Benjamin Flam

Ben is an incredibly tenacious attorney. Once Ben gets his jaws in an issue, he will not let go until he sees it to an adventageuous outcome for his client. I had a complicated employment issue involving national security and government bureaucracies. What started as one matter soon branched off... in other directions. Ben argued my case in several courts all the way to Pennsylvania and Washington, DC. Ben never phoned anything in, nor did he ever take the easy way out with documentation only. Ben personally showed up to represent me in courts up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Ben was the youngest attorney ever to argue a case before three Presidential appointed justices at the second highest court in our country, the US Appellate Court. HIs opponent, the US Justice Dept., did not intimidate Ben whatsoever. Ben presented my case so conclusively, the Justice Dept. had no choice but to immediately settle the matter in my favor. I have no idea how Ben kept track of everything. My legal issues spanned the course of two years. Ben always replied to my calls and e-mails immediately. Ben kept me informed every step of the way. He was a comfort to me in times of extreme distress. Ben went above and beyond with the time and energy he devoted to my case(s). He was always optimistic, but realistic, in what to expect. Ben is not only a fantastic lawyer, but a genuine human being. He truly believes in what he is fighting for and wants to bring an end to injustice. Hiring Ben Flam to represent me was the best decision I could have made.

Benjamin Flam is the most dedicated, professional and caring person that I have ever come across in my life. During my dealings with Mr. Flam, I was the plaintiff who was originally dealing with an attorney from another firm. After spending $15,000 out of my pocket without seeing any results, I was r...ecommended to meet Mr. Flam. Mr. Flam requested that I send him all of the relevant information and meet him. Upon our initial meeting, Mr. Flam, knew every detail of my case and had it memorized as well. Easy to say my prior attorney who never returned my calls was immediately fired and Mr. Flam was my choice of representation, hired on an agreed upon, customer friendly retainer. The confidence and professionalism that Mr. Flam displayed was not an act as I was fortunate enough to see him work for me. Mr. Flam and I had scheduled call times every week that he never missed. During each call, Mr. Flam patiently reviewed our prior calls, and revealed any new information, movements and timeframes. Mr. Flam’s research of the defendants and determination to reach out and find witnesses should my case need to go to trial was impressive and most importantly successful. During the intricacies of this lawsuit I was always made to feel as if I was Mr. Flam’s only client and his most important one. I actually moved states during this lengthy legal process and Mr. Flam took roughly 4-7 trips to my new home to meet my family and myself to tactically go through my case and potential strategies and scenarios. Mr. Flam even showed up at my mother’s job with flowers, a total class act. There was never a point where I was in the dark which is a rarity with the hectic schedules and fees associated with attorneys. When Mr. Flam decided we were at a point in time to ask for a settlement agreement, the defendant’s attorney agreed with Mr. Flam that this was the best option at the time but was also authorized by the defendant to choose the mediator of his choice. Mediating the settlement of a lawsuit, is a long up and down process in which I may have wavered but never saw Mr. Flam break a sweat. He stuck to our strategic approach, kept his eye on the goal and kept me very well informed of every word he selected to say and every piece of information he decided to share. Needless to say Mr. Flam came out on top, but not before one more class act. After receiving everything on our list, Mr. Flam let the mediator know that he has significantly reduced his fees for me to basically nothing for all of the years of work he has done for me, requested that the defendant pay for the mediator and add financially to our settlement. The defendant had no choice but to buckle. I am honored to have met Mr. Flam who I keep in touch with on a daily basis and refer to him as a friend and a brother. Ben took 3 years of hurt and anguish off my back, resurrected my career, my finances and my will to live positively. I owe Ben more than he could ever imagine. Needless to say if you need an attorney, hire Ben without hesitation and feel confident.

Ben Flam's firm was recommended to me by a friend, I actually have more than one case against the same company and Ben has been wonderful. I really had lost hope prior to having my cases handled by Ben that they would ever be heard. The first case he handled for me I did not get all the info h...e needed to him until the Friday before the case was heard. He worked all weekend reviewing reams of info with us texting and emailing back and forth. I really felt good with him by my side the day my case was presented because until then I felt like David against Goliath. He has a positive, upbeat, and caring attitude. I never felt like I was just another case in a sea of many others.

Definitely won’t be going back to Benjamin Flam or the Gordon Law firm. Flam claimed that he was on a "first-names basis" with the opposite side attorney, so I hired him to negotiate a settlement for me. To my shock, after pocketing my fee and making a couple of calls to the other side, he started so...unding like a mouthpiece for the other side, repeating their nonsensical claims verbatim, without giving me a chance to dispute or clarify it. He then stopped replying to emails, voicemails, and messages left with the assistant until I involved his supervisor. Most damaging of all, he did not apprise me of my rights under various Federal and State statutes while the matter was within the statute of limitations. I found out later from other attorneys that at the time I hired Gordon Law, I had a strong bargaining position, and I could have filed complaints with federal agencies for myself and possibly other affected employees, but that the statute of limitations had since expired. It is not clear if the failure to pursue my rights were due to ignorance of case law on the part of this firm or for other reasons. Flam even failed to get the other side's position in writing, insisting that written letters were for “amateurs”. He communicated with me strictly by phone and email, despite my seven explicit requests to meet in person (unlike other attorneys who would not take the case without meeting me in-person first). In the end, I certainly did not get the settlement I paid for, did not receive competent advice, lost valuable time, had no written record of the other side's position, and was left hanging for much needed answers to build my case. Altogether, very sketchy.