Steve Pell

Mr. Pell had a case he was doing for me . I never once got a call about my cases nor dates that I would of missed if I didn't go to the court and see what was going on. His office was dirty. Kids running around the office. He was always to busy to talk. Never got a invoice on a monthly cycle . He t...akes your money and no work is done.

Steve took my divorce case on short notice. I was handling. It myself and found that I was over my head with a critical court day a week ahead.Steve was excellent in preparing my case and representing me at the hearing..The firm continued to represent me through the duration of my case. They were ...responsive to my concerns,issues,and desired outcome.I would like to thank Steve & Cliff for their work on my case

I hired Steve Pell to handle a spousal support modification and never even met him until my court date. I was originally told by RJ, his front guy, that I would be able to meet with him and go over my case. After calling several times begging for an appointment, I was told to look at the back of a ph...one book to see a picture of him so that I could recognize him on my court day. I didnt have a phone book so his assistant told me to find his picture on the website. I gave him $3500 and never met with him. When we finally met in court, he wasnt prepared for my case, got it mixed up with another one and was working two cases at the same time in adjacent court rooms. He told me to call him when the judge came it. This happenelast year and I am still angry over it. By no means should anyone use him. He is dishonest, unresponsive and a complete scam artist.

Looking back on my experience with Steve Pell I wonder what he did for me besides take my money. I hired him to represent me in my divorce, I was married for twenty two years. I lost the house, the kids and my ex got ninety percent of my IRA. He makes triple in wages yet I only get a hundred bucks a ...month, also I now have no health insurance. This guy could care less about his client in fact I never even met him until my first day in court. We never sat down together and discussed my case-his daughter in the front office did.This was not what I thought I was paying for. Also he served my ex with orders without consulting with me the terms, is this legal? The order asked for full custody and a ridiculous amount of support, this resulted in my ex becoming enraged and this hurt me in the long run. Of course he tried to get more money than agreed to which he did. Thanks for nothing Steve.

I made the mistake of retaining Steve Pell back in 2007 when a friend advised me to "lawyer up" for my divorce. Not knowing how to find a good attorney (besides word of mouth), I picked the lawyer with the biggest ad in the Yellow Pages. Biggest mistake of my life. It started with his staff who we...re completely incompetent. The few times I called with a question, they treated me like I was calling for the very first time (i.e. "How do you spell your last name?" or "What is your phone number?"). Pell would never call me back when I would leave a message with his staff. I engaged in a total of one sit-down with him where I found him to be intimidating and condescending in his approach. Being the first time I'd ever hired an attorney, I figured those characteristics would serve me well in the court room when dealing with the ex-wife's attorney. Wrong. His initial speculation for my bottom line, a month, in Child/Spousal Support came in $1000 higher than expected. I switched attorneys after a very short time with him, but never saw a dime of the remainder of my retainer. Unfortunately, I'm STILL dealing with the fall-out from hiring this guy to this very day. The ex-wife's current attorney recently discovered that the state of CA had no jurisdiction over the Child Custody/Visitation portion of my divorce due to the fact my kids had resided out of state for at least 60 days prior to my filing. I personally feel Pell knew this fact, but decided I was one more "rube" with a retainer fee in hand. And if he didn't know...well, just another testament to his lack of knowledge on CA law. I only wish they had this website back in 2007. It would've saved me the displeasure of ever meeting Pell, while saving me thousands of $$$ in the end.