Mitchell John Dean

Mitchell Dean was the associate attorney who worked on my case after I hired Brad Kaye at Merel Family Law and fired my previous law firm due to incompetence, a conflict of interest because the partner representing me, I later learned, was best friends since childhood with the police chief of the vil...lage where I lived during the marriage. Consequently when there were issues with the police department that robbed me of my legal rights (the cops even brought it fraudulent court order with them on the day of my move, depriving me of my rightful belongings as determined by court order,) and sat in their squad cars eating donuts or something watching my x verbally abuse, threaten, stalk, and corner me along with his flying monkey daughter. My son-in-law had to physically protect me whenever we were out of sight of the police while the x and his daughter terrorized me and blocked access to areas of the house where my belongings were. One incident happened outside in the front of the house, after I had to lock myself in my car in fear for my safety. The x came charging towards my car with two squad cars with officers in them parked right in front of my car. It was my 90 pound daughter who approached the 250 pound x and warned him off me while the cops never budged from their vehicles. After the nightmare of that, the attorney didn't believe me and did nothing to make sure I was able to get my remaining rightful belongings. His friendship with the police chief was a clear conflict of interest that compromised the quality of my representation. The last attorney there who my case was shifted to was even worse than his father, the first attorney of the three. By this time my trial had already been moved to the trial judge. There was hemorrhaging of marital assets that was obvious in the x's financial disclosures. It was alarming and yet that last attorney's response to my concern about the dissipation was telling me as he had regarding other important matters, that there was nothing he could do about the dissipation because "it would just delay settling the case". I had been trying to find another attorney for several months, but nobody wanted to take the case. Finally two attorneys from 2 different firms who wouldn't take the case, recommended Brad Kaye. I immediately contacted him and he was willing to take it on. Brad and Mitch believed me. They immediately went to work to get things back on track. Mitch painstakingly went through the x's financials and found the dissipation in larger and less significant individual transactions. His attention to detail was stellar. A claim was filed in court and the judge ruled in my favor, approving the dissipation claim. Not only did that protect me financially, it also led to the x stopping the overspending, further protecting my financial situation. I found Mitch to be very responsive. He kept me informed throughout. He is a compassionate, empathetic human being and had a steady, reassuring manner during a time when I really needed to feel supported, believed, and understood. Together he and Brad successfully settled the divorce and kept the communication with the OC going in spite of her lack of responsiveness, pushing to bring my ridiculous divorce to the end, avoiding trial and saving me tens of thousands of dollars. Brad and Mitch made sense of nonsense and truly had my back. Making the change in legal representation was the best decision I made during this extremely difficult time in my life aside from the decision to divorce my tormenter. I'm so grateful for everything they did for me.

Mitch was my second attorney. The first had dropped the ball on some legal proceedings. I wish I had come to Mitch and his firm first. He immediately got to work and put my divorce back on track, including helping reduce my child support and negotiate fair terms for separation. He moved the process f...orward and got me divorced in less than year from taking over, something my previous lawyer failed to do. Mitch is highly knowledgeable and took the time to help me understand many of the legal processes, even if I did not like them. He is patient, understanding, knowledgable, and quick on his feet. This can be a very emotional and mentally draining process. Mitch will see you all the way through!

Jonathan's firm was recommended by an other top attorney. After I fire my previous attorney. Bradley & Mitchell took my DIVORCE case, couldn't be happier with the result's. The odds are not always on favor of a man or a business owner such myself in this type of cases due to the complicated na...ture of the finances when you own a business. To say the least this was an uphill battle, but they acted together as a team and where never intimidated by the opposite party. Always calm and collected with facts and evidence they where able to clarify all of the facts in front of the judge giving me a very favorable outcome . Thank you Brad & Mitch from the bottom of my heart. (God use you both to help me finish close that chapter )