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Posted by anonymous | October 05, 2011

Stay away from this unprofessional and unethical firm and attorney

I hired Wallin & Klarich for a subcategory under family law matter, because they were only a handful of firms listed under the subcategory I needed help with. Also they were near my home location. I did my homework of checking their reputation before hiring them. Avvo (avvo.com) had one negative f...eedback for which the firm have given a valid response. In the zeal to hire someone quick, I overlooked that negative feedback which was addressed by the firm. In two weeks, I realized I made the worst mistake of my life in buying the worst service. The firm has the most unprofessional people I have ever dealt with and crappiest attorneys who spoil the name of the profession. All they did was bill my retainer and never cared to do anything on behalf of my case. They didn't show up in court on time as they always book multiple clients on the same time and day and have some excuse. They assigned what we call as 'Interns' in other professions as attorney under one senior attorney. The assigned attorney's have no experience in arguing any reasonable cases, less so with complex cases like mine. All they do is get continuations if they cannot make it to the court on time and go with the the flow of the court. After the fact that I was cheated by this firm, I checked their Avvo feedback again and then it made sense, and found out that they have done the same to other prior unsuspecting clients. I fired them right away and I'm still in court trying to get back my retainer. They know how to manipulate the court system in the wrong ways, and once your money is in, there is no way out - either as a service or as a refund. Please check Paul Jeffrey Wallin and Klarich and their staff's rating in Avvo before even thinking about hiring them. Stay away and hire someone who is more reasonable and disciplined in at-least trying to work for their clients.

Paul Wallin

Replied last October 14, 2011

Over thirty years we have provided the highest quality legal representation to tens of thousands of clients. A tremendously high number provide us with testimonials at the end of their case thanking us for our legal assistance. The person who provided the review above does not provide us with any way to verify any of the statements they are making. We believe that this review is not from an actual client but likely from one of our competitors trying to damage our reputation. Our law firm did not achieve a 10.0 rating, a superb rating by AVVO by “chance” We have a superb rating because we provide our clients SUPERB legal service. Visit wklaw.com and read the hundreds of testimonials about the quality of our legal services or the many reviews here on AVVO to see that this one review is not a “real client” or a valid reflection on the quality of our legal services.

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