Aaron M. Gavenda

Took my money and never looked at my case after I walked out the door. set meeting and never showed for them went to court and fumbled thru paperwork for 3 hours discussed nothing about my case when he questioned the defendant. Agreed to return my papers and some money then I could never reach him T...OTALLY STOLE MY MONEY. don't hire him

Saw an easy opportunity to take my money and run. We handed him an open and closed case and he took over $2,000 from us and did nothing and ignored our calls. Is he even really a lawyer? He scheduled a meeting with us and never showed up and then never followed up with us. Incompetence is glaring. Th...e guy is a scum bag.

-An hour late to our first consult -15 minutes late to our second meeting, then tried to reschedule. When I refused, he rudely told me he wouldn’t have the entire meeting time available that day. -Did not attend his next meeting and sent his paralegal instead. -Did not reach out to the witnesses I... instructed he interview. -Argued in front of the judge that a discrimination complaint I had filed, had been filed by the former employer. -Had zero knowledge of the case and had not prepared any prior to the case itself. -Seemed stoned and unable to function. -Was unable to work with any complexities of my case, and seemed unable to grasp details.

I hired Aaron for my divorce because he advertised as a less expensive lawyer. That was the first of many misrepresentation of this guy and his firm. He promised me the world in my case and not only didn’t get that I was raked through the coals by my ex wife and got nothing I wanted from the divorce.... Just the opposite to make matters worse I was told he would be able to get it done for 2500 dollars, 5000 if we had to go to court. We never went to court other than a 10 minute mediation with the judge on zoom. Not only did I pay him 5000 dollars without going to court he asked for 1500 more dollars and told me that would be enough to end this. That was also a flat out lie. I am paying my ex an exorbitant amount of money for the amount of time I have/had them and the amount of things I provide financially. Another example of his incompetence he had me come in to rip text messages as proof for court, which again we did not go to and right after went back to his office and proceeded to tell me I should consider settling right after charging me for 2 hours of his time that he clearly didn’t intend on using. My divorce is finally finalized after a nightmare of trying to get a hold of him and he is now withholding my divorce papers and sending me a collection threatening to sue me for another 2400 dollars. Please do yourself a favor and do not hire this con artist. His own paralegal recommended another lawyer if I needed more legal representation. Don’t be like me and worry about the money because you’ll end up paying more money for him in the end than you would a competent lawyer.