Leonard K Lucenko Jr

In April, 2017, what I believed to be a safe, secure, 25-year marriage came to a shattering end with one phone call from the police. I had no idea what lawyers to consider so my financial planner did some research and said Lenny came highly recommended and was very impressed with his calm reassurance... and thus began our 2.5 year up and down negotiations with an incarcerated spouse. I had many frantic calls and tear-filled meetings with Lenny and I always left feeling well informed about possible outcomes. Of course, I wanted justice but Lenny kept me grounded in state law and pitfalls to avoid as I fought with my husband through countless 15-minute prison phone calls for the best settlement. It was a horribly difficult situation. Lenny also worked quickly to protect assets by getting two homes we owned into my name. That really helped me later in settling. At any point this divorce could have flared up into a nasty battle with my husband's lawyer wasting more valuable assets. But Lenny's masterful maneuvering and excellent communication skills kept us moving forward without everyone's emotions spiraling out of control. Lenny has a marvelous, first-class paralegal, Susie Faraone, who spent time helping me prepare a huge box of discovery interrogatories. I had so many questions and felt so overwhelmed. Susie helped me navigate through and was so patient with all my mistakes and misunderstandings. She also answered my frantic phone calls quickly regarding quit claim documents, locating handwritten letters from my husband, and laying out banking procedures for me. The last month was the most stressful for us because I was racing to complete the divorce by the last day of the year so that I could save taxes by filing single. Lenny worked closely with all parties and pulled it all together with a very strong settlement in my favor. I believe it was much more than if we had faced mediation or a trial. Susie spent those last critical days preparing closing spreadsheets and banking information that meant everything made it to Thurston County Court in the final hours!! I was able to avoid tremendous stress at the end due to Lenny and Susie's quick, knowledgeable actions. I will trust them with any future legal issues and I give them the highest recommendation possible. They are a credit to OlyLaw and all of us who suffer devastating surprise divorces. Thank you so much for "being there" for me these past 2.5 years.

Lenny has handled my divorce and subsequent legal issues relating to that divorce. Without his help, I would have been totally at a loss. Specifically, he knew what paperwork had to be filed and when those filings needed to be presented. More importantly, he helped me to focus my declarations on ...the legal issues at hand. I had mistakenly felt that judges would want historical narratives and motivations of those involved when they really need precise accountings of the relevant legal issues being contested, and honestly, there were many rights I had of which I was unaware, and many rights I thought I had which I, in fact, did not. Lenny knows these points fully, and better than some of the attorneys opposing me. Again, without his knowledge and expertise in these points, I would have been lost. Most importantly, Lenny has a tremendous heart and empathy. He has consistently treated me with kindness, respect, and understanding. Going through a non-hostile divorce is hard enough. When an ex is using the legal system to hurt you, it is overwhelming and at times seems unbearable. Lenny went to great lengths to keep me focused on working through the process and keeping a positive outcome in sight. I can't say that working with Lenny was an enjoyable experience -- there's nothing about that divorce that was enjoyable, but I can honestly say I couldn't have made it through without him. He is the one who made the whole process come out as fairly as possible for myself, my ex, and my kids.

A selfless, caring, compassionate, knowledgeable, intelligent, patient, efficient, fairly priced, available, responsive, hardworking, helpful and highly effective attorney. This isn’t the description you generally hear about attorneys, but Lenny is an amazing human being who happens to be a great ...attorney. My case started with a divorce and escalated to custody issues. I moved cross-state, cross-country and despite all that he helped every step of the way. He always kept his head cool, even when mine was in an emotional mess. He is fair, and fights for what is right and looks at both sides to see fairness and the best solution, not just a bull dog attitude that takes no time to think of the humanity of his decisions. His goal is to win the best solution for you, and to offer you solutions that are in your best interest. He listens, he helps keep your costs down, and he tries to negotiate and work with the other party or their attorney. He knows his stuff. He is diligent and works cases in a focused manner. You may not hear in between, which gives you rest and you can forget about your case while he takes care of the details. Right before a case, he revs up and gets you involved. His professionalism, his knowledge and caring style helped me go through a horrific case of divorce and custody where for some reason the judges were partial to the present parent (I was out of state) and Lenny even helped move my case into another state, at the cost of having me as a client, because it was better venue for my children who were now out of state residents. His work has a made a difference in my children’s lives. He has fought for them, and he fought for me for custody, visitation, child support, and alimony. He was never unfair, not to me, not to my ex-husband who really was a nasty person but Lenny took time to get to know him. His way of working gave me respite, a buffer and distance for an emotionally manipulative and abusive ex-husband. Lenny makes no judgments. He took me on after my previous attorney fired me because he felt I was doing myself a disservice. My old attorney believed my ex-husband more than he believed me and he didn’t even know me that well. Lenny took me, and Lenny found out what the real story was and has given my children wonderful 3 years of happiness and a life without the drama of an emotionally abusive and neglectful father after he helped my case go to the right court where my kids would be heard. I’ve had 4 attorneys, 6 if you include the children’s appointed attorneys. By far, I wish I still had Lenny. Thankfully I found a great one in NY and Lennyworks with them when necessary to help out on this side. But, the time and work I spent with Lenny still tells me that I don’t’ think I’ll find someone as balanced, caring and as effective as him.

Met all expectation of what I expected the process to be. Always advises and kept me abreast of my options. Still have more requirements after dissolution. Will continue with Lenny and Susie. Also, Susie was extremely helpful with process especially with the transfer of retirement funds. Kudos t...o CTM Team.

Mr Lucenko handled my divorce. With Mr. Lucenko you get exactly what you pay for. If you are a higher earning individual and can easily afford his rates then he will work hard for you and you will get the best representation. If you are in the lower tier earning wise and struggle to make your payme...nts you will get lower tier representation. The latter is me. He was great in the beginning but when my initial payment was depleted that was the end of my good representation. Unfortunately it happened right at the mediation phase which in my opinion is the the most important. I was basically left on my own, he was barely in the room as my advocate during the process and I got beat badly. In hindsight, I should have just walked out of the room, I would have been much better off today. So, If you can afford Mr. Lucenko and can keep him happy monetarily then I would recommend him. But, if there is any hint of you not being able to easily afford his fees. Then go find another attorney.