Deborah Soleymani

I would not use again nor refer Deborah Soleymani to even my less favorite person. I repeatedly ask to have strategies in place knowing my spouse was manipulative and dishonest. When his like attorney was unprofessional, rude and dishonest Deborah allowed it. In the end, the financial paper work fo...r the accounts to be divided and the deed of title were left unfinished and inaccurate. Yet, her billing continued to suck out the last dollar out of me. Excuses that only an attorney can excel at is what I paid for in the long run. It would have been cheaper to just hand over all my assets to my spouse as the cost for the divorce broke me. The unsupportive non-productive relationship with the Soleymani Law Firm destroyed what was left of my self-worth. It seems my expectations that Ms. Soleymani would be the best assertive advocate were far too high. Shame on me for putting my trust in Deborah.

Deborah and Emily are exceptional. Deborah is not active here on AVVO, and shared with me her side of the 1 star review before I hired her. I saw zero indication of any of the allegations in the other review. I was in Family court fighting for custodial rights for 5 years, and it took getting De...borah and Emily on my side to finally win. I had gone through 4+ different lawyers before them. Each time I thoroughly checked reviews and interviewed them, only to have their true identities show up later. Lawyer 1 (AVVO 9+) didn't listen, Lawyer 2 (AVVO 9+) didn't prepare until the weekend before and yelled at me for asking questions (and lost), Lawyer 3 got results but cost truly insane amounts (my entire six figure not starting with a 1 inheritance in 9 months), Lawyer 3.5 (separate DCFS case) was ok, but still cost too much, Lawyer 4 (AVVO 9+) listened well at first, but never again, and then finally Deborah was recommended to me by a lawyer that worked next to my office (not family law). NONE of my prior frustrations appeared again. I worked primarily with Emily, but I feel I got the perfect dose of Deborah's oversight. Important aspects were run by her, I had access to her, but my bills were not overly peppered with her time. Emily was a great listener, and even better, she was great at explaining her rationale so that I didn't have as many questions. She never hid from me, the documents she authored were good, and she drafted them quickly. She welcomed my input, and even used some of it. I never felt the need or justification for questioning their bills, and I appreciated the occasional unsolicited write-off of a call or effort here or there. I truly felt that they CARED, from start to finish, and I finally was able to conclude a chapter of my life I never want to revisit, with all of my "must have" custodial rights. I highly recommend!!