Martin is an excellent attorney. He is available and on point with communication. He is efficient…read morewith time and money. He cares about his clients, will address every concern and is easy to work with. He is also well respected among his peers.

Mr. McHugh is a lawyer. Just not a very helpful one…read more Please consider the following questions before allowing Mr. McHugh to take your money and represent you. Would you like a lawyer that: Advocates for you? Communicates with you? Possesses a sense of urgency? Instills a sense of reassurance or partnership with you? Takes notes regarding your case and then actually refers to them in the future? Makes eye contact with you? Remembers your name? If you answer "Yes" to any of the above questions, then Mr. McHugh is not the lawyer for you. Instead, if you would like a lawyer that: Starts off your first consultation by saying: "I don't mean to insult your intelligence..." and then does exactly that. Makes you feel like a simpleton because YOU don't understand the law or the intricacies of the court. Requires continual hand-holding, follow-up, and prompting from you for any action to be taken on your behalf. Does not respond in a timely manner to your calls, voicemails, or emails. Simply forwards emails to you from the court or the opposing counsel with no explanatory comment or additional context. Forces the opposing counsel to write a hardcopy letter to your lawyer that starts with: "I have been trying to reach you. Please give me a call." Just to get a response and discuss terms. When confronted, admits that his communications with you have not been "up to par" and yet is no more proactive or transparent in future interactions. If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, then congratulations! Mr. McHugh is your kind of lawyer. If you retain Mr. McHugh, expect to pay full price for less than full service. You will be left in the dark and then get billed for doing your own case management and communication. Mr. McHugh failed to put forth even the minimum expected effort for a retained attorney. At no time in handling my case did he proactively reach out to me with information, options, or communications to bring my case to a timely resolution. In every interaction it was up to me to initiate communication or prompt him to take action in contacting opposing counsel or continually remind him to ensure key elements I desired were included in the iterative drafts of court documents. The gut-wrenching process of a divorce or custody dispute is draining and comes at a high emotional cost. Paying for an attorney that is distant, disengaged, and unresponsive only compounds the cost. Had Mr. McHugh expended half the effort on my behalf that I spent on writing this online review, I would have avoided a great deal of unnecessary anxiety, stress, and fees. Save yourself the trouble, frustration, and headache of my experience. Keep searching and find a helpful and committed lawyer to represent you.

Mr Cardoza is an excellent criminal attorney. He is very knowledgeable in the court system, laws,…read moreand sentencing. Mr Cardoza is professional, respectful, and has a great rep-or with the courts and clients. I would recommend him for minor to major criminal cases. He has been not only a great lawyer and defense but also empathy towards the family in such a time of hardship. Mr. Cardoza went above and beyond to make sure a much needed rehabilitation program was implemented into sentencing instead of prison. I am very grateful for this attorney and highly recommend him.

I had a preliminary meeting with Mr. Cardoza about a very complicated situation, and he was…read moreextremely helpful and patient as I worked to convey the details to him. Although what I needed was outside his area of practice, he gathered some information for me, and found someone who could get me the other information and help I needed, and he was prompt and thorough in doing so. I would not hesitate to use Mr. Cardoza's services if I ever need them.

I asked Mr Bakke, to personally help me with a child custody case in 1999, as a fellow U.C.Davis…read morealumni. His concern, it seemed to me, was that the Hart last name was too famous. Malarkey, he's Randy Bakke, Esq.

Crista Benedict has been amazing for my custody case, she was one of the few attorneys who shared…read moremy concerns since she has a small child of her own and saw exactly where I was coming from. I'm very pleased to have retained her and stuck with her, that is not to say that there weren't times of frustration due to the speed at which the case moved, which might be a similar complaint found elsewhere in the reviews, but that has more to do with the nature of the legal system than with Crista's lack of commitment. Often times I would receive an email at 12:30 at night after she had been at the officer all day, she somehow found time to be both a mother and a dedicated professional. On a separate occasion she worked on my case during a recovery after surgery she was working, all of which is very impressive. If you hire her, I encourage patience, she is like a steam engine, she may appear slow at first but given time she works much faster delivering powerful persuasive arguments.

