These two are absolute powerhouses. There is nothing more important than my children to me and…read morebecause of the actions, dedication, and knowledge provided here I am able to have my kids in the actual best situation for them. I had another lawyer before this and the experience was no near good. The results weren't good with him. And deciding to drop him and go here was one of my best life choices. These two are able to give you your best result and outcome. The better a person and records you have. The better the outcome.

Coaches clients to set up and stage events that serve her needs in court, coaches them to lie to…read moregain favor from the courts. Not an ethical attorney, ruins families lives.

We are disappointed with Mark Berger, Rachel Meyer, and Patrick Noll. We met with Mark and Rachel…read moreand thoroughly described our situation four months ago, which clearly detailed our assets, and plans in real estate investing. They convinced us that they were a good match for our needs, so we indicate to them that we would like to move forward. Subsequently, after three months of waiting for an action plan, there was no effort made to move assets or take any action to improve our current financial situation or even make plans for the future. After a long period of inactivity, we reached out to express our frustrations. While Patrick offered some advice regarding a specific tax form that could help us recover some past year's taxes, he made a point to insinuate that we should be happy to have received "free" advice from him, and informed us that it sounded like we were not going to be comfortable paying his elevated tax service fees. He subsequently produced a fabricated email, claiming that he sent it to us previously, which indicated that he did not want to help us further, that he did not have familiarity with real estate matters. Our final communication from Rachel this week stated, "At this point, I don't feel that Berger is a good "fit" and I wouldn't feel good about moving forward only to come to a potential stopping point that would hinder your process and future goals." As a family of two teachers and three young children, we really needed help to plan for retirement. We had received a high recommendation about Berger Financial. Some people apparently have had great success with Berger financial, and I would hope that their success stories would also show up in these reviews. But it seems as though the majority of these successes were under the leadership of Mark Berger's father, as Mark specifically mentioned that he had recently taken over the business from his father and he knew that he needed to work hard to earn our trust. Well Mark, you and your team failed to accomplish this. We took a leap of faith that you and your team could help us with our financial planning for our family of five, and you only convinced us to help steer others away from your services, which is the goal of our review today. Good luck to you and your international investment ventures, and whatever strange advice that you gave us regarding bitcoin. I'm sure that you and your team will find ways to retire early and very wealthy off of the backs of other working class families. This family of teachers will look elsewhere for financial advice and tax preparation services. We would advise others to do the same.

We are just starting to look at how to finance retirement, although we have been saving money and…read morehave a good amount saved. We took a class taught by David Herbeck of Berger Financial Group, and the purpose of the class was for us to understand our current financial position for retirement and look at cash flow projections. The class was excellent, and we had a lot of work to do. For example, I had a pension in my maiden name even though we had been married 24 years! David was very thorough and respectful. He put together a cash flow analysis by looking at our investments, our expected Social Security, our pensions, and our current income. This was a great way to start getting serious about retirement planning. Thank you, David!

Danielle Fremont represented someone in my family, who was vulnerable and was taken advantage of by…read moretheir spouse in the divorce process. Their spouse was unethical and likely legally considered to be fraudulent. Danielle has a very strong inner sense of justice. Danielle was passionate in standing up for my family member. She was compassionate, tenacious, and strategic. Her experience and legal prowess was apparent. She offered many reasonable approaches to sorting out the mess with the other party's changing attorneys. She kept on top of the complex legal matters of someone with a disability. She was relentless in getting a settlement that best supported my family member. My entire family owes Danielle gratitude for closing this matter. My family member with a disability is now protected financially for life.

I thank God Ms. Fremont's name was referred to me. I spent a month trying to find an attorney who…read moreknew how to handle my case. My divorce attorney, Robb L. Olson, said I couldn't accomplish my goal of getting my pension back from my deceased ex with an amendment to my decree. Ms. Fremont used her expertise, tenacity, and problem solving skills to achieve my goal. After being retired for four months, I'm finally getting a pension check! I highly recommend Ms. Fremont's services to anyone who is seriously needs results in a timely fashion.

Amy is the Best!! I've been with her agency, State Farm, for over 40 years!…read moreAmy has always been a big help for me. When I have called with questions or concerns. This time she helped a friend of mine, get his homeowners Insurance setup. Then he switched over his vehicles, Insurance as well. Amy made the process so easy! Kelly H.

Brady Mundahl with Amy Brown's office was fantastic. He was able to help me with a very…read morecomplicated situation and was also VERY pleasant! Highly recommend this group. Patti B

I couldn't be more thankful for Jennifer's help. She was able to negotiate a VERY serious and…read morecostly situation down to a petty misdemeanor. Without her, I could have been facing a hefty fine that I couldn't afford and possible cancellation of privileges...or, worst case scenario, jail time...for a very stupid, stupid, stupid mistake. She and her incredible assistant, Mikki, treated me with the utmost understanding and respect! I will recommend her services to everyone!!

Jennifer is more than amazing! She went above and beyond! More than helpful! Very proactive and…read morevery helpful during all my court hearings! I would highly recommend her!

