Randy S. Margulis

It has been a year since my divorce, and I am just now able to express my frustrations. Briefly: 1) I made a video of the work I had to do solo at the barn, caring for 6 horses. I do not know that he ever showed the judge the video-only 5 minutes long, but explained a lot; 2) He asked my ex-wife for ...an inventory of what she took from the house (everything). She never complied and the value of those items was never considered in resolving money owed to her; 3) She never provided information in financial disclosure and he never obtained this. I was the one who found out about undisclosed cash and forced that amount ($20,000) to be shared; 4) Especially at the end, Randy was unresponsive to emails and calls. He blamed his lapse in responding (of several weeks) on an email problem he was having. Maybe, but the problem was always present. There were other problems, but in summation, I am sure Randy knows the law, but I never felt he was advocating for me. There was never a meeting to try and work things out until the day of trial, when I was faced with losing everything I had left if I did not agree to terms to which I had minimal input. At $400 an hour, I expected a more vigorous defense and responsiveness.

Paid thousands in retainer fee for Custody lawsuit. Never got to court for Custody as a negligence matter had preminance. The lawyer allowed DSS to handle and decide custody with little or no advocacy on my behalf. My custody case never came to trial. I received no services and recieved No refund of... retainer. My children are lost to me and in a terribly unfortunate placement. The lawyer doesn't return phone calls very unresponsive! DO NOT USE THIS LAWYER. WORTHLESS! RIP OFF!

DO NOT HIRE Randy. He takes on too many cases. More than what him or his associates can handle. Never remembers anything about your case. Have to spend the first 15 minutes of each conversation reminding him of information that was already given. He talks a big game when you have your initial co...nsultation, but does not actually follow through. Also says that " You are paying me, so essentially you are my boss." He will not "advise" you against something. Will just state "No, I'm not doing that". Every time I had correspondence with Randy, he either wrote in an email, or spoke to me oh the phone like I was stupid. He also showed aggravation and annoyance every time we spoke and he is very argumentative. Randy is also "very busy" because he ends up suing a lot of his clients. Lastly, one thing to think about. If you do your diligence of researching attorneys, how many other attorney's waste their time responding to negative reviews. If you already hired Randy, or going to hire him anyways, last piece of advice is; Know your rights and options as a client, read the retainer agreement VERY Carefully