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Posted by Hannah | August 15, 2013 | Lawsuits & Disputes

Alexandra is amazing!!!

I had my first consultation with Andrea yesterday and I was so impressed with her level of professionalism and integrity. I have a case that needs to be transferred from out of state and she advised me what to do in my current sitauation and was very understanding. She didn't try to take my money wi...th promises of fixing things but advised me how best to handle things for the time being until we can get the case transferred. She was very knowledgeable about how to handle things in different scenarios and I feel confident that when my case is transferred to california she will fight for me until I win.

Posted by Catherine | April 29, 2013 | Divorce & Separation

Great Advice

Alexandra’s expertise and advice was invaluable during my divorce. Alexandra was consistent, informative and always available. She made me aware of all of my rights and options. We discussed all possible outcomes and made plans for several. She made me aware I had choices and she gave me support to ...make decisions that were in my best interest. I can’t imagine going through this difficult process without her. I recommend her highly to anyone who needs legal support.

Posted by anonymous | January 08, 2013 | Family

Great experience

I went to see Alexandra 2 days before I had a scheduled court date. I was extremely nervous about the legal process I was about to go through and had little to no information in how to handle my case; I desperately needed someone knowledgable to advise me. Alexandra was efficient, informative and... by the time I walked out of her office I felt like I was in control of the situation at hand. We discussed a plan and she walked me through my options and the avenues I could pursue. Going through most legal matters is usually an ordeal but Alexandra made it digestible and painless. I would thoroughly recommend her to anyone needing legal help in family matters.

Posted by Kristen | December 12, 2012 | Child Support

Brilliant, cool, collected, bad-ass fireball of an attorney.

I hired Alexandra to help me with a child support modification that had I had attempted to do myself but that ended up backfiring on me, with a reduction in support due to the courts own mistakes and an unexpected request to the judge from my ex regarding my income, (which he granted). I needed help... filing for a motion for reconsideration and had only 4 days to file. I first met with Alexandra for an initial consultation, (of which she did not charge me for), after meeting with two other lawyers. I almost didn't go to our first meeting because I was so exhausted and disappointed with the other attorneys whom hardly looked me in the eye and couldn't even repeat back to me what I was saying. Alexandra immediately looked through my court filings and found 2 mistakes that the court had made (number of children was imputed at 1, not 3 and the percentage of time with their non custodial father was imputed at 37%, when it was actually around 28-29%). We spoke about my third concern, which had to do with my non-taxable income as an apartment manager, and she gave me some sound advice. The whole time she was attentive, informative, and compassionate. I didn't hire her on the spot because I was still trying to pull together funds and budget for hiring an attorney. She told me as I was walking out the door that even if I did not use her services that I could call anytime if I had a legal question I needed help with. I hired her the next day. With only a few days left to file (during a holiday season), she quickly, efficiently, and I should say, beautifully articulated a motion for reconsideration. So then began what we both thought would be a simple motion to correctly adjust child support for my 3 children. Court date was set, see you in 30 days, etc. It took over a year to finally settle. Although the two mistakes made by the court were easily recognized and corrected at our first hearing, the issue of my non-taxable income was stumping the already incompetent judge. Due only to the this judge’s laziness and inability to recognize those legal statues and the ex’s obstinate attitude about providing a modest increase for his 3 children, we had to go back to court 4 times even though we had provided all the laws and statutes concerning my income to the court. Alexandra not only stuck by me the whole time, but her compassionate ferocity for my case did not wane and actually grew stronger. So much so that at times, I felt that I was her only client. Her dedication to her clients comes across not only professionally, but with personal consideration for their very distressing situations. Most importantly, Ms. Lavinsky's understanding of the law is astounding, not just in her ability to write the most astute and beautifully intelligent legal briefs, but her knowledge of the legal system is omnisciently at the tip of her tongue. I fully recognized this at one of our court dates/hearings. We were #21 on the docket, so we had to sit through quite a few hearings before us. As we’re sitting there with the judge fumbling through his post-it noted law books trying to figure out whatever legal statue he had to go by, I leaned over to ask her thoughts. She explained everything before the judge even found the page he was looking for. Although we ended up finally settling, (just to be over with the ridiculous year of continuances), I would not have been able to come close to what Alexandra achieved in my case AND she was even ready to re-file a new OSC for me. This woman is a magnificent attorney, brilliant with her knowledge and compassion and will be a badass firecracker of a lawyer that will be dedicated to you and your case.

Posted by Samantha | May 01, 2012 | Family

Most empowering experience I've had with a lawyer

I've never had a more positive experience with a lawyer. Alexandra was the fourth person I interviewed for my family law case and was by far the most attentive, respectful, knowledgeable and genuine. She made me feel very at ease, heard and taken care of while also exhibiting supreme strength of ch...aracter and integrity. I would highly recommend her to anyone.

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