John Lewis Chalif

Over the last 6 years, I've consulted Mr. Chalif on several complicated family law and court questions, which are typically time sensitive. He has also been very well prepared. If he does not know the answer off the top of his head, he looks into it, cuts to the bottom line, and gets back to me withi...n 24 hours or sooner! CH

John was handling a case for us. Something came up unexpectedly that had nothing to do with the case. He jumped on this new case, put out the fire even though I knew he was in the middle of something else. He really came through for us in a jam. Also, his bill was very reasonable, especially since he... dropped what he was doing on short notice to meet with us in person. Jack

John handled my long term divorce and alimony case with property in multiple states. He addressed both the legal issues and human side of the process with discretion, confidentiality and compassion to help me put things in perspective and defend my personal and financial interests. I recommend Jo...hn very highly for anyone going through a similar experience in need of legal representation! JBN

I hired Mr. Chalif to modify an alimony settlement. He was inexpensive to retain and seemed knowledgeable. Although he seemed disconnected from the case in the beginning I went by the positive rating on the Avvo website and hired him, After getting jerked around by opposing counsel for four months... we were finally able to get a mediation date. This is where I lost my patience with him. Three weeks prior to the mediation I knew nothing more than I had six months before. We were walking into mediation completely blind because he did not follow through and get all the pertinent information from my former wife. Not only did we have very incomplete information, there were several key pieces of information he never even petitioned for (auto lease application from former wife for example). The final straw was when I asked to talk to him about the upcoming mediation I was told by the paralegal that I didn't need to speak with him and to come an hour before mediation to ask questions. All this time I was receiving bills and paying them for a very questionable number of billed hours. Communication was non existent and his level of interest in the case was less than needed to be effective counsel. The paralegal was helpful on the rare occasion I was able to get a hold of her. Most phone calls were unturned which is completely unacceptable. Throughout the process I never received information until it was filed with court. I never saw any communications between the opposing counsel and Mr Chalif and I never saw documents for approval prior to being submitted to the courts. I ended up wasting thousands of dollars and had a serious setback in my case due to his lack of attention to my case.

John C has been my family attorney for over 10 years. I have consulted him many times on a variety of confidential, sensitive and complicated issues: He has always been there for me on short notice. I have dealt with other lawyers over the last few decades; however, John’s attorney fees and billing ...practices have always been extremely fair and reasonable. I recommend him unequivocally and with the highest praise for anyone needing excellent legal services. LZ