Aaron Joseph Malo

This attorney was brought in by another lawyer at SM law firm who was much more attentive and knowledgeable. He produced no real work product. He just listened in on conversations and occasionally agreed with us or opined on various litigation strategies. He had an arrogant attitude and recorded ri...diculous hours.

We hired Aaron on a complicated Chapter 11 case with tax issues. Aaron was masterful in guiding us through the bankruptcy process. And just as importantly, he used less expensive associates and a paralegal to help where they could, saving us a LOT of money. AJ and Melanie were great to work with. ... And Aaron was available any time, day or night, midweek or weekend, when we had questions. He got us through a really challenging situation. We are very happy we ended up working with Aaron and his team. Don’t know what we would have done without him.

Hired Aaron because of his outstanding reputation. I was a little worried about costs as he has a high hourly rate. But he staffed our matter efficiently, using a great associate with 20 years of experience and a very low hourly rate. Aaron and Anastasia got us a great result, and achieved it quick...ly for a reasonable price. Would definitely use them again.

Although Aaron is generally personable and knows his subject of real estate and BK (most likely), he tended to operate like his clients have elastic resources. We cannot say that he was not accessible, but the billing was higher than expected, and the work product from his team was average at best. ...