Agree with other negative reviews. I thought the whole point of these sites was so people could get answers and guidance on legal matters they are unsure about. Instead, Expert Law "senior members" will give you condescending answers and act like you're stupid for posting. Don't waste your time with this garbage site.
Wish I read these reviews before coming here. I had forgotten the forum I used in the past, but I will be searching for them because I miss them. They were actually helpful and many of the users stated their professional titles if applicable. ExpertLaw is filled with the same people who argue amongst each other and respond so rudely to the people. Yes, I've seen some people who need to be questioned a bit, but then there are genuine people who get responses like "grow thicker skin" or pretty much "who cares" kind of responses. Obviously, no one wants to go through the money and trouble- came here to see if it were something missing to try. If not, ok fine, glad I only wasted a couple of hours online and not an appointment with an attorney. I can go on but just take a look at the threads and they're all the same. Moderator, Aaron, doesn't look much better. Seek an actual forum and not this $#*! show.
If you ask for advice, the "senior" members of this site will just attack you, your person, will paint you as guilt without really caring for the facts. They may have very basic legal knowledge but will grab every occasions to bash poster to the ground. They randomly ban people who has different opinions so only their closed circle will post replies to posts.
Stay away and I would not listen to anything they post!
Asked how to go about reporting something and just got a bunch of idiots ranting on something else. No help what so ever. Don't make an account there with your regular email, as you cannot delete your account there. Thankfully, I used a disposable email.
If you would like to direct my attention to a specific thread, I will be happy to look at it. As you can tell from even a superficial review of the forum, most people who post in the forum have a constructive exchange with the forum volunteers and gain useful legal information.
I reached out to Expert Law Team for my immigration case a little while ago and very quickly they have given me a positive result! Best service and extremely efficient and hard working team. Highly recommended!
Once you have posted your sensitive information on this forum full of hacks, the owner of the ExpertLaw website then assumes full control of your thread then locks it down so you can't edit or delete anything, he now owns your content.
This should be a very serious warning to anyone who even thinks about posting on this scammers website. A class action lawsuit should be filed against the owner.
Some AVVO attorneys act as immature as the people on ExpertLaw, but at least you have a better chance of receiving a response from a real attorney. Expertlaw anyone can post a comment! I just realized that within two hours of posting and was like, wait, you people are not verified attorneys... what a waste of my time.
AVVO, where sometimes you receive Attorney's Varied Vague Opinions, but many of them respond with real answers and will show you where it is written in the law if you ask them and they are verified as practicing attorneys.
If you posted a thread in which you believe you received inaccurate information, please identify the thread so that we can address the information. ExpertLaw has a legal community that goes beyond lawyers -- including not only lawyers, but other legal professionals, HR professionals, police officers, land surveyors, and interested members of the community -- and thus makes no promise that a response will be from a lawyer, but we do strive for accuracy. Avvo is a legal Q&A site, while ExpertLaw is a discussion forum.
I been lurking the site and they give bad info to those who say they been falsely accused of fraud. They said they cannot sue. As a matter of fact, those who are accused of fraud can sue for libel per se.
Libel per se
N. Broadcast or written publication of a false statement about another which accuses him/her of a crime, immoral acts, inability to perform his/her profession, having a loathsome disease (like syphilis) or dishonesty in business. Such claims are considered so obviously harmful that malice need not be proved to obtain a judgment for "general damages," and not just specific losses. Https :// dictionary. Law. Com/Default. Aspx? Selected=1154
ExpertLaw's posters offer sound, accurate advice. At least most of them do. Like on any legal advice website, there are the malcontents, mis-informed, and not-rights. But the majority of the members are generous with their advice and knowledge.
Thank you for your comments.
I got great help in the forums, and I got a lot of information out of the articles. I found the site because one of my professors uses articles from the site in his course materials. Really good and really easy to understand.
I made a very serious post reguarding child care and how to get away from my father as he is an unfit parent. In response I recieved hate about how I was ungrateful and even a liar. I went to this site seeking help, and trusted them with my story for them to accuse me of lying and reffering to me as a typical teenager who doesn't appreciate their father. Overall a very disappointing experience.
If you identify the thread you posted, I will be happy to take a look at it.
Mr. Knowitall (a senior member) called me an $#*!, because of how I responded to rude posts. Mr. Knowitall post started with telling me I chosen not to follow instructions to identify the state. I then replied with the state. The next post by Dogmatique (a senior member) asking me why haven't I asked my lawyer. They don't know what I asked my lawyer and isn't this a law forum. Here is the link http://www.expertlaw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=*******
Thank you for posting the thread link. The forum instructs every person who posts a thread that it is necessary to identify your state, as laws are different in each state. You were gently reminded of that instruction so that the forum volunteers would be able to assist you. After you insulted a forum volunteer, the site's other volunteers chose not to continue the discussion.
