Paul Severin Marks

I hired Paul Marks at Neufeld Marks to sue a producer on a movie I was going to produce. Paul in the nearly 2 years he was my attorney rang up thousands and thousands of dollars in sanctions, never did any discovery, or filed any motions at all. None. The only thing he did was file an amended complai...nt 2 or 3 times because if kept getting rejected on a lawsuit already filed by the 1st lawyer I hired who I should have stayed with. When Marks rang up thousands in sanctions he never even told me anything about sanctions until after the judge awarded them. The judge demanded he pay sanctions because we never answered discovery because I never knew discovery existed and I had to answer until after sanctions were awarded. He did such a poor job on my case he never served any discovery, interrogatories, a motion to compel to get any bank statements proving my case. Nothing, zip, zero. In 2 years he did nothing to prove or help my case. It was so bad his own law firm paid the sanctions on his behalf. I lost my lawsuit because of Marks pathetic legal services and I could have proven my case easily by simply getting bank statements. Marks never filed any motions to get bank statements or anything from the defense despite telling me numerous times he would over a nearly 2 year span. He lied to me countless times in phone calls updating me on my case. I went to a couple malpractice lawyers. They agreed to take my case but because the amount I sued for was not in the millions so it was not deemed cost efficient to sue Marks for malpractice. One lawyer said this guy’s work was just awful. Although, I plan to sue him for malpractice representing myself with legal assistance since I can’t get a lawyer to take the case because the dollar figure is to low. I would never ever recommend Paul Marks to anyone or Neufeld Marks.

Paul Marks has represented our nonprofit in a complex land ownership case lasting almost seven years. Through the years, he has tirelessly and doggedly been able to defend against no fewer than six attorneys at once. We were fighting a large developer and a City government. Mr. Marks convinced the... City to dismiss with prejudice. Won a judgment against the developer and a verdict against a former ally. He also won an award of over $1 million in attorney fees in a case were were told did not allow for collection of attorney fees. He continues to represent us through the appellate and collection phase. Mr. Marks has also potentially discovered millions of dollars in misappropriated public money. He has done an outstanding job of representing us in the public interest. We highly recommend him.