Modern Family Law Reviews

This is how you find talent I had a fantastic experience during my interview process with Jesse DePascal. He was incredibly kind, consistent, and thorough throughout each step. His professionalism made me feel comfortable and valued as a candidate. Jesse's approach to interviewing is refreshing, and he truly takes the time to ensure that candidates understand the process. I appreciate his dedication to creating a positive experience for applicants. Highly recommend him for anyone looking to navigate the interview process with ease!

Generating revenue Scam Hello, I am experiencing numerous issues with the service provided by this firm, which I hired to assist with my divorce case. I was initially informed that lawyer Evan would be handling my case, and I was briefed on the billing structure and services. However, throughout this process, I have been billed for multiple hours of internal meetings where they discussed my case, yet there has been very little progress. I’ve been told repeatedly that they are "waiting on the respondent," but the case seems to be stalled with minimal work being done. Additionally, the work that has been completed was done incorrectly, resulting in additional costs to rectify the errors with my new lawyer. To make matters worse, I was transferred to another attorney who has been charging me for information I had already provided to the previous attorney. Despite requesting that all services be stopped, I am still receiving bills. This lack of proper communication and apparent lack of effort has led me to believe that this firm is more focused on generating revenue than actually resolving cases. Given these issues, I would not recommend this firm to anyone. It has been a disappointing and costly experience, and I feel it is important for others to be aware of these problems. Thank you.

Date of experience: 16 August, 2024

Don't go with them ever If you are stupid and want to be delayed, go with this law firm. They are not lawyers; they are liars. They will charge you more here. Julia, Elizabeth, and Neyda will ignore you. You will hire only one, but you will be charged for three people. I filed my case six months ago and am still waiting for a result; I am still ignored, lied to, and unanswered, a simple, easy case: a divorce with no kids and lived only for two months.

Marianne Gil-Lian, the attorney I was assigned, was a delight. Honest. Professional. Put me at ease- which is exactly what you want from a lawyer in my opinion. I'm not sure what these other awful reviewers' experiences were, but they sharply differed from mine. I can't recommend them enough.

Please adhere to this review before choosing this firm Please adhere to this warning before you decide to say yes to this firm!!!! The upfront call is light and accepting and you think your best interest is #1 one but by the 3rd or 4th billing cycle you will quickly realize it's all about the buck at this place. $3,000 is the retainer which acts like a security deposit and as long as there is no outstanding balance you get that back (STILL WAITING on that but it's been a few days since the attorney removed herself from my case so that's fair). 6months into a divorce and custody case, and mind you the divorce is not being contested by either side, we arrived at temporary orders that have still not allowed me to see my daughter or my animal. I repeat $20,000+ in the hole into this firm and we're no where close to being done with the matter. If we're rating on personality this firm gets high praise for that but as far as navigating in a court room to get results, that's where the buck stops. Attorney Clare Mattione was cordial and nice but every performance in the court room (3 separate occasions/$20,000+ dollars later) still no result. Lackluster, under motivated, and novice is the description I would describe my experience as having her as my counsel. By the 3rd month in I raised questions about the billing and why charges for weekly meetings for 3 people were being charged to me, and the answer was "for all members on the team to be current with what's happening with your case." 6 Months and nothing I mean NOTHING has changed in any case let alone enough to have weekly meetings about me every other week. Between $450-$1,000 is charged every 2 weeks like clock work and NOTHING has changed or advanced in my case, so you can understand my reason for questioning. Then when an email would come in with question I would naturally respond without hesitation...Billing time came and $190-$300 per email and $30-$100 per text message was also billed unto me...Yes, upset. (GRANTED, it does state in the agreement for the both email and text you will be charged) However I gave binders of information in the upfront to circumvent that process. When it seemed as though Ms.Mattione was supplying questions for no reason and only to clarify something we previously discussed I made sure to voice my concerns again about the way billing was occurring and begged for my own counsel to not email or text me again in FEAR OF BEING BILLED FOR HER ASKING QUESTIONS. I was told to allow her to do her job to her ability. Her ability had me interjecting while speaking with the judge at a hearing because she found what I had to say unimportant. HER CLIENT WHO"S PAID HER over $20,000+ and nothing has changed. Per our phone conversation I was emotional and mad to say the least in the matter and yelled at her about the lackluster argument that was anything but that and she proceeded to hang up the phone and TEXT ME THAT SHE"S WITHDRAWING FROM MY CASE because I yelled at her on the phone. Clearly ego, and feelings were hurt but someone who abandons you with no regard of their actions is juvenile. 9 months and I haven't seen my 10 month year old daughter or my service animal, in a divorce that is uncontested is beyond gut wrenching and stressful. To give away $20,000+ to an attorney who wouldn't dare say she earned it by any means is worse. Single father fighting for his little girl and someone doesn't see motivation in that should be your answer picking or not picking this Law firm. I ask you to ask around other attorney's if $20,000+ in an uncontested divorce that's not even close to being finished is normal. No dividing of assets or division of property either, and the ex-wife committed adultery mind you, why is it taking so much money??? Then look at the reviews and see if you see any praises to Attorney Clare Mattione. If you need proof I'm willing to show you invoices telling the truth! Don't fall for the $3,000 dollar retainer that sounds nice but you won't get what you pay for here.

Modern family law takes advantage of veterans This law firm is basically the equivalent to a sports clips or pro cuts. It’s basically where ignorant, inexperienced attorneys go. My son is an Army vet, no children, and an uncontested divorce. They charged him double what he was quoted. There was zero communication and they made several mistakes on the final divorce docs. They communicated with his ex spouse daily and charged him for it without his consent. These folks are crooks and should be in jail. You’re better off representing yourself.