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On June 2015 I hired Steve Rossi to represent me when I was falsely accused to striking a student. Mr. Rossi took a retainer of $2,600.00. Once he took the money he told that he couldnt appear on my behalf because if he did the Union UTD would drop me like a hot potato. I tried to post a complaint with about and they kept objecting to my wording I reformatted more than 7 times to no avail. Avvo is there to protect their own not the public.

I am an attorney, and stumbled onto my Avvo profile.

Avvo misspelled my name and listed an incorrect address.

Ive sent three e-mails, and Avvo has not posted correct information. I told them they could find my correct information on the California State Bar website. But, they apparently havent done so.

So, my Avvo profile is still incorrect, which means that clients might call me for help in areas of law I dont practice in. A waste of time for them and for me.

Tip: If you want attorney information, obtain it from a state bar association. Avvos information in my case is so incorrect as to be misleading.

I am a lawyer and wrote a very detailed review on AVVO.COM for my first time one to see that it was accepted then within 12 hours my review was taken down. Then I see that the lawyer who I wrote a negative report about put up another FAKE review about himself. What a scam! My parents were taken advantage by a Lawyer which precipitated my negative review. I have never trusted lawyers and after I became one my opinion of them has only worsened. I am very, very ashamed of many of my fellow lawyers who use the law for their benefit.

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...

Based on AVVO data - or the lack thereof, I hired what turned out to be the most flakey attorney - too sad to even explore here. Advocacy was definitely for self rather than client. Tried to leave a honest review of the bizarre and unprofessional behavior patterns without opening the door for a lawsuit - since lawyers love to sue, regardless of the veracity of a claim. AVVO helps them by refusing the review. And, the website appears to advise the attorney. I keep getting emails - none of which I open - from this attorney. They are timed with the AVVO emails. She probably thinks this is a game and that she is 'winning'. But, in fact, the loss is all hers. I only lost money, not my mind. AVVO is useless for the consumer. I would imagine other similar reviews were likely rejected - ones that would have prevented me from hiring her. But, this is the extent of time and effort I am going to expend. I tried to warn people. I have wasted enough time on this miscreant. That is sad, but true.

Avvo, as everybody else said, does not allow for negative ratings. I wrote a negative rating for a layer, factual and clear. She had another 6 (SIX) negative ratings, and only one positive. One and a half year later (yes, you read that correctly, year, not day) my review was removed because, they said, it violated their guidelines. I go to the Avvo site, and all the 6 negative reviews are gone, and I find 10 new ones, they all have 5 stars. Apparently, the lawyer asked Avvo to remove all the negative reviews. Avvo is a joke and a dishonest site that cannot be trusted and used in any way.

Did you know that AVVO does not consider client reviews in the rating process? I hired a lawyer that was rated a 10.0 by AVVO. He talked a big talk but when all was said and done, I lost 50K+ in alimony. The attorney claimed my case was simple and 100% winnable. What a joke! AVVO is horribly skewed in favor of the lawyers. Next step--Bar Association. We can't let lawyers lie and cheat us out of a fair settlement.

After writing a pre estate review of a lawyer, that was glowing, it was posted within two days. After she bungled every task of my estate, I tried to get the glowing review removed. My attempt was deleted. I then attempted to write a negative review, as soon as I submitted it, the system said, sorry, we are down right now would you like to read some of our glowing reviews? I waited a half hour, it never put it through. They will not post a negative review, good luck finding any of value. This is a closed system, if you register good luck deleting your account. This attorney destroyed over $50,000 in mistakes, omissions and misfilings. Well, expecting ethics from attorneys, don't count on it! My stupid pre estate review is still there, I cannot take it down. Trust me, it is a billboard for attorneys, a total fraud. Save Your Time.

This organization issues mediocre ratings to attorneys by default, then tries to get them to "claim" their profile in order to increase their ranking. But their "default" ratings are issued without any input whatsoever from the attorney's peers or former or current clients. They just get lists of attorneys from public sources and give the ones they know nothing about mediocre rankings instead of NO ranking. When asked if they would just delete the arbitrary ranking, they instead tell you that your ranking would increase if you'd join them and claim your profile. NO WAY would I succumb to the blackmail attempts.

Avvo began listing me on the site after I stopped practicing law to move into diffferent work. Now its call center regularly cold-calls my staff and bugs them to "claim my profile." The "profile" in question appears to be composed of automated public record searches and guesswork, and is largely wrong. Most notably, Avvo is advertising to the world that I am still a practicing attorney, and that I am a specialist in an area that does not accurately reflect what I did while in practice. There is no option for me to de-list the inaccurate information without "claiming" the profile by submitting additional information to Avvo and agreeing to its usage terms. I informed one of Avvo's cold-callers that I no longer practice, but the company has taken no action to correct its mistakes.

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