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Posted by Shamim | September 25, 2016

Dan is Great!!!

Dan is a great attorney. But you need to understand that if your claim is not meritorious, Dan cannot take it on contingency basis. I am grateful to Dan because he gave me a clue why my claim was weak. So I would suggest that, always contact Dan to find out if you have meritorious claim. If you do ha...ve a meritorious claim, most of you realistically still need the stamp of an attorney on your petition to confirm that you win. Dan will be very helpful on that and be hopeful that he will extend you his hand of contingency. True trial fighting attorneys are reserved these days for rich people who pays big bucks upfront. Who would do that for contingency!!! But if you have a meritorious claim, then go for Dan's contingency plan and get his stamp. If you have less than meritorious claim, then research law, case law and study the law library. Then give your best shot as pro se. Good luck guys. God bless.

Posted by anonymous | November 16, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Bully Lawyer that love promoting his 30 or 32 year career only

I told Dan that my employer was not interested in a settlement. ..I think he thought if he told my former employer about his career and 30/32 years as an attorney and they would just settle on his credentials...He wasted my time...didn't communicate...threatened to sue me if I did a review....oh yea ...he did the same thing to me as the previous client...once my former employer declined settlement he did not contact me...I contacted him and he let me know at that moment he couldn't represent me in a lawsuit...That was what I was going to him for...he had emotional responses said he want let me steal from him or his family...huh.??? Now I am a thief....I hate I contacted this law office....So Dan you can sue me because of my opinion that is no where near false...

Posted by anonymous | August 14, 2016 | Hired Attorney

dropped

I was a client of Dan Atkerson on a disability discrimination case in regards to reasonable accomodation. I had a car accident and was fired from my employer after giving them a copy of my doctor's note. I contacted him for help and he did not communicate or respond in an effective manner considering... that my claim was time sensitive. I was threatened if I placed a review for slander and my statements were not false. I would not recommend this lawyer because he doesn't care about the needs of his client.

Dan Atkerson

Replied last August 14, 2016

I care about the needs of all my clients, and I that is why I have been a successful lawyer for 32 years in Texas. I tried to help this lady even though she only had a seasonal low paying job that would have only lasted about 6 more weeks only regardless after her termination. She never paid me a dime, and I do not charge any fees at all unless I obtain a settlement or recovery. She only hired me to send a settlement demand letter to the company, and that is what I did for free. I got a response from the employer in less than 3 weeks after sending it, and that is a normal turnaround time. She did not like the response but I cannot control how a company responds or how fast they respond. Thus, her statement above that I did not communicate or respond in an effective manner is a lie and false and slanderous. I told her upfront before she hired me to send a demand letter that I could not take the case for filing of a court lawsuit, and she never hired me to file a lawsuit on her case. She still has plenty of time to file a lawsuit if she wants with or without another lawyer. I simply asked her not to slander me online but she persists and does not appreciate that I tried to help her for free. However, I cannot be bullied into taking a case for lengthy lawsuit on contingency that has very little monetary value when her seasonal low paying job was ending anyway about 6 weeks after her termination. Call me and judge me and my services for yourself.

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