Andrew M. Canu

My experience with Canu Torrice Law, and Andrew Canu specifically, has been beyond TERRIBLE. Andrew manipulated me into paying a huge retainer urgently without ever mentioning that it would be nonrefundable until after the transaction was processed. He has been impossible to get ahold of for weeks a...t a time, consistently over-billed me, and even charged the same rate for work done by his legal assistant as if he had done it himself. As an example, I have been billed $420 by Andrew for sending a 342 word email, a 112 word follow up a week later when he never replied, and an 85 word response from him. Apparently Andrew thinks it’s reasonable to charge an hour and 24 minutes to read and send a worthless reply to an email that you only had to send because he was MIA. Sadly, this has been Andrew’s entire MO. I have been billed almost $1,400 by this firm without ever actually having done any work on my case or having an initial meeting. I have worked with so many attorneys, and none have ever even approached how bad Andrew Canu has been. And I see another reviewer came here to say the same thing. Since Thanksgiving, Andrew has completely refused to communicate with me regarding a refund of my retainer. I’ve gone weeks without any response from him or anyone at his office, and the only way I could even get him to reply to an email was by sending a fax—yes, a fax—to his office. This level of unprofessionalism is unacceptable, and I deeply regret ever hiring him. Save yourself the headache and avoid this attorney at all costs.

Andrew Canu gets five stars. He worked with me on my custody case, which was complicated from the start- considering it is an out of state domicile case. Andrew took my case from another lawyer that I hired initially. My first attorney bungled my case and gave me poor advice- leading to a bigger mess... than it should have ever been. I wish I would have hired him to start. Andrew and the office worked tirelessly on my case. What, in my opinion is the best part- is Andrew was honest. There were situations that I brought to him requesting a motion to be filed, and if he knew there was nothing to be done, instead of going forward and taking my money on something unnecessary, he would take the time to explain that wouldn’t be effective or that wouldn’t work. He knows the laws, he’s effective in the courtroom, he has great presence in the community.