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Showing 6 - 8 of 8 reviews | Professionalism

Posted by anonymous | April 03, 2014

Great Lawyer!

I used Richard a couple years ago for a case About my International union aganist me I hired Richard last minute and he was extremly prepared and helpful He is a knowledgeable on all matters of law and excellent In court!

Posted by Greg | April 02, 2014

Worth the Money!

I have used Rich several times and could not have been happier with the results each time. He is extremely knowledgeable and always kept me in the loop as to where my cases stood. His preparation and approach put me at ease and he delivered the results I was hoping to get.

Posted by anonymous | October 24, 2017 | Hired Attorney

The ABSOLUTE worse!

I can go on and on about this unprofessional egocentric attorney. Mr.portale was paid in full to represent me in my case and did absolutely NOTHING for 8 months! He pushed court date after court date to the point the prosecutor was left wondering what is even going on! He was IMPOSSIBLE to get ahold ...of... literally would call his office and his receptionist would give me the "oh I'll give him the message and have him call you back" never ever did it happen! I would call his cell phone and of course NO ANSWER, except this one time he actually did answer and then proceeded to rush me off the phone because he was attending to something else. Mr. Portale had a high profile case going on at the time in which it was made clear that was his mine priority and my case was of no importance to him .. I guess because my case was not on TV therefore he did NOT care. After months and months of being left in the complete dust ... I FIRED HIM!!! I had lost all faith in this guy! He pretty much took my money (since I paid for the entire case at once) and ran away with my money!! Isn't that a crime? I swear to god this guy should not be able to practice law. He was embarrassing and showed no remorse.

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