Matthew M Wolf

I hired Matt Wolf, Jennifer Schlatter and Bailey Pompea, all with Allen Vellone Wolf Law Firm to represent me in a civil case. Leading up to trial, they recommended that I file additional charges on top of my original claim because, they said, the defendants responses in discovery proved their guilt..., in writing, on these additional charges. The legal work to prepare multiple claims resulted in attorneys fees exceeding $80,000 just to get to mandated pretrial mediation. At mediation, all three lawyers at Allen Vellone had no argument prepared to defend my case. My attorneys did not understand, and could not defend, my original complaint. They offered no argument at all to support the additional complaints that they had recommended. The defendant's attorneys destroyed Allen Vellone in all arguments. The mediator ruled that I had no case on ANY of my claims. To have any chance of winning if I proceeded to trial, I needed to hire new attorneys. Since I could not afford to start over with new attorneys, I was forced to drop my claims. All of them! But it gets worse: At mediation, all three attorneys provided me with an estimate of my net legal costs through mediation for the entire team. I requested this so that I would be prepared to negotiate a settlement, if necessary. When I dropped my case after mediation, Allen Vellone billed me TWICE AS MUCH for mediation as they had verbally quoted. When I disputed the inflated amount, Allen Vellone said that they did not remember giving me an estimate. They still charged me an extra $10,000 to add to my losses, and to pad their pockets. Wolf's, Schlatter's and Pompea's actions clearly show that they were not interested in giving me quality representation. All they cared about was running up their fees. First by adding claims that were subsequently thrown out. Secondly by jacking up their fees when my engagement with them was ending. Instead of paying $50,000 to win a potential settlement of $200,000... with Wolf, Schlatter and Pompea, I paid $80,000 to lose and and win NOTHING!