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I've had plenty of problems with them before where I could submit the exact same review over and over again and eventually it gets approved once it hits a reasonable approver. Today, I was told that I accused an attorney of illegal or an ethical conduct without providing any details.

Please look at the provided submission and tell me how I didn't provide details. I did; their reasoning is bogus.

"Title - Walked into unnecessary services

These guys were clearly looking for an opportunity to make money off of us. My ex husband was apparently walked into an unnecessary mediation when for some unknown reason he called to get advice for an uncontested divorce. So, it was much to my surprise when they contacted me to schedule a mediation and then several weeks later asked for $300 for me. When I wrote them saying I never asked for this and I wasn't paying them anything, I received a snarky imprudent response, which was my typical experience whenever there was conflict when I lived in Kendallville, from the owner essentially indicating I wasted his time."

Just abt all the lawyers on there are snooty,self rightous,smartaz know it alls who dgafa"wedaPpl".

N thats the troooof bruh

Avvo has denied/rejected every Negative review i've written, citing "Contained language not appropriate for a public, professional forum". I have kept documentation regarding Avvo's claims, and screenshots, etc., and clearly they are utilizing a broad/open "claim" to reject negative reviews. Why? Because Lawyers, and those being reviewed, are their desired "customers," etc. Avvo is owned by, or at least co-operated with, Martindale-Avvo (it's right there, in the name), who ALSO is targeting attorneys as perspective clients/users, & is also another fake "review" site. I'm currently re-submitting my reviews, and taking screenshots, researching, regarding Avvo, and their false assertions of "language" which are obviously Untrue. I'd love to provide some Reddit links: 1 has comment regarding the poster's understanding that Avvo wants attorneys to pay to become subscribers, and often will remove negative reviews, to clean-up a lawyer's profile, which makes sense with their motive; one explains that Avvo is Martindale-Avvo, but I can't give links here. Do NOT rely on Avvo, or most sites, they ALL have reason, motive, and intention, to "protect" those whom they desire to have business with, make money from, or at least utilize in some way. Due to character limits, and censoring Negative Reviews at most "review" sites, I made a video regarding Evan Taylor, the attorney i'm trying to warn people about - Evan Taylor (Owensboro, KY "Attorney") My Review; Unfortunately, most sites will hide, or remove, or deny ANY Negative reviews, because it is in their best interest, and motive, to do so. My first review explained exactly what I experienced, and it was rejected, as every one has been, regardless of what language is used (see photo). So, my 2nd review, I added a section directly speaking about Avvo, & their obvious motive. That is in the screenshot. So, NOW, i'm not only reviewing Evan Taylor (attorney), also Avvo, wherever I can.

I have submitted my review zillion times. Made changes to make negative slight better so Avvo can approve it but Avvo keeps rejecting it. I left a review about a family lawyer and it's a simple review but Avvo keeps rejecting it.

I will paste the review here.

I hired Jasmit Dhaliwal (Family Lawyer in Dallas) to represent me in the divorce case after 1st lawyer rip me off. Instead of her leading the case, she passed my case to a junior lawyer with little experience. During my case, I expirenced dishonesty in agreement and billing. Did not provide the outcome they promised. When I tried to address any concern, I was threatened by Jasmit's manager (her husband) to be dropped. When I tried harder to resolve the issue of billing, I was dropped as a client and when I left a negative feedback on google review, I was harassed by firm lawyer for leaving a negative comment.

Not worth wasting your time and money. They will promise a lot of things that they know is is impossible. Even though it's wife's company, husband is a manager and she doesn't work to resolve the issue and the throws the ball at the husband (manager), who takes any concern negative feedback in a personal way.

AVVO is scam not honest company at all. I had bad experience with some scam attorney and tried twice but nothing.

My lawyer from avvo was inexperienced and unethical. Avvo approved my review on her in 2021, then took it down in 2023 claiming I was not detailed enough. I was very detailed about what I experienced. The lady did not know law. Avvo refuses to protect future victims of this woman by not allowing people to see what she has done.

