Ramin Ray Kohanarieh

We hired Ramin because he was a trusted family friend. He had represented both me and my father in past injury claims, and we were grateful for his work. That trust is what made this experience so disappointing. This time, the representation went completely off track. After retaining him in early ...2023, we did not receive a single substantive written update throughout all of 2024. Repeated emails were either ignored or met with vague instructions to call the office. As clients, we had to chase updates, request basic information multiple times, and push just to get partial answers. It gets worse. In 2025, we learned that Ramin had already received settlement offers from the insurance company, thirty thousand dollars for my case and twenty-five thousand dollars for my father's, and never disclosed them before filing a lawsuit. Filing suit triggered a fee increase from thirty-five percent to fifty percent under his contract. He had a duty to tell us those numbers before litigation. He did not. Throughout 2025, we continued to request the finalized lien amounts, a detailed distribution sheet, and an itemized accounting of costs. He delayed or avoided every one of those requests. Instead of informing us so we could make a decision, he demanded that we first agree to accept a specific net amount. Then, and only then, he said he would begin negotiating the medical liens. This turned the process on its head. Clients cannot give informed consent if they do not have the actual numbers. He also ignored critical medical details that could have strengthened our claims. I had an MRI showing new disc bulges from the collision. Ramin never referenced it in negotiation. When I asked why, I got no real answer. By the time written discovery was served in the case, he threatened to raise his fee to fifty percent if we did not settle. When I asked for the full discovery packet, he sent only one document and falsely claimed that it was complete, even though defense counsel listed multiple attachments. This failure to provide procedural documents put us at risk of default. We repeatedly asked for written offers, a finalized breakdown of how much each provider was being paid, and proof that lien negotiations had even started. For months, we were told nothing. There was no signed communication from the providers, no accounting sheet, and no way to verify the numbers he claimed were final. At one point, he demanded that we accept a net figure in writing before he would even attempt to negotiate down the medical bills. The pressure was nonstop. He insisted that his numbers were guaranteed. He refused to put anything on letterhead. He refused to confirm whether settlement checks had even been received. Every email felt like a stalling tactic, not a resolution. After all of this, my father and I had no choice but to discharge him and retain new counsel. The level of frustration, confusion, and distrust made it impossible to continue. We were left with months of wasted time, no documentation, and a complete breakdown of trust with someone we once considered a friend. If Ramin is currently your lawyer, I urge you to stay vigilant. Do not rely on phone calls. Request everything in writing. Keep a paper trail. Ask for settlement offers, itemized deductions, and lien confirmations. If you are not getting straight answers, press harder. We wish we had done so sooner.

Not being an expert Ray took the time to have me come to his office so he could personally answer any questions I had and explain things in simple English. Speak with him who gets 100%! of his clients from word of mouth like yours truly NOT FROM LAW FIRMS THAT SPEND MILLIONS IN COMMERCIALS BUT SKIMP ...ON PERSONAL ATTENTION, if you don't want to be lost in an assembly line disservice CALL RAY AND GET SERVICE. I'VE REFERRED MY OWN SON.