Theodore Sliwinski

I hired him Theodore Sliwinski to handle my Bankrupcy and made it very clear I wanted to wave my car that I financed and wanted to continue with the payments on it. The day I went to court for the Bankrucy he gave me the paper work to wave the car and never processed the paperwork after I filled th...em out and dropped them off at his office. I didn't find out about it until 6 months had passed and he said listen lady this case is closed and if you want to reopen it your going to have to pay me $400.00 he also disrespected me for filing Bankrupcy and if it wasn't for the fact that my sister was with me when I filled out the paperwork and dropped it off with me he would have made me pay him $400.00.

Very dissatisfied with the Ted Sliwinski. Hired him to assist me in negotiations, and explained the situation to him. He said he would be able to assist me. I paid him upfront. He called me and told me "good news, they offered....". Like he had done something miraculous. It was exactly the same offe...r I had told him about when I hired him, and wanted him to negotiate for me. I explained that to him, and he told me that anything else would be costly and we would have to go to trial. Why did he take my money then?? I explained this to him BEFORE I paid him. He hasn't called me back since. No closing letter. Nothing.

I was being sued and Mr.Sliwinski asked for the smallest retainer from several attorneys I consulted with. That should have been my first clue. He also missed deadlines and is certainly NOT the type of attorney who will fight for you. At times, it felt that he was on the plaintiff's side! He asked f...or and was granted leave of counsel. This meant he would no longer be my attorney and he did this one month before trial. In the end, I wound up taking three attorneys on by myself and the case was dismissed. Mr. Sliwinski is not a bad person. Please know that. If your case is simple AND you stay on top of him so he doesn't miss deadlines, (as he did with me), he will do. But if you're fighting for your life, please do yourself a favor: borrow the money needed and get yourself an attorney who is a bulldog in the pen. What was most disappointing about my experience with Mr.Sliwinski was that he wanted me to sign a settlement agreement that basically said I lied. That would be a lie and I couldn't live with myself if I signed that statement. It went against my interests. So Mr.Sliwinski dropped me and I took on opposing counsel by myself, on the phone. Since I had studied so much of my case, I was able to hold my own against the plaintiffs attorneys and the case was dismissed without me ever having to sign that lie. Please know that Mr. Sliwinski is a nice guy... He's just not the gladiator you need when everything is on the line. Good luck.