Rachel Elizabeth Ellis

I had an exceptional experience working with Livelihood Law on with my employment law matter. Their team was knowledgeable, professional, and incredibly supportive throughout the entire process. They provided clear guidance, were always available to answer my questions, and ultimately achieved a favo...rable outcome. I highly recommend Livelihood Law to anyone seeking legal representation in employment law.

I was an HR Manager with a very sticky situation. The president of the company had been doing erratic irrational behaviors to many employees including me the entire time I worked there, but I knew something was going very wrong after I returned from Maternity Leave and my job duties had changed, amon...g many other concerning factors. I consulted with Rachel and felt she took a lot of time looking into all of my documentation and was invested in my situation. She was compassionate with her words but was honest and straight forward with the situation. She helped brainstorm ways to make the situation better, and how I can be moving forward, what all of my options were. Although I didn't expect what she said, she explained it in great detail and made sure that she answered all of my questions. When following up she has given me great advice as well. Be aware that it might not be an instantaneous response from Rachel, but communicate what you need from her and she is very responsive! I'm thankful to have met her, and will hopefully not need her in the future but would recommend her to others for any employment issues.

If you need help with an employment issue make sure THIS lawyer doesn't actually know/is friend's with your boss!!!!! Not only will she bring it up but it'll seem as though she knows them because of their time in management. DON'T BE FOOLED!!!!!!! After months, even a year later with absolutely ZERO ...RESULTS, I came to find out the reason this lawyer mentioned a particular name on my FMLA paperwork. It was NOT because she knew him from being in management but because she was friend's with him on a personal level. I could not understand why for the life me my "lawyer" was doing such a horrible job??????? Issues we discussed that I had handled within a week were not actually dealt with until 4 months later. All the while, this firm charged me for every communication, mostly brought on by me because it was like pulling teeth to get any communication from them regarding my case. What became a 2 week response time eventually grew into NO response at all! They just sat back, did NOTHING, LET MY UNION DO EVERYTHING AND STILL CHARGED ME FOR EVERYTHING!!!!!! I couldn't believe how truly AWFUL my treatment from Rachel Ellis was!!!! Even my union lawyers were shocked when I forwarded ALL my emails between Livelihood Law and myself. I later found out the reason this "lawyer" knew about my previous boss was NOT because of legal dealings but because they are friends! While I was in awe about how incredibily horrible this firm was treating me it now makes sense! I truly felt they were going out of their way to hurt my cases and that was actually the truth! Rachel Ellis told me everything I needed/wanted to hear. She told me my case would be handled in no time. She also assured me anything beyond a demand letter would be on a contingency basis but she was sure my case would not even make it that far. She also assured me my demand letter would done within a week, LIE # 1!!!! Not only was my demand letter not done within a week, it wasn't done for 3 months! On top of that, I continued to get billed for every communication! When talking with multiple people from this firm they said I was on an hourly basis not contingency. I WOULD HAVE NEVER HIRED AN EMPLOYMENT LAW FIRM IF IT WAS NOT AGREED UPON A CONTINGENCY, NOT EVEN FOR A DEMAND LETTER THAT WAS PAID FOR SEPARATELY!!!!!! Now that I know this lawyer's true character, it makes total sense why she changed her story and has been billing me all along. I also regretfully recommended this lawyer to more than one other employee in my situation, at least 2 of them are on a contingency for the same issue as mine.