Howard A. Gold

After a social worker friend referred me, I retained Howard Gold for my divorce and custody dispute. He was rude, made sexist and suggestive comments, came to court late (and charged me for the extra time since we were bumped to the back of the log) and charged me to give me information he’d already... told me about. I later found out from two different women that they had similar experiences to mine. Think before you hairs this man!

From the consultation to the hiring process Mr. Gold and staff gave detailed information, listened to our complex case as well as our overall needs. Was very timely and organized. Mr. Gold supported us through the process and fought very hard for my teens needs during our custody modification case. H...e was also very good when speaking with my teen. Many thanks.

Howard A. Gold was retained to represent our daughter in a horrific custody battle. He failed to file certain documents resulting in the case eventually being heard in a much less favorable venue at much greater cost to my daughter. This error could not be corrected after the fact. He did not p...oint out and explain material long term negative consequences of certain clauses included in an arbitration agreement which my daughter did not fully understand.

I went to Howard the summer of 2017. He kindly welcomed me and asked about my case, firmly telling me to only answer what he asked. He received a phone call from a client and he yelled at his client during all the conversation. That should have been an indicator for me of how he was about to treat m...e, but I trusted his reviews, the fact that he says he had been a psychotherapist, and his internet claims that he had defended special needs children. I am a teacher and a single mother who was fighting for the custody of her teenager with Asperger's. I hired him giving him a $5000 retainer. During our second meeting, a couple weeks later, he welcomed me kindly again. He closed his office door and started questioning me about my case information. I told him that I had sent him the information in my emails for which I knew he had already charged me but he said he did not remember my information since he had many cases. I tried to tell him the information that he did not remember and he started yelling and told me that my "f------" information was not important to the case. He asked me questions loudly and continuously screamed at me directing me to only answer what he asked me. At one point I stopped looking at him because I was terrified of the monster he had become. He yelled saying LOOK AT ME with his hand shaking. He continued screaming and questioned me if I spoke English. As I got up to leave, he changed completely and smiled kindly saying that I had good information for the case. He sent me to his assistant who kindly asked me for a second $5000 retainer to continue with the case! Howard called me the next day to apologize and to ask me not to give him bad reviews in the internet. A couple days later I sent him a letter asking him to withdraw from my case and he did. I am here to warn any one like me who trusted how nicely he portrays himself on the internet. He may mistreat you, he may have a hard time remembering your case information when he has already charged you for it, and he may take your money with no mercy. He claims to have been a psychotherapist, but I truly feel he needs a psychotherapist himself. He intimidated me, humilliated me, and charged me for that meeting, as well as for emails that if he read, he sure could no longer remember their information.