Danny Peter Monarch

Divorce in a short term or long term marriage is a very difficult and frightening experience. Unless you have a recommendation, the journey of picking up the phone, sending emails to numerous attorney's office was a challenge in itself . Many unresponsive law offices to my surprise. Castle & Monarch ...was very professional and responsive on my first call and quickly scheduled an appointment with Danny Monarch. Danny was very professional but very caring and sympathetic to the emotions I was experiencing during our initial meeting and there after. It was an easy decision to move forward with Danny. He was quick to respond to both myself and the opposing attorney. He was clear in his explanations and provided excellent advise and guidance that I desperately needed . He also supported my decisions outside of his recommendations. The case was won in my favor and I have Danny Monarch to thank and his amazing staff at Castle & Monarch. These dealing are never pleasant but finding the right attorney and law affirm are half the battle. I highly recommend Danny Monarch.

Mr. Monarch was very pleasant and responsive to my questions and legal actions, of course at billable hours. Outside of the courtroom, Mr. Monarch was very professional and responsive, more so than past attorney(s). However, when it mattered in the courtroom, Mr. Monarch fell apart and did not raise ...any of the issues that we had discussed, which I wanted raised for the judge to consider. As the petitioner, I expected Mr. Monarch to take the lead and control negotiations between attorneys', but that wasn't the case, it was the respondent's attorney that took the lead, both in the courtroom and when negotiating between parties outside of the courtroom. Additionally, the opposing counsel had filed a motion against Mr. Monarch because I pursued and completed a deposition to input income on the respondent. Mr. Monarch used my final court appearance to defend the motion and not my case. In the end, as a result of little to no representation in court on my behalf, I was forced by the court to pay the maximum child support, the respondent's attorney fees ($6,000+), no mandated income forced on the respondent (who voluntarily quit her $40,000 a year job only a year prior), $5,000 for the income expert and almost $12,000 in Mr. Monarch's fees. Needless to say I was not pleased. Although to be fair, after I left the courtroom angry, Mr. Monarch chased me down and we spoke. During that conversation he agreed with the approval of the firm's partner to waive his fee equal to the second mandated respondent's attorney's fee ($3,000). In the end, as I stated prior, Mr. Monarch was pleasant and easy to work with outside of the courtroom. As time has past, he may have improved his courtroom skills, presence and aggressiveness, if that is the case, then he would be an attorney that I would recommend. Unfortunately, after $20,000+ for what I thought was a relatively simple case, I found out too late of his courtroom inexperience. * My overall rating is due to the courtroom experiences, the other ratings are based on general interactions.