Mengqiu Zhang

I am a Chinese, so I think Melinda would be a great help since she speaks Mandarin. However, she seriously does not understand family law. She has an assistant where she always asked him for advice time to time. She's very aggressive me, but shows her incompetent in court and dealing things with the ...attorney from the other part. Please try to avoid. I switch to another attorney after her and it is a BIG difference. She is just trying to make things more miserable.

My case is a little bit complicated DV divorce case because I am the victim but I was arrest. Consulting more than five attorney before Melinda Zhang, different people give me different solution but no one can satisfy me. I have worded with another two famous family law attorney about half of a y...ear before Melinda Zhang. They don’t have good strategies and solution. When I called or email them, they were little response. It looks like just towing time for more charge (just like most of the attorney do). So finally, I decided to change to a Chinese attorney for better communication. When I saw the 2013 one star review, I was hesitant, because I worked with another 2 attorney too just like her. But I fount she only complain about the normal charge and attitude never mention about the personal ability and other reviews are all good ones. Then I decided to have a try. The first time when I Went to the office of Melinda Zhang, it is very organized and she is very nice and respectful, even it was the first time ,she gave me some very useful suggestion. My DV case took about 1 year, all the process made me frustrated, at the same time I had a deep depression. I have to thank Melinda Zhang, she always listened my concern and worry about then gave me a solution that can real solve the problem. She even told me how to solve the depression problem and care about my motion and health. We prepared the whole week for my trial, sometimes it was already 9:00pm, she was still working with me just for prepare every detail questions. I think if you want to choose a right attorney, you need to choose a right person, have good personality. I have to say, she is the one. And the more important is that I think she is also one of the best trail attorney in the bay area.

I have worked with two other lawyers in the past, and this is the worst experience yet... or maybe I have just been very lucky in the past. Melinda is very rude, disorganized, and I was faced with lots of unexpected charges not previously mentioned or discussed, although total chargers for all servi...ces were discussed in the beginning. First it was "oh by the way I forgot to tell you, you have to pay fedex costs to send documents" (all my previous lawyers covered that cost), then she took a month (!!!) to get back to my inquiry about documents that needed to be submitted, and when she finally replied she threatened to charge me for overnight shipping, because she did not have time and supposedly I didn't get back to her soon enough. The worst of it all was when my mother has called inquiring about our case (they have met before on my behalf), Melinda tactlessly yelled at her, stating she was not her client and that she does not have time to talk to her. This was a real blow to me, because my mom is 10 years her senior, and nobody likes their family members mistreated like that. Finally when everything was said and done, it was "oh by the way you owe us $500 more." If there are extra charges, or even the possibility of them, they need to be discussed when all chargers are discussed, at the very beginning. I understand there could be unforeseeable costs, but these costs were completely predictable. She did get the job done, but I wonder if any lawyer would have been able to do that, as it was a pretty straightforward case, just a matter of proper format and the right paperwork. Overall a very unpleasant experience, to say the least.

Melinda is not only the legal professional helped us on our cases but also a very caring partner. She cares about our well-being and always listens to our needs, and tried to assist us with the best solution possible. We worked with other attorneys in the past, most of them were more pushy on selling... their ideas and dominant, but what Melinda did was not only providing professional consultation but also providing with the demeanor of comforting and convincing. We will definitely work with her again for future issues.

Ms. Zhang handled my asylum application, and I truly believe that without her, I might not be alive today. I went to another attorney first, and they told me that I had little chance of staying in the U.S., that I should just leave and hope for the best. Then I found Ms. Zhang, and she agreed fig...ht for me. We worked many late nights putting together information needed. She charged me a low fixed price, because that's what I could afford. She made me get documentation that I never even considered would be useful. We had to resubmit some parts, and she helped me with that as well. When I received notice that I could stay in this great country, I cried for an hour. I highly recommend her, and wish her all the success she deserves.