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Posted by anonymous | January 02, 2024 | Hired Attorney
Poor legal advice to get $$
STAY AWAY! Run! She’s dishonest, will advise it’s posible to get you all the things you want, once you’re on the hook, she will gaslight you and say she never said such things and bill you for chasing them when they don’t respond to any form of communication in a timely manner. They will make up bill...
I wish this were an honest and transparent review where the person noted their name so that I could address them directly. If they had an issue or problem, they should call our office and discuss it directly but since they failed to do so, here is my repsonse. Yes, I will say that this is an outright lie because I only handle billing and adminsitrative tasks at my firm as the founding attorney. Next, I am totally honest with potential new clients. I don't lie to get business. I don't have to. At times, my transparency has resulted in us not getting hired and I'm fine with that. Honesty first because that is what I would want for myself. I don't know that this person understands the true meaning of gaslighting. There's not need for anyone to doubt our billing because we are completely transparent. Our billing rates and the fact that we are a billable firm is on our client representation letter and our new client addendum. Both of these things were signed when this person became a client. When a person signs a contract or document, I would assume they read and understood the terms. Additionally, this person was also sent a video explainng how we operate as a billable firm. Its a shame that my firm would get faulted for them not reading, watching or not entirely realizing that we are a billable firm after it was shared before engagement and after engagement 3 different ways. If they had questions, we would have answered them. Our billing is clear and invoices are always available in out client management portal. This means that they can see their invoices are anytime. I'm wondering if this client believed we should have worked for free? Does anyone? We enforce our contracts just lke all other proessionals. That's not a threat...that's just business. We do realize that litigation can be costly, so we are one of the few firms that even have 12 lending partners that allow our clients to pay their legal fees over time. And we have payment plans! How is that gaslighting when we try to assist out clients with handling fees in multiple ways? This person obviously brought their case and problem to us to help resolve. That means the finger should be pointed at the opposing party that made their case more litigious which obviously meant there had to be additional billing. We help people solve their problems and we do it well. Please see our other 5 star reviews from our other happy and satisfied clients. Good luck to you!
Posted by jeremy | April 13, 2020 | Hired Attorney
worst experience possible
Ms. Gauthier was rolled by my spouse's attorney and lead me down a path that was most certainly going to cause me to lose my children. I was called a drug user, blamed for her failure in my case as well as told me her "plan had changed" based on my finances. She allowed a drug test to be taken in a p...
I am an attorney not a magician. But I zealously advocate for all of my clients regardless of their circumstances, finances or ability to be honest or transparent. This does not indicate that I am a perfect attorney rather that this review is flawed. Absolutely none of what you mentioned in your review is true, at all, including your outcome. We treat all of our clients with dignity and respect thus our excellent online reviews. We wish you all the best.
Posted by anonymous | June 20, 2019 | Hired Attorney
annonymous
I hired Avia Gauthier to get my child back. Avia have only been practicing for 4 years and have no knowledge to be practicing family law period. I never went through anything like this and she did not prepare me adequately for my hearing. The father of my child received more time than he should h...
First and foremost, its most interesting that this person chose to remain anonymous. This is certianly untrue and incorrect from the time I've been practicing, to the untruths about the case to the poor grammar. While I have not won every case, I have not lost a cusotdy case anytime recently. I over prepare all of my clients and have them completely comfortable and ready for hearings. No one works harder or cares more for clients than I do. This review is likely that of a disgruntled employee. If it is legitimate and valid, why not share a name so I can repsond directly and specifically.
Posted by Jarell A | June 16, 2019 | Hired Attorney
Definitely recommend
My experience with Mrs. Gauthier was great. She Helped me with bankruptcy. Didn't take long to get through the process. Didn't take long . She's patient and understanding I would definitely recommend her. Thanks for everything
Posted by Monte | June 16, 2019 | Hired Attorney
HIGHLY recommend
Divorce case with child custody is nerve racking but through the whole process Mrs. Gauthier and her staff took the time to explain and answer all my questions, no matter what you will always have more questions and concerns but they always reassured me that I wasn't alone. I think the best part was ...