Matisse Maxson Knight

Matisse is very smart and quickly understood what I wanted to accomplish. He was always respectful of me, gave me plenty of room to express my thoughts and feelings, then counseled me appropriately. In negotiations he was firm, even-handed, and persistent. I am thankful to have had the opportunity to... work with Matisse.

While I checked "good" for Knight's "knowledgeable" rating, my choice reflects part of his excellence: a matter came up which he thought a different attorney could handle better, so he recommended that I take that part of my work to her. No pretense to expertise he does not yet have. --Knight's a US...MA graduate, and that education and training show: he's thorough, knowing that his work will likely be scrutinized by professionally skeptical and competitive other attorneys. He has a pleasant demeanor, and only growls when necessary. --He's young (though that won't last), and I'm of an age when I want my lawyers and doctors to be in their primes when I'm not. --Knight himself is prompt, even if legal machinery still runs at a Dickensian pace. He regularly e-mailed me on the progress of my complex estate matters, phoned when my questions suggested I was anxious & needed conversational back-and-forth. --Finally, because he knew the details of my affairs, he took it on himself to alert me to a class-5 legal rapid I'd aimed myself for. --If you need an attorney in the Ukiah area, consult him.