked for their opinions regarding said negligence) that Bob would "settle" before I sued him for malpractice. That's what they would have done anyway. When I confronted Bob about his errors, he did not do what other attorneys told me he would/should do, but instead, he became defensive (he was caught, multiple times for different reasons). At one point, Bob's firm made a very careless mistake in sending me another client's emails that had the same first name as mine. After that error, I had correspondence between her and my lawyer. That error didn't cost me financially (for once) but that is so embarrassing for Bob's other client. I’m not saying that Bob is a bad guy, but I do feel that Bob is a really, really incompetent attorney. I believe that Bob's peers would defend Bob (should be ask them to post reviews for him, etc) but most people want to keep their skeletons in their closets, so I doubt Bob is going around notifying his peers of his colossal screw ups. There is absolutely no comparison between my current lawyer and Bob Hamilton. Hiring a lawyer is never fun and with so many choices, please take your hard-earned money elsewhere. I could have done a better job representing myself. I feel that Bob is tired of his profession in his latter years and is simply collecting client’s checks but putting in no real effort. He makes things worse. Much, much worse. This, coming from a person that understands humans are not perfect and we all make mistakes. That is not what happened in my dealings with Bob Hamilton. This goes much, much deeper.

I would highly recommend that you avoid Mr. Nissenbaum. Very unprofessional, very wishy washy, and lacking ethics. He acted as another lawyer for ex and her firm, one of few firms to continue to give him work. He admitted on stand that he lied. Moreover, admitted that he did not do anything. He was very focused when he wanted to collect his billings, but would not provide detailed billing until very last minute. And even then he stole $1,000 from me, which he then had to send back 4 months later. When I tried to speak with him about the issue 6 months prior, he hung up the phone. Strongly recommend that you avoid him. If your lawyer thinks he is a good idea, then you better make certain that they have sent a lot of work his way; otherwise, you will not be happy with the outcome.