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Posted by Robert | October 13, 2010

One of the finest family practices in the State / maybe US!

I interviewed a number of top firms in NJ (Barbarito/Frost, Riker/Danzig, Weinberger, etc.) and found Bari Weinberger to be the most knowledgeable, professional, the best judicial advisor as well as personable. I retained their firm and have never looked back on this decision. The firm is highly adm...ired, provides the best counsel and Bari herself is personally involved in my case - something none of the other firms would commit to. She is highly admired in the family law community as I learned, and has authored position papers that other family lawyers use as a guide. She is truly one of the finest examples of representation that any client could retain. I would recommend her unequivocally to all who want to feel secure that their counsel works solely with their best interests in mind while also providing the guidance and advise that only a top law firm could provide. Bari is surrounded by experts who not only compliment her, but extends her ability to provide for support (sometimes around the clock). Her firm is by far the best that can be secured! RA-MSEE

Posted by anonymous | April 08, 2011

Big firm, second grade attorneys working on your case, ridiculous bills

Weinberger law group handled my divorce case for some time, then I had to switch to another attorney. I was quite pleased with Ms Weinberger's personal attitude and level of knowledge, though she could do a better job of keeping me informed on the situation. I told her from the very beginning tha...t I want to work with her, not random people from her firm, and she agreed. However, again and again people I never heard of were assigned to my case. At times their work was just awful. They tried to convince me to make unreasonable concessions to my wife, misrepresented her lawyer's words, and told me things like "you cannot do it" being unable to explain why I cannot do it, and what kind of catastrophe would happen to me if I go ahead and do it anyway. The documents prepared by those lawyers looked sloppy and were full of minor factual and grammatical mistakes (switching plaintiff and defendant being a typical one). It was difficult to get a clear answer to anything. Communication was a big problem, though I tried to make my questions as specific and clear as possible, and always put them in writing. Finally, I was slapped with a 5 hours bill for preparing a standard discovery (with a usual share of errors, in particular my last name was misspelled). Out of these 5 hours they charged 30 minutes for "reviewing" the adversary's response, failing to notice that this is an exact mirror of what they sent to her, down to fonts and spelling errors. There is no way one can stare at a document for 30 minutes and not realize it is a copy of your own work. I refused to pay the inflated bill and demanded reduction. Also, I refused to pay a bill from a person who I specifically asked NOT to do any work on a particular matter, but they still billed me for **looking at my e-mails!** Ms Weinberger automatically stood behind all ridiculous bills and refused to make any reductions. Finally I left for another attorney and Weinberg Law Group agreed to accept the reduced rate I initially offered. They did not go to arbitration. Bottom line: Bari Weinberger is a good and knowledgeable attorney and a good person, but it is not her who you are going to work with. It is random lawyers from her group that will send ridiculous bills your way and have you pay for correcting their spelling errors.

Bari Weinberger

Replied last May 31, 2011

At Weinberger Law Group, we take careful measures to ensure that every case is managed and communicated with the highest of standards. In addition, our team approach to handling cases benefits our clients by providing them with the attentiveness and responsiveness necessary in this extremely emotional area of law. While we know the identity of the person who posted this review, it is not our intention to disparage him in any way, despite his inaccuracies and misrepresentations. As in every situation, there are two sides to every story. While we are receptive to constructive remarks, we respectfully disagree with the complaints made in this review. Our firm goes above and beyond for every client. We value our clients and work diligently to please them in every way possible. We are a highly reputable firm. Our AV preeminent rating from Martindale Hubbell is the highest rating available for any firm. This speaks for itself. Even the writer states that Bari Weinberger is a great attorney.

Posted by anonymous | January 03, 2014

Recent experience with Bari Weinberger and the Weinberger Law Group.

Bari provided strong assurances during the initial consultation in effort to get our business. Later none of these assurances materialized and what was described as an easy winnable case turned to be a big mess with a bill 4 times larger than the one estimated in the initial consultation. Bari and ...her team did not pay attention to the details and provided wrong information in the motion they filed on our behalf, which put us at a clear disadvantage. The monthly billing statements included inaccurate items and inflated charges that we continue to dispute to this date. The Weinberger's billing department did not cooperate at all in resolving these issues. We did release the Weinberger's group from representing us mid-way through the case and retained a more experienced law group.

Bari Weinberger

Replied last January 03, 2014

We truly understand that occasionally there are situations where someone may not be happy with a judge’s ruling in a disputed divorce/family matter. It is for this reason that we make it a practice to never guarantee or provide assurances about outcome or total cost because the outcome and the process is in the judges hands. Know that we are happy to respond politely and professionally to help you in any way we can. If you are having problems with our billing department or with our work product or have any outstanding issues, please feel free to email or call us at any time so we can properly respond to you and your concerns. We always address client concerns immediately, fairly and forthrightly for every client/customer.

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