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Lori Farris Fleishman
1111 Northshore Drive, Suite N-290, Knoxville, TN
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Jennifer
22 Oct, 2017
Not being one who writes reviews, I am writing because I am uniquely positioned to provide insight as I have observed Ms. Fleishman’s performance over the last 10 years in my own case, extended family’s case, and the cases of family friends. Ms. Fleishman delivered wins in each of these cases and demonstrated brilliant intellect, detailed knowledge of law, uncanny intuition, and a keen sense on where a case is heading and what may arise. Lori and her team completely turned my case around into a complete success.
In the past, I interviewed many attorneys and can empathize that it is incredibly difficult finding someone trustworthy, who is not primarily concerned with filling their retainer. Ms. Fleishman is on the opposite end of this spectrum as she genuinely gives counsel for the benefit of her clients. She cares more about winning your case, protecting you from any damage, and obtaining the healthiest outcome for your family. There have been moments when her advice to me went against any additional profit to her. This is the caliber of representation that I strongly believe deserves such a great review.
Ms. Lori Fleishman is a renowned top tier attorney who is highly regarded in the South, having represented both private individuals and major companies. She is regularly hired by the South’s finest, from company heads to industry executives. People even look for her from areas outside Tennessee. Many have heard of her wins, as she wins more than loses. If you are hiring her for your case, you’d be happy to know that you are hiring the Ivy League of attorneys. If average attorneys are Kias, Ms. Fleishman is definitely a Ferrari. Quite literally, she has a strong presence in the room and is extremely fast on her feet. A rarity in the law world, she has both an empathetic, objective eye, but is also well known in the courtroom for being an aggressive fighter. Her fierceness in defense of her clients has long been famed and discussed among attorneys and previous, happy clients. I have seen her in Gladiator mode and she will NOT back down in your defense. I cannot emphasize this enough. She is extremely thorough and will catch the little details others will overlook, which can turn cases around. This combined with her intelligence, strong poised presence in the courtroom, and 30+ year experience makes her someone you definitely want on your side in tough cases. I’d much rather have her on my side than against. From personal experience, Ms. Fleishman takes the time to listen to her clients, ask detailed questions, and can immediately consider a number of possible strategies and resulting scenarios. With 30 years of experience, her expertise clearly shows in the first meeting, in mediation and under pressure in trial cases. She has a natural ability to think beyond what is being portrayed, and figure out what is truly happening on the other side.
I read other reviews on this site and have to shake my head. Some of the negative reviews are not authentic as there are cases where disgruntled opponents or ex spouses have lost against her in court and log onto these sites to smear her name. They create fictitious, fake stories to retaliate against a fair trial that they did not win. Please be careful when considering. As with any review, please question the credibility and stability of these authors. Questioning is healthy. If you are not sure about an attorney, try scheduling an appointment and see for yourself. If the attorney clearly shows knowledge, addresses your concerns, and completely evaluates your situation, that is a good sign.
Under her representation, I rested easy knowing that I have the best possible attorney in the South. I have confidently recommended her to my own family and friends, and I’ve only gotten words of gratitude. So I can definitely recommend her to others on here without hesitation. Feel free to send the letters of appreciation to my email. It would be extremely difficult to find better.
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Anonymous
23 Sep, 2014
Lori Fleishman is a great lawyer and I highly recommend her for handling your divorce and/or child custody case. However, before I get into all the reasons why I think Lori is the best lawyer for these law specialties, I want to set the record straight about an exceptionally negative review about Lori that I just read on this forum. It is titled, ‘Jacqui, child custody case.’ Jacqui rated Lori as "poor" in all categories. I thought, how is it possible that one of Lori’s clients would rate her so low? A lawyer that deserves such low ratings surely could not survive in such a competitive market as Knoxville. I knew that Lori’s law firm was thriving, so I went back to re-read this review to try to better understand the person’s perspective. While I was reading it, I realized that I knew the person that had written this review, based on terminology and writing style, and she wasn’t a client of Lori Fleishman. Let's call her Alicia (not her real name), who is my child's ex-mother-in-law. Alicia hired several lawyers during the past few years in an attempt to gain the upper hand in both the divorce and child custody case in which my child was involved. She used various dirty tactics to try to manufacture evidence that she could use in court. Lori was able to negate the fabricated evidence and use it to our advantage.
