• Avvo

Avvo

Overview

Avvo has a rating of 1.2 stars from 418 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Avvo most frequently mention law firm, state bar, and community guidelines problems. Avvo ranks 60th among Legal Documents sites.

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    54
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  • We have used law firms in the past and this was by far the worst experience.
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Top Positive Review

“Jerry Bodow Coastal Legal Center THE BEST”

Lynne M.
12/4/22

There are truly No Words to express how my Attorney Jerry Bodow has been a true blessing in my life. Jerry an his staff have been family to me and have looked out for me throughout a 7+ year case. They have worked tirelessly hard for me and my family. The support, friendship and love they have shown words can't describe enough. Jerry I am blessed to have you as my attorney and friend. Thank you for all your expertise, friendship and love.

Top Critical Review

“AVVO - won't post negative reviews”

USALAWCLUB g.
12/12/23

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

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Thumbnail of user thelawclub
1 review
2 helpful votes
December 12th, 2023

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

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Thumbnail of user sh749
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 10th, 2023
Verified purchase

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.

Tip for consumers:
Do not give Avvo or any of its affiliates even $1.

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Thumbnail of user latoshiah
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
October 10th, 2023

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 All his numbers are disconnected and his email address is no longer active.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.

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Thumbnail of user jazz.d.a.brooks
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 16th, 2023
Verified purchase

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.

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Thumbnail of user crisb6
23 reviews
60 helpful votes
July 30th, 2014

Avvo allowed me to post a 2 sentence review, that said: I did not have a good experience with this attorney.The communication was poor. They cut it way back after I relyed to them, that he had me served with an EMAIL (DWL) threatening to sue me and take my assets and our home, over my review. Had he spend that much time on my personal injury case, I may not have written a bad review.Not all attorneys do a good job, nor do they even treat clients the same. That is the reality so get over it, listen to the criticism, and learn from it. Threatening clients you profited off of, by sending some "goon" to your home, and shoving an EMAIL under our kitchen door (when we were out of the country) does not scare me at all, Attorney McCoy. You forged my name on documents, used a MAGIC MARKER to ititial stuff, "I knew you would not agree too" (yup, his words exactly)... all of that effected the CIVIL RIGHTS lawsuit with a different attorney. I NEVER agreed to waive a Conn, statute, saying: I do not mind if my attorney profits off this case, more than I do. NOBODY in the world would sign that, and to think that we would, is insane. People maimed for life by a drunk driver, are not there, because we have nothing better to do. I need money for ongoing care. All I ended up with, is (2) BAD attorneys, and they both, threw me under the bus. CONNECTICUT is so CORRUPT. Liars, corruption, and threats, all because we are not kissing their behinds on avvo. Avvo, should have left it alone, because they denied the original one. They emailed me back saying he was "bluffing me", and that they "had my back with a pro bono attorney on staff". That was nice, but I never head from them ever again.

Thumbnail of user rabia.zahid5
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 22nd, 2023

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.

Thumbnail of user karls416
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
February 9th, 2023

My last message to Avvo:

As a veteran with multiple honors, and someone who has served his Country in numerous ways for decades, your organization is part of the problem in this Country.

Since you won't stand up for what's right, I won't be wasting anymore time on you. There's other places I can leave reviews about the attorney's behavior. I will also leave reviews about your lack of help and behavior. SHAMEFUL!

Thumbnail of user sbrient
1 review
1 helpful vote
August 31st, 2023

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.

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Thumbnail of user taxtadt
1 review
14 helpful votes
January 22nd, 2016

Yeah, I hear all of you complaining and they're all legitimate complaints. AVVO isn't a good place to hire an attorney but it is a really good place to get some good, free legal advice. Over the years I've asked a LOT of questions and the answers usually are very helpful. I, too, made a mistake and hired an attorney from the ratings and got royally burned. Yvette Banker from Arizona, usually does probate, guardianship, conservatorship. She did the old 'bait and switch' where she said only $500 retainer until I signed the contract and all of a sudden, the case was "very complicated and (she) needs another $2500 immediately." Even though I kept telling her I needed to make the case go away, get it dismissed, she kept saying "private fiduciary." I finally got nasty and told her she was to do what I tell her. She continued to screw the case up so I fired her before we even got to court. Arizona adult guardianship court and court appointed lawyers are predators personafied. They are only in it to take the person's estate away and line their own pockets. Two other AVVO attorneys to avoid is Joseph Boyle and Shad Blackford. Imagine why they would be putting a 91 year old through hell just so they can steal the person's estate! They are real bastards!

Thumbnail of user maine.freemason
1 review
2 helpful votes
July 19th, 2023

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.

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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.

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None, their attorney pool is terrible. Same as their customer service.

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Thumbnail of user maryellena1
1 review
8 helpful votes
February 3rd, 2023
Verified purchase

Many people are beginning to figure out that AVVO is not a trustworthy website for posting reviews.this is just 1 of many comments warning consumers about AVVO. It would be one thing for AVVO to post NO reviews. But to post ONLY positive reviews while refusing to post fact based negative reviews is very dishonest

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AVVO DENIES ALL NEGATIVE FACT BASED REVIEWS WITH THE SAME REJECTION EMAIL. THEY CLAIM THAT YOU HAVE VIOLATED THEIR GUIDELINES YET REFUSE TO STATE WHAT PART OF THE REVIEW NEEDS TO BE CHANGED OR REMOVED..YOU WILL GET THE EXACT SAME MESSAGE NO MATTER WHAT ..AS SOON AS THEY SEE A LOW RATING THEY DENY IT..I OFFERED TO PROVIDE PROIF ..THEY IGNORED ME

Thumbnail of user pattib357
1 review
1 helpful vote
June 14th, 2023

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.

