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Posted by Joseph | November 11, 2015 | Hired Attorney

Excellent, ethical, knowledgeable, strong and passionate.

I worked with Randi for two years. She was not my first lawyer. I came across many lawyers through my contentious post divorce child related litigation. Randi not only is an expert on such matters, she took my case with a passion rare in her industry. She made my case her own, my cause her own ...and throughout the highs and lows of the case I could count on Randi for the guidance and representation second to none. She and her team (Danielle) are relentless hard working and knowledgeable individuals who have the experience to write up the motions and represent you before the judge. Divorce is not fun, choosing a lawyer is key. With Randi you set yourself on a path to a better place where your interests will be protected. One other thing that sets Randi apart- the human factor, at the end we are people with emotions and financial difficulties. Randi gets that, should these matters come up she has the emotional IQ to manage the soft matters as well.

Posted by anonymous | May 21, 2015

She is great - careful and thoughtful and intuitive.

I think if you are in the tough situation of having to get divorced, Randi will be a great advocate. She is knowledgeable, helpful, explains things carefully and has integrity. She also knows what she doesn't know, but she seems to know who does know - and helps you in the right direction. If I ha...d met her early in my situation I am sure it would not have turned into the mess it has. She is decent and very articulate and comes highly recommended by a specialist in a certain area of divorce law who sent me to her as he thinks the world of her, and he is of the old school which is how I was referred to her. I think you would be in good hands, without a doubt.

Posted by Maria | June 10, 2014

Thank You!

Randi Karmel was very professional and informative. She was very attentive to my needs. She spent a great deal of her own time helping to guide me. Her concern was more for my situation than for financial gain. Legally, she was able to quickly hone in on what I needed to get done. I would recomm...end her without reservation.

Posted by anonymous | August 11, 2013

The best of the best!

I can’t say enough about Randi. Here are just a few reasons why. I started the process of divorce with another attorney. I hired her to review a separation agreement that my ex-wife and I had negotiated through a mediator. Since my attorney was reducing her case load temporarily to spend more... time with her family it was the perfect case for her to take on - quick and easy, separation agreement in hand. Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out to be as easy as we thought. Once the separation agreement was done the process stalled, badly. Given her personal obligations my attorney suggested that I transition my case to a lawyer who could dedicate the time to get the job DONE. There was no doubt in her mind that there would now be many challenges ahead. We had a great relationship at that point and so she only wanted me to have the best of the best given the situation. The lawyer she introduced me to was Randi Karmel. From the moment I retained Randi she was all over the process. She listened intently to what I wanted to accomplish and some of the challenges I foresaw. She counseled me on the pitfalls we might encounter that I might not have anticipated and she mapped out a guideline of tasks we had to accomplish and set realistic expectations for getting them done. Because this process had gone on for so long Randi and I set a hard and fast deadline to have the divorce completed. I won’t go into all the details but suffice it to say I had been separated for a few years with no divorce in sight and enough was enough. Once the plan was in place she immediately got the process restarted and was very successful in setting concrete steps with opposing counsel. While there was some heated negotiation throughout, Randi was able to create an extremely amicable relationship with my ex’s attorney, one based on mutual respect and common sense compromise (kudos to him too for being so professional). She always had my interests prioritized appropriately and refused to present them antagonistically for the sake of appearing tough. Don’t get me wrong, she is tough and people know it, but not because she comes out with showy and unproductive gimmicks or tactics. They know it because she is very intelligent, does her homework, works relentlessly toward her clients goals, surrounds herself with great associates and ALWAYS inserts thoughtfulness and empathy into the process. It illustrates how much she cares about what she is doing and who she is doing it for. Needless to say, once the new separation agreement was drafted, negotiated, modified, agreed to and signed, we were only partially done. We still needed to file the divorce and hit our deadline. Once filed we had two months. It was going to be extremely tight, maybe impossible to hit it. At that point there was a great deal of activity after filing and this is where I saw Randi’s associates shine right along with her. Since there was nothing I could personally do to move anything forward at this point it was all about communication from them about where we were at, and it was stellar. Randi was very responsive and informative throughout but if a “billable” conversation only required a yes or no, that is exactly what she gave me. She works very efficiently. Long story short, we made the deadline. I am absolutely convinced that I could never have done it without Randi and her dedicated team. Just like my former attorney promised, she got the job DONE. Bottom line: Hire her. Looking back, you will discover as I did that it was one of the best decisions you ever made.

Posted by Peter Vavasis | January 08, 2013

TRUSTWORTHY, PROFESSIONAL, KNOWLEDGEABLE, EXPERIENCED = Randi L. Karmel

If you are lucky enough to retain Randi L Karmel as your attorney, you now have the best of the best working for you. Starting in April of 2006, I went thru an extremely difficult and nasty divorce- orders of protection, supervised visitation with my own children, false imprisonment and even allegati...ons of child abuse just to mention a few of the horrors. Yet, because of the incredible work done by Ms. Karmel I went from NO CUSTODY of my two sons to JOINT CUSTODY and then finally FULL CUSTODY AND MY EX-WIFE PAYS ME CHILD SUPPORT!!! Ms. Karmel truly cared about my case. Every singe call or message I sent (and there were hundreds) was answered or replied to the same day- some were even while she was away at a conference and even a few while on vacation. I will always remember how hard she fought in court for me. I deeply respect Ms. Karmel's professionalism and I trust her with my life and my children's as well. My name is Peter Vavasis. I am an extremely happy client and I am proud to say I know Randi L Karmel.

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