Robert Michael Vella

I originally reviewed Mr. Vella several years ago at "HIS" request. Considering the fact that he was handling my divorce, I gave him a good review in hopes that he would do a good job or at least treat me with some consideration or at least decency. Nothing could be further from the truth. He is unre...sponsive and his work is sloppy. Talks a good game and is very personable. However, once he has been paid, and it's time to produce, he puts you on the back burner. He will NEVER return calls, texts or emails without threatening to fire him. Even then, his responses are nothing but empty promises. SAVE YOUR MONEY AND A LOT OF AGGRAVATION STAY AWAY!!!!!

I decided to hire Mr. Vella based on another attorney's recommendation. He promised to fight for my rights as a father and to protect me from a spiteful wife during divorce proceedings. As soon as I paid the retainer fee, he disappeared off the face of the earth. No email, call or voice mail could g...et a reply from him. In the meantime the estranged wife was harassing me, threatening to call police on me with baseless accusations in my own home and she exploited me financially. I finally was able to contact Mr. Vella and asked him to review a document from opposing counsel. He told me to read it myself first and to then contact him to point out the stipulations that I didn't agree with.(If I could read "legalese" I wouldn't need his help, right?) 2 months later I made the decision to end my representation with Mr. Vella. He pleaded and assured me that he was the man for the job, even though 90% of our communication was regarding the inability to communicate with him. We agreed to go our separate ways and he promised to have my invoice and documents ready in a few days, with a partial refund coming within 2 weeks. I got the documents in about 2 weeks and 5 months have passed since the date when I was supposed to receive my refund. He ignored 5 emails regarding that refund over the course of a month. I then reported Mr. Vella to the Nassau County Bar Association and they're now investigating the matter. They predicted that upon being notified of the investigation, he might just refund me to avoid tarnishing his reputation. They were wrong. His office has yet to contact me. I know how stressful a divorce can be, especially when your spouse is a malicious person. Please do not put your future in the hands of Robert M. Vella of Mineola. You will feel like you're trying to divorce him as well. He only cares about himself. Don't believe me? Go to his office for his free consultation and he will point at his family portraits and tell you what a great dad he is and how he will fight for you. But if you retain his services, that might be the last time he speaks to you for months.

I am using Robert Vella as my attorney for the third time in a matter of 5 or so years. Each and every meeting, phone call, appearances and all other aspects of my case have been handled in an exemplary, professional and knowledgeable manner. He always made me feel as if I was his #1 client and ac...tually cared about my case. During each and every court appearance, and there were quite a few, Mr. Vella showed up early so he can go over what I should expect and to put all my worries at ease. I am not always a calm person, but as soon as Mr. Vella arrived, I was extremely calm because I knew I was in the best of hands. I cannot stress enough how much I respect him both as a caring man and an aggressive and tough attorney. If you are in need of an attorney, you could not do better than being in the care of Robert Vella.

MR VELLA IS AN EXTREMELY FAIR AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ATTORNEY. MY CASE WAS DIFFICULT IN SO MANY WAYS AND MR VELLA KEPT ME CALM AND FOCUSED WHEN I WAS COMING APART. THERE WERE MANY OBSTACLES, HOWEVER, THAT I FELT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HANDLED DIFFERENTLY, BUT THE BATTLE WOULD HAVE GONE ON FOREVER IF I HAD ACTE...D ON EMOTION AND NOT RATIONALITY. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY RECOMMEND MR VELLA.