My husband has been an attorney since 1975. He has been an Assist. DA in Brooklyn, an SEC…read moreinvestigator for the NYC office, a senior litigator for one of the largest Wall Street firms and then general counsel at a regional securities firm years ago. So we are very careful where we seek legal advice and go professional contact/ referrals all the way . I am very very lucky to have this. We were introduced to Bill Michelson JUST as my husband was recovering from 5 major huge surgeries . My husband had been so ill that we had almost zero income the entire 13 months of his non stop major operations. Mn even gave us food stamps fuel assistance that year! Huge blessing to have received! ( thank God he is fine now). He also lost his mom and brother in the middle of all this and was on strictly monitored major pain killers for 9 of those months. So my husband was "not totally mentally cognizant " in monitoring detailed projects during this time ( 5 rounds of anesthesia " stay in your system a good 12 months" said his back fusion/ diskectomy surgeon. SO... We were a very vulnerable scared couple when we walked in. ( almost all our bills were up to date-- he told us to stop paying everyone that first meeting ) First, Bill was a total stranger to us. My husband has never met him before, and we paid him fairly honestly like all clients He put us IMMEDIATELY at ease and gave us MASSIVE relief when he said that first meeting ," don't worry.... Your terrible physical and economic situation totally understandable after all these surgeries places you in a good situation... I can definitely talk to all your creditors, explain your dire situation today... And there is a good chance we can not only get them to work with us favorably , but I am confident I can get them to cooperate with us And have them lower your debt as well ." I have these as notes from my meeting . You have NO idea the massive waves of relief that rushed through us after hearing those words . So we automatically trusted him 100 % on the spot primarily from the referral and from his wonderous words . Why wouldn't we ??!! I immediately started the 2 years of repairing painting the house then finally packing and moving in December 2015. I left all the legal " mumbo-jumbo" to my husband. 18 months later when our house would not sell and it became upside down/ short sale , Bill found us an excellent realtor of short sales and was our closing attorney as well! We met with him a few times but worked primarily via phone (note: every minute on the phone the attorney's $ meter is ticking) I believe we paid him $10,000+ approx ( I found all bill's letters in my husbands desk... Unopened. Bill would call him tell him what we owed, Jon would pay.) Late August September 2015 we met with Bill. He said," I did not work on your debt overall... I did not want to do anything negative to your credit that would adversely affect the sale of your house (accepted an offer late October 2015)." I just listened nodded had no idea in general what was going on-- I had been feverishly packing . ... But we met with him a GOOD year before putting the house on the market......why didn't you call our creditors asap? We were up to date on many, not all. He DID work on just one debt (Winter 2016) with one creditor (they had filed a formal law suit against us) and negotiated them down 1/4-1/3. We met this spring 2016 and I mentioned to him that we were thinking of meeting with Lutheran Family Svces for in-depth financial guidance. He IMMEDIATELY was agitated excited raised his voice ( 1st time ever ) and said, " don't do that! You don't need them you have me." To make a long story short: we DID go to Lutheran Family Svces on Park ave in Minneapolis and got OUTSTANDING advice!!! We also learned from them that Bill had DONE ZERO... that ALL our DEBT was now 100 % charged out!! Zero negotiations zero reduction of debt. Zero promises . We were in TOTAL shock...... This has put us in very grave circumstances. And Lutheran Family Svces could do nothing to help nor save us... Toooo late...... I did indeed call him about a week later, late at night. and left a message stating that Lutheran Family Services offers outstanding assistance-- exactly the kind of guidance I had been fiercely looking for five years.... that they were NO threat to his work for our amt of debt was too high. I did end by saying honestly that he should have guided us to them years ago, for they could have greatly helped us....AND I let him know I was VERY very angry. He IMMEDIATELY dropped us. Lutheran Family Services is the BEST place to start. Go call make an appointment WAY before you get behind in your bills. They are a non-profit organization that has helped Minnesota individuals and families for years and years... for free. We shall survive, but avoid offers of " loan consolidation"!!!

I recently used one of their attorneys for assistance with a financial issue. The entire process…read morewas seamless and I felt they had my best interest in mind. Everything happened exactly the way they said it would and I was shocked at how little effort it required from me. My colleague also had a similar issue and I had zero hesitation with referring him to M&M. They were professional and I was a happy customer.

/Peter Taurinskas has been my financial advisor since 2002, when I contacted him through a…read morerelative's church for help in managing her estate. Subsequently, I transferred my own retirement funds to his care. Throughout our long relationship, Pete has kept in touch with me frequently. I especially appreciate his vigilance regarding deadlines and decisions that have to be made. Pete coordinates his work on my behalf with my tax accountant, and together they make informed recommendations. During the 15 years of our relationship, I have lived in three different states; Pete has taken the extra effort to make sure that he and I are both in compliance with laws outside Minnesota. He combines compassion, expertise, and professionalism in his work as a financial advisor.

Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts - Attorney Barbara Kristianssen at Felhaber Larson helped me with my…read moremother's trust, will, and power of attorney / healthcare documents when we moved her to MN from CA. I heard about her through an NPR report on Wills & Estates, and a caller to the program, unsolicited, talked about how Ms. Kristianssen has saved his family a lot of money by understanding tax law implications when moving a trust / estate from Montana. She did not disappoint! She is kind, explains legal terms in a layperson-friendly way, and doesn't charge you for things you don't need (she could have charged us for updating the trust documents but told us those were fine as is.) Highly recommend. If you need to do your will or estate planning, don't wait - just DO it, already, and save your loved ones the hassle, confusion, trauma and cost of not having your estate pulled together. Our total bill was about $570. FYI, another attorney wanted to charge me $3,500 for the same work.