Giddens &amp; Burns Attorneys at Law

(9 reviews)

Carrie and her assistant made the probate process as painless as possible! Appreciated their help…read moreat this time.

We had to probate my father's will and get a new will for our 90 year old mother. It was a…read moreseamless process. Mom was comfortable and Carrie took care of all of it. Her fees are very reasonable.

Law Offices of David G Peake & Sandra J Peake

Sandra helped my grandmother with a POA document. And she spoke very highly of Sandra's efficiency…read morein getting it done in a timely matter. Thank you for the great service that you provided to her.

From the owner: Family focused family law practice. Representation in family law and family related matters:…read more Divorce, modification or enforcement of existing orders, adoption, name change, registration of foreign orders, adoption and mediation; Chapter 7 and 13 consumer bankruptcy; Probate of Estates, determination of lawful heirs, wills, medical directives and powers of attorney.

Sergio A Castillo

1.0

Not even worth 1 star! We hired Sergio for a probate matter. Sergio took advantage of us is the…read moremost painful moment of our lives. He will ask you for a large lump sum retainer amount before starting your case. He uses tactics to use up your retainer, unethically, in his favor. He also will make a mistake and charges YOU the client for him to make the corrections of his own mistakes. He never presented a good month to month log of his charges. He's hard to contact once he has your money and he will charge you up every time you call him for an update. We discontinued service with him and our new attorney is doing and has done everything that Sergio said we couldn't do, for a fraction of what Sergio charged us. Our new attorney had to also fix all of his mistakes. BEWARE of Sergio, he is not experienced and will treat you unethically once he is not benefiting from you anymore. I will be filing a Grievance form with The State Bar of Texas.

From the owner: Sergio A. Castillo, PLLC handles transactional real estate matters such as contracts, deeds, owner…read morefinancing documents, and entity formation among others. By appointment only.

Rosalind Curtis

1.0

I'm a Paralegal but I have no experience with family law. I got ALL of my evidence together but she…read morerefused to put even A FRACTION of it together. She does do payment plans, but she work is LAZY and she has NO INTENTION of putting any real effort into your case.... simply whatever she can do for the most bang for her buck to rack the bill up. MY EX HUSBAND WIPPED THE FLOOR WITH HER... then the judge reamed her for RESTING the case. My ex has NO LEGAL EXPERIENCE WHAT SO EVER!!! I SHOULD HAVE READ ALL OF THE OTHER REVIEWS!! Her paralegal sits and watches TV all day! I'm so pissed and she does do this on purpose!! LEAVE HER BE!!!

DO NOT HIRE ROSALIND CURTIS. If the court appoints her to you, request a change. She does not get…read moreall the facts. She makes life-changing decisions in families without evaluating all the evidence. Her lack of effort in researching backgrounds brought havoc to my family. She impacted three lives of innocent children that will never be the same. This matter goes back to 2003. My husband and I never even got a divorce. She put no effort what-so-ever into making sure her decisions were based on the benefit of the children. She gets her check either way. Karma and the good-heart will always win.

Jackeline Gonzalez Attorney At Law

2.5

I went here for a consultation after receiving a denial letter about my husband's case. First the…read moreoffice is super crowded with furniture, so it wasn't exactly the best scenario with an infant car seat. They had drinks & snacks in a basket in the front with a CashApp link, it looked tacky & cheap. Those were my first impressions of the office. My experience with the front staff was good, they were nice. The lawyer seemed nice & my husband wanted to give her a retainer immediately but I said we should discuss it. Glad I did because almost everything the lawyer said was a lie, said we couldn't just reapply for the I-485 that we originally got a denial for that we HAD to respond to the denial letters listed reasoning. After further investigation, that was a lie. You can respond to the denial via I-290B form to file an appeal, a motion to reconsider or motion to reopen. Which is currently $675 & she wanted to charge us $5000 for. BUT you can also just refile an I-485 without "responding" with the I-290B like she said. She said that the joint sponsors income was tied up with the other 2 people they had signed for visas, after further investigation, that was a lie. The I-864 affidavit of support form clearly asks about other sponsored immigrants who are now lawful residents, the visa holders are not residents (tourism visa), but she would have known that if she would have asked more questions rather than jumping straight for retainer money. Then she said she couldn't take our case aka our retainer money any later than that week because that wouldn't give her enough time to work on the case & would put us responding past the 30 days. We had over 25 days left to take action on the case, mind you i had personally done all the immigration paperwork up until then & clearly messed up the I-864 originally, but I went through the I-864 & I-290B & all supporting documents with a fine tooth comb in a week and half. She just wanted the $5000 that day, it had nothing to do with timeframes. People already struggle to trust attorneys, & when they demand money now and lie to try to get it just confirms people's suspicions.

I got a DWI case, after a whole year finally got it dismissed the attorney was there every step of…read morethe way they also work with you and give payment plane if you not financially stable by far of my life experience good firm to go to. Well recommend if anyone looking to hire attorney.

Ghuneim Law Firm

3.0

(22 reviews)

Doing this review based from my experience. Im 36 now, but I remember when I was 26, going through…read morea traffic violation ticket and my lawyer never showed up. I was in the court room waiting for hours and Mr. Ghuneim the gentleman with the black watch (right) came up to me asking to represent me. Man, as a young kid not knowing much and for him to do that still says words after 10 years.

Wisam, Julien, and the rest of the firm are great people who care about you and your case. Maria…read moreand Liz are amazing and do a great job communicating throughout the whole process. Wisam and Julien were always willing to meet and talk with me whenever I needed them. I will definitely use their services again.

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Jason K.

10 years ago

I hired Mr. Burns for a personal injury case and he did a fantastic job. I would highly recommend him to others and will use him again if I ever need anything. read more

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