Mariajose Rivera

DO NOT hire this woman. She is a liar, irresponsible, huge liar and inconsistent. I hired her for my case. She lied and said she set court date, I waited weeks until I got fed up and called the courts. They said she never called, and she did this to me twice on the same case. When I did court daters,... she told me the judge said no didn’t have to show up. Then she calls me at court saying the judge wants to see me. She needed up removing herself from my case the day before my hearing. She told me the judge was going to side with me so I didn’t need her there. When I went to court, the judge was clueless. Do not hire this woman! I can’t say what I know she did, as Avvo won’t post my review.

Esta abogada renunció una semana antes del juicio dejándome sin representación y sin defensa, ante un caso de familia ,sólo demostró incompetencia y falta de profesionalismo.despues de estar por más de un año recibiendo mis pagos según las tarifas que ella establecio, yo acordé con ella un precio t...otal por mi caso y días antes de el juicio me informa que yo tenía que pagarle extra $ 2000.00 mas sólo por asistir a juicio , ella alegó que eso estaba en el contrato pero como yo no hablo inglés , ella me salto esa parte cuando me leyó el contrato, acusándome a mi de que yo trate de contratar a el abogado de la otra parte para que me representará, lo cual es absurdo e irracional demostrandome una vez más la incompetencia de esta señora.Por su incapacidad no asistimos a dos juicios donde debía decidirse el child support,alegando ella que no tenía conocimiento de eso. Afectandome económicamente, Tampoco tenía la documentación completa y necesaria que yo le había entregado durante un año

When I hired Maria she said she would be filing specific motions and work on the discovery to get ready for the trial and did nothing until I emailed her 4 months later when we had a calendar call. She filed the motion the same day I emailed her and had not filed any of the motions she said she would... when I hired her nor had she filed any discovery, interrogatories, depos etc to go to trial like she said she would. Then when I emailed her about not doing any of it she said I needed proof and pretended to not know what I was talking about amd even stated she never said something that she did say to me and my father to try to cover up her malpractice. Then when we finally went to court she asked the judge for a one month continuance to set a date for my trial without requesting any discovery from the other side. I had to continuously be on top of her because I did not want to get in trouble by the judge for missing the deadlines like providing the other party discover but Maria stated I didnt have to worry about that because we werent going to trial because there was still discovery that needed to be done and now shes trying to withdrawl from my case and tells me last minute I need to turn the discovery in after the date has passed and the other attorney filed a motion to compel. She has left me completely hanging and has not even iled for a request to extend the deadline which I missed because of her or a reaponse to the motion to compel. She has no regard for deadlines in the civil family procedures. After she had my trial set for the next month she send me an email saying she was hired by a firm amd would no longer be working on her cases. She basically lied to my us from the beginning in order for us to pay her for the little that we had left in hopes of her helping us keep my children safe from their father. She has no care in the world for a childs best interest and she showed it by taking our little bit of money and running with it and by knowing the seriousness of why we hired her and her assurance that she would help us protect our kids with that money that we paid her to work for. In the email she sent stating she was witdrawing she basically said she would be filing two motions which she only filed one. When i asked her for the invoice multiple times of everything she has done in the case she stated she would give it to me 3 separate times and still has not send it. She says she has worked the money plus more yet she filed a motion to withdrawl from my case yesterday stating 4-1.16(b) but still has not responded regarding the seco d motion she said she would fix before she withdrawls. She would ignore my texts and emails and when she finally responded she would say she was sick for 2 weeks and thats why she hadnt filed anything yet I had hired her 3 months prior. She constantly made excuses and apologized for not responding. Do not trust this lawyer. She is anything put professional and civil. During a hearing they called us in and she kept the judge waiting while she was checking in another courtroom. When we came out there was another one of her clients looking for her in despair to let her know the judge was calling them in to. She said she would call me that evening and never did.

Through a recommendation of a friend, I used this lawyer for a dispute with another party. My request was for a certified letter and confirmation sent on my behalf and later representation in court. Prior to this she seem to drop off with excuses on returning calls and emails. Appears she prefers ...SMS only. Extremely slow in the beginning to get her to even draft up the letter with reasons being sickness and some other reasons which spanned over 2-3 weeks and another 3+ weeks wait after sent of letter. I was not too concerned at that point but my frustration lies on my request to get a copy of the certified letter and copy of confirmation from USPS. Emails go unanswered, calls are not answered or returned. I will say text messages are generally replied on the same day BUT it is some excuse or another. It has been 3+ weeks and the excuses are the following: * My assistant sent it already. Check your email * My assistant sent to wrong email address what is your email? * Yes I will send it today.. busy at the moment x4 I have left messages for this woman and even gone as far as get my friend involved (since they are friends).. she states she will address it later (busy).. Guess what nothing. Prior to this I sent 2 emails over a month requesting updates which went unanswered. For even more irony, I called the office# today (my first) and spoke to her assistant. She is nice but have no clue what I am talking about and was never instructed by Mariajose Sanchez to email any documents. So in essence she is just a huge waste of time for whatever reason on a very simple task. I should of seen the writing on the wall when the prefix of getting a letter ready and communication from her was essentially unreliable and slow. While she is generally nice, I find this transaction confusing and frustrating. I understand she is busy but what is with the excuses and why won't she just get her assistant to help? Also why would this simple task be dropped to the bottom of her priority? A small part of me wonder's if she even did the work. Please note from my first contact to today (waiting) it has been a little over 4 months. Emails and calls go unanswered 3 months ago and been exclusively via SMS only. Showing my name cause I hope there are not other's in the same boat.