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Maryland
4 reviews
26 helpful votes
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I have been attempting to post a detailed, thoughtful, negative review of Odelugo & Johnson and the lawyer from that firm we hired, Rabihah Owens. After submitted a review detailing their unethical and, often times, illegal conduct (overcharging, lying repeatedly, abjectly refusing to do the work she was hired to do after charging thousands for 'prep'), avvo denied the review. I asked for clarification as to what in the review violated site terms, and this was ignored by avvo staff. I attempted 3 more times to get a response from avvo, but this isn't a real review site. This is a lawyer billboard and a website run by real $#*!s.

Date of experience: April 1, 2016
Georgia
17 reviews
35 helpful votes
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Can't Leave Avvo Review
November 28, 2017
Updated review

I forgot to mention that when I tried to put a bad review of them on their website, they rejected it. So, they're scamming people and will only put good reviews on their website to draw people in. BEWARE!

Date of experience: November 28, 2017

What A Nightmare!
October 25, 2017
Previous review

These guys were absolutely terrible! No understanding of the problem, condescending, rude, and they shouldn't have a law license... if they do. They acted like they knew nothing about social media, internet laws, information technology, and were patronizing at best. If you are a POC, don't attempt to consult with these people at all!

Date of experience: October 25, 2017
California
3 reviews
14 helpful votes
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It is obvious that Avvo only posts positive reviews. They asked me to rewrite the review for it to be considered. There is not much that I could change as i just presented the facts. I do not know if the attorneys answering the questions pay to be on Avvo, but I would guess that the do, based on the Avvo response to my review. I was shocked that they would not post my review. I was very factual and did not attack the attorney's character, as this attorney did to me on the Avvo forum. The attorney never addressed my question, but immediately jumped to conclusions and insulted me. After providing further info, she gave me unsolicited advise that was snippy and impossible in my case. She still never addressed my question. I left Avvo with the feeling of disgust.

Date of experience: May 11, 2018
Illinois
1 review
9 helpful votes
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AVVO weeds out negative reviews of lawyers, so viewers/readers do not get an accurate account of who they are looking at -- which seems very shady. Because of this, AVVO is a horrible resource for anyone looking for a lawyer. And in todays word where lawyers are conniving and slimy, people need better resources than AVVO.

Date of experience: July 25, 2019
Massachusetts
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Fake ratings
November 9, 2018

That is a fake advertising after I posted a bad review to bad lawyer Kevin Seaver Avvo removed that
I got this email after asking Kevin Seaver for help,, is that a joke?... call me today to discuss all your questions regarding DCF over the phone.

Be organized. Be sure your questions are numbered.

My phone this afternoon is *******633.

I will send you a link that will take you 20 seconds to fill out. This is an endorsement.

The reading of the website content, blogs and the watching of the videos have been "FREE". My phone call discussion with you yesterday was "FREE"". My responses to your emails have been "FREE".

The phone call today is "FREE".

I am asking you to endorse me thru a link I will send you today. This will be sent by my assistant Barbara this morning.

Date of experience: November 9, 2018
New Jersey
1 review
11 helpful votes
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This answer we received from State NY government attorney Glenn Johnston on Avvo, Now we really feel harmed and discriminated. What should we do?

Mr. Johnston says: "... Finally, and you should really take note, here... there is no CIVIL RIGHT to booze. None. And it doesn't violate the ADA to restrict booze. Although there may be a CIVIL RIGHT to booze in the European nation you hail from, there is none here."

Date of experience: July 5, 2016
North Carolina
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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I submitted a negative review on an attorney who was unethical and dishonest. The attorney disputed the review and Avvo emailed me a request to verify my review and it would be reposted. I verified it and it was reposted, then taken down again. The customer service manager claimed my review violated community guidelines and I review the wrong lawyer. I had proof to the contrary. On 06/03/19, I forwarded my concerns to their legal department but never heard from them. I also filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. Apparently, Avvo shows favoritism toward lawyers, even if they're in the wrong. Therefore, a lawyer's Avvo rating is a false representation and is misleading to the public.

Date of experience: June 4, 2019
New Jersey
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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AVVO is a terrible site
November 8, 2015

People can post lies about attorneys and even if you provide proof to AVVO that the person was not telling the truth, AVVO does nothing. In one review, a court order showed client was not telling the truth and AVVO would not remove the review. This site was set up to extort $ from attorneys from Avvo to get them to pay monthly fees to revise the reviews...

This site is terrible and it should be shut down.

Date of experience: November 8, 2015
Washington
2 reviews
26 helpful votes
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I reviewed an attorney, Craig Hughes out of Salt Lake. It was a legitimate review because I didn't want to see anyone else get burned. There were 2 1 star reviews on Craig Hughes. When Hughes threatened to sue me and I didn't budge (because I had proof), AVVO took down my review and placed an obvious review written by Craig Hughes himself and he rated himself with 5 stars.
AVVO is useless!

