Ali Ziai

If I could go back in time and done my research on restraining order attorney's I would. I filed a DV restraining order on my ex boyfriend and four days before my court date I get a letter from his attorney that she will be defending him. I am in fear at this point and came across this law firm becau...se of their five star ratings. Ali Ziai was my attorney, he was very sweet and understood that I didn't have the money to pay upfront but I eventually paid him before the due date. During the case process, I felt that he was more on my ex's boyfriend's side because he didn't want to use the evidence that proved my statements because he didn't "want to hurt my ex boyfriend's record" and wasn't going to mention the judge about certain things. In the hearing, he brought black and white pictures where I'm hurt, never used the screenshots and hospital records that proved that I was in fact hurt, and other evidence that my ex was in fact a narcissist/bad person. It got to the point that I told him, "I feel like you're more on his side then mine." With the help of my ex's attorney, the judge thought my statements/evidence where totally bogus and I'm just a jealous ex girlfriend who is trying to get revenge on her ex which wasn't true. My case was dismissed and Ali Ziai said that he was sorry and if the next 90 days something comes up he would be my attorney for free. If the respondent got away with assault, a DUI offense, and child porn, and doesn't need to go to a supervised child visitation facility to see my daughter, I believe he could get away with murder next. Two days after my case was dismissed, I catch my ex passing by during the middle of the night driving by my residence. I am more in fear now because my daughter can possibly be abducted and I will be hurt again. I feel very bad that I waisted my family's money for nothing and now I have no choice but to face this demon in family court by myself and with no attorney. I feel so stupid that I hired him.

He destroyed our life in the most ridiculous and indecent way. Be aware that the fact that he have so many good reviews is because they make you do it while you're in his office on the first visit, after you pay them you are on your own. How I know? Because I was one. My family is destroyed and I wil...l always feel guilty because I was the one with the resolution to hire him. I can said so many things I will eventually do. Right now I know this is David against Golliat and what can we do......just hope to find justice in some other ways, while they do their game of playing with people's life. Ali Ziai is not recommended he is horrible.

Ali Zia represented my mother for an elder abuse restraining order and he FAILED miserably. He is a one man show with nobody to rely on but himself. I remember he even complained about having to make copies because it took so much of his time and his old printer wouldn't work half the time. He cla...imed he was friends with the judge and that her case was a slam dunk. He said he worked 12+ years with the judge at the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office and that he was very close friends and they hung out all the time. That of course was a lie as the judge repeatedly struck him down in court and made him look like a fool. He even went as far as to charge thousands of dollars for court transcripts and then refused to share them. When my mother lost the restraining order he blamed everyone but himself and even started to harass me by email. His REPRESENTATION IS A JOKE and when in court he looked confused, fumbled with paperwork, and didn't know how to object or handle himself professionally. The defendants attorney ran circles around him. My mother lost her case because she relied on Ali Zia. I wouldn't recommend Ali to my worst enemy. Ali Zia CANNOT BE TRUSTED. He doesn't understand the meaning of client confidentially and will share personal and confidential information if you don't pay him on time and will quit without notice. Ali has very little experience outside of being a paper pusher at the District Attorney's office. Ali is not even a certified family law specialist yet he practices family law. He may have only 2-3 years of real court room experience which is not much. Again, I wouldn't recommend Ali to my worst enemy.