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Posted by Fred | October 01, 2024 | Hired Attorney

Samera Habib et al Dadvocates

I’m a current client of Samera Habib and I have to leave my experience here unfortunately some thing I really don’t to do, but I need to warn other parents, especially fathers that Samera Habib and her partners have not been handling my case well. The problem is that it appears that they’re billin...g practices are just not honest and as a result, I wound up spending tens of thousands of dollars without receiving a single valid document including them repeatedly ignoring my requests to file a substitution on my case with the court, and instead they dragged that on which cost me tons of thousands of dollars and supposedly documentation and research fees, none of which amount to that closely resembled the facts of my case. Inevitably, it seems like I was targeted or so, because of my vulnerabilities as a father whose case is against a licensed therapist which has made demonstrating facts and seeking justice and truth that much more challenging. This allowed them to perpetually gaslight me which resembled psychologically abusive tactics of hostage taking. At this point it seems like they completely fail to take into account the many hours of research, all-hands on deck meetings, and the introduction of four professionals who were supposed to be on top of my critical case I was enticed into paying top rate for. I am certain that they completely lost focus of my case objective to seek the best interest and welfare of my children, and cycle after cycle of poor performance and I concede it has all been about weekly billing and maintaining a retainer, without delivering a single valid document. Cycle after cycle I have complied, with small degrees of dispute vocalized and my concerns about billing practices and poor performance repeatedly going on deaf ears. It seems as long as they were capable of keeping the facade of representation going they are ok with that, ultimately blaming me telling me that “it is too early to file”. Meanwhile they have without any hesitation collected tens of thousands in fees, of which thousands were billed even before informing the court that they are being paid on my case. I would be cautious too about these reviews which admit that they don’t patronize Samera’s legal profession. I am a current customer who has reached the point that find it necessary to warn others.

Posted by anonymous | March 18, 2021

No help

I contacted The Dadvocates online seeking a consultation about child custody and other issues regarding a petition for legal separation that my spouse and I have jointly filed. They said Samera was not scheduling consultations with new clients and turfed me off to a different attorney. It became appa...rent after a few minutes into the consultation that the other attorney - a criminal defense attorney who has only practiced family law in Colorado for a couple years - had no familiarity with the Colorado legal separation law. I said I would like to consult with Samera directly, but instead they refunded my money and refused to help.

Posted by Surat (Abu) | March 04, 2015

An excellent divorce lawyer

Samera is a skilled attorney, a wonderful person and a trusted ally to anyone looking for moral representative. Samera legal knowledge is excellent her communications ability is incredible and she always kept me informed. Samera helped me navigate through a very bad divorce against a vicious Plain...tiff and a vicious Plaintiff's attorney. Samera helped me achieved excellent results in a timely fashion. Samera is a calm and steady presence and truly talented in legal affairs. I highly recommend Samera to any person seeking representation in divorce proceedings.

Posted by Steve | February 24, 2015

The experience sucked, but it wasn't Samera's fault!

Getting a divorce was painful, but Ms. Habib's professional attitude and advice made the process less painful and expensive as it could have been. My only complaint was that there were times when I didn't get responses to inquiries promptly. However, that's probably to be expected with any good law...yer, since they have multiple clients. :)

Posted by anonymous | February 24, 2015

Amazing follow up and finish

Samera was always there for us, close, easy to reach, the only time you can't get ahold of her is when she is in the court room or with a client, because it's easy to contact her. and then she is very kind when dealing with her, and very smart and tough when she represented us. We always had that f...eeling that it will be ok because she is on top of it, and she is strong and smart, and never worried, because she is several steps ahead of the other lawyers, and sure enough, without even going to court, our case was resolved, we got all we wanted, and the other lawyers just backed away. I definitely recommend Samera to anybody, she is simply the best.

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