Because Alicia has not been able to prevail, she has resorted to character assassination of the opposing lawyer (Lori). A lawyer's reputation is their livelihood. This is an effective, but very dishonest and low class way to "get even." It is interesting to note that Alicia chose the name Jacqui to be the author of her bogus "review." Jacqui is the name of one of Alicia’s real life daughters. Jacqui is really a very nice person and I doubt if she is linked in any way to her Mother's deceitful actions.
This is a good example of how easy it is for someone to ruin a professional's reputation by using lies on feedback forums, like this one, or on social media. It makes me wonder how many other bad reviews of Lori on this website and others like it could also be Alicia’s work. It is becoming more and more difficult to distinguish between the good guys and the frauds, liars, and disreputable people online. They distort the truth for their own selfish motives.
The good guys are legitimately trying to help the readers of this forum by sharing their REAL experiences, both positive and negative, as one of Lori’s clients. If people are being truthful, I have no doubt that the good reviews will overwhelmingly outnumber the bad ones.
MY REVIEW
My wife and I first met Lori Fleishman four years ago when we were looking for legal representation for our child’s divorce, which included a child custody battle. We were very pleased with the outcome that Lori fought for in both the divorce and the custody battle. Lori has a great legal team to assure that her clients have the most competent and effective legal representation possible.We highly recommend Lori Fleishman to anyone who is looking for a knowledgeable, experienced, and effective lawyer to represent them in a divorce or a child custody dispute. Lori guided us through the turmoil and kept us in the loop of what was happening at each step in the process. She imparted to us her confidence that we would eventually prevail.
In summary, I can’t stress enough that you don’t realize how important it is to have really good legal representation, especially if you face off with someone like Alicia. You need a lawyer that can respond to the twists and turns in a case and not back down from any hostilities or difficult situations faced, especially when “special personalities" are involved. - George
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Elizabeth
02 Sep, 2014
Before I hired Ms. Fleishman, I looked at AVVO to see if she had any negative input. I was somewhat concerned by some of these comments. However, I know, first-hand, the kind of lawyer Ms. Fleishman is, and I also know that she gets results. It is true that any legal process takes a lot of time, and sometimes it takes much longer to get through all of the legal hogwash than we would like, but the end result is what is a determining factor for me. Ms. Fleishman has a history of having good results especially in child-custody matters. I know of no highly utilized attorney that has not received a negative comment from a client, or the other side, at one time or another. I suspect many of the negative comments made here, were made by someone other that the client. I have nothing but good to say about this attorney. Ms. Fleishman is professional, Ms. Fleishman is experienced in the law, and Ms. Fleishman gets results . . enough said!
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Top review highlights
Pros
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Experienced and knowledgeable lawyer with a history of good results, especially in child custody matters
“Ms. Fleishman is professional, Ms. Fleishman is experienced in the law, and Ms. Fleishman gets results.”
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Aggressive and dedicated to her clients' cases, known for her fierceness in the courtroom
“Her fierceness in defense of her clients has long been famed and discussed among attorneys and previous, happy clients. I have seen her in Gladiator mode and she will NOT back down in your defense.”
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Thorough and able to catch important details that others may overlook
“She is extremely thorough and will catch the little details others will overlook, which can turn cases around.”
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Provides personalized attention and support to clients throughout the legal process
“The divorce process is overwhelming, at times, and they were there to ease my frustration and concerns allowing me to move past the issues.”
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Achieves successful outcomes for her clients, with a high win rate
“Many have heard of her wins, as she wins more than loses.”
Cons
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Slow and delays in handling cases, with long wait times and multiple continuances
“The divorce did take a while to complete, as it was a contentious divorce, but I knew coming in that it was not going to be a short process.”
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Unresponsive to clients, with calls and inquiries not being returned in a timely manner
“Telephone calls were not returned. Emergency situation was ignored.”
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Drops clients unexpectedly or without proper notice
“Then she dropped me so she wouldnt have a negative on her success rate when her friend became the opposing attorney.”
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