I am a school district professional employee who was retaliated against by the administration for reporting their improper special education practices. Using trumped up charges of "insubordination" they suspended me without pay and tried to fire me. I called two education law attorneys (one in Pit...t. one in Erie) who both told me I couldn't do anything about it! Their advice was for me to quit and find another job. I did some online research and found Kolman, Ely. I completed an online consultation request form and Tim called me within 30 minutes (this was on a Saturday morning!) He explained how he could help me and over the next year worked with me to fight back against these unethical, immoral people. Tim is a highly experienced and brilliant attorney. Because of his expertise and skills I am able to move on with my life. If it weren't for him I would have lost my job and my professional reputation would have been irreparably harmed. Instead, I've settled for a fair amount and am vinidicated. I will never be able to adequately express my gratitude.

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I was devastated when my employer terminated me and felt very lost. After calling Timothy Kolman and meeting with him to discuss my problem I knew this was the man for me. His experience with labor law became clear when after only several weeks he was able to mount an offensive strike against my empl...oyer that had them insisting on a quick settlement. Mr. Kolman pointed out all the different possible scenarios that I needed to consider and gave me his opinion but let me make the final decision. I was happy with the final outcome and would recommend his firm to anyone running into a labor issue with their employer.

Wow, what can I say about this law firm. They took my case and gave me a realistic consultation regarding all the variables that could emerge during the legal process. They explained that many things go into settling a case and they even explained that sometimes a case could go on for months before n...ew evidence arises that can either hurt a case or help it. They take cases on a contingency and don't get paid unless they win. In other other words these law firms take risks every time they take a case on. In my case they eventually won a settlement for me, but it was not what I thought I would get. However, unfortunately due to my own forgetful memory on some things, during discovery, the opposing side presented evidence late in the case that weakened things for me. Although I won a settlement I know that my bad memory hurt both me and Tim's law firm. In the end their patience and professionalism won the day and I just wanted to say thank you.