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Posted by anonymous | May 06, 2018

Very egotistical and rude.

This lawyer has a bad attitude and loves to make assumptions without asking questions or seeing evidence. He was very belittling and treated me as if I were an uneducated peasant in his eyes. I am highly educated, with more degrees than he has. I am not one to sit there and let anyone talk down to me.... He gave bad advice. I consulted a different attorney who could not believe this poor excuse of a lawyers words and attitude.

Mark Tischhauser

Replied last May 06, 2018

As per the course - this is yet another 1 start review from angry pro-se litigant that only wants to be told what they want to hear, that they are entitled to whatever relief they want because they declare victim status, and anyone that tries to educate or inform the otherwise just gets lashed out at and attacked. This poster omits in the the review - that she is involved in long standing litigation with what she claims started a fraudulent eviction lawsuit, against her, with a second lawsuit for stalking charges filed AGAINST HER by the other party, that then extended into a social media battle and cyber-bullying campaign and now has escalated to retaliation in the from of "doxxing" and efforts to get each other fired, complaints to agencies like DCF, law enforcement, etc. The poster made vehemently clear that she believed that even a restraining order will not stop the other person as they will find a way around the Order and sought advice about "what to do now." The advice I provided, as the only lawyer actually taking the time to respond to her inquiry, was simple. That are 3 primary options, (1) find a means to de-escalate the controversy including staying off all social media including Facebook (2) be ready to spend a lot of money litigating with such a person or (3) simply accept that this person is going to engage in the abuse and simply learn to deal with it until they get tired or move on. The poster insisted that she would not stay off of social media, as it was needed for her job as a teacher and that she would not simply deal with the drama until the the other person moved on. She then insisted that there WAS a "door 4" where one could simply file a "motion to ____ or _____" as the proper answer which she became angry and abusive when I disagreed. After exhaustive efforts to convince the poster there was no "door 4" on such a case, solely as a means of helping her make good legal decisions, the poster within 3 days of posting her initial question then claimed she RETAINED a lawyer that "took her case, " though oddly here is referenced as merely "consulted with", and he was going to doing to do this and that, claiming my advice was wrong and apparently "I am a poor excuse for a lawyer". As it now seems, the poster claims the magical solution provided by this phantom lawyer is a "cease and desist" letter, likely at some minimal expense. Supposedly the poster now believes the offender will be terrified into compliance by a "tough guy" lawyer letter, where she vehemently insisted that even an actual court ordered restraining order, enforceable by civil and criminal contempt, would be ignored and circumvented. Unfortunately, I'll bet on my almost 30 years of experience as a civil trial lawyer handling dozens and dozens of such combative defamation and cyber bullying cases that the reviewer will find that there is no door number 4.......and this case will continue to spin out of control, phantom lawyer or no. Sadly, this is what we lawyers get when we take the time to educate people rather than simply pander for business such a writing "cease and desist" letters. As the saying goes, you can lead the horse to water and all.....

Posted by Jordan | February 22, 2018

Honest and to the point

Mr. Tischhauser was quick to respond to my inquiry and kind enough to really talk it out, even though I hadn’t hired him. And trust me, I had questions and concerns for miles. He explained several options and recommended I protect myself with council, which I have since done. In case anyone forgets, ...lawyers aren’t here to caudle us. You’re hiring someone to fight for you, not hug you. Mr Tischhauser is honest, knowledgeable, and to the point, which in my opinion are exactly what we as the general public should look for in an attorney.

Posted by Denny | October 18, 2017

Disappointed

Told me he is an atty and he knows what he's talking about in other words because i'm not a lawyer i know nothing. He made judgement and wouldn't listed to the true facts. He wouldn't listen when i tried to explain something he would talk over me in a very unprofessional arrogant manner. He never ans...wered the question i had about my situation only made an arrogant assumption of false facts he created and not the true facts in regards to the situation i'm in. He very rude and hung up on me. Wow very unprofessional and rude. Maybe he was having a bad day but he didn't have to treat us in that way as we are in a bad situation dealing with others lieing and also making threats of bodily harm wasn't able to discuss any of this as he wouldn't listen he just wanted to rant and he did.

Mark Tischhauser

Replied last October 18, 2017

As referenced in a later positive review - the poster's comments were focused on the belief that I rudely "hung up on him". In fact, we were simply disconnected for some unknown reason, but presumably to the bad phone connection. This was after we spent about an hour, for free, trying to address what is a VERY complicated and involved landlord/tenant controversy. Unfortunately, as the poster came to realize in our second conversation, many of "the facts" he wanted to discuss, and over which he was understandably irate, were simply not germain to resolving the legal issues presented. Fortunately, I think we were ultimately able to get the poster to better understand the legal circumstances that he was confronted with, unpleasant as they may have been, and moving forward with a better plan for resolution of the issues

Posted by Lonnie | October 18, 2017

Fast Response

I wrote to Mr. Mark for consultation and he responded fast and provided good information.

Posted by Jay Dee | May 18, 2017

Honest, Fair, Takes time to give you all the options

Although I was initially taken back by his approach, he gave it to me straight and this let me know how to handle the problem and told me the odds and how much I could pay. I value honesty more than wasting money on someone that will not help. You can use this guy.

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