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Michelle R. Moucharite

4.8
Rating: 7.4

Licensed for 19 years

Child custody Lawyer at Melrose, MA
Practice Areas: Child Custody

One West Foster Street, Suite 11, Melrose, MA

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Licensed in Massachusetts for 19 years

State: Massachusetts

Acquired: 2006

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Law Offices of Michelle R. Moucharite

One West Foster Street, Suite 11, Melrose, MA, 02176

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Michelle R. Moucharite's Reviews

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4.8 /5.0

20 Client Reviews

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Posted by Mustafa | March 20, 2021 | Hired Attorney

Excellent lawyer & beautiful woman.

I have dealt with Michelle Moucharit for several different legal matters. She was the utmost professional, responsive and worked tirelessly to get me the best outcome .She went over all the details with me, followed up on all needed actions and kept me up to date of details. I am very pleased with ...her and would always send my friends to her for their cases. The best of all,she has been very reasonable on the fee. I can strongly recommend using attorney Michelle Moucharit and have the highest degree of confidence in her abilities as a lawyer Mustafa amine

Posted by anonymous | July 21, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Very attentive, delivered results!

Attorney Michelle Moucharite handled my divorce case so diligently that my all anxieties went down. She is not only very effective in delivering the results but kept me informed every step of the way. I am very satisfied with the outcome and already sent her my friends and family members. Attorney Mi...chelle has been very reasonable in cost and spent a lot of time educating me about how I should handle my affairs going forward. Highly recommend!

Posted by anonymous | August 03, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Money Hungry and dishonest attorney

I was actually working with my first attorney and Michelle knew about my case through a common friend and indirectly influenced me that my current attorney is not doing good Job as expected in my case. I am not sure if she has ever done any divorce cases but she promised me a fair and good representa...tion and made a commitment to not do double billing with me. Since I was going through a reference and trusted her and her partner to take my representation. During our intake she introduced me her partner Attorney Jennifer Lamanna. I assumed that they work together or in parallel but did not know at that time that I will be double billed for the same hour and same discussion which I found out much later when I saw my first invoice. She did exactly what she promised me not to do above. If you want to waste your hard earned money, get insulted, threatened and get your case compromised then go ahead and hire attorney Michelle. She and her partner Attorney Jennifer Lamanna will trick you and will win your confidence in the beginning. She will call you late in the night at 9 pm asking to give a fat check towards advance fee tomorrow by scaring you that "what if" the judge can rule and give all your marital assets to your spouse, therefore hurry up and give the check tomorrow (Saturday). I resisted asking her to send me the invoice for my first large sum of paid retainer. She will insist and you have no choice but to comply as you life hangs in her hand. Knowing that I was vulnerable, emotional wreck she betrayed my trust and was rude and disrespectful at times, threatened me to withdraw my case by calling me at 5.30 am in the morning, bulling me to settle the case against my wife against on unfavorable term. I remember she said to me once on a phone call that " You want divorce or your money (assets)" . On one occasion to win my trust she shouted at opposing attorney and got into unnecessary loud arguments with my Spouse in the court premises. My spouse threatened to complain about her at BBB and on the very next court date she quietly met alone with my soon to be x-spouse ( as my spouse confirmed in the text to me). Attorney Michelle herself told me that my spouse gave her a hug and requested to stop my divorce altogether. Her partner was upset that she shared her private meeting with my spouse. I noticed after she met my spouse her behavior changed towards me and my case and she and her partner started ignoring me and my case with long period of no communication. Even when I have asked her to stop working on my case she and her partner kept billing me after that in retaliation for next 20 + days. I have documented all there wrong doing and going to file a complain to the Bar counsel for partial refund on my $25000 fee paid to them for insult, threats and unprofessional work. God bless them and their practice as these unethical and crooked lawyers do not care for clients who are vulnerable, emotional wrecks and suffering from the hands of their own spouses and bring bad name to this profession. I also found out that her partner reached out to my current divorce attorney and tried to influence him and my case in retaliation as I reviewed her partner on AVVO. I am taking this very seriously so that other innocent clients who are looking for justice shall not get into her trap. I will ask for relief from Probate and Family court and with Bar council. Thank God there are still good and ethical attorneys who understand my pain and are willing to fight for justice and ethical treatment of the clients.

Michelle Moucharite

Replied last August 03, 2018

This reviewer was an extremely difficult and demanding client, who insisted on constant attention from two attorneys, yet didn't want to pay for it after the fact. He was provided the services he hired the firm for, and those services were of the highest quality, as he himself expressed multiple times during the course of our representation of him. He enjoys demeaning female attorneys. He terminated our services after we expressed we would not continue to tolerate his unreasonable demands for immediate responses, late evening calls, and constant repetition of advice from both attorneys. He then refused to pay his bill, and has taken to posting anonymous reviews instead. He received a discounted rate, as he is friends with my ex-husband. The demand for a check he references is completely false. His constant demands for calls and his multiple emails per day to both attorneys quickly exhausted his original retainer, yet we continued to provide services in advance. He was asked to replenish his retainer, and was provided with an invoice. He disputed portions of the invoice and all of his concerns were addressed to his satisfaction. This is nothing more than a dishonorable attempt to avoid paying for our services after already receiving them.

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Michelle R. Moucharite's Lawyer Endorsements

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Cheryl McCormick

Child custody lawyer | Aug 19

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"It is my honor to endorse Attorney Moucharite, who is a colleague and a friend. She is compassionate, honest, and a fierce advocate for her clients. Attorney Moucharite is top-notch! She practices with integrity and is wonderful to work with."

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Mary Beth Ayvazian

Divorce and separation lawyer | Apr 28

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"Attorney Moucharite is a diligent advocate for her client; a strategic negotiator and a pleasure with which to work. Being all three is not always easy, but the facility with which she handled her representation while also remaining collegial to her sister at the Bar was no small accomplishment. I endorse this Lawyer."

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Robyn Briatico

Divorce and separation lawyer

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Jennifer Lamanna

Juvenile law lawyer

Experience

Rating:  7.4 (Very Good)

Education

2004

Massachusetts School of Law at Andover

JD - Juris Doctor

Languages

English

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