Cynthia Ribas

Cynthia was so much more than my attorney. She was a fierce advocate when I needed one, a voice of reason when I needed calm, and the best hype woman a girl could ask for when I was feeling beaten down. She's brilliant, prepared for every twist and turn, and never lost sight of the human toll the leg...al process can take on one’s soul. I will forever be grateful for her counsel, guidance, and encouragement. I was so fortunate to have her in my corner when I needed her the most, and I can’t recommend her highly enough.

If you’re searching for a reliable and highly skilled attorney in Los Angeles, I can’t recommend Cynthia Ribas enough. She has helped me navigate multiple legal cases with clarity, confidence, and care, always achieving strong results. Cynthia is not only incredibly knowledgeable and strategic, but a...lso ethical, fair, and genuinely compassionate. She made a stressful process feel manageable and was always available when I needed guidance. She’s the kind of attorney you want in your corner – smart, trustworthy, and truly dedicated to her clients.

As a very satisfied client it is my pleasure to recommend Cynthia Ribas.  I can't adequately describe the relief I feel knowing Cynthia is my attorney.  Einstein defined genius as making complex things simple rather than the reverse.  Cynthia elegantly makes complex things simple and finds several wa...ys to create an optimum solution. Cynthia's broad and extensive experience in numerous legal capacities make her more qualified than any attorney I have met.  Her ethics and competence are unmatched. Cynthia takes pride in her work and her goal is a satisfied customer. If you have an opportunity to work with Cynthia I'm confident the results will exceed your expectations.    

Our small company hired Ms. Ribas for a simple Breach of Contract lawsuit. From the minute the engagement letter was signed, all that Ms. Ribas did was talk about her invoices and getting paid. She would send her invoice every 3 to 4 weeks and demanded payment immediately. One time she billed us for ...2 months and demanded payment within 2 days. She threatened to stop working if the payment was not received. We looked back and these threats came from her each and every month. We would pay her within 2 days of receiving her invoices. We had never experienced this behavior from an attorney before. It made us conclude that she probably didn't have any other clients. She kept reminding us that her $350 rate was discounted, but in our opinion, she is not worth $350. She would write long and repetitive emails that contained information we already knew and would bill us over and over for it. The opposing party purposely sent an 800-page document that was unrelated to our case, and she insisted on reading it. She billed us for that time too. She doesn't like being asked questions or challenged. She wanted us to settle the case by paying the opposing party an amount which was unacceptable to us since the opposing party basically hijacked our patented product. When we refused to accept this, Ms. Ribas waited until we were out of town and she filed a Motion to Withdraw from the case. She filed this Motion smack in the middle of an important Settlement period. She knew the other party would never settle with us, if we didn't have a lawyer to represent us and they didn't. What she did is shameful. In her Motion to Withdraw, she claimed she was not paid. We showed the Judge the date that we received her invoices and the date she was paid, proving her wrong. When she saw that we responded to the judge with the truth, that she was paid, she changed her story and said we talked to other lawyers and tried to change the legal strategy. All of this is untrue of course. We just disagreed that we should pay the company after they played a role in committing fraud and obtaining US patents with forged documents. I do not think that is unreasonable. Ms. Ribas however did. The Judge allowed her to withdraw and now we are seeking new representation. It will be difficult for us because she made public disparaging comments about us for all other lawyers to see.

Ms. Ribas is not a good or ethical lawyer. She mostly only talked about being paid and not the strategy of the case. Her invoices are really messy with paragraphs of unrelated tasks combined with a total number of hours instead line items of each task and how long the task took to complete. She doub...led billed us for an entire month and when we asked her to correct it so it didn’t look like we owed her more than we actually did, she became angry with us . Every time we questioned anything about the case, strategy or the law, she became angry. She writes long repetitive emails repeating the exact same information over and over again. She charged us for all of these email too. When it came time to have depositions, we told her that one person would be best to get him on the stand and not bother deposing him. She didn’t listen to us and she got nothing from the deposition just like we had warned her. She just wanted to run up our bill. In another deposition, she failed to subpoena the witness and then couldn’t ask him any questions during the deposition. We had to pay for that major mistake too. She doesn’t seem to event know the simple process of a deposition must less complicated law. Do not hire this lawyer unless you want to be sure to lose your case.