Reviews

Marty took my daughters case when no one else would. Fought it all the way to the full 5th circuit. Along the way he was consistently: 1. attentive and sensitive to the legal needs of the case, including all deadlines, court timelines, and our own numerous requests to understand what was going on and why it matters 2. detailed and correct in all legal filings; something that matters a lot when you go on appeal and you may not realize how important it is 3. upfront and honest about expenses to litigate, and our chances of winning a case when the law favors schools so heavily (they can basically do whatever they want to your kid and have few legal consequences) In the end, AISD misled the court (some might say they lied) and got the case dismissed due to the structural problems in our legal system related to protecting kids from predators and school officials being protected by law when they hurt kids. However, Marty fought for our daughter when no one else would, including her school district. Our experience was eye-opening about how the courts protect school administrators and predators. When all was said and done, I showed our court briefings to a friend who is a former deputy Solicitor General of the United States and after looking at Marty's work told me that it was some of the best he'd seen for a hopeless case like ours. Bottom line, if your kid is harassed at school and they don't care, Marty will care. The law and courts may be stacked against you because of our screwed up system. You may not win, but AISD knows he's a pit bull for your kids, and he'll do everything possible to make them pay attention and solve the problem. Marty is the lawyer you need.

Steve was very helpful, did a great job explaining everyone to my wife and me, made us feel good about our decisions. Thanks!

I recently had a Will and some other legal documents prepared for me by Steve and it was a great experience. Steve is a great communicator, made adjustments as a I gave him feedback, and the whole process was seamless and easy.

Martin Cirkiel took a case no other attorney wanted to touch. Guess his middle name is "shrewd". The case was complicated and he persevered to success.

I was referred to The Cirkiel & Associates. They were said to be be great advocates for students. When I first called I spoke to David Beinke. He and Nancy Flores were all in on helping me and kept encouraging me to fight my case. I really thought they had the best interest in helping advocate for me but in the end, they turned out to be unresponsive to my calls and emails. Being a student, well my resources were very limited but I was willing to put money towards my case. With that being said, I told both David Beinke and Nancy Flores I wanted to continue to fight even if the school's grievance process did not result in my favor. They were well aware of that. When we heard back from the school well I was not expecting the get the answer I received so I recruited back to David and Nancy. At this point is when I noticed their lack of attention as compared to when I first spoke to them. At the beginning they were both calling me, asking me questions and very attentive to my case. Even after numerous attempts to speak to them when they finally responded, Nancy was very aggressive and rude with me over the phone. I could tell she had no interest in helping me. They claim to be advocates for students but I don't believe what they did for me was right. I paid them an entire month in advance and they probably stopped being responsive 1-2 weeks before my 30-day period ended. There was still a lot of questions I had after the grievance as to what the next step was going to be but they did not bother to help. To this day I have not heard from them. I was indecisive on leaving a comment especially since they were referred to me. It's been months since this happened but after a lot of thought I think it's appropriate. If this can give anyone an insight on both Nancy and David's work ethic, before you invest your valuable money, I hope it does.

Came here a few years ago to get our estate documents done. We did most of the work over email which was wonderful, so with we came in we were just signing. Made it super convenient.

Education Advocate Fernando de Urioste is extremely knowledgeable and has helped us navigate the murky water. He always keep the IEP team meeting focused on how c proposed annual goals and placement will impact our son's diploma, post-HS education, future career and participation in the wider world. We highly recommend this firm.

My workplace started a legal plan and I decided to get my will and other medical power of attorneys done. Looked at the plan and this place was listed as one of the participating legal participants. Talked with Steve there and he sent me out the forms to fill out stating what we wished. He did up the paperwork based on those forms and sent those back to us to review. We then went in for a meeting with him and went over what the wills and power of attorney said and everything was correct. They witnessed and notarized everything and gave us the will and other paperwork and we were on our way in less than 45 minutes. Excellent work and a short amount of time and through our legal plan that was fairly inexpensive.