Howard B. Arber

Mr Arbor was retained by my then wife to represent her in a divorce which I initiated and that my lawyer did all of the work. He consistently didn’t respond to my lawyer who was seeking input to the divorce paperwork that was being drawn up. After multiple non returned calls or emails my lawyer info...rmed him that he was submitting the documents to the courts. At that time the required QDRO was due to be submitted but nothing was done even though it was listed in the divorce paperwork. Fast forward 25 years later and I have attempted to retire but couldn’t due to the missing QDRO. Almost two years ago my now ex-wife contacted him again to retain him to do what was supposed to be done prior to the divorce. When dealing with this whole QDRO issue he moves like a glacier, barely responded to even the company he retained to do the quadro, he failed to include all the relative retirement assets that needed to be in the Quadro. I became involved in attempting to get the QDRO approved and submitted all the checklist retired documents and all he submitted was the incomplete QDRO 6 months after it was completed. The judge rejected it due to the late filing and requested a show for cause as to why it was so late. He verbally assaulted my ex wife when she attempted to get him to act in a timely manner and wanted more money for doing basically nothing. I would not hire this lawyer if he was the last one on earth and from the reviews I have read he has a pattern of this behavior.

My experience with Howard B. Arber as my attorney was terrible. He was often unresponsive and vague when I managed to contact him. He missed key deadlines, misfiled important documents, and seemed unprepared for court. Despite charging high fees, the service was subpar. I felt robbed by the end of... the process. I strongly advise against using Howard B. Arber for legal representation.

Howard Arber is unethical , ruthless and incompetent to say the least. I hired him to handle an appeal and in doing so he didn't include 2 exhibits that were vital to having my plea vacated. He also gave me advise which lead to a violation of probation...which he guaranteed would never happen. I pai...d him over 6,000 dollars. I wound up in jail for 2 months, during which time I changed attorneys. I never signed a retainer with him for the money he asked for, and never received one bill ever to account how the money was being used. I called to ask for a refund for all the unused money, at which time he became nasty and arrogant. He agreed he owed me a lot of the money and kept putting me off and then never returned my calls. I filed a grievance and to this date haven't received any money back. He acts very nice when getting the money, gives dangerous advise, and couldn't even remember the key exhibits which he sited in my appeal. He is ruthless and unethical and has a very bad temper.