Julia Bressman

I am extremely dissatisfied with Bressman Law to the point i feel I was taken advantage of. I retained them for 8 months and by the time I fired them they invoiced around 6k. AFTER I fired them (for poor performance and suspected bill padding) they magically produced new invoices totalling 35k wh...ich are highly inflated in my opinion. Per contract they were supposed to invoice monthly but they have delayed invoices and I could not detect overcharges and fire them promptly. Quality of services provided was horrible in my opinion. After 40k+ in invoices they no child support was ordered, no dvro evidentiary trial happened and we haven't even exchanged satisfactory financial disclosures. Julia rescheduled trial day 1 at last moment and didn't show up for trial day 2 at all. Andrew who had no trial experience was driving a car and seemed completely unprepared to represent me, but he joined the call and I've lost 50% of custody that day. Yet, after this disaster, they charged me 17k for that month!!! When I confronted Andrew with poor results while charging too much Andrew replied "Results are irrelevant per engagement agreement".

I called her and was honest from the beginning that I could not afford her regular fees. I told her that I was just taking a random chance that she may help me as an attorney by taking me on at pro bono or reduced rate. She was super nice . She was talking to me for 30 minutes and empathized with my ...situation and we laughed about some things we had in common. Before we got off the phone , she told me she’d be in touch shortly to discuss “next steps !” I was very clear with her that I had a hearing later that afternoon and that my case was time sensitive . She said not to worry that she’d help me. I waited and waited - no call. I called her after a few hours , Bht no answer. Finally I ended up going to my hearing , not having heard anything from her at all. I was really taken aback as she assured she’d help me. I called her from my google voice number , wondering if she was avoiding me. Sure enough , she picked up. But what was shocking was she acted like I had done something wrong and acted like I was somehow a random person she’d never Spoken to. Luckily toward the last 10-12 min of the 30 min call I’d had with her earlier, where she’d been 180 degree different and nice, the maintenance man was fixing something In my apartment. I had been in the kitchen when I spoke to her, while he was In the living room working on the heater. I asked him if he recalled me talking to someone and being already on the phone when he first came in ( I have given authorization for maintenance to enter without me having to open door or be home) and he said yes, he did remember . I asked him if the conversation sounded weird or bad as I talked from what he could hear from my end of the call. I was doubting myself with how Julia responded to me as she answered the phone. He said that he didn’t hear anything that sounded Like a negative conversation and had heard me laughing a few times ( as I had also remembered ). In any case , I’m not sure if there is an identical twin , an alternate personality or what it was . But her behavior was concerning. She left me hanging after I had counted on her and was waiting for her to follow through. My suspicion is that she communicated with minors counsel on my case, likely violated confidentiality and Minors counsel has already violated confidentiality by disclosing and sending a previous case we had that was sealed, and sending documents to parties that had no right to view it. She’s under investigation by California bar attorney regulation. I’m reporting Julia to the same board for this. Her lack of professionalism was a hindrance to my case. She didn’t even have the decency to inform me she would not follow through. She instead left me waiting for her, never having the courtesy to let me know so I would not have wasted my time.

My ex filed a restraining order against me based on false claims and somehow the order was erroneously granted by a judge prior to a hearing. I desperately needed a family law firm to help me through this situation as my career had been jeopardized. I decided to call Bressman Family Law after seeing ...great yelp reviews. While other firms would have assistants call me and give me boilerplate answers to my concerns, Julia was the only one to give me a call directly and give me advice during my free consultation. She immediately started to run through strategic ways she would handle my case. I felt heard. I hired Bressman Family Law firm and in turn was provided with great service by Julia and Andrew. They're both very knowledgeable lawyers and experts in their field. They were aggressive in their tactics and they were able to settle my case outside of court which saved me money in the long run. Julia and Andrew worked outside of regular hours and dedicated a lot of time and effort into my case; sometimes even late into the night. I hope never to have to use them again! But if needed, I know they will get the job done.

Julia was very helpful with suggestions, guidance, what my options were and prepared. My case is an odd and complicated one, she was able to help me identify what the best approach would be, how she could assist all while be sensitive of the cost associated with my case, as it's a custody issues wit...h a father that has to come out of jail and reestablishing himself. I was very pleased with our consultation and will do all I can to ensure my son retains her as his legal advisor to gain custody of his son, who he was the sole provider of prior to his alleged charges. I am excited with her talent and what she will be able to do for my son and my grandson. I look forward to her working our case.