Melissa C. Mihok

I have never in my life ever written a review about a lawyer. I intend to file a bar complaint about Melissa Mihok. I have never been more stressed out in my entire life and disgusted with the behavior of someone I trusted to take care of me. DO NOT, ever ever hire Melissa to manage anything legal fo...r you unless you're willing to lose everything because that is exactly how it feels to hire Melissa Mihok. I could not believe the lack of professionalism she exhibts. At one point I actually wondered if she was truly was licensed to practice. My legal care has been severely neglected, and she has actually jeopardized my case. What a complete and utter nightmare. I cannot wait to be done and over with on my case, I cannot stress enough - DO NOT HIRE MELISSA, DON'T DO IT. IT IS NOT WORTH THE ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE OF WORKING WITH HER.

I have never written a review for anything in my life. But my experience with Ms. Mihok was a complete nightmare. There's too much to list. I was sent the wrong zoom link to a deposition that I did not know I could attend, and she then spoke to me on zoom in front of the opposing counsel while I ...did not know what was happening. She put mistakes in my initial filing and did not tell me about specific areas of the law that were fatal to my case that had she informed me I could have mitigated. Often, she would say things after the fact when nothing could be done. She missed my deposition due to being in the hospital (not blaming her for medical problems, but it was an added level of stress) in which I hired a co-counsel for assistance. When meeting with the co-counsel, Mihok missed conference calls due to "losing her glasses," and set a "reminder" for Summary Judgment that was a week past the Summary Judgment deadline. She waited till the last minute to start her response and filed it with, and I'm not kidding, 20 seconds left till the deadline. The co-counsel tried to reach her weeks prior to get on the same page, to no avail. Eventually what was submitted left tons of corrections in the margins and which the judge stated, "nearly every response is a puzzle." I would not be writing this if it was just one or two mistakes. Mihok sent records requests in which the dates were incorrect, further taking more time to get the records, and did not even start discovery for 8 months knowing that we were going up against a well-financed and ethically questionable defendant who was not going to make anything easy. This left us no time to compel for records that were withheld from us, no tell to finish depositions, and no time to hold anyone in contempt. To make things easier, at one point I typed the records request myself so that all she had to do was send it, which she also forgot to do and then cost me around $10,000 to do outside of the lawsuit as a public records request. I had some good conversations with her and liked her as a person, which is what led me to continue on with her as my attorney, but her words never followed through to action and the mistakes compounded and get progressively worse. I specifically wanted a bulldog of an attorney and what I got was the complete opposite. She had a few good moments in depositions, but even then she forgot to order or cite the good moments that she did have. This was my first time ever suing anyone and the stress that she gave me far exceeded any other stress of the case. I'm not sure I ever had a fair chance to win my case, but Mihok made it that much easier for them to steamroll me. She might be a good person if she's not your attorney, but I strongly warn to not hire this attorney.

Melissa Mihok recently represented me in a legal matter.She immediately put me at ease, answered all of my questions and was always available for me. One of the things I'm most happy about is Melissa Mihok responds to my text messages and emails timely. She is always prepared for hearings, depo's a...nd the unexpected. She will always be my "go to"attorney in any future legal matters. Melissa Mihok will give you 150% of everything she has as your attorney.

Ms. Mihok lacked the knowledge to handle my case, which involved a specific area of employment law, but failed to inform me of such. She seriously undervalued my case and scoffed at me when I tried to explain why I valued it differently from her. She refused to include the parent company of the entit...y I was suing because she stated it was not listed as the parent company, although the sale of the entity I was suing to the parent company was widely covered in the news and business media, copies of which I provided her. She refused to look into the discrepancy. She told me my case had been filed, then three months later emailed me to apologize that it had not been filed, as she had stated, but had been found on her secretary's desk, unfiled. Secondary to these and other inadequacies, I was forced to seek the advice of another attorney. She was informed of this and out of courtesy offered the opportunity to remain on the case. She refused. I had to pay my new attorney to re-write and re-file her original filings. At the time of our separation I was under the impression our account was current and paid. However, months later she presented me with a substantial bill, stating that if I did not pay it she would send my account to collections and file a lien against my case, which she did. She refused to provide me with an accounting of her bill that I could access. Terrible lawyer, terrible experience.

I would gladly recommend Melissa's care, concern, and outstanding patience in her profession. Her professionalism and ability to remain calm, focused and provide me with a sense of calmness has benefitted me immensely. During a time of upheaval in my professional career and during a time of emotional... unrest for me personally and my closest friends and relatives, she has remained loyal, and committed to providing us with the best advice, and outstanding service possible. Even when my own patience has been tested and I have been hurt by the professional experiences that existed in my dilemma, Melissa has endured and has provided us with a sense of patience that I certainly benefited from when, perhaps, I didn't deserve. I am naïve in the legal sense of understanding the legal system of course and I tested her own resolve and her own patience, but she remained professional and she continued to provide me with a sense of well-being and a sense of reassurance that has given me a sense of comfort and calmness at a time when I could always use it in my professional circumstances. I appreciate her loyalty, her commitment and her willingness to overcome a client's emotional turmoil and she allowed me to vent, but she also reminded me about the goal and the objective professionally. I would gladly recommend her for her trust, her knowledge and her sense of understanding that simply guides clients through difficult moments in their lives.