Amir Sam Dibaei

Mr. Dibaei sued me and I'm leaving him a 5-star review. In reality he didn't sue me. He didn't write letters or leave messages or anything like that. An employee of ours hit his car in the parking lot (while he was in it) and then took off. He wrote down the number of the plate. A few weeks afte...r it happened he called me and asked to meet face to face. He knew who had hit his car. He knew he worked for us. He wanted to settle the matter. I told him I need to call our attorney. He asked if I deny that our employee was at fault? I didn't answer. He said damage to his car was a couple thousand dollars and he hit his head on the steering wheel real hard. His phone had teeth marks on it as he showed me. Then he said: "you're going to pay for it." Which I found ridiculous. I told him I'm calling my lawyer. He didn't react. "Call your lawyer. That will be $300. And how many calls will you be making in the upcoming weeks? months? Or you can just pay for my car." I thought he was crazy! I told him emphatically. NO! And I almost kicked him out. He didn't seem to care. He went on "work it out however you want with your employee and your insurance. Otherwise I will file a police report, your employee will get in trouble and you will end up paying me anyways. At that point I will want a new phone, a dentists visit and just as things were getting heated up he stuck his finger in his mouth and showed me his wisdom teeth. "You see that? It's gold. I'm not a cheap date." I almost spit out my drink laughing. Just like that he cut me down to size. We talked a little about normal life. He came back the next day and dropped off a settlement agreement. I told him I would have to have our lawyer review it. He agreed. But then he grabbed the settlement agreement and wrote a note to my lawyer saying "if you are worth your salt it will take you 15 minutes to review this." He was making sure to keep the legal fees down for himself and even me! I thought that was really considerate of him. A week later we signed the settlement and he thanked me for making this easy. I asked if he was ok to which he smirked "you ask now that we've settled?" He was right. There was no point in getting our employee in trouble. No point in giving a bunch of money to lawyers. As he put it "no point in wasting our lives over a couple of metal boxes running into each other."

I engaged with Mr. Dibael, and he provided me answers to my questions that were clear, to the point and thorough. He never made me feel inferior or below his level because he is an attorney and I am a Pro Se self-represented fighting my way through this personal injury litigant. He provided me the ...same professional respect as a fellow colleague. His responses allowed me to understand that I was on the right track, which eliminated my concerns. His explanation was not complicated as if he was in the courtroom, he was not arrogant, but the opposite. if you are looking for an attorney that goes beyond, that gives you his time, that does not cut you short, that does not make you feel like you need to quit because you are just a Pro Se self-represented litigant, then Mr. Dibael is awesome with his communication with Pro Se litigants, informative while citing laws, points, and authority, etc. Thank you Mr. Dibael for your much needed help, much appreciated !!! Sincerely, MV Oakland, CA Pro Se Litigant

I had a case that I had consulted Mr. Dibaei to represent me. Initially, everything seemed good. He was pretty responsive, and seemed confident. I met him at the first consultation, and that was when things started going downhill. Rather than to even understand what I needed help with, the whole cons...ultation seemed more like a sales pitch than anything else. He had wanted me to put a retainer right away, but I wasn't even comfortable with putting down any retainer when he had not even vaguely describe his strategy in addressing my case. Instead he just went on and on about how good he is, how cool of a person he is, etc. Anyhow, I left the meeting without putting any retainer. I decided to give him one more chance anyways and emailed him two questions regarding my case, and that if he had given a good response, I would have let him handled my case. Yet, out of the blue, he was rude, abusive, and went on a crazy rant about all sorts of things. Luckily, I found myself another lawyer who resolved my issues easily. Please save yourself from any trouble and just avoid him.

I used to date someone that went to law school. When I broke up with this person, they proceeded to sue me for mental anguish. I thought it was ridiculous! Soon I realized having a complaint filed against you is a big deal. Every lawyer I called wanted to know how I would be paying and wanted $1...0,000 minimum. Mr. Dubai was the first lawyer I spoke with that actually cared about the situation I was in and agreed my situation was ridiculous. He was honest with me and told me he didn't know how much it would cost. I paid him for 10 hours and all of the costs associated with a defense. He told me not to worry and he would do his best. After 4-months I called and asked him the status of my case. Again he said he would let me know. 2 months later I saw there was a court date. I called his office and he was not in. I spoke to him the following day and asked him what was going on in my case. I was very nervous about this matter and he didn't seem to take it seriously. When I finally got him on the phone I was ANGRY and got ANGRIER by him being confused. As it turns out he had left me a voicemail and sent me an email. My case was dismissed. Still angry I asked him about my billing. He said an invoice with a return of my money was on its way with a document formalizing the dismissal. He also sent me everything he filed. I felt so bad because he had done a lot of research and filed a very articulate and concise motion for me which was granted. His prices: very fair. His office: very nice. His lawyering: surgical. Now I may need him for a TRO against the same person and I would not hesitate to use Amir again! -Michelle