Danielle K Wakefield

We were referred to Danielle to update an old family trust. To say we were lucky to get her is an understatement. She understood what we needed to do and drove to Los Angeles County from San Diego County to help us. What Attorney do you know will do that for their clients? Danielle did it without com...plaint and updated our family's Trust/Will. Danielle is the real deal, and you will not be sorry for using her. Our family loves her and knows she has the best interest in protecting our assets. She's our Attorney!

I hired Danielle Wakefield for my Homeowners Association (HOA) matter and after working on my case and collecting over forty thousand dollars, she made excuses that she was quitting my case because of not taking her advice on mediation. When I asked her why she never explained to me I had multiple me...diation options including a free option the court provides, she then used the excuse that I did not pay her on time, which is untrue. When I questioned this attorney as to her lack of communication with me over long periods of time, she stated, she did not want to “run up my bill”, but when I questioned that texting or emailing is inexpensive, she refused to respond. This attorney’s office billed me for a letter that was produced for opposing counsel. When I pointed out Danielle had emailed me that she “cut and pasted” the whole letter from previous court documents, she refused to explain the expensive charges for the “cut and paste” letter. She billed me for work she inflated pricing on. After she abandoned me as a client, it was then I realized she was never working in my favor. This attorney sold me on she was an expert in HOA matters and is why I signed a contract with her firm, but in the end, I am a disabled Iraq war veteran and regret ever signing a contract with the Danielle Wakefield Law firm.

I am an attorney, and when I needed an attorney to defend me and my family against an unlawful eviction I was incredibly lucky to find Danielle Wakefield! When the home we were leasing was sold in a foreclosure sale, the new owner immediately began a campaign to intimidate us into leaving so he could... flip the house. Initially I was able to ignore and deflect the landlord’s many attempts to get rid of us, but when he attempted to cancel our lease and brought a fraudulent unlawful detainer action against us I knew I was in over my head. Landlord-Tenant law is well outside of my practice area, so I started to look for an attorney to represent us. After meeting with a few underwhelming attorneys we started to lose hope, but then we found Danielle! She is an exceptional attorney! She immediately took over the case and exposed the landlord’s lies and wrongdoing to the court—successfully defending our eviction. Since her decisive victory in the erroneous unlawful detainer action, Danielle has represented us in our suit against our landlord to recover the damages incurred as a result of his actions. Over the last two years I am sure that I have gotten on Danielle’s last nerve more than a few times with my constant questions and unsolicited legal theories, but she has remained professional and steadfast throughout the entire process. I cannot recommend Danielle enough. She is a fierce litigator and unwavering advocate for her clients. We could not have found a better lawyer!

I hired this lawyer for a complex litigation. After losing a hearing and sanctions award, she requested to drop the case. This request was in writing, and I replied in kind that it would not be easy to find new counsel so late in the process. She then proceeded to abandon the case, and withdraw at a ...very late point in the litigation. It was not feasible to find new counsel at this time and I was forced to abandon my claims. Find a lawyer that will not quit your case when the going gets tough. I highly recommend you find another lawyer and avoid hiring Danielle, especially if you have a serious matter. I wish I never hired her and it has cost me dearly.

If you have a legal problem with an HOA in Southern California, you'd be crazy not to consult Danielle. She is a specialist in HOA law, and it is no exaggeration to say that if I'd hired her in the first place, I'd have paid out half of what I ultimately did. It's clear that once I got rid of the ori...ginal attorney and hired Danielle, the HOA's attorney started treating us with respect, because they know her reputation. Danielle is a no-nonsense, highly efficient attorney. She told me where I stood, and made a quick favorable settlement--exactly as she said she would. She even returned more than 10 percent of the modest retainer she'd asked for. Her overhead is also low, which is reflected in her billing rate. From this case I learned the importance of hiring an attorney who is truly experienced in the area of law you're dealing with. When my then 85-year-old-mother was sued by her HOA for back assessments, piling on the late fees and attorney's fees, I went cheap and set her up with free legal services from a pro-bono law firm. What a mistake! What a disaster! They didn't know HOA law, and they kept this thing going for more than a year with pointless discoveries, racking up the HOA attorney fees. If I had not hired Danielle when I did, god knows how much this would have cost me. I wish I'd know about her in the beginning.