Donna Carol Santo

Donna Carol Santo

also known as SANTO MEHAS A Professional Law Corporation

4.6
Rating: 6.7

Licensed for 45 years

Family Lawyer at Ventura, CA
Practice Areas: Family, Elder Law

840 County Square Drive, Suite 247, Ventura, CA

About Donna

Biography

Practice Areas

2

Practice Areas

Family 95%

I am a Certified Family Law Specialist, the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. We focus on serving family in all aspects of family law and helping them preserve their family's wealth.

48 years

95%
Elder Law 5%

We deal in all areas of Elder Law.

19 years

5%

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 45 years

State: California

Acquired: 1980

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SANTO MEHAS A Professional Law Corporation

840 County Square Drive, Suite 247, Ventura, CA, 93003

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Donna Carol Santo's Reviews

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4.6 /5.0

22 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 4 of 4 reviews | Lawsuits & Disputes

Posted by wayne | January 05, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Lawsuits & Disputes

Donna fought for me and she will fight for you.

I have a pretty complicated case that needed a lot of things done quickly and Donna was able to not only get them done but she knocked it out of the park and I am very happy with the outcome. She is also great at communicating things throughout the process in a way that I could understand.

Donna Santo

Replied last January 06, 2022

Thank you so much for your kind review. You're a great client to represent, one who really cares about his children, his life, and his family's future. We wish you and your family the very best in 2022!!!

Posted by Heather | November 16, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Lawsuits & Disputes

Experienced, Caring, and Honest

The SantoMehas team has been exceptional in handling my case. They are very experienced, have given me good advice and representation, and they have worked on my particularly complex case almost as if I were family. They have shown support beyond professionally, but also personally. Even on my consul...tation call, I felt Donna's caring concern. Michael has been a wonderful support during this horrible ordeal, always fighting for me and the well being of my kids. Donna and Michael have stood up for me and made apposing council take a step back from their aggressive and dominating tone in my case. They truly want to help you and try to find the most reasonable outcome for you, while being realistic as well. They have worked with me financially, and are very fair and understanding. I would definitely recommend their firm for anyone who needs family law assistance!

Donna Santo

Replied last November 17, 2021

We are very appreciative of your kind words. You are a pleasure to work with, and we very much wish you and your family the very best in all you do.

Posted by John | August 30, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Lawsuits & Disputes

Donna's Outstanding Knowledge

Donna and Michael are outstanding, I was referred to their office and as soon as I retained their services the legal nightmare I was in was over and the tone changed from the other party immediately. Donna will not lead you into a false sense in pursuing an unrealistic outcome. Donna achieved a ver...y fair ruling and straightened out lots of dishonesty in my case against the other party which was much needed.

Donna Santo

Replied last August 30, 2021

We are so grateful for all the kinds words, John. What was exciting for us was to work with a man who was so dedicated to his family and children. We wish you tremendous success with family and life!!!

Posted by anonymous | October 17, 2018 | Lawsuits & Disputes

Do NOT use her

This woman is very good at presenting herself as a caring professional until you engage with her on the case. Once she has you secured she essentially ignores the case, doesn't do her homework, has spotty knowledge of the case, doesn't know details, seems like she is just winging it in court. Very po...or communication, I was unable to get a hold of her throughout the proceedings, she avoided talking with me. Costly loss on my end. She seems like she is just burned out. AVOID.

Donna Santo

Replied last October 17, 2018

I'm truly sorry that you were not happy with the services you received from our firm. I cannot respond with specifics to your very general claims as you left your review anonymously, which makes me suspicious that yours was not a legitimate review to begin with. Furthermore, I am bound by the Attorney-Client Privilege which would preclude me from discussing the details of your case in this public forum if you really had hired me. But your claims are very general in nature and you say nothing specific as to what I did wrong to you in representing you in a family law matter, thus it's difficult to take your review seriously. It appears to be "fake news". In August President Trump wrote on Twitter: "When you see 'anonymous source,' stop reading the story, it is fiction!" Should this rule be applied to you Mr. or Mrs. "anonymous"? Should we stop reading your story because it is fiction? We believe so. I don't think we ever actually represented you, and that's why you left your review under "anonymous". Our very experienced and highly qualified staff is instructed on setting up office appointments or phone conferences with our clients to deal with any type of problems that might arise relating to their family law matter. If you truly were our client we would have discussed this with you during our initial consultation and you would have understood this. We communicate directly with our clients to move their cases forward. There's no other way. We can't deal with a client's case without strong communication with our client. We make ourselves available to deal with our clients' family law issues, period. That's why you would hire us. We at the Family Law and Wealth Preservation Mediation Center work hard to succeed on behalf of our clients in all aspects of representation and I am certain we would have done the same in your case, if you really had hired us. If you had an issue with how your case was handled, you would have known to contact me directly rather than just defame me on social media. What you did really makes no sense but we wish you the best in all you do.

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Experience

Rating:  6.7 (Good)

Education

1980

Whittier College School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

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