Piotr Gabriel Reysner

Piotr Gabriel Reysner

3.2
Rating: 1.0

Licensed for 25 years

Bankruptcy and debt Lawyer at Sacramento, CA
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy & Debt, Child Custody, Litigation

4110 Truxel Rd., Suite A, Sacramento, CA

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2012
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About Piotr

Biography

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy and Debt 60%

Experienced Bankruptcy attorney. Don't go with just anyone, especially for Chapter 13. Go with someone who knows what they are doing.

22 years | 500 cases

60%
Child Custody 20%

22 years | 100 cases

20%
Litigation 20%

26 years | 200 cases

20%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 60 minutes

Hourly Rates

$ 300-350 per hour

Contingency

25%-40%

Retainer

Sometimes


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 25 years

State: California

Acquired: 2000

Disbarred

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2012

Location

Reysner Law Office

4110 Truxel Rd., Suite A, Sacramento, CA, 95834-3725

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Piotr Gabriel Reysner's Reviews

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3.2 /5.0

25 Client Reviews

Showing 1 - 5 of 6 reviews | Character & Conduct

Posted by anonymous | May 15, 2012

missed my only courtdate

He has no business ethics, what-so-ever. Our first meeting went great, the second meeting we brought all our financial paperwork he requested, and that meeting went fine. I might add he was hard to reach from the get go. Once he received our past financial paperwork, he did his "lawyer" stuff, we mee...t again and he showed us what to expect. The court set a date and contacted us direct. We talked to him once before the date, and we assumed everything was going to plan. The court date comes but our "Lawyer" was a no show. We had talked with the court reporter and she put us in the back of the day, incase he could make it. I had left three messages then finally, and luckily, he called me back. He had some lame excess why he couldn't make it. My wife and I had meet another attorney during the morning. He overheard our situation and he offered to learn our case and represent us if he and the court we comfortable. He and the court we fine with that, so he represented us and everything was fine. I have since tried to contact Piotr approx. 15 times via his office phone, cell phone, and text to retrieve all our paper work and finally I gave up. I would rather represent myself then have to deal with Piotr again. Highly NOT recommended

Posted by Paul | February 08, 2011 | Debt & Lending Agreements

Unresponsive, inconsiderate, unprofessional

After charging me $9500 is fees, this lawyer dropped my case and walked away. He missed my last court date, and will not respond to any of my requests for contact. In addition, he previously had missed meetings he would schedule between us, and for which I would take time off from work. He did this... to me twice: One meeting a scheduled phone meeting; the other to be a meeting in person. After the second missed meeting he had the audacity to threaten to not continue working unless I paid my monthly $1000. This was on the third of the month. Apparently he is free to abuse his customers, but then cannot tolerate payments not made on the 1st of the month. He absolutely cannot be reached by phone, and seldom replies to email. I wish I had never crossed paths with this individual. After all the money he sucked out of me for "work" he had done (yeah, right), he left my case just up and hanging. Working with Mr. Reysner was more irritating than working with the mortgage company whose illegal practices spawned my case originally. He still has my original paperwork that I am not able to get back so I can continue my suit with a lawyer who actually does what his job requires.

Posted by LGomez | December 07, 2010 | Child Custody

Great Lawyer!

As a single mother trying hard to raise a child, Mr. Reysner has been more than helpful and understanding. He's a little hard to get a hold of, but what lawyer isn't? He's been there when need be. Ya, had the ball slip a few times here and there, but nothing too crazy. I understand he's an attorney a...nd not a super hero. He has helped me with a move order, which I thought was impossible. He is currently helping me with anything that opposing side comes up with. I am very thankful that he is understanding of situations and circumstances. With hard times as we are all going through, he has been more then willing to take payments and make payment arrangements with me. I know that this is his means of income and just like I need to survive so does he and his family. Yet, he completely understands and is willing to help in this aspect. I've been a faithful client and have recommended him to several friends. Thanks Piotr!

