When issues present themselves through out your life and you require legal representation in trying to resolve those issues Kolman Ely PC, would be an intelligent choice. They took my case charging no fees unless they resolved my issues. They were upfront with realistic expectations and did not "suga...r coat" anything period. They are very experienced and it paid off in my eventual settlement.

Employment law is not always cut and dry, unfortunately there are more cases in the "grey / gray area" than their are in the black & white category. I am an attorney myself who specializes in criminal law and deferred my own labor issue to Timothy Kolman from a friends recommendation. Tim's firm outl...ined the strategy they wanted to take in my case and explained why in my specific case that prolonging the case would be beneficial in the long run. I was very anxious and impatient about the whole situation but decided to listen to the expert. There is a reason why we have professionals handle things for us in life. We call on dentists to treat our teeth, cardiologists to treat our hearts and landscapers to care for our lawns. Even though I am a lawyer myself I still handed over my case to the professional that only handles employment law cases. With that said people who may have been taken advantage of by their employers are generally very upset and frustrated by the time they seek out an attorney to help them. They might think that fast action is what is needed when in fact patience might be the best course of action. Law often times comes down to negotiation, compromise and always involves peoples emotions. Hence the terrible stories you may have read about bad divorces. Usually when someone complains they complain because they did not get what they wanted, but that reason alone by itself should not be the only reason a good lawyers efforts and reputation be destroyed. Timothy Kolman was able to win my case for me, however it did take almost a year to resolve and the cash award was not what I would have preferred, but I was never misled into thinking more was expected. In fact tim's firm always presented a conservative and careful perspective on any type of eventual award. Often times it is us the customer that engages in wishful thinking because our emotion is involved. We as victims of our employers do not normally see the law process as a business but unfortunately it is a business. Law is a business for everyone involved and sometimes the business is very profitable and sometimes it's not as profitable. If your case is just and the damages are grave, in most cases some type of justice will prevail. However, we almost always never get what we want, it just does not work out that way. I would recommend Timothy Kolman to anyone who wants a clear and honest firm to tell it like it is, no matter how painful or unsatisfactory it might be to them.

He made MANY errors, tries to get his partners to FORCE me to accept a 5,000.00 offer because I had no case. No I had and still have a case. Because I wouldnt accept that poor offer and I started talking to others attorney about it he withdrawls from the case and then places a lien on my file. Takes... me to the magistrate to sue me . Well the magistrate agreed with me because I never agreed to a damn 5,000 offer for which he was going to get 40% of made no sense. No don't accept him. When it gets tough he will bail.

A far better attorney can be found elsewhere. Hired this attorney, paid the fee $1,250 in full. His efforts achieved no results for me whatsoever, and all I got in the end was an email berating me and name-calling me "unpleasant and vindictive." Mr. Kolman. Worst attorney I have ever hired, Definitel...y not worth the time or money!

I met Mr. Kolman in November of 2010 at his office to go over a possible employment case. Mr. Kolman after reviewing the information said that I had a good case and that he wanted to represent me, that was the last time I ever had a conversation with him. He promised aggressive representation all the... way up to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, he said that he would be personaly handling the case. I did not hear anything from Mr. Kolman's firm until January of 2011, when I was promised the case would be filed by the end of November 2010. In January I heard from a Junior Associate who really knew nothing of the case, and who told me that Mr, Kolman was not handling the case rather Mr. Ely was going to be the lead attorney. Once the case was filed my employer contacted the junior attorney and suddenly I was told that I had to settle because they could file a motion (March 2011) and he was affraid to proceed against them.This was the last I heard from this Junior Attorney who left this law firm in the middle of the case (March 2011). After this I was given wrong information by Mr. Kolman's and Mr. Ely's Paralegals, and when I emailed and called the Law firm, not one Attorney would talk to me, I was told by Mr. Ely's Paralegal that the Attorney's to busy to talk to me (Reminder they represent me and will talk to me about my case). In the settlement phase all they did was email me a setlement and when I had questions about things I did not understand and I contacted Kolman they would not talk to me about it or give me any advice. I signed an agreement that I was confused about because Kolman and Associates only have thier best interest in mind, not the clients. This Firm lacks Professionalism, and will not return phone calls or emails. I would not ever use this firm again, Mr. Kolman promised great representaton and press coverage, which never happened. Kolman and Associates did a very very poor job, they got their fees and I lost my job, How fair is that Mr. Kolman? Research other Employment Attorney's and stay away from this firm.