Robert M. Mihelich

Termination of employment via the employee occurred while following the employment contracts guidelines. Two days later the employer provided immediate termination even though the contract specified 30 days of continued employment. Wrongly, the employer accused the employee of unsubstantiated counte...rclaims against the employee. I, the employee, contacted my lawyer who during the following months negotiated a settlement of which was agreed upon by both parties in favor of the employee.

I had an absolutely positive experience and am so thankful to have had Robert Mihelich represent me as my lawyer. From the first day I spoke with Robert for a free consultation, I felt comfortable and confident that I had found a knowledgeable, personable, and passionate lawyer to represent me. He wa...s excellent at taking time to explain my options and what the process would be in detail.

This attorney was all about helping me go after a my last employer who terminated me after I reported an incident of sexual assault. He claimed we had a really good case of wrongful termination (retaliation) and that we had a good chance of getting some type of settlement. I paid him a retainer whic...h he really milked by spending lots of time reading my case over and over and asking me lots of questions to "make sure he understood" the case. The only thing he actually did was send a demand letter to the employer, which was completely ineffective because they basically laughed at his work and said they weren't sending a dime. Then Bob ambitiously told me over the phone that his next steps would be to file a complaint with the EEOC, to call the employer's lawyer to inform them of this, and to notify the employer's lawyer that we would be requesting subpoenas of all other sexual assault cases and filed EEOC cases, etc. I thought this sounded great, and I still had about $1800 in my retainer that Bob said was sufficient for now. Well about two weeks went by and I didn't hear from him. I called and left a couple messages with his secretary. Finally after playing some frustrating phone tag he got back to me stating he had been out sick. I spent my entire lunch break listening to him apologize not only about the phone tag, but also about being out of the office, about how he hadn't filed anything with the EEOC- (then blaming that on the fact that he wasn't sure what I had wanted to do after finding out I was getting divorced which was irrelevant), then informing me he also hadn't contacted the employer's lawyer and denied ever intending to do so. He then informed me that I would need to start an investigation as well as filing a complaint with the EEOC, as apparently they go hand and hand. This investigation now requires ten extra hours of his time, aka. $1200. I asked his opinion, he now thinks that as I'm getting divorced I don't have as good of a chance of winning. I told him I need a few days to think about it. So the following Friday he calls me and tells me that the statute of limitations is coming up and he needs a decision. I tell him to forget it. That I've decided to close the case and I will take a refund on my retainer. He sends me a final statement with a remaining balance now of only $1300. He had all these line by line charges of 0.1 hours for this, 0.1 hours for that, etc. What a joke. Of course I was upset so I emailed him about this and he acted surprised and asked me what charges I was upset about. Then he had the audacity to offer me $41 back. I sent him and email explaining what I thought of his last billing statement and how he did nothing for me since his demand letter (which I may remind you was ineffective). He then sent a highly emotional email responding that his charges are legitimate and he is dismissing me as a client.

Robert went above and beyond to help with my case. He not only won my case he did it with great efficiency as to not run up the cost. I wish every lawer was as good as Robert. I have recommended him to several other people and they have thanked me for my reference. I can't say enough good things abou...t him and his staff.