This site gives excellent legal information with a fraction of the acrimony seen on other sites. I find the complaints below to be laughable, not only because they seem to mostly be posted by the same person but because, to the extent that you can investigate them, they're obviously false.
Thank you for your comments. While it takes effort to manage a community that is open to the public, we make a strong and continuing effort to keep the discussions positive, and it is nice that you noticed.
If you don't mind being treated like you're a moron then this might be the site for you. I was actually ganged up on over one question I posed! No, thank you!
People go to ExpertLaw.com, sincerely seeking help and advice and are met with "senior members" with no real legal experience and obviously nothing better to do and smug, holier than thou, condescending, mocking attitudes. And if you see other reviews putting down ours (those who have had bad experiences) and calling us "mentally ill" or "dishonest" or "whiners", don't be fooled... They are obviously the same "senior members", trying to protect their bullying playground. Just look at all the other reviews, if you think mine is wrong. How can so many people with the same experience be so wrong, while the very few who are obviously affiliated be so much more right than us? And a message to these ExpertLaw "experts", do us all a favor and get a life and leave law to the LAWyers! - Zohra M.
Did you actually post a thread in the forum? If so, please identify the thread and I'll take a look at it. If you have participated in the forum, you will know that your post does not describe the actual exchanges that occur in our forum.
Most of the posters are the "you are guilty" type which is counterproductive and frustrating for defendants. They advocate the prosecution but the prosecution is never the one who posts, it's almost always defendants. What ends up happening is the senior members bully new posters trying to convince them they are guilty and need an attorney. The defendants leave frustrated.
The issue is exacerbated by Mr. Knowitall who secretly has the ability to delete or modify any post he doesn't agree with. Occasionally, if he doesn't want to debate, Mr. Knowitall will change what users have posted, putting words in their mouth which violates not only the sites terms of use but also the foundational elements of an ethical discussion thread. The forum is very regulated and censored and is not conducive of healthy conversation with people of various viewpoints.
This is my honest opinion of the ExpertLaw forums. I have intentionally chosen to not cite particular threads because if I did I there's a high probability the thread's content would be modified, rendering the citation useless anyways.
I posted a threat needing legal help and it turns out that ALL the senior members would rather mock and give you misleading answers. I would avoid this public forum and stick to ones that have better reputation and members.
I am sorry that you had a bad experience. If you share the URL for the thread you posted, I will take a look at it. However, as even a casual review of the forum will demonstrate, most forum discussions are polite and informative.
Wow, I've only been experiencing the negativity their trolls handed out for a couple days when I got a hunch and looked up forum reviews. Ha! Just what I thought, it's a bunch of self-important basement dwellers who have nothing better to do all day than bash people.
They know SOME things about the law and can site codes and precedents but if you disagree with them on ANYTHING, that's it, you are the enemy from then on.
Even if you try to defend yourself, your defense is removed immediately, no matter how patient and even-tempered it is. Basically, no defense of ones self is allowed. If they say something disparaging about you, it stays. If you call them on it, your post is deleted.
If that doesn't describe a bunch of psychos running a forum... well. Make your own judgement.
Beware mostly of Mr. Knowitall... from what I can tell, he's the worst and probably a moderator, so be prepared to be called named and have every single one of your retorts to the contrary deleted as he apparently runs the forum.
Terrible site, I'd avoid it if I were you, it will only make you feel like there's no hope. I know I have a winning case, but they enjoy spreading their negativity around and want you to feel like you're going to lose. It's pathetic.
If you identify the thread that you posted I will be happy to look at it. However, you are not describing anything that actually happens in the forum.
I posted a question and everything they wrote made me feel awful. It was as if they ignored what i wrote about their story and were making up their own stories for my situation. It was as if they were all crazy. I can't even find how i can cancel my account.
If you identify the thread that you posted, I will be happy to take a look at it. Unfortunately, sometimes learning the facts of a legal situation can at times make people feel bad. In a legal dispute between two people, at least one will walk away unhappy about the outcome.
Terrible. They are out to make you feel like you HAVE to pay a lawyer, they don't want to give out any free advice, they are keeping the lawyers wallets full and making it easier for you to lose hope.
ExpertLaw does not provide legal advice at all. The forum is a discussion forum where, if you choose, you may post a legal scenario and obtain legal information. For legal advice, you actually do have to retain a lawyer to advise you. I am sorry that you were surprised to learn that fact when posting in the forum.
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If you identify a specific threat in which you feel that you were attacked, I will take a look at it. However, you are not describing behavior that occurs with any regularity in the forum. Users are rarely banned for any reasonsbut spamming or extreme abuse. If you were banned and don't understand why, if you identify your account name I will try to find the reason for the ban.