Michael R Magaril

I am a business owner who has been divorced before. I wanted the Peace of Mind that comes with a iron clad Pre-Nup and that's exactly what I got from Mike. His knowledge of Matrimonial Law is amazing. Mike protected me in areas where I did not realize I was exposed. Mike made the process of obtainin...g a Pre-Nup painless and reasonable. It only took a few office visits, a few phone calls and a few weeks to complete the agreement. I highly recommend Michael Magaril to anyone that is getting married.

I had known Mike for years, and never thought I would need to use him, but life takes unexpected turns. Not only did I use Mike, but we needed another attorney for a particular part of my case, and that gentleman worked extremely well with Mike, and they both helped execute a very fast outcome. I b...elieve 2nd fastest divorce in his history. 34 days from start to finish and there was a child involved. In short anyone that is ever going to get married should sit and do a prenup with Mike. If for whatever reason there is a reason to speak with an attorney because marriage may be having a breakdown, he is the guy to go to. I first consulted with him and his intitial recommendation was to not file for divorce. He gave a very precise and realistic expectation for every step along the way what this choice could or would do for the overall outcome. His rates were very reasonable, and his staff are very polite, and great to work with. You really feel that when you email or call them they actually care. It made the whole process much better having a team of support people to get you through the tramatic experience. He is someone who I would recommend to anyone, and he also does great restructuring of existing divorce decrees, so think of him for that as well. Overall he was a pleasure to work with, hopefully only once in my life, but if I re-marry I will use him for a pre-nup. thank you for everything Mike and Renee. You made my divorce a pleasure.

I have dealt with a lot of lawyers and this guy was truly horrible on every level. He was hired to review a prenup. After receiving an absurd $2,500 retainer (he was reccommended by a relatives lawyer or else I wouldn't have done it) I came down to go over the pre-nup that was written by my future h...usband and his attorney. He proceeded to hand me a copy that said in big black letters across every page "draft". The copy, printed out by his talented staff, was unreadable. Meanwhile, a clean copy was also sent in time for him to receive before we got together, but he didn't even realize it. Not to mention if he even cared to look at it before I got there, he had ample time to get a clean copy from the other lawyer. Anyhow, I assumed he had read through it and had bullet points to go over at least. It became pretty clear HE NEVER WENT OVER IT BEFORE I GOT THERE. He took a whopping 3.75 hrs at 300 an hr to confuse, frighten and tell me "I was getting nothing" like it was a will. He said, i hope you have a lot of time because this is going to take a while, insinuating it would be months and months of fleshing out and putting off marriage. I was so sad and disappointed. Finally I left, fatigued and stressed out, I didn't know what to think. I communicated with my future husband and he was stunned at is il-preperation and that it took almost 4 hrs to go over what he and his attornery drafted in under 1.5 hrs! I started to get very worried and looked into him on line the next morning only to find horrible reviews. I was so disgusted I let him go the next day. Having gotten my retainer earler, he pocketed close to 1k. The whole experience was horrible. Not only did he rip me off but he put me under undue stress stating "i was getting nothing". I later found another attorney, who reviewed it , followed up well and worked out a very fair agreement for me. In fact, it was a mostly fair agreement to start with anyhow, yet my lawyer had important changes made and represented well. And I paid a flat 1,000.00. If I had stayed with this Magaril, it would have been a truly expensive, stressful witch hunt to line his pockets and there would have been no telling when it would end. I hope I can help others with this review to steer clear of this man.