Posted by anonymous | September 28, 2010 | Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

Horrible Experience

We retained Piotr as our Chapter 13 lawyer over three months ago. We can never reach him and he refuses to respond to any of our messages or emails. We tried several times to drop by his office hoping to catch him at some point. After three attempts and no response to any of our questions or concerns..., he finally sent us an email stating that if we "dropped by his office" again he would charge us $300 every visit. He still never answered any of our questions or concerns. To make matters worse, he didn't show up to our court hearing and now we have to miss work/schooling AGAIN for another hearing. This has been a horrible experience!

Posted by BH | March 11, 2010 | Bankruptcy & Debt

Unprofessional, Liar with no communication skills

Beware! This so called attorney has zero professionalism. We understand budget so his generic answering service and his rented room in a real estate office wasn't really a concern to us, but the lack of communication was. It was virtually impossible to contact him. The only prompt call back from Rey...sner was upon our first inquiry of his services, if you can call 24hrs prompt. After that we couldn't even get a hold of him to confirm our first appointment, which he ultimately forgot about! Being totally stupid we were still actually going to retain his service. We filled out the paper work he requested (which looked like a 7th grader put it together) and sent a retainer check. This was sent next day priority mail with confirmation of receipt. The next day we called and left 3 messages to see if he received our information. No call back. This was on a Friday. The weekend comes and goes. We call on Monday leave multiple messages with the answering service. No call back. Call on Tuesday leave multiple messages with the final one that we are not going to be interested in retaining him. We finally get a call from his so called secretary. We tell her we no longer want to retain Reysner and to send our information and retainer check back to us. With that Reysner finally calls us back for the first time since our original meeting and acts like nothing is going on. We ask him if he received our information and retainer check. He says no. We tell him he better find it and return it us immediately. He says he'll try? A short time later he calls back asking us to give him a second chance at representing us. We say no. Communication is the key in any professional relationship especially something as personal and difficult as bankruptcy. He finally admits that he did get our information and has already deposited the retainer check. So now on top of lack of communication we have a LIAR! We tell him to send us our information back with a reimbursement check. He says he has to check with his office manager. Boy, where is all this staff hiding? They sure weren't in that rented room in the real estate office. To this date which has been 3 weeks. We still have not seen our information nor reimbursement check returned. Thank goodness we put a stop payment on the check! We also find out later from the attorney we are retaining, all the information that Reysner failed to let us know about or maybe he just doesn't know, due to his lack of experience. We'd like to see how he talks himself out of this. It's this kind of lack of professionalism and accountability such as Reysner's that gives lawyers the bad rap that they have.

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"I wholeheartedly endorse the work and the work ethic of Piotr G. Reysner. He was outstanding when we were in law school, and based upon the conversations I have had with him since then, I can easily determine that he remains so. He has a quick mind and a decisive style. He is an exceptionally good attorney. I highly recommend him."

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Experience

Rating:  1.0 (Extreme Caution)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2012.

Disbarment issued in CA, 2012

updated on 08/13/2012

Disbarment is the most serious penalty for a lawyer. If this attorney is currently practicing law, you should contact the California State Bar to understand the reasons for disbarment.

Inactive - Irreparable injury issued in CA, 2011

updated on 11/15/2011

This means the attorney's conduct has posed harm to the community or to clients. The attorney is not allowed to practice law until the problem gets resolved.

Honors

1998

CALI Award in Contracts, Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction

1997

AmJur Award in Civil Procedure,

Work Experience

2007 - Present

Owner, Reysner Law Office

2005 - 2007

Associate, Brown, Hall, Shore & McKinley

2004 - 2005

Associate, Boyd & Kimball

2004 - 2004

Contract Attorney, Jacobson Markham

2001 - 2004

Associate, Law Offices of Bailey & Brown

Associations

2010 - Present

Sacramento County Bar Association

2000 - Present

State Bar of California

Member

2000 - Present

American Bar Association

Member

San Joaquin County Bar Association

Member

Sample of Legal Cases

Rawlings v. Cliff's Marina

Defense verdict

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Education

2000

Golden Gate University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1996

University of California San Diego

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2009

Talkin' Money With Jeff Tarbell

bankruptcy

2008

Guest on Talkin' Money with Jeff Tarbell

Bankruptcy

Publications

Languages

Polish

English

Activity

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