Michelle Marie Kniess

Michelle Marie Kniess

3.9
Rating: 6.5

Licensed for 19 years

Family Lawyer at Woodbury, MN
Practice Areas: Family, Divorce & Separation, Child Custody, Child Support

2155 Woodlane Drive, Suite 100, Woodbury, MN

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Licenses

Licensed in Minnesota for 19 years

State: Minnesota

Acquired: 2006

Authorized to Practice

No misconduct found

Licensed in Wisconsin for 19 years

State: Wisconsin

Acquired: 2006

Good Standing

No misconduct found

Location

Kniess Law, LLC

2155 Woodlane Drive, Suite 100, Woodbury, MN, 55125

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Michelle Marie Kniess's Reviews

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3.9 /5.0

7 Client Reviews

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Posted by Steve | February 8, 2019 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

True Advocate

Michelle was great through my pending divorce. She asked the right questions and gave advice that really helped through the process and focused on what I was looking to achieve.

Posted by Kristin | February 7, 2019 | Hired Attorney

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Divorce/Child Custody

This was my first experience with any lawyer/law issue - Michelle and her team did an excellent job training and helping me through this. Michelle was very straight forward on what to expect with the initial consultation, negotiated extremely well throughout the entire (almost) 2 year process. Aman...da is amazing as well. She did fantastic work, quickly responded and was extremely reassuring. As a team they did a great job handling my case. Negative reviews stated that people were frustrated by the lack of response. I will say initially I was frustrated myself, but Michelle and Amanda reminded me that I pay for them to read my emails/answer my phone calls and respond. So know that they are working on it when it needs to be worked on to help prevent excessive charges to you!! They got me involved when I needed to be and kept me updated as there were updates. I was very happy that I had Michelle and Amanda with me to help me through the worst couple years of my life.

Posted by Darrell | February 6, 2019 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Divorce after 28 years of marriage

Michelle crafted a very versatile divorce decree that was accepted by my ex-wife. I avoided alimony and retained a larger portion of my retirement portfolio.

Posted by anonymous | February 6, 2019 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Exceeded expectations

I was extremely happy with the legal advice I received. My needs and opionions were heard. Michelle was very friendly and happy to answer all my questions and concerns. Appreciated her being patient with me and explaining all the next steps what to expect and what it means to me. Michelle was prepar...ed and knows the laws well, could tell she was is a experienced lawyer. Invoice was detailed and easy to understand the charges. What can be a emotionally and hard experience was the best experience I could of asked for. thank you Kniess law!

Posted by anonymous | February 4, 2019 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Terrible

We are so disappointed in this law firm and we were clients (I read the disclosure from the law firm on another negative review and none of what Kneiss law states on there is at all accurate. We would dispute every single bullet point that they claim. We completely agree, unfortunately, with the nega...tive review) and put down our hard earned money to retain them. After an initial meeting that bolstered our confidence, everything after that was unacceptable. The communication was abhorrent: we would go weeks without hearing ANYTHING about our case and when I complained, we were given excuse after excuse why they hadnt responded. Everything from a lawyer quit unexpectedly to they had family in town for the holidays. We were promised our case would be scheduled in December and as of today (february), nothing is scheduled. And yet, our retainer is 99% gone. They only responded when I reached out to them and even then there was no consistency in how soon they would reply (could be 2 days could be never). It was so bad they actually gave us a discount, which was appreciated, HOWEVER, we racked up all the money they discounted in emails still begging to get some information. Many unnecessary and costly emails later literally begging to get some communication and updates on our case and we are no closer to resolving our case than when we hired them months ago. Please save your money and go with another law firm that gives you the attention you deserve.

Michelle Kniess

Replied last February 6, 2019

We are sorry that you had a bad experience. We invite you to contact the firm to discuss any concerns you have. In general, we do not make promises about when we will "schedule" a case. Cases do not simply get "scheduled." Depending upon what needs to happen in a case, "scheduling" a case depends on more than just a lawyer's availability. It depends on Court availability (if applicable), client ability, opposing party availability, opposing counsel availability, and a third party neutral's availability (if applicable). Because so much of "scheduling" is beyond our control, we cannot and do not make promises about the speed of a case. If there are billing concerns, clients are to contact the firm with the specific charges in dispute so that a satisfactory resolution can be reached. Finally, clients are informed when an event is occurring on their case. When there is nothing to report, the firm attempts to save the client's fees and avoid unnecessary communication with the client. Again, we encourage clients with concerns to reach out to the firm so that we can match expectations with the realities of a family law proceeding.

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Rating:  6.5 (Good)

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