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Avvo has a rating of 1.7 stars from 417 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Avvo most frequently mention law firm, state bar and community guidelines. Avvo ranks 74th among Legal Documents sites.
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Extremely inaccurate and unrealistic ratings. Does not accurately rate attorneys, rather it just gives more points for how much personal information they provide about their resume.
Avvo.com is a scam in the biggest sense of the word. Lawyers are damned if they do, damned if they don't (claim their profile.) Avvo allows clearly bogus reviews to be placed, with no recourse by the attorney.
The worst website to put the lawyer review because they accept the reviews and then after 6 months they tell you that they have to take your reviews off and it has happened for more than 3 times!
Besides, they can only accept good reviews to lawyers now. The bad review can not posted on their website for some reason. It is very biased. I suggest to use google to find a true review instead of the Avvo.com. It has become a huge scam for customers who need a neutral website to find a lawyer.
Great to find the lawyer you are looking for, with reviews and information very informative and helpful.
I provided me with a great referral and helped me not to choose the wrong attorney
Answer: AVVO is managed by attorneys for attorneys. It is a recipe for deception, self-interest and greed.
Answer: I believe it's a scam. There is no correlation between how good an attny is and their avvo rating. Based upon my personal knowledge of several attorneys that i have become very familiar with since unwittingly believing avvo information i would warn people not to trust this site for an impartial assessment of attorneys.
Answer: What is being asserted about rejection of negative reviews is absolutely consistent with my experience. Don't waste your time.
Answer: You actually can't place bad review or rating for attorney anywhere, including Martindale Hubbell or similar websites. Even if bad review is approved and posted, it will be removed by attorney request in a few days.
Answer: Because AVVO is a scam service that inflates attorney ratings, but systematically blocks negative reviews. Avoid at all costs.
Answer: It's BAD! Don't trust AVVO! A lot of attys put 5 STAR reviews about themselves and will have the 1 star reviews removed. BEWARE of your atty if s/ he has a 6.5 or has a lot of 5 STAR reviews and still not a high score
Answer: I am an attorney and had contact with this company years ago when it posted my "profile" without my consent, apparently scraping it from some legitimate source like the state bar website. I was assigned a low rating (6.5/10) based on no reviews whatsoever and encouraged to join and get recommendations from other attorneys on the site to raise my rating. I'm a 20+-year practitioner with no complaints from clients or the bar. Quite simply, it's a scam along the lines of "America's Who's Who" where the people listed in the database are the source of income for the enterprise. If attorneys don't "join" and pay they're added to the database without their consent and assigned a random low rating pulled out of nowhere. I don't see any basis to rely on "Avvo" for attorney recommendations. Try Martindale-Hubbell or recommendations from the local bar association real-life attorneys.
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