Sari Martin Friedman

ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!! If I could give you any piece of advice it would be to stay as far away from this law firm as possible. They are a bunch of crooks and lousy lawyers. They are modern day snake oil salesmen. I have never in my life encountered someone who is as Money Hungry as Sari.. She lacks moral...s and empathy. When you hire a lawyer and pay as much as I did you would expect loyalty and sympathy but not with Sari. She would knock you over to grab a Quarter off the floor..First after having a 20 minute consultation with her via computer I was charged $350 right off the bat. During this consultation I was told that this was a simple Estoppel case that wouldn’t cost more than the $6,000 retainer. Little did I know that this law firm would put my life through a living Hell for a year. She assigned me a partner who as she said only charges $400 a hour while Sari charges $600. First half of the year I was up to date with all my payments. We had the Estoppel hearing and the lawyer I was assigned (Jen) was total out Lawyered by the plaintiffs attorney and we lost. Mind you, the plaintiffs attorney was charging his client nothing and had no problem dragging this case on which he did bc he intended on me paying bill too. The loss in court resulted in me having to pay $1400 a month temporarily in child support for a child I never met and didn’t know about for 12 years. Time dragged on and had another hearing. In this hearing my lawyer (Jen) pissed off the support magistrate who proceeded to raise the child support to $1700 temporarily. In the end I lost everything bc of these lawyers and we had one last hearing for her to attend to. At this point I have paid them $38,000 and had a bill of $4000 left to pay but was making payments of $1000 each month. Jen decides to lie and make me believe that if I signed a promissary note to pay off the balance in 3 months she would finish the last hearing. I signed it sent it over and the next day receive a email that she is dropping me as a client and I need a new lawyer which I couldn’t believe. This last hearing was supposed to be her arguing against the other lawyer about paying each others lawyer fees. How can I get a new lawyer to argue that the plaintiff should pay Jen’s bills without Jen being there??? They are dispicable human beings. Typical money hungry lawyers. Sari is disgusting visually and ethically and Jen lives in pure fear of her. Meanwhile Jen was telling me how she has 38 cases and Sari only handles 2 but can’t contain her lust for money. She would always send me threatening emails after 10pm on weekends Absolutely a nightmare experience that landed me in a facility to deal with the nervous breakdown I had bc of them. Run away and don’t look back at this poor excuse of a law firm. Sari is the worst lawyer I ever met and I’m a cop and deal with defense attorneys all the time. Those defense attorneys look like angels compared to this goblin. At the end of the day I pay $1800 a month in child support for a 12 year old child I never met and never will bc of the deal Jen advised me to take, when she realized I was no longer a money tree they could leech off of. Once I asked to be put on a payment plan they threw me to the curb. Lastly, Jen misssed a deadline for a motion bc she emailed it while I was in the hospital and never called me on the phone to advise me that the deadline was approaching. When I asked her why she didn’t call she said “How was I supposed to know you were in the hospital?” All it would have taken was a phone call and I woulda took my IV out ran to a notary and had it signed. Like I said they are evil. STAY AWAY!!!!

Sari was recommended to me after my case stalled with another firm. She immediately investigated my case and understood thoroughly what was going on, what my positions were and what I needed. She and her team were adept at understanding the nuances and facts of my case and have fought fiercely and t...irelessly to already settle a difficult custody case on my behalf. Not only does Sari know the law inside out, she will also explain it to you as it relates to your case to help you make the right decisions, she does not waste time, and she is in it to win for you. I highly recommend Sari to you if you are looking for the best of the best!

I began working with the Friedman and Friedman firm in January 2013. I am a same sex mom so I knew the road ahead would be rough, but I was about to find out just how rough. Sari, Andrea and her dedicated team continued to work closely with me to protect my rights as a non-biological parent. Their... knowledge, diligence and professionalism helped me to make case law in hopes that other same sex parents will never experience the pain and financial burden that I have had to endure. After a long road we finally were able to reach a settlement and both Sari and Andrea made sure that everything was done and to protect the best interest of my son and me. They handled every single thing that came our way and I thank them for taking on my case.