Ron was exceptionally professional and courteous. He inherited a very long and exhausting family…read morecourt case from my previous attorney who moved. Ron jumped right in and was very succesful with my case. I highly receomend him.

I find this attorney to grasp a retainer and then no communication. He seems to have little time to…read moreadvise his clients. I'm extremely disappointed

I can't believe he has a good reputation. My mother and I were fortunate to be pro bono clients…read moreyears ago but Andrew was verbally abusive to my mother when we were fresh immigrants in the country dealing with her abusive husband (at the time). My mother was already under severe abuse and Andrew was an unsympathetic and a sad excuse for a human being working in immigration law... We ended up switching to a different lawyer who helped us get to where we are today, happy and successful.

We cannot thank Andrew enough!! From our very first consultation with him we knew he was a good fit…read morefor us. Andrew was straightforward, honest, and professional. He made us feel very comfortable and eased our anxiety about the whole process. Two months after starting our case we had to move to San Diego, which worried us, but Andrew made the process easy and was always available for questions/concerns. My husband and I started the immigration process in 2021 and he received his green card in 10 months!!! We couldn't believe how fast it went! We are forever grateful to Andrew and Glenda. We would recommend his services to anyone looking for immigration help. Thank you so much!!! - Hannah & Johann.

Aarron is great! I have worked with him for the past 5 years on a wide verity of issues. He is…read morealways Prompt and thorough with his responses.

I hired Mr. Stewart after a horrible experience in town with another Attorney. I should have hired…read morehim since the beginning. He did a great job.

He was the worst defensive attorney I've could ever imagine. He told me I was going to prison for…read moresomething I didn't do. He said he believed that I didn't do it but a Facebook post said deferent I went to court for 2 years with him he just wanted me to take a bullshit, plea witch was a felony charge. I miss court one time In 2 years just a mix up of dates on my part. He never called me to be like hey you haven't missed court ever in 2 almost 3 years is something going on.!? You would think that's what your attorney would do. Instead, he waited until after 4 o'clock when I was on the 830 calendar could've been there for the 1 o'clock calendar to tell me that I was going to jail nothing that he could do about it. Nothing I could do about it I was going to jail I might as well turn myself in. I have never been in trouble in my life. I've never been arrested. I've never been to jail. I was terrified. He was laughing at the fact that I was crying. I went ahead and hired another attorney. The case was closed within a month after almost 3 years of going to court with this joke of a lawyer, he should be disbarred. He's very close with the district attorneys office as well. Wouldn't trust him with my life or anyone else's. all around horrible person in general. don't know if I can leave zero stars so I'm gonna leave one.

this is in response to Mr Bentleys response to me , Carol KessLer…read more first of all Brian had two probation violations in over a year . I know people who had 6 or 7 violations and still did little jail time . also Brian was told he would be going to a rehab if he pleaded guilty to these charges , which he thought would help him . that didn't happen . He was tricked into taking a deal which is what Butte county does with everyone . the Public defenders work with the DA - and don't do their jobs to defend their clients . His co defendant who pleaded guilty to these charges because the drugs were found in her handbag received probation and has still never showed up for sentencing . if Mr Bentley did his job , my Son would not have to take any deal and the charges for him would have been dropped . believe who you want , but unless he is hired and paid you can expect just what my son got .... railroaded ! public defenders just go along with the DA and convince people that the deals are the best way to go ... they dont want to go to trial because they aren't getting paid enough !

Hired Chase Madeiros for a child custody matter. He doesn't return phone calls or email. He nickel…read moreand dimed the retainer. He and his paralegal were unprofessional. The court documents they draft are poorly written, contained errors, and by mistake, disclosed an unrelated party's case information to me. He could not seem to bring what started as a relatively simple case to a close. I ended the relationship with Chase and hired Anil Pai. Anil listened, was very responsive, gave great legal advice, and very quickly got me the best possible outcome for my case.

Michael at Chico Lawyers assisted me straightening out a bogus DOJ rap sheet that prevented me from…read morepurchasing firearms and employment. Dealing with a government agency is never easy or quick...Michael worked smart and diligently always stressing the need to be patient as he meticulously navigated the DOJ spider web of obstacles to get my DOJ criminal record fixed and amended so that now I can purchase a firearm AND employers are talking to me for hire. Great job Michael!