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Showing 1 - 3 of 3 reviews | Intellectual Property

Posted by Marco | January 26, 2021

Very rude and useless

I was referred to him in a trade-mark case. Initially, he showed great interest in my case, however the more questions I was asking about his fees, the more un-responsive he turned. Finally, he made me understand that he was not interested in representing me. His final response was a shocking e-m...ail where he used a brutally rude and un-respectful language. I reported him to the competent BAR association.

Posted by anonymous | January 23, 2016

Would not recommend this attorney

Mr. Randazza was employed by my company as General Counsel for approximately 3 years as our General Counsel. We recently concluded litigation against this attorney (a 2.5 year binding arbitration), and the judge's ruling determined Mr. Randazza had committed (in the judge's words) "clear and serio...us breaches of fiduciary duty". Our experience - and the judge's ruling - was that Randazza engaged in a host of actions prohibited by the professional rules of conduct, including negotiations for monetary payment to him directly from opposing parties in litigation. He'd also taken on numerous clients whose interests were adverse to ours (conflicts of interest) without disclosing them to us, and without informed written consent. Specifically, Mr. Randazza was tasked with protecting our copyrights. During a suit with a party who had been violating our copyrights, it was discovered that Mr. Randazza pursued a $75,000 bribe from the opposing party in exchange for conflicting himself out of future representation against them. Subsequent discovery revealed this was a pattern Mr. Randazza had engaged in. Mr. Randazza's actions following one specific settlement with an opposing party in copyright litigation resulted in that opposing party filing suit over Mr. Randazza's violations of the settlement agreement. This led to our having to settle with this opposing party, at considerable expense. In another instance, Mr. Randazza actually took on as a client another website/company who repeatedly violating our copyrights without disclosing this to us. This rendered us entirely unable to pursue this company for their repeated violations of our copyrights, because Mr. Randazza clandestinely represented them. Mr. Randazza's willingness to engage in conflicts like the above caused us considerable harm, as the attorney we'd hired to pursue protection of our intellectual property rights was either unwilling or enable to do precisely that, instead - as the arbitrator ruled - unjustly enriching themselves at our expense. Further complications arose as a result of Mr. Randazza’s actions. Mr. Randazza wiped his company laptop of all our client files and data, did not release to us close to $600,000 in client files being held in his trust account, and refused for a considerable amount of time to hand over our client legal files following his resignation. I would not recommend this attorney at all.

Marc Randazza

Replied last January 23, 2016

Much of this is outright lies, the rest is misrepresentation. There was no "judge" in this, just a biased arbitrator, who this company paid a hell of a lot of money to, and go figure, they got the decision they paid for. I could refute this point by point, but I won't. Doing so would require me, in part, to violate attorney-client privilege, and despite what this lowlife has to say, I don't do that. But, look at the reviews here and make up your mind. The word "bribe" gets tossed around. This was a "retainer." Opposing party wanted to hire me after the litigation was over. I told them that would be just fine, but there would be a significant payment for that representation. Is that a "bribe?" No sir. What really happened here was my employer refused to pay what it owed me, and I was forced to arbitrate, rather than get real due process in court. I bless the day that I did not have to work for this lowlife anymore, and wish the best of luck to anyone foolish enough to do so. If this "review" is persuasive to you, hire another attorney. I am just relieved that I no longer have to associate with this scumbag.

Posted by Stewart | August 24, 2015 | Hired Attorney

Exceptional Attorney For Our Ethics Company

As the owner of WebsiteSecure.org, Marc Randazza is the only attorney we have hired and the only attorney we would hire. We provide trust seals and ethics audits of companies doing business online for the purpose of enabling honest business owners and ethical consumers to find each other more easi...ly. Mr. Randazza has assisted us with protecting all of our intellectual property (including our official seal), quantifying our ethical standards and best practices, and many other more ordinary matters that have required his legal expertise. At every turn Randazza has proven to be accessible and useful. We do not get passed over to assistants or associates, and he responds promptly to every request. As you might expect, his fees aren't the lowest we have seen, but I'm a firm believer that the best quality representation is a very worthwhile part of our budget. I highly recommend you speak with him and hire him. He will do right by you. - Stewart CEO, WebsiteSecure.org

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