Avvo Review Score

4.9 /5.0

66 Client Reviews

Filter Avvo Reviews (66) Refine reviews to match your needs. Use the filters to quickly surface reviews that align with your case or priorities.

Showing 11 - 15 of 15 reviews | Family

Posted by anonymous | July 18, 2017 | Hired Attorney

Well experienced attorney !!

Thorough and responsive, professional, and straightforward with the process. I felt supported throughout the legal process. I just got the favorable judgement for the annulment case. I highly recommend engaging this law firm regardless of the complexity of your case. I would recommend Magdalena to ...anyone and everyone.

Posted by Bobby | June 14, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Excellent and compassionate attorney

Magdalena and her team of attorneys are very knowledgeable attorneys who will provide the best resolution for your case. They are dedicated lawyers who know the latest laws and the working of the Santa Clara family court. They did an extremely successful job with my very complex family law matter, an...d I will recommend her law firm to anyone looking for a family law attorney. They turned around my terrible situation into a win.

Posted by anonymous | May 31, 2016

Extremely knowledgeable and ethical

As an attorney, I consulted with Magdalena about a complex family law case involving paternity and domestic violence. She was very helpful and patiently guided me. Since three small children and allegations of domestic violence were involved, I was particularly concerned with the well being of the ch...ildren. She pointed out the ethical obligations and remained steadfast even when paternity established that one child was not the father's and the mother had devolved into fabricating more stories. Even when the opposing side starts using unethical tactics, Magdalena is committed to remaining ethical.

Posted by Eileen | June 11, 2015

Life changing consultation

If you truly care about the well being of your child and need a real honest assessment this is the attorney. She is worth every penny! Honest and straight forward and has the utmost integrity in this field. I was blinded about my custody issues before consultation. Magdalena is a REAL person who is ...SHARP and WITTY!!!! And puts children's BEST INTEREST first. She proved her integrity to me during our very lengthy consultation. She heard my whole story which involved my deployment to Afghanistan and my desperate desire to be with my children. She LISTENS, paraphrases, and ensures you understand all perspectives on your case. She is humorous and serious and is very familiar with the system and the characters involved. She even understands what particular judges are looking for and their quirks and pet peeves involving cases. This attorney is the real deal. I never write reviews but what she did for me today in only a consultation enlightened me and changed my entire approach to my custody case. Trust me, she is worth it. Very perceptive. She went the extra length from meeting with me to breaking the law down for me. With all the unethical attorneys out there Magdalena easily proves she is NOT one of them. I will never forget this life changing close to 3 hour consultation. Thank God she maintains a standard in a field which dedicates itself to maintaining functioning families! Life changing for me. I am thankful for her advice. Again, worth every penny. I can't stop raving!!!!

Posted by Loretta | June 08, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Inexperienced and Unethical

This law firm has all inexperienced attorneys and paralegals. I hired them to handle a child support case my son's father filed against me and they turned a simple support case into a smear campaign against my son's father. Not only did this cause my son to hate me, but they dragged this case unneces...sarily on and created more mess for me. When I confronted them about this, Magdalena and her co-attorney became very defensive and abrutly said they no longer want to represent me. Soon after, I received their final invoice and not surprisingly was shocked to see that they nickle and dimed me an additional $6000 on top of the $9000 I already paid them and left my case in the middle of a complete mess. Very immature and inexperienced attorneys who should not be able to practice law, especially in such a sensitive area such as family law. They are not interested in their client's best interest or of the relationships of the family, but are only out to maximize their profit. Consumers be aware.

See All Client Reviews