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Ernest Y Chen

5.0
Rating: 8.5

Licensed for 17 years

Business Lawyer at Sacramento, CA
Practice Areas: Business, Family, Lawsuits & Disputes ... +3 more

4616 Duckhorn Drive, Sacramento, CA

About Ernest

Biography

Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 30 minutes

Hourly Rates

$ 200-350 per hour

Contingency

15%-50%

Pro bono

20 %


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 17 years

State: California

Acquired: 2008

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Location

Law Offices of Chen & Lee

4616 Duckhorn Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95834

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Ernest Y Chen's Reviews

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5 Client Reviews

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Posted by D.Y. | December 09, 2010 | Family

Amazing Job - Cares about Clients, Takes Time To LISTEN

We had a child custody dispute since last year in 2009. I didn't have any money but really needed help. My first two lawyers gave up when I ran out of money and they didn't do anything for me. They just had an appointment after another appointment until my money was gone. Then I went looking for ...another lawyer and 5 lawyers turned me down. They all just wanted money up front, and a couple of them gave me like 10 minutes to talk. Attorney Ernest Chen was the only person who spent probably 2 hours talking with me at no charge. He looked at my documents and even called me again a day later to give me his opinion and tole me how to do it even if I did not hire him. The whole time, he never asked me if I had money to pay. I felt blessed that money wasn't the first thing on his mind. Even when I was there and the phone rang a bunch of times with clients asking for him, I heard the receptionist say that he was busy in a meeting. I was happy that I was the first priority. At the end, I didn't have money to pay for a lawyer. We worked out something so that if I ever got a job then I would try to do what I could on the bill, but then that money at his office would just go toward helping out another client down the road. Basically our whole community is just taking care of one another! Even so, he gave me a really good rate, and worked on my case for nearly a year dealing with my husband's nasty attorney, and he didn't even collect a penny he whole time. He was great! He didn't take any bs from my ex-husband's lawyer and we worked out a custody settlement that two other lawyers weren't able to do for me in the past. If you really need someone to take care of you, then this is the guy. His law office does a lot of help for the community, and I'm glad someone referred me to him. I am now telling anyone I know, that folks at the Law Offices of Chen & Lee are the ones you want to represent you.

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Ernest Y Chen's Lawyer Endorsements

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Michael Waddington

Personal injury lawyer | May 27

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse Ernest. He is a highly skilled attorney that is well respected in the legal community."

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Ned Ng

Employment and labor lawyer | Jan 24

Relationship: Worked for lawyer

"I had the pleasure of working for Ernest for several years. He is a superior communicator and litigator, and I learned much from my time working with him. Highly Recommended."

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Ryan Friedman

Criminal defense lawyer | Jan 02

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I had the pleasure of working both with Ernest, and against him as opposing counsel. Ernest is intelligent, well prepared, and always driven to attain the best results for his clients. He is well versed in many areas of the law, and is an excellent negotiator. Recommended."

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Bradford Weston

White collar crime lawyer | May 01

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. We worked together on a matter representing two co-defendant family members. One client plead to an infraction and the other client pled to a minimum charge. Mr. Chen was great, intelligent and easy to work with and was a good negotiator. If he is your lawyer you are fortunate."

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David Lee

Business lawyer | Jul 31

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer's work. Ernest is a bright, energetic, and enthusiastic young attorney. He is very intelligent and caring and will go out of his way to help his clients. His honesty, integrity, knowledge, and eagerness to learn is admirable and it shows in the way he represents his clients. I believe he is a great asset to the lawyer community and wish there were more like him."

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Experience

Rating:  8.5 (Excellent)

Honors

2007

Witkin Award - Health Law, Witkin Legal Institute

Work Experience

2009 - Present

Managing Partner, Law Offices of Chen & Lee

2008 - 2009

Managing Partner, Law Offices Of Chen & Associates

2001 - 2004

Corporate Production Analyst, Hewlett Packard - Foxconn Production

1998 - 2000

Senior Systems Analyst / Electrical Engineer, Federal-Mogul Corporation

1997 - 1998

Senior R&D Engineer, Roland System Integration

Associations

2009 - Present

Asian Peace Officers Association

Sponsor/Member

2004 - Present

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Sacramento

Member

Education

2007

McGeorge School of Law, Univ of Pacific

JD - Juris Doctor

2003

Case Western Reserve University

MBA

1997

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

1993

Indiana University-Bloomington

Speaking Engagements

2011

Keynote Speaker

Retirement Wills & Trusts

Publications

2009

World Journal Real Estate Litigation - Loan Modification Fraud

2009

World Journal Business Rights in Labor

Languages

Taiwanese

Mandarin

Cantonese

Korean

Hmong

Spanish

Vietnamese

English

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