Mario L Herman

There's a famous song which includes in the lyric the words "...wonderful, counselor..." and that's how I describe Mario Herman. I engaged Mario to advise and represent me in a potentially contentions and costly legal matter. Mario provided insight and wisdom which changed the way I viewed my situati...on. Where I saw weakness he saw strength. Where I saw conflict he saw leverage. Where I saw insecurity he exuded confidence. Not only did Mario give me great advice, he coached me through the process to discover that I shouldn't be intimidated by the opposing party. His experience and guidance resulted in an outcome more favorable than I ever imagined. Not only do I highly recommend Mario Herman as an attorney, he has become a friend in whom I have the highest personal regard. His integrity and interest in my well being is felt and greatly appreciated.

I was faced with a protracted predicament with an unscrupulous Franchisor who after selling me a franchise on false pretenses, routinely reneged on critical support services, then misled on supposed efforts for helping me to resell my unviable franchise, and continued prolonging the ordeal with ever...y available ruse, delay and deception. I unfortunately was out of statutory protection under Maryland franchise law which was part of the Franchisor’s delay tactics, and contacted several lawyers to attempt to attain some form of restitution from my losses. It was only Mario who was willing to take the matter on a fee accessible basis and he offered just the right legal prowess, guidance and pursuit where with perseverance and follow-through, we were able to prevail with a successful settlement. Mario is in a class of his own, a true Champion of the Franchisee, offering the rare combination of legal expertise in his specialty with a real compassion that enabled me to finally get some justice from an unscrupulous Franchisor’s exploitative practices. It would have been hard to simply walk away from a 5-year protracted ordeal with considerable losses, but by virtue of Mario’s command of the law, the perfect application of legal principles, with balance, perseverance and ethicality, I was able to finally prevail. I will always be grateful for Mario’s service, and our success in this terribly difficult situation is testament of Mario’s legal prowess, dedication to his profession and his rare compassion.

Mario has an amazing ability to sift through all the useless minutia and identify the most relevant issues related to the case. He was always accessible and provided well reasoned and concise counsel. I would highly recommend his services to anyone. Although my case was settled months ago I continue ...to seek his advice and counsel.

I found Mario to be very personable and informative. He's very obviously skilled at his profession but it is his "human" side that made me choose him. He really goes out of his way to explain the process, keep me informed and be fair. This is the first time I am seeking legal counsel for a franchise ...issue and going through the Federal Court filing process can be an unnerving process- I feel very confident with Mario at the helm.

Was an embarrassment in court. He was shaking while giving the defense and the other attorney ate him alive. we knew we were losing within the first 15 minutes. I wanted to get up and do it myself. It would have been better than anything he ever could do. Do yourself a favor and don't believe what he... tells you..that you have a great case and it should go your way. We were humiliated by him.