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Weinberger Divorce & Family Law Group
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WLG lies, the client has no rights and their accounting department rules. I cut the cord with WLG when I realized that I was being abused. I found a wonderful caring lawyer who had to put form and structure to a mess of a case inherited from WLG. Stay away from big firms with convenient offices all over the state.
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Mi experiencia con la abogada Carmela L. Novi en el año 2014 fue la más pésima que puedan escuchar ustedes de un abogado su única presencia en la corte no duró más de una hora incluyendo que llegó tarde a la cita de la corte . Ese día me dijo que eran $900 que no pasaría de $1000 terminando el caso mío . De los $3500 que le deposite siguió inventando billed sin mi autorización y hoy por hoy le debo supuestamente más de $6000 no se la recomiendo a nadie . Llevo más de 5 años sin ver a mi hija .
(27-Apr-18) To Sam at WLG. I just saw your reply and emailed my information to you (I was your client and worked with Allison Holzman and Alison M. Dunn as mentioned in my review below)
(2-Apr-18) Just to close the loop on this. With the help from the other firm (Townsend, Tomaio & Newmark), my custody case was finally settled after going on trial half way and I received the desirable result. Due to the mishandling of the case by Weinberger initially, I ended up spending ~100k on the case. It was such a horrible story. Here is my opinion on attorneys I worked with:
Allison Holzman: completely horrible, no expertise and has bad attitude
Alison M. Dunn: she did show her caring, but really did not have much knowledge/experience.
As mentioned below, I tried very hard to discuss the issues with Weinberger's management, even by calling the number they left below. But never received any proper response.
(27-Jun-17) The manager of the office called me back and did not appear to care about anything. I spent more than $1000 in May to just have them identify a parenting evaluator, for which they amazingly failed to provide a proper option. Given the size of the firm, it is very surprising to know that they have actually little experience with parenting evaluation at all. I ended up switching to another firm and things final got back on track. The other firm identified two excellent evaluators within 10 minutess of consultation. The last thing you need during a divorce is incompetent attorneys with bad attitude. So please consider staying away from Weinberger Law Group, which has little expertise and is certainly horribly managed.
(4-May-17) I need to update this since I just called the number in the response today as instructed in your response to look for solutions. The lady answering the phone did not know what I was talking about. I left a message to the office manager in the Parsippany office.
(Dec-16) I am editing the response here to confirm that I am a current client of Weinberger Law Group. Allison Holzman was the attorney I felt very frustrated with (ineffective and inefficient work, bad attitude) and I switched off from her.
(Oct-16) I have been spending more than a year and around $15k on my divorce case with this firm. So far, I have not even been to ESP. They basically just want to please the attorney from the other side, and let them drag things along. My clear questions regarding the progress and next step got ignored so many times. I certainly regret my choice, which I have to stick with for now.
She answered all my emails right away and always made me feel at ease even with everything felt like it was falling apart.
I would recommend this Law Group especially Raquel to anyone i know because i personally know they will be in the best hands.
Thank you!
Bari was more than more great, a true inspiration. Jessica Ragno Sprague, esq: Good luck to any other family attorney who thinks to go up against her in front of the judge! Erin Brueche, esq: Excellent, soccer striker, she does not miss!
What’s truly special about that will always resonate with me for a very long time is that the firm never left me alone in that dark tunnel while my physical custody was being finalized.
Father of 2 daughters from Maryland
Throughout the long, arduous, and contested divorce Raquel was able to maintain the utmost level of professionalism while handling tough and emotional situations involving my sister. She did an excellent job at providing sound and consistent advice regarding custody and alimony, as well as during mediation. She was very responsive to our questions and always well prepared for court.
I found Raquel to be approachable and she kept us well informed throughout the entire process. We were kept up to date with all communications between adversary and court, and we always had important calendar dates and reminders well in advance.
We have nothing but excellent things to say about Ms. Raquel Vallejo. She is a dedicated professional who truly cares about her clients and she works hard for them. We are glad to have found a competent attorney who we now call a friend. (On a personal note, I really appreciated how she genuinely cared about my sister's mental and emotional wellbeing throughout this entire process.) We highly recommend her....you will not be disappointed.
Over a 3 month period I consistently had emails not returned or responded to. My spouses attorney didn't have emails responded to. I asked for a word version of the agreement so I could put in my personal bank info and other details. My request was repeatedly ignored.
They charge a monthly fee of 75$ as part of the "overhead charge". I was still charged overhead for months where I had no work (not even email or phone correspondence) done for me and had to try to refute this. Even after that they only reduced the charge.
To make matters worse after I finally got everything wrapped up I asked for my remaining retainer returned and I had to either email them a photo copy of my credit card or physically go in ( I work over an hour away). They wouldn't mail me a check!
She was very understanding and compassionate during this long drawn out process, due to my Ex dragging everything out for well over a year.
With the guidance and knowledge of Raquel and the law firm I believe the outcome was better then most. Ms. Vallejo always kept me informed of the issues and what needed to be done to help resolve them. Ms. Vallejo always took the time to explain everything to me, and I always heard back from her in a timely manner whenever I had questions. I am forever grateful to Raquel and I would highly recommend Raquel Vallejo and the Weinberger Law Group
Jim
Marc Allen
Ms. Sprague has integrity and accomplished more in a matter of months than the previous attorney had accomplished in two years. She was professional, personable, forthright, and presented the case to an arbitrator succinctly and successfully. She and her paralegal, Kathy Simmons, were responsive and efficient.
This experience resulted in a highly satisfactory outcome. I recommend her without reservation, and thank her for her exemplary performance.
The situation surrounding my divorce was a bit different than the norm but Erin made it her prerogative to learn what's needed and what the law would allow. She has no problem letting me know if she doesn't know, but she eventually takes the time to find things out herself. I would strongly recommend her to represent you in your divorce matters.
I would also like to commend Erin's assistant, Donna who handled communications, organizing paperwork and made life and paper trails a lot easier and smoother, setting appointments, meetings, and the number of cancellations and re-scheduling she needed to do. She always remembers when a meeting/court appointment would be and remind me whenever the dates come close. I remember when we had tons of paperwork that needed to be scanned, Donna managed through them all, and had to divide them into 4 separate emails just so the size would be able to get through.
Thanks again Erin and Donna! I appreciate all that you guys have done!!