Reviews

I hired Eve-Lynn Gisonni and Gisonni Law Firm to fight a notoriously awful disability insurance company that was threatening to cut off my benefits. From the first day I met with her, she left me feeling at ease and she was completely in control of my situation. She was always available to answer all of my questions and it was obvious that she had many, many years of experience in disabiity insurance law and fighting Unum. When I went to leave this review, I noticed that someone left a really mean-spirited review about Eve-Lynn and her firm. None of the criticisms left by that person are what I experienced with Eve-Lynn. It appears that that person must not be well. Let me be specific. I had telephone and email access to Eve-Lynn whenever I needed to address any questions I had or issues that had arisen. I felt that Eve-Lynn's hourly charges for the work she did for my case were very fair and in fact less than what most disability lawyers wanted to charge me when I was looking for a lawyer. She promised to send me monthly billing statements, and I received one every month. Her bill descriptions were really detailed, and because of that, I never had any questions about the bill. Eve-Lynn always explained the issues to me in a way that made sense, and she was really good at keeping me informed of everything that was happening on my case. I would recommend Eve-Lynn and her firm to anyone having trouble with a disability claim. You need only read about her success stories, like I did when I decided to hire her firm, to see that she is a leader in the disability field and has helped a lot of people.

The Gisonni Law Firm, P.C. consists of solo practitioner Eve-Lynn Gisonni, Esq. and her secretary Kari Labadie. Gisonni was overwhelmed by my litigation and was not prepared to take it to trial. She stated to me that my case had taken "years off [her] life." Communication. (1) In order to speak with Gisonni by telephone, I was required to schedule a telephone conference and to identify the topics I wished to discuss. For most of the telephone conferences, I was billed for "preparation" of the telephone conference. (2) Just once or twice I was able to speak with Gisonni by placing a random, unscheduled telephone call. (3) When we met, Gisonni and I would discuss various matters and agree to various things. Subsequently, generally one or two days later, Gisonni would send e-mail contradicting or changing our agreements. Billing. I repeatedly asked for regular monthly statements. I never got them. Gisonni was either unwilling or unable to produce regular monthly statements. Settlement. The decision to settle a lawsuit or proceed to trial rests with the client. Gisonni thinks otherwise. She tried to force me to settle my lawsuit. More than once, I reminded her that the decision to settle or proceed to trial was mine and not hers. She did not agree. Discharge. After fully litigating my case, Gisonni stated to me that if I did not settle the case, she would not try the case. Gisonni had the audacity to state that her litigation retainer agreement did not include a trial! I almost filed a grievance. Gisonni was discharged and I settled the case on my own. Jack Mevorach, Esq.