John Simon Yohanan

I would not hesitate to refer anyone to John Simon Yohanan who needs Family Law Service.He takes time to listen to you and care about you and your situation. John helped to bring along, hard-fought case to a conclusion . He care about his client and is timely ,efficient and effective. John was up fr...ont with me from the start and provided honest and quality guidance based on my particular circumstances and very difficult long divorce case. I highly recommend John to anyone looking for quality representation.I will never be able to thank him enough. I respect him and all his good work done for me .

This attorney handled my divorce case very poorly and I had to terminate his services. This is just my personal experience. He had very poor communication skills. He was very rude and condescending on the phone or in person. He always had big surprises on the day or the day before a hearing. He gave ...short answers to your questions and tried to get you out of his office as quick as possible when I needed to understand the process and hear his strategies. I felt that he was not aggressive and he did not have the drive to fight for my case. He dismissed my ideas and requests as non-sense and took the shortest route that was convenient for him. I felt that he didn't really like appearing and presenting my case before the judge. He simply wanted to settle to something that usually favored the opposing party. Stretched out a baseless restraining order hearing into a trial which was pushed out 8 months after the initial hearing because the opposing party was going out of town and I was informed only on the day of the hearing. His over-priced response was weak and written in a daze. When I begged him to plead my case to the judge, he used scare tactics to show that my ideas were stupid and that if I did not follow his advice, I would end up with a permanent restraining order. Everything he did ended up costing me so much both financially and emotionally. He very quickly cleaned out my retainer fee and a lot more for pretty much no progress to my case. I felt like he was working for the opposing counsel who he was friends with. He had nothing much to say when we went before the judge except to extend the hearing to another date. I had to ask permission to speak to the judge and plead my case. Personally, I would not recommend this attorney.

I first met John in 2007 to seek his professional opinion on my international custody and support case. Since then John was engaged as my attorney of record and through working with him, my faith in family law attorney's has been restored. John has provided professional guidance and leadership th...rough very challenging court litigation. His calm approach and sound advice has assisted me to achieve balanced court orders and time time with my child. He is a thorough professional. He is tenacious, experienced, very knowledgeable, and his costs have been transparent and within agreed expectations. I would highly recommend John to anyone seeking a Family Law attorney.

I hired John to represent me in a very difficult divorce. John had to work on me, as much as he had to work on my case. Divorce is difficult , when your name or reputation is called into question. John in his calming voice,taught me how to be patient. I stay in touch with John often just to seek w...ords of advice ,legal and personal . This man really knows his way around a courtroom. His 37 years of experience exudes from him. Most importantly John negotiated a very amicable divorce settlement on my behalf.

A few years ago I had the unfortunate experience of going thru a divorce. Our kids were grown so the only issue was the equal division of our community property and spousal support. I initially sought the services of a mediation center hoping that my ex-wife and I could work out an amicable solution ...and go our separate ways. Well my ex-wife wanted to take the more contentious path and hired an aggressive fee turning attorney. Because of this I sought the professional help of John Yohanan. I had consulted with 2 CPAs, the mediation center and John so I had a pretty good idea of what a fair and equitable division of property and spousal support should be. My ex-wife's initial settlement demands were completely outrageous. wanting 100% of our property, 4 times the spousal support amount that 4 other experts had independently calculated and agreed upon. This gave me no choice but to have to go thru the trial system taking almost 4 1/2 years, longer than the civil war. With John's professional and expert help and a judge that was fair the final judgment was actually better than the initial recommendations from the mediation center.