Date of experience: December 22, 2015
Washington
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I recently posted a negative review on a lawyer and AVVO didn't approve it which is weird because I'm very sure it met the guidelines. What's weird is the only reviews for this lawyer are all positive? Reading all the other reviews on this site and my recent experience with AVVO leaves me to believe they only approve positive reviews which defeats the purpose of posting reviews.

Date of experience: July 24, 2019
California
2 reviews
39 helpful votes
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I'm a attorney and I was recently solicited by an Avvo sales rep to purchase advertising on Avvo. I told the rep that I wasn't interested. Shortly afterwards and with no changes to my profile, my Avvo rating dropped by nearly a point. I now suspect that Avvo ratings are based on factors other than an attorney's credentials and I wouldn't trust them.

Date of experience: April 2, 2014
California
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Avvo sucks
October 5, 2018

I posted 3 reviews. The last review I thought wasn't too daming but it was still rejected. Avvo is a joke. I rather use YELP even though I heard taht site too has a pay for reputation system. But I've never experienced that on Yelp.

Date of experience: October 5, 2018
Washington
2 reviews
11 helpful votes
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I did a neg review on an atty and after me in 8 months he had more neg reviews last night looked this seattle atty up and he had all 4 and 5 stars. Pay off from atty to avvo? 4200 down the toilet and he never showed up with paperwork. Always pay for the tape to watch a court proceeding and always show up to a hearing.

Date of experience: July 22, 2018
Florida
1 review
13 helpful votes
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I hired attorneys crews and pesquera and also payas and payas in central fl, i found them at this avvo site with good reviews, what a joke, the first law firm neglected my case for almost two years and the second one payas, their assistant always avoid my contact directly with the attorney, i had to fire both firms, what a waste! I try to post my negative reviews at avvo to help other people and they always reject them, thos avvo site is a scam just like those two firms, a total fraud.

Date of experience: October 10, 2015
Nevada
3 reviews
24 helpful votes
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I hired attorney Joshua Tomsheck based off of Avvo review and I was absolutely unhappy with him. I tried numerous times to leave a negative review and AVVo would not allow me to do so. That's so not ok.

Date of experience: October 5, 2015
Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Yes even though I have done filed out for an attorney to contact me here in Noblesville Indiana I need a lawyer and the person running there Facebook's needs too stop being a smartass. They said they can not hook me up with an attorney it's like ok I can take my money and business elsewhere the moron feeling disappointed with avvo.

Date of experience: May 22, 2018
Washington
1 review
12 helpful votes
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In my opinion AVVO reviews are not trustworthy. I attempted to post truthful reviews regarding a Lawyer and a Law Firm. The attorneys had a 10 AVVO rating and they were a train wreck. AVVO refused to post my reviews and in fact took off a review I had posted four years ago regarding a wonderful attorney. I have requested a call from a manager. T he train wreck attorney was hired by me based on the high AVVO rating.

Date of experience: April 29, 2015
Texas
1 review
10 helpful votes
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WHAT A RACKET!
June 21, 2016

Bob from tel # *******691 called my law firm asking to speak w/ specific attorney. Attorney does not want to take call, I ask politely- please take us off your call list. BOB tells me- he cannot, he has a specific procedure he needs to follow, he needs the email of attorney, tell him no, cannot give that to him and to please take us off call list. He hangs up. NICE COMPANY AVVO

Date of experience: June 21, 2016
California
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Avvo Cover Up
October 15, 2015

I asked for help to get these two attorney's, Robert Marshall and Jay Finnecy, to stop harassing me. I was looking for advice on a misdemeanor mistake that I had made a year ago, and these two bantered back and forth bad-mouthing me for two days. I asked support for help, and they apologized on their behalf. They also said that they would handle it "internally," which basically just meant they just deleted all of their unnecessary, antagonistic, and rude comments. Instead of helping me, they just covered up the situation. It was my first experience with Avvo, and I don't think I'll ever be using it again.

Date of experience: October 15, 2015
Virginia
12 reviews
32 helpful votes
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I tried to ask a question on the Avvo Free Legal Advice site, but instead of getting an answer, I was instead informed that an answer would be coming to my Email...
I did get a couple of Emails from Avvo, but none of them were an answer to my specific question, and instead were links to articles that were similar, but no the same, along with contact numbers for local attorneys.
An answer to my question was never provided, and I did not seek to retain an attorney, just to ask a question, as is advertised by the website.
DOD NOT BE FOOLED by this site, there is no free advice provided at all, just links to other, similar cases. Don't go to Avvo.com, unless you are trying to hire a lawyer, because the 'free question' is just a hoax to trick you!

Date of experience: March 10, 2019

Overview

Avvo has a rating of 1.2 stars from 421 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Avvo most frequently mention law firm, state bar and community guidelines. Avvo ranks 74th among Legal Documents sites.

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