Sima Asad Ali

I was astonished by unprofessionalism, over billing and misrepresentation I’ve received from Ali Law Group. I’ve retained Ms. Sima Ali from Ali Law Group PC for an overtime lawsuit in March 2018 to defend a corporation in an overtime lawsuit. Over following few months she has filed a notice of app...earance, reviewed the files and provided the list of the employees of the corporation to the court (list was provided by my office). The whole case is based on the Plaintiffs demanding around $50,000. Ms. Ali sent me an invoice totaling in over $23,000 for just reviewing the case and submitting the information to the court. I reviewed the billing and it clearly showed over billing. Ms. Ali was charging for reading the same file over and over and even for for preparing to read the file. I sent the billing to a third party for an independent review and my concerns were validated as I was told it was it was certainly a case of over billing. I relayed my concerns to Ms. Ali via a phone conversation on August 23th. At first, Ms. Ali has threatened me that it would negatively affect the case if I don’t agree to her billing and pay her the amount claimed. Then she agreed to eliminate several categories and we agreed to set up a meeting to go over the billing and finalize the amount due. On Sept 4th Ms. Ali texted me, I have replied to the text messages with the dates I’m available for the meeting. I have received no response back from Ms. Ali. Furthermore, I sent an email on Sept 13th asking Ms. Ali’s availability for the following week so we can schedule the meeting. There was no response from Ms. Ali. Instead, Ms. Ali has filed a Motion to Withdraw on September 14th, stating the luck of communication and billing as the reasons to withdraw. It seems, she has intentionally ignored my multiple requests for a meeting after I had raised the issues with her billing and has intentionally submitted misleading information to the court to withdraw as an attorney instead of scheduling a meeting with a client to resolve the issues and come to an understanding. I have to retain another attorney now which will delay the case resolution and cause extra expenses for the new attorney to review the files and catch up. Moreover, such misleading and false information may negatively impact the outcome of the case, it has tarnished my reputation and caused undue stress and expenses.