Ray S Pollari

Very unhappy with Mr. Pollari's handling of my case. Rather than helping the matter, he doubted my story and experience simply based on some of his prior cases involving women respondents. When I offered information to clarify his understanding, he refused it saying it was too "complicated" and also ...it did not involve a lot of money. He set up a waiver of discovery that I agreed to sign provided my stated term would be met. He demanded I sign immediately and inaccurately portrayed it as my priority. Ray filed a case withdrawal out-of-the-blue because I conveyed to him I was uncomfortable accepting his "request" to sign discovery waiver given my term was not yet met. I leave this review mainly to discourage such irresponsible withdrawal practice; and/or recommend potential clients to stay away if case complexity is above lawyer's pay grade.

I retained Ray for a family law case which was fairly complicated and over a few years as well as other counties. He took my case seriously from the very first day we met. He did everything I could ask for in a lawyer. He showed up for me, he was always confident and prepared and he worked hard for m...e every step of the way. He also won our case, and I’d retain him again. He really cares about his cases and people.

Hiring Ray was a huge mistake. I was desperate and many other family law/divorce lawyers were unable to work within my time frame, I thought my prayer had been answered when he agreed to take my case and was so disappointed. First, I confided in him regarding abuse issues involving me and my young... children. He gaslit me into believing I was being dramatic and no one would care. Then the night before zoom mediation he said he was too sick and would not be online to support me. A colleague stepped in and after reading the file was immediately shocked that my very real abuse concerns were neglected, in hindsight it seemed he didn't want to put any actual effort into my case. Infact he told the mediator that he felt my needs were neglected by Ray and that he was concerned about how the case was handles this far. After about 5 hours of mediation Ray logged on and took over for his colleague. At this time he asked me to type my own legal documents because of tech issues and went back to disregarding my concerns. Now I have a trash parenting plan because the exact issues I brought up have happened and they were not addressed because Ray told me it was too specific and unneeded. Also, there are many typos that were not caught that have caused problems, the terms were not write as agreed upon. Plus, I got charged for him to call me and tell me I was without a lawyer the night before mediation (730 pm), I got charged for him to sit in mediation and participate little to not at all, and got charged for months after the whole ordeal was over for services I didn't receive. When I finally got tired of paying for services I wasn't receiving and asked for a receipt and breakdown of work completed I was told "oh nevermind don't worry about it we will just write it off" leading me to believe I was being wrongfully billed to begin with. I asked many times and never saw what I was billed for the last few times I paid. I felt as if I was lured into a scam that cost me tens of thousands of dollars.

I hired Ray after my ex wife filed to take all my visitation as she had re married and had a new child and meeting me half way so I could see my kids was to much of a burden on her new family. Ray argued successfully to get us into mediation and found a mediator who was incredible. thanks to Ray and ...his hard work I was granted more visitations with my kids then I had before my ex filed. I can honestly say that Ray is not just a great Lawyer to have on your side but also is a good man.

Mr. Pollari is extremely knowledgeable and professional. He was very compassionate in his profession. I hired him as my attorney in a divorce case involving many aspects. Without Mr. Pollari's expertise my case would have been an absolute tragedy. I have and still recommend him to anyone going throug...h or even thinking about divorce.