Swati Sumit Desai

If you do decide to use Desai Family Law as your counsel, do NOT have Malori handle any of your documents or case. She is careless with her work and not detailed oriented. I should have known this in the beginning, when she had emailed me requesting my signed retainer agreement. I notified her tha...t the signed agreement was faxed couple days prior, then receive an email stating she had found my signed retainer agreement. This is not a big issue and a simple mistake that is understandable. However, during the negotiations of my case, I had instructed Malori to change my custody schedule to the Settlement Proposal Letter. I, of course, wanted more time with my child and attached a picture of the changes I was requesting. I even told Malori to see the attached picture. Apparently, Malori did not see the attached picture and emailed me the Proposal several times without the changes I requested. I was also billed for the wasted time and work spent because of Malori's negligence. I eventually had to call Malori and tell her which email to open and what needed to be done. If you decide to use Desai Family Law Group, I would NOT recommend using Swati Desai. Any parent going through a custody case, goes through a lot of stress and needs an attorney to help them feel confident. I can honestly say, I did not feel confident having Swati represent me as my counsel, and I had to fire her 1 week prior to my court date. Several months prior to my court date during a phone call, Swati was aggressive with me on the phone and telling me my court date is coming up. I had to remind her that my court date was postponed and rescheduled to a later date by the courts. Her reply, "Hold on. Oh yeah, you're right". Also, during this conversation, Swati had given me incorrect legal advise. I questioned Swati's legal advice, so I emailed Malori if what Swati had said was correct. Malori's email contradicted Swati's legal advise; and in fact, Swati's legal advise was incorrect. During another important phone call, Swati proceeded to put me on hold twice. I was billed for the entire length of the phone call and her pricing is not cheap! One week prior to my court date during a phone call, Swati asked me "wait, when is your court date again"? Also during this phone call, I had asked Swati if she saw my important email from 2 days before. Her response, "What email? Oh yeah, that email. What was that email regarding again"? It was after this phone call, I decided to seek new counsel and fire Swati as my attorney. I understand that most attorneys do not memorize all their clients' court dates, but at least wait until the phone call is over and check your schedule for the court date. Do not ask your client, "wait, when is your court date again". (Take this as constructive criticism). The amount of stress and paranoia I endured having to fire Swati one week prior to my court date, I do not wish upon any parent. Shortly after replacing Swati, I was emailed a ridiculous bill. I tried to call Swati from my work phone to discuss the charges, only to realize that she had blocked that number. If Swati was familiar with my case/file she would have blocked the only number I had put on my contact information (which was my personal phone number). I called her from my personal number and she refused to discuss the charges. For the price they charge, I expected a certain level of professionalism and experience, which was not met. I would not recommend this firm and would suggest looking elsewhere.

I was introduced to Swati Desai through a mutual colleague and we immediately connected. Swati Desai is a professional and caring attorney. I retained Swati for my complex divorce case that involve major custody concerns as well as the usual financial disputes. Her knowledge and experience in family ...law demonstrated by her certification as a Family Law Specialist by the California Board of Legal Specialization and by her ability to concisely address the court with my concerns is remarkable. In the court room I felt very confident sitting next to Swati. She came well prepared and I appreciated that before my court appearance, we met to discuss our strategy and my concerns. We had a plan. Outside the courtroom Swati and her team are accessible and available to answer questions and to advise. Swati is an expert at what she does and her compassion is real. Without any hesitation I fully recommend Swati Desai.

Swati and her assistant attorney Nisha were amazing in my case. They answered all of my questions in a very quick fashion. They were reasonable in price. Unfortunately my case was complex and required many court appearances. I had to let them go, but only because of finances. If I had more money I wo...uld have loved to keep them.

I have worked with several lawyers in the past and was fortunate to be able to have Swati handle my case. She is extremely knowledgeable, very calm, responsive, and best of all helped me win. She is very honest and ethical and advised me very well in every step of the case. I would highly recommen...d her to anyone needing help in family law.