Thumbnail of user carolyns496
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
October 9th, 2023

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.

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Thumbnail of user abbys196
1 review
5 helpful votes
May 1st, 2022

I wrote an honest review about the attorney that replied to me through their website because after reviewing the book of records I rounded up, he couldn't help me and that's fair enough but I asked to pick up my records for a doctors appointment 4 days away and he told me he wasnt going to make a special trip for me but that i could try in a week. He disputed it, Avvo deleted my review without question.

Thumbnail of user ralphs469
1 review
4 helpful votes
July 27th, 2022
Verified purchase

1 star is to much-
Defendant AVVO is not reliable, they criminally tampering with business records specifically removing and deleting facts "Evidence" concerning a documented thief/Felon-
Specifically Defendants WAYNE H. WINK possession of stolen property.
Police records, 911 operator and many witnesses-
Deleting facts concerning possession of stolen property- Tampering with evidence!
Took some time tracking these thief's whom robbed me January 17,2017
Respectfully Submitted and Without Prejudice "UCC1-308"
Master ralph sui Juris

Tip for consumers:
Would not recommend AVVO due to covering and deleting facts on a thief concerning legal fictions named WAYNE H.WINK-
Most things are fiction, and fictions create other fictions.

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Online services reviewing the honest facts concerning AVVO and Defendants WAYNE WINK et al.
Many witnesses including Police reports.
Defendants never showed up for Jury trial either concerning criminal activities-

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Thumbnail of user lorie259
1 review
11 helpful votes
March 31st, 2022

If an atty doesn't like your question, avvo let's him attack you verbally. When he doesn't like your comment to his answer, it's removed. 3 times I actually had my question removed. Then he calls his buddy to attack me too. Avvo doesn't care, they just kept removing my question and responses while leaving their lawyers up. Worthless place with worthless lawyers. Oh, and my reviews of those 2 lawyers? Never posted.

Tip for consumers:
avoid. Not worth your time.

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This is a free service, and still not worth the cost.

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Thumbnail of user nataliai32
1 review
2 helpful votes
July 18th, 2023

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

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Thumbnail of user cecip3
1 review
2 helpful votes
August 4th, 2022

I am not some lawyer from the back of a bus, but an in-house lawyer without any skin in the game, so my sole purpose in asking that my personal information be removed is to deter stalking. But apparently, Avvo will only act on court order. So crossing my fingers that I don't get killed by my ex! LOL. Avvo, Martindale, and Internet Brands... you are unethical. (I can't imagine the poor souls who think that this is a way to find or legitimately rate lawyers! Just go to the lawyer's state bar site.)

Thumbnail of user nobodyf1
1 review
4 helpful votes
June 21st, 2022

Their sales team is relentless in contacting attorneys for payment and paid things...

Then, LOL 2022, they have boomer attorneys who are literally sitting on the internet drunk at night troll answering questions like they are talking to a trash off the street. $#*! off avvo. Never you again. Bad times pass, bad reputations stay. Clean your house omfg. I get traumatized by a bunch of $#*! up boomers for asking a question. Yahoo answers had better moderation that your piece of $#*!.

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Thumbnail of user lynnem365
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 4th, 2022

There are truly No Words to express how my Attorney Jerry Bodow has been a true blessing in my life. Jerry an his staff have been family to me and have looked out for me throughout a 7+ year case. They have worked tirelessly hard for me and my family. The support, friendship and love they have shown words can't describe enough. Jerry I am blessed to have you as my attorney and friend. Thank you for all your expertise, friendship and love.

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Thumbnail of user ericg1516
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 1st, 2023

Attorney marketing is a complete rip off. Their sales staff promise leads and acts very optimistic when convincing you to sign on. I have received ZERO leads since signing a six month contract that they refuse to cancel.

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Thumbnail of user gladiator011
1 review
3 helpful votes
May 30th, 2023

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.

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Thumbnail of user irvingt18
1 review
3 helpful votes
February 1st, 2023
Verified purchase

I've had two different bad attorneys and they refuse to allow me to speak the truth. They only allow good ratings, so don't trust them.

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Thumbnail of user kleinbob44
1 review
1 helpful vote
September 1st, 2023

Anybody home?
I posted a question on the website 31 days ago. Absolutely no response. The question was in reference to sales of handgun to an individual.
Since I had no response I chose to call a local attorney. Just another way for an attorney to get clients.

Thumbnail of user melf26
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
January 3rd, 2023

Avvo denies ALL real, validated, with evidence, reviews. It's only purpose is to promote.

Honest review platforms permits the good & the bad (especially when evidence is provided) so the consumer does not get scammed by the lying lawyers who shouldn't be lawyers!

Tip for consumers:
Do not trust - not a balanced review platform - but a promotional site

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