During the 2008 economic meltdown, I retained Ms Arkovich to defend my wife and me against a wrongful foreclosure action. It took 7 years of her efforts to get the case to hearing, after which the judge ruled in our favor, dismissed the case without prejudice, and ordered our attorney fees to be pai...d by the loser bank, in 2015. Following the appeal of the Bartram case and renewed threats of foreclosure against us, and at our request, Ms. Arkovich applied for a non-recourse loan modification for us. This took another 9 months, but she achieved total success. Her repeated legal efforts, for nearly 8 years now, have enabled me to keep my wife in our home, to recover financially--and to sleep well again, knowing that our mortgage payments are now affordable, that our home will indeed remain "ours", and that our 8-year-long ordeal of foreclosure hell is now closed for good and behind us forever. I give her highest ratings for: Intelligence, Legal Experience, Courtroom Presence, Professionalism, Ethics, Accessibility, Responsiveness, Empathy and Understanding of a client's plight and needs. I recommend her without reservation to anyone seeking a defense attorney with these traits, which were consistently proven to me during nearly 8 years as her client.

I first contacted Christie in 2011 for a free 30 min. consultation about filing bankruptcy options. I am self employed massage therapist. I witness my clients going through financial troubles and unable to make their appointments since 2009. A few even faced foreclosures but I felt the economy will g...et better I will ride the wave. I will be okay but I was in denial for years. I needed to find out my option so I search late at night on the internet and I saw Christie write up and more importantly I saw a place to fill out to explain my situation. Writng my situation I felt a crying release because I just share my situation for the first time to anyone. I was nervous when Christie called for my free consultation she lay out my options on what I could do immediately and what I could do if I waited to file Bankruptcy. I was so nervous but Christie voice calm me that I was not alone. At that time I had told no one of my financial crisis. Most individuals especially caregivers keep personal things inward, we do not want to burden people, we are caring for them, and again I was hopeful the economy would turn around. One option for me was to liquidate my assets and wait to file if I needed to file. The other option was to file now. I elected to sell my stocks I had for retirement. Again I was still in hopeful that the economy would recover. Christie and her wondeful staff especially Angie my champion took my calls and emails for the next three years whenever I had a concern about my mortgage company chaos. I could not face filing bankruptcy at the same time I was mentally exhausted with doing my streamline loan. Christie and Angie brought be peaceful assurance that there is light at the end of the tunnel, a fresh start. I finally filed my bankruptcy in 2014. I exhausted all funds and the economy was not improving . I was so thankful that the court trustee agreed and allowed me to make payments to buy my asset (vehicle) back. I know this review is long but I believe there are alot of individuals who are in or have been in a similiar situation feeling alone and not communicating their financial situation to anyone, not knowing what to do, and needing a knowledgable, compassionate, legal team to help them through one of the most difficult time in their lives. I appreciate Christe, Angie, and the staff for being there for me and I know they can be there for you.