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Thomas E. McCabe

3.6
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Licensed for 22 years

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This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2016
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Licensed in Connecticut for 22 years

State: Connecticut

Acquired: 2003

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Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2016

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3.6 /5.0

17 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 5 of 8 reviews | Divorce & Separation

Posted by Liz | March 02, 2015 | Divorce & Separation

Highly Recommended

Atty. McCabe is the most dedicated, hardworking and thorough attorney I have ever encountered. He is both realistic and committed with excellent communication skills ! He took great interest in my divorce and "blew away" the opposing attorney with his attention to detail and quick insights and respon...ses. I highly recommend Atty. McCabe. He's an attorney I want in my side!

Posted by Steven | February 06, 2015 | Divorce & Separation

WARNING-STAY AWAY

BEWARE! I went to him to help me with a volatile divorce/custody case between my girlfriend and her ex. He took my money and did nothing that he promised. During the period of his "services" he did not accept phone calls nor return phone calls for nearly three months as urgent emails and phone calls... asking for response were ignored. His primary means of communication was almost exclusively through text messages. To my experience and in my opinion, his behavior is completely unprofessional and adolescent. Just a sampling of what I had to endure for three months after retaining Mr. Mccabe: - Despite urgent pleadings with him over the course of three months he did not file a single motion as he was directed. - He provided no accounting of time nor expense. - He provided no accounting of communications with opposing counsel. - He did not answer phone calls. - He did not return phone calls. - Despite numberous requests to schedule weekly status updates, no effort was ever made in this regard. He never scheduled a single status meeting and never provided requested details - He repeatedly made promises to take specific actions in a specific timeframe and did nothing that he promised. - MOST ALARMINGLY, he took absolutely no action when he was alerted to a situation where the health and safety of a minor child was at risk. This resulted in a 15 year old girl being left home without proper adult supervision for a week while her father went on a booze cruise with his girlfriend. His callous disregard for the mothers concerns in this situation caused actual physical symptioms in the childs mother . I have months of text messages verifying what i am saying. This is my opinion and reflects my accounting of the services, or more accurately, the lack of services provided by Mr. Mccabe.

Thomas McCabe

Replied last February 06, 2015

This gentleman has also taken on some personal agenda as I was not "responsive" to his text messages to me between 3:00 and 5:00am when the majority of the texts and emails would be received. He also had hired me for a single issue matter which developed into a full blown modification and contempt hearing, of which he did not want to pay a retainer and expected me to work for free.

Posted by Robert | December 09, 2014 | Divorce & Separation

A True Professional

Atty, McCabe is an amazingly honest, caring and intelligent attorney. He seamlessly researches, addresses all levels of difficult issues and significantly helped lessen the burden of the very difficult process of divorce. I highly recommend Atty. McCabe for those seeking honest, thorough legal repre...sentation. They don't get any better than Atty.McCabe !!

Posted by anonymous | December 08, 2014 | Divorce & Separation

Review

As a follow up to my review, I filed a Grievance Complaint against Attorney Thomas E. McCabe in June, 2014 in relation to my complaints regarding his "professional" conduct in representing me in my legal matters against my ex-husband. The Statewide Grievance Committee reviewed my complaint and felt i...t worthy of forwarding to the Stamford-Norwalk Grievance Panel. The Grievance Panel, in September, 2014 determined that there is probable cause that Attorney McCabe is guilty of misconduct, violating the following Rules of Professional Conduct: Rule 1.5(b) failure to provide a written retainer; Rule 1.1 failure to competently represent the Complainant in litigation; Rule 1.15(e) failure to account for retainer ( provide account statements); Rule 1.8(j) conflict of interest; Rule 8.1(2) failure to respond to the Complaint. A hearing before the Statewide Grievance Committee was scheduled. Attorney McCabe confirmed the above violations (except Rule 1.1 - but I believe strongly he violated that Rule as well) on 10/31/2014, admitting that there is sufficient evidence which would lead a court to find by clear and convincing evidence that he is in violation. Attorney McCabe chose to bypass the Statewide Grievance Committee process, electing instead to have the matter sent directly to and heard by the Superior Court. Presentment to the Superior Court was filed on 11/7/2014. I will post the findings following the 12/10/2014 hearing...... My advice, regardless of the Superior Court findings, DO NOT seek legal assistance in any form from Thomas E. McCabe.

Thomas McCabe

Replied last December 08, 2014

There are many many things I could say about this client who for some reason has taken on a personal agenda against me. However, without divulging the large amount of information regarding this client, I was her third or fourth attorney in her file and should have known prior to filing my appearance. I will not engage in back and forth with this client.

Posted by anonymous | December 08, 2014 | Divorce & Separation

Extremely unprofessional.

Attorney Thomas Eugene McCabe is a extremely unprofessional attorney. He represented me for a year in a divorce matter. He never returned calls or texts and rarely emails. He'd schedule times to meet on 3 seperate occasions and never showed up. He also lied and said he filed a very important docu...ment with the court that was never filed even though I paid him the filing fee. Attorney McCabe lacks morals and empathy. He is also refusing to give me my personal documents over a measly $200! Because of him I am still going through this nasty divorce. His only answer to me was he just wanted to drag it out. Attorney McCabe has no business in this line of work!

Thomas McCabe

Replied last December 08, 2014

This client was offered a significantly reduced rate of about 1/4 my regular rate for my legal services, of which included trial. The "three separate occasions referenced were three different times that this client wanted me to meet with her boyfriend to collaborate testimony of the marital property she disposed of for cash to her now current boyfriend, Her husband had been incarcerated and I incurred significant loss of income for a lot of time spent on this matter. Even the Court held in their decisions that her testimonial was not creditable. I am sorry she feels this way but perhaps she should start living a better lifestyle and not blaming others for all her troubles. Her file is ready to be picked up and she refuses to pay the outstanding balance.

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Rating:  1.0 (Extreme Caution)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2016.

Suspension issued in CT, 2016

updated on 09/20/2016

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Suspension issued in CT, 2015

updated on 06/24/2015

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