Monica Rathke Savidge

Wish I could give less than one star. She is a DISASTER with clients, judges, and cases. She misses deadlines, gets your details mixed up with other clients details, does not answer your phone calls or emails, calls you last minute the day before your hearing or trial to prepare, she is sloppy and ot...her attorneys and the judges know it, and she has been convicted of embezzlement, fraud, and theft of Social Security disability clients funds by the State Bar of North Carolina. She shouldn’t be allowed to practice again ever in any type of law in any type of office, whether she’s handling client funds or not. She certainly shouldn’t handle matters of life and death. So if you care at all about the legal case that you’re about to put into somebody’s hands, keep looking because you can do a lot better by closing your eyes and pointing to somebody in the yellow pages (if they still existed) then to ever let her handle your case. And if you have a case with her, whether it’s with Legal Aid or otherwise, I suggest you demand immediate reassignment of your case. I now live my life and fear thanks to her. Don’t be her next victim.

Hired to represent me in a SS Disability case. She only returns phone calls after leaving several messages. Does not prepare her SS clients for hearing; i.e. what to say, what to wear, what happens in the hearing. It appeared she had never read the contents of my case file and showed up to the hearin...g ill prepared. After the hearing, she does not follow up to explain any aspect of the proceeding. I was very disappointed and frustrated with how i was represented in my case. I feel certain the SS Judge knew I was poorly represented as well yet ruled with a favorable decision. I would not recommend hiring Ms. Savidge for representaion