I'm an attorney and was suckered into advertising/marketing with Avvo. To date, I have received exactly zero leads or return on the investment. I have contacted multiple people with Avvo including but not limited to my account rep and have received nothing but silence. You might as well flush your money down the toilet because it will be less frustrating and equally as profitable as advertising or marketing with Avvo / Nolo / Martindale.

I hired David King in 2015. We paid him $500 and never heard from him again. All his numbers are disconnected and his email address is no longer active. I posted the first negative review on AVVO in 2019. It was denied. I posted another in 2023, it was also denied. I only stated the facts as stated here. We were suing our homeowners insurance for bad faith. We never were able to get the resolution. We tried to warn others who may come in contact about out issues.

Ask a lawyer, get an automated answer with no follow-up. Like I haven't already read the suggested sites. This site went downhill fast.

I called a highly recommended lawyer from Avvo's review area. He was rude, abrupt, and didn't listen. He told me his cases were mainly slip and fall stuff and car accidents. His Avvo reviews painted him as a courtroom warrior who performs miracles with tough criminal cases, lol.
He was exactly the opposite of how the reviews described him! I had a feeling that his reviews were bought and paid for.
Every review site has him as a five star guy...not possible in the real world. Avvo is supported by lawyers and the reviews are unverified. Approach with extreme caution.

HIRED EMPLOYMENT LAWYER IN CALIFORNIA HAD VERY BAD EXPERIENCE.LAWYER WAS DECEPTIVE STILL HOLDING ON TO MY SETTLEMENT AND MAKING EXCUSES IT WAS LOST IN MAIL.LEFT REVIEW OF THIS LAWYER ON AVVO.AVVO REJECTED REVIEW.I HAD TO MAKE COMPLAINT WITH CALIFORNIA BAR ABOUT THIS LAWYER...DO NOT BELIEVE REVIEWS ON AVVO...AVVO IS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR LAWYERS...

I paid for online marketing through Avvo - it was longer term contract (which should have been a warning sign). After experiencing what seemed to be basically no new traffic, I contacted them about it. I thought they might be able to help by adjusting an algorithm of helping me get our Avvo profile set up better. I didn't get much from them aside from excuses about how we are in a specialized area. I ended up paying a large fee to cancel the contract and received no concessions (or even sincere concern) from Avvo. Terrible business decision - I definitely regret it. Would strongly recommend finding other ways to advertise.

I used this service for marketing our law firm. Words can't express how disappointed I was in the "results", which were, in my opinion, negligible at best. I wish I would have avoided the site altogether.

I had a terrible experience with a completely disrespectful and rude "attorney". I submitted an appropriate review but it was rejected. Stated it violated their guidelines, but offered no details. I read their guidelines and found no violation. I resubmitted a negative review to reflect the experience but it was rejected again. This happened 4 more times. I then see many others also stating that the site deletes the negative reviews and I wanted to express that the same happened to me. Very disappointing site to say the least, about on par with the level of attorneys on it. I do not recommend to anyone looking for good service.

Don't trust Avvo reviews. They do not post bad reviews, the lawyer are paying them for the good reviews. All fake.

Avvo used to be a great directory. In the past few years, it has dropped off in the search results. There are multiple reps reaching out sporadically with no consistency so if you have a firm with several attorneys, there is no coordination and each attorney gets harassed by different reps. The last rep I had canceled meeting after meeting so I finally had to ask his manager for a new rep so we could get our spend down. Very frustrating.

Avvo.com claims to be the site for finding "best" lawyers. However, after dealing with 3 years with family attorneys in my area, I now know that, most of the reviews on Avvo are paid by lawyers themselves. In fact, Avvo's business model is designed to serve lawyers and not public.
You can see that many lawyers have disproportionately positive reviews. This is because, they delete any negative reviews posted by public. In fact even the attorneys who have been sanctioned for ethics violations will have hundreds of positive reviews. NEVER TRUST THIS SITE FOR LAWYER.