Reviews

I met with Valencia for a consultation. The paralegal who scheduled the consult knew all the important details regarding my case, had consulted with at least two of the attorneys prior to my meeting, and informed me they could handle my case. Valencia barely looked at me or spoke to me while I explained my case. It was obvious she didn’t care and wasn’t listening. She checked the time several times. After I’d explained the case, she stated that they didn’t have the capacity currently. I asked why she agreed to meet with me if she didn’t have the capacity, and her response was that they don’t like to turn away consultations. I was taken aback by the unprofessionalism, and would avoid this attorney and firm.

This person is nice and intelligent. However she was not helpful with my divorce process and settlement. For example, in the middle of our divorce mediation she went back on the very strategy that we had agreed upon beforehand, saying it wouldn’t work, and putting it on me by saying I misunderstood her. I then had to argue against both her and the mediator to get my settlement more reasonable, which I did. In the end I paid her over 10k and she was just another person that I had to fight against in my divorce. During the process her paralegal (Emili) left a voicemail for me on my ex-wife’s phone, calling her number by mistake. When I got upset about this they refused to take an ounce of responsibility, claiming that they “called the number on file.” When it was all said and done they gave me no reimbursement, claiming instead that they actually gave me a credit on more funds that I had owed as a courtesy. I have no proof about this but I don’t believe it for a second. Their invoice includes a long list of transactions that are only described by a sequence of numbers, which could be anything and describes no service in particular. Divorce is already difficult enough - I don’t want anyone else to have to go through the lawyer experience I went through, that is the bottom line.