My business partner and I launched our startup in 2006. My partner got a family recommendation for…read moreattorney. So we paid a lot of money, incorporated, drafted our agreements, and opened for business. Later on we needed additional work but our attorney wasn't at all interested in giving us the time of day. He didn't return phone calls and wasn't interested in meeting deadlines. Two years down the line we meet Elizabeth Rich at a networking organization. We watched her for 6 months and noticed that she was different. She was easy to talk to and more importantly easy to understand. We decided that when we had the opportunity we'd work with her and see how things went. We had a client that was disputing our agreement and wanted to have Elizabeth to take a look at our agreement. We found out that our agreement was a joke - it didn't provide us with the protection that we thought we had (Elizabeth said it looked like someone took bits and pieces from things they found online). So naturally, I feel pretty stupid, I'm feeling anxious, and I'm very interested to see what she can do. When I got the new agreement I noticed the differences immediately. Our new agreement was easy to understand (our previous agreement was heavy in the legalese dept.), and what's interesting is that this new agreement provided us with far more protection than we had before. I feel relieved and I feel confident that she's an A Player. I don't have to worry about holes in our agreements or a lack of protection, she's available, she's on top of her game and that means I sleep much better. Now that we've found her, we plan on using her firm for whatever we need. We'll also be recommending her to anyone and everyone that needs her services. She's on top of her game.

I've been working with Brian Begalke at this accounting group for the past year on my recently…read moredeceased loved one's estate, and he has made one amazing save after another. First of all, this group came recommended by my attorney, which was a plus, and I felt reassured and confident going into the long process of settling the estate with Brian. On day one Brian identified an important issue from my loved one's personal filing system that I wouldn't have recognized in a million years. Then, another item was recognized, which should have been caught earlier on by me, but -- being such as I am, I just didn't catch it, but Brian did. Yet another item was put to rights as we came closer to winding up the business of the estate. I am deeply grateful to the attorney for pointing me in the direction of Begalke & Associates, and I'm so lucky that Brian was available to work on the estate. My family and I are looking forward to wrapping things up in the next few weeks, I think, and I have Brian to thank for how smoothly things have gone with the accounting. Quality like this, personal, friendly, professional and accurate, is rare and it comes at a price but I feel strongly that the quality of the service provided and the pricing, here, are perfectly equitable. Everyone there, the staff, and other folks at the office have only ever been friendly and helpful. Thanks Brian, and everyone at Begalke, for an excellent experience.

Dishonest billing practices. You will be paying hundreds of dollars for every 1 sentence email or…read more30 second phone call. If they send you a mass email to hundreds of their clients, you will be charged for it.

He dropped me as my legal counsel in front of the judge & it is still embarrassing as i think of it…read morewhile i write this. As i used him for two divorces, there was no help seeing my children after both divorces even as a disabled father who raised his children every day. The woman who was gone 60-80 hours a week working 2 jobs won the children. She currently struggles every day with them, works 3 jobs and has them on drugs because she can't handle them. I beg for time with my kids, judges says no. Women win divorce with children in Wisconsin. You will loose your children as a man no matter how expensive and well respected the attorney. His employees fear him, it was sad to witness.

My family had survived significant trauma, then were served with sole custody papers. The stress…read moreand psychological effects were overwhelmingly draining in every way. Dwight was the most competent lawyer I have encountered. He is a combination of assertiveness and compassion. I felt protected and my family knew to their core we were not in danger. He did not pull any punches with me, he told me what I needed to do to keep my child. It was not always what I wanted to hear but I listened and I won.

My uncle used this law office for his will. I will admit the lawyer was very careful about what he…read moresaid. I just wanted to know if I had any responsibilities as to what my uncle's last requests involving me were. The attorney decided I wanted to know if I inherited anything. Things would have been so much easier if he had simply stated that I was not in the will, although he had my name and address from my uncle. I guess, he is used to people who want to inherit something when they call. My recommendation to the attorney, when someone is saying responsibility and not saying what do I get, listen and ask questions before deciding on your answer. I am relieved that the responsibilities I was told I had by my uncle are not in the will that is now in probate and I can go on with my life not worrying about what I have no control over because he did not follow through on what he said he was doing.

My husband David and I went to see Ed from a family recommendation. He listens to your needs and…read morecreates solutions on the spot for you. He created a joint martial trust for the property in our second marriage, a trust with bequests for each of us and a healthcare and financial power of attorney for each of us. He is a one stop shop. Very insightful and has years of experience with what went wrong with others situations. He did it quickly and efficiently and we are very pleased.

I received letters from state and federal about errors Nicholas made when preparing my returns. He…read morerefuses to reply to emails or return phone calls about correcting issues. also he never have us final copies of the returns and refuses to. Save your time and money and find someone else!!!

Nicholas has done my wife's taxes for the last couple years and did an ok job. Last year, he really…read moreslacked off when he filed our paperwork and we ended up getting fined by the state for $300. I decided to go back through his work and was able to pick out his discrepancies in about several minutes. We thought Nicholas could be trustworthy, but he clearly proved himself otherwise. My wife tried to get a hold of him and he NEVER returned any phone calls/messages. I called his secretary once a week for about 3 months and requested a phone call back and it was a dead end. Certainly would not do business with him again!!! I'm surprised he still has a CPA license. BEWARE.