AvvoReviews 417

AVVO is nothing short of a scam, used to give lawyers who pay them a higher rating by removing legitimate reviews that are less-than-stellar. My bankruptcy case had been assigned to a fresh-out-of-school lawyer - Jonathan Mas out of Milwaukee, who made many excuses as to why he wasn't returning my calls (Including not being able to figure out his voicemail!) He obviously had no clue what he was doing and we did not want this fraud representing us. So we dismissed him from our case and wrote a 1-star review based on my experience with him. The review was removed. Over and over again, no matter how detailed or vague I worded it! It was super-obvious that AVVO is protecting shoddy lawyers who pass them money under the table. Hopefully people get a clue and do not believe any of the ratings!

Funny, came across a 10/10 rated disability lawyer. I talked to this hack and he treated me with complete disrespect. Asked several questions over and over, talked over me almost the whole time. I don't think he ever even understood my case. Like he didn't believe what I was saying or even that one of my disabilities was a disability.

Dude, if you don't want to take my case just say I won't and hang up. Dumbass. I also have used another attorney for about a year who is excellent. What do you know, they will not approve my great reviews of him. This site is a complete scam and the Yelp of the attorney world. Just as corrupt and full of s#! T.

I'm a lawyer re-entering the work force full time, (after taking several years off to raise my kids & care for a seriously ill parent.) I've done private consulting work, but now I'm resuming my legal career and sending out my resumes for full time work.

I had never heard of AVVO until I saw my name, along with a middling review of my legal career. Based on what? They never contacted me for any information about anything, such as the consulting work I did during my 7 year absence from practicing law.

There are NO client reviews of any kind, nor have there ever been any grievances filed against me. So I'm mystified as to what their "ratings" are based on. So their reviews are worthless. But it gets WORSE!

THE SCAM is that the only effective way you "MAY" improve your rating is to join their "Premium Services" and PAY THEM a monthly fee! That's extortion. But at least that only hurts lawyers.

But rumors swirl that some lawyers reportedly give great reviews to each other in exchange for the same. Hence the rave comments by those with perfect reviews. But even the very best lawyer I ever knew, would not have gotten PERFECT reviews from clients and colleagues. (What practicing lawyer makes ALL clients fully satisfied?) This means potential clients in need of solid counsel, are potentially misdirected and harmed.

WORSE STILL, Your only option to paying them off, is to request they NOT show your rating, but then they publicly present your request to hide their ratings of you - with the clear implication that you must be hiding something negative.

This is a shake down, it's extortion, and I'm appalled.

Was truly a blessing for me after countless attempts from other attorneys who should have amateur stamp next to their names, because they could not get done what attorney Russell Cate got done for me. I was told I could never gain my full rights back, other attorneys have told me. Russell Cate high level of intelligence of the law. By his name is stamp pro attorney Russell Cate. Very knowledgeable of the law which makes him Supreme, I use three lawyers in the past and all of them failed my request, about 10 or more simply told me to live with my conviction. To make a long story short attorney Russell Cate got my felony reduced to a misdemeanor then expunged. You want to win or at least deal with an attorney that will fight to the end of the road for you. I wish I could have met him 15 years ago. I'm very happy and always in debt to Mr Russell Cate truly a success story. Attorney Russell Cate *******016

There are attorneys on this site with high (5-star!) reviews, and it is so dreadfully misleading that I had to find another venue to post the TRUTH! So here it is, I believe that these attorneys are all colleagues and post various bogus "reviews" for eachother. Either that or they are paying off (writing money off their bills?!) clients to submit positive reviews?! A pay off is illegal, but attorneys are the most criminal people I've encountered and I teach criminal youth. Wow AVVO is disgusting with its faux information and their unwillingness to post negative reviews even though I submitted it twice and it contained only facts-no name calling, no low blows-straight facts (like Steven Dinneen took 9 (NINE!) months (MONTHS!) to return a call to me. He's been milking my family for over FIVE YEARS and I'm still not divorced. I have, however, spent 44THOUSAND dollars defending myself against false allegations he's convinced my Ex husband to create against me. He's lost every allegation. Because they're lies. LIES! In addition his performance in court made me embarrassed for him. Literally, my cat could have questioned me harder than he did. I didn't even get nervous. He's an incompetent person. There now I've said the truth and not in a nice way like I did to AVVO. Too bad you didn't post my kind review AVVO. Too bad you're a corrupt entity helping leeches maintain their shady business. Karma is real even if you don't believe in it. It's just a matter of time.

Wrote an appraisal of an attorney hired by myself in Bell County, Texas. Wrote my review on this attorney twice and it was returned twice because my appraisal of this man was NOT good [period] and I also stated the criminal process in which he handled my case. Now, prior to AVVO, if one were to look up this attorney on other internet venues, they would find a predominantly NEGATIVE ledger of BAD ratings - including several from my own sibling. After a three year period this attorney was loosing business due to Bell Countys (Texas) getting dinged by the State of Texas for a sheriffs department that was cheating on weapons training certification.

It was stated to me by AVVO that my appraisal had to be "objective". My question to AVVO is how can criminal activity done by one of their represented attorneys be written objectively? The Texas Department of Criminal Justice accepted my complaint of this attorney and is also raising a legal issue with him, the Department of the Army has accepted my complaint on this attorney. The American Civil Liberties Union has accepted my complaint on this attorney. If an attorney has criminal intent or has misrepresent client or had not worked to the best of their capacity, there is no way in Hell a good review should be expected to be written. What does AVVO do if one of their attorneys is disbarred or put in prison? Does AVVO ask that a good review still be rendered?

AVVO works by false representation and covers for lawyers with criminal intent - use ANYBODY but AVVO!

I had a very bad experience with a lawyer from that site. I went to post my concern and experience and the review was denied. I followed their guidelines and still got rejected. Avvo is a bias scam site that's paid for by lawyers

This answer we received from State NY government attorney Glenn Johnston on Avvo, Now we really feel harmed and discriminated. What should we do?

Mr. Johnston says: "... Finally, and you should really take note, here... there is no CIVIL RIGHT to booze. None. And it doesn't violate the ADA to restrict booze. Although there may be a CIVIL RIGHT to booze in the European nation you hail from, there is none here."

I am an attorney, and stumbled onto my Avvo profile.

Avvo misspelled my name and listed an incorrect address.

Ive sent three e-mails, and Avvo has not posted correct information. I told them they could find my correct information on the California State Bar website. But, they apparently havent done so.

So, my Avvo profile is still incorrect, which means that clients might call me for help in areas of law I dont practice in. A waste of time for them and for me.

Tip: If you want attorney information, obtain it from a state bar association. Avvos information in my case is so incorrect as to be misleading.

I have posted several reviews on lawyers and a few not so good reviews. Lately AVVO won't let me post any 1 star reviews on lawyers. AVVO is biased.

All the positive reviews I am seeing seemed to be generated by friends of a lawyer that has multiple negative reviews.

There is no way for AVVO to filter fake positive reviews but they filter valid 1 star reviews! WTH?