Rona L. Gura

Rona is a superstar. I was impressed at how everyone - EVERYONE - at the courthouse knows her and respects her. She also knows the law and can explain it succinctly. I was extremely pleased at how she listened to me and advocated for me and anticipated challenges before they developed. I hold her in ...the highest regard.

I thought I could handle my divorce amicably by myself, but my ex husband’s family attorney (who hates me) hired the most expensive and viscous divorce lawyers in New York to make the divorce as contentious as possible for me. My situation didn’t improve until a dear family friend recommended Ro...na to me. She immediately assuaged all of my concerns and fought hard for me and I ended up with a better settlement in the process. Rona made the best of a bad situation and I will recommend her to everyone. She’s also a very nice person.

I trusted Rona Gura to handle my contentious divorce. It was a mistake trusting Rona, and now I have to live forever with this error in judgment. Rona faced an aggressive and nasty attorney, and rather than fighting hard for me, Rona spent much of her billable time trying to convince me to go along w...ith my ex's unreasonable demands. I gave away so many things that other divorce lawyers would never give away. Incredibly, Rona made a deal that has me paying about twice as much monthly child support as any family court judge would have imposed. Now I have to live with the mistake of trusting her at the lowest point in my life. She really hurt my cause, and my relationship with my child suffers today as a result of her convincing me to sign a really bad agreement. About a year after posting this review, Avvo alerted me that Rona disputed it and had it removed. What was she disputing? I'm allowed to have my view of what happened. I also noticed that Rona had other negative reviews removed too. I believe that censoring off bad reviews is deceptive and wrong.

Rona offered a free consult for my complex custody case (non-custodial dad is in another state and I am in NY with our daughter). Though probably all custody and visitation motions are stressful, this was particularly delicate because of the non-custodial dad's prior record with drugs and alcohol, D...V and emotional abuse. Rona guided me through how to move the case's jurisdiction here to NY and how to file motions and do whatever leg work I could on my own to save time and money. This is a case that was on-going since my daughter was born 10 years prior, so you can imagine the exhaustion, frustration and depletion of resources I have endured. Rona graciously gave honest and free consult and did not take a fee or retainer until the time absolutely necessary for her to get involved. This took about a year and half and three separate consults for me to move the case from the other state. Having had to hire two other attorneys for separate motions in another state, who took advantage, and being a child of judges and lawyers, I know the difference between those who are honestly trying to do what they can for their clients' best outcome and those who are just there for the money. Rona sincerely worked for my daughter's best outcome and mine. She does this with what I believe is the understanding that comes from being a good attorney, but also having been on the client's side of the desk, sharing her own wisdom about her own dissolution and custody challenges. I think the latter characteristic makes all the difference in her empathy and approach. When it was time to create an agreement and pay a fee, Rona and her staff continued to bill fairly and saw my case through to its natural end, NOT padding my bill or adding unnecessary steps along the way. More attorneys should emulate the same behavior.