Charles Origho Agege

I was going through an extremely difficult time in my life when Dr. Agege was recommended to me by the California Bar (first mistake). Without reading reviews I met with him and hired him based on his friendliness and apparent knowledge of the law and reasonable price. Not to bore anyone with the det...ails but he basically held my settlement for ransom (the wrong way; not me getting $$) and when I saw the bill it was 3x what was promised. He blew right through his retainer and charged .75 hours for something as simple as reviewing a document. SHADY! My friends who are lawyers in different fields said if they gave a client a bill like Dr.Agege gave me, they'd be fired from their firm. Stay away. I've moved in and 2 years later am back on track. I'm not a jealous ex lover type who is making this up. This actually happened!!

I have dealt with 1 other attorney before Mr. Agege that only worried about getting money and not my custody case. I hired Charles because he made me feel at ease with all my worries and fears concerning my child in the matter. He is very professional. He saw the bigger picture concerning my child r...ather than the dollar bills behind her. He talks to me when I need someone to talk to and does not make me feel like an inconvenience. He truly cares about my child and the relationship between both parents. He has won my case multiple times and has so much knowledge with custody resolutions. He lets me speak in court unlike my other attorney who elbowed me at the bench to stay quiet. He lets my voice be heard and I don't feel like an ATM machine just spitting out money as he pulls me by my arm. I have never met an attorney so kind, sincere, and caring toward my matter. If anyone ever needs a family law attorney, I HIGHLY recommend him as he gives you faith again that not all attorneys are money hungry jerks. He will always be a part of this family as a man that always kept us whole and protected. I owe him more than I have ever paid him and hope that one day I could pay him back for all the good hearted deeds he has done for us. He really is a wonderful attorney and honest man.

I hired Mr. Agege to push paper after my previous attorney took my unlawful detainer case to the 10-yard line, then disappeared. I needed someone to simply get the squatter and his opposing counsel to sign the settlement agreement that my previous attorney negotiated so we could take it before the ju...dge and have it recorded in court. For this Mr. Agege charged me a retainer 4X the amount my previous attorney charged, and again, for the simple service of finishing an already negotiated settlement. To Mr. Agege's credit, he discovered a precedent case that rendered the aforementioned settlement far too generous. But instead of going back to opposing counsel to renegotiate, he thought it more important to preserve his professional relationships than serve, me, his client. In my opinion, Mr. Agege breached his fiduciary responsibility by releasing the settlement funds to the squatter without ensuring a) the squatter had moved out, and, b) the return of the remote control to the property gate, which was a condition of the court filed stipulation. Moreover, Mr. Agege’s failure to comply with the very stipulation he drafted showed a total disregard for my interests and that he was merely interested in ending this case because he already got paid. In fact, when I expressed my dissatisfaction because he did not follow the signed stipulation and released funds without ensuring the return of the remote control, he did not accept responsibility, and said “it was not a big deal" and if I wanted to get the remote back, the onus was on me and I would have to pursue it through small claims court. Only after I threatened to file a complaint with the California State Bar, report him to the Better Business Bureau, and post a review on social media sites, did he retrieve the remote control, five days later. And if that’s not enough, it’s been almost two months since the case closed and I have not received any sort of billing reconciliation from Mr. Agege documenting his hours. I’ve asked for this three times, to no avail. My two cents (because that’s all I’ve got left after retaining Mr. Agege!) find another attorney to do your bidding.