The Law Offices of Anita J. Margolis

Reviews

• GA

  Gordon Anderson

  May 20, 2025
  1.0
  i asked for a 30 min. consultation vie the state bar. may 5th. she called me back may 20th.. with in 5 min. she told me , sorry i cant help you , and she would not answer my questions. very disappointing.
• BK

  Ben K.

  Dec 21, 2024
  1.0
  Recently, I spoke with a colleague who, like me, had a poor experience with Anita as her divorce attorney. While I avoid leaving bad reviews for isolated occurrences, our similar experiences prompted me to share my own in hopes of helping others avoid the mistake of hiring her. To start, Anita’s retainer and hourly rate were not cheap, leading me to expect quality service and attention to my case. Unfortunately, that expectation was far from met. While I understand divorce attorneys aren’t therapists, she showed a complete lack of compassion, completely brushing off the fraudulent and criminal acts discovered during my divorce. Most of our communications involved her asking me for details I had already provided. Phone calls were filled with long pauses as she slowly took notes, all while charging me an exorbitant rate for every minute of silence. Even after repeatedly correcting her/her paralegal, a year into my case, they were still sending me court forms with the wrong name for my ex-spouse. After finally reaching a settlement agreement in early July, I signed my portion and then heard nothing for nearly three months. One part of the agreement required me to make a one-time payment to my ex-spouse within 90 days of execution of the agreement. Assuming the silence was due to my ex-spouse’s unresponsiveness—which was the case for most of the divorce process—I just waited. Then, in mid-October, her paralegal abruptly informed me that my case was finished and told me to pick up my retainer. However, the forms they sent me were all dated differently, so it was unclear when the agreement was actually “executed” for purposes of determining the payment deadline. When I followed up for clarification, her paralegal informed me that payment was due in 10 days—which would’ve been helpful to know sooner. Alternatively, they could have pushed for a later due date during the negotiation phase, but that would have required an attorney actually advocating for my best interests. When my retainer was returned, I saw that Anita had billed me $300 to: (1) read my email asking about the payment deadline; (2) figure out the answer; and (3) email me a response. This is just straight up bad lawyering—and one of many examples of how I was reduced to a mere billing opportunity. Had I not followed up, I would have mistaken the 90-day due date to be much later than it was, putting me in breach of the settlement agreement. More importantly, Anita would have violated her *mandatory* ethical duty to keep me, her client, “reasonably informed of significant developments relating to the representation.” All in all, if you’re looking for a divorce attorney, I strongly suggest looking elsewhere.
• JT

  Jeffy Thabani Tangwena

  Dec 12, 2022
  5.0
  Pleasure to do business. Anita is friendly and quick in completing what is needed to be done. Thank you for your help and I will be back when needed.
• AG

  Aubrey Grinsell

  Jun 23, 2021
  5.0
  Anita was absolutely fantastic and extremely accommodating. She helped me when nobody else would. Because of her I now know what steps to take next. Thank you Anita! Highly recommend
• MT

  ma ta

  Dec 1, 2020
  1.0
  BEWARE, HERE are the LIES she claims, she processes in her website, "ability to select her clients and keep high ethical and professional standards for her practice. She has focused her work in family law, domestic partner disputes, and civil litigation because she believes these areas of law allow her to provide the most help to individuals and families in need. Enjoying the work she does and providing a true benefit to her clients are important factors in Anita's practice, and she is prepared to offer you and your case the same amount of knowledge and insight with her personal attention and skill."" REALLY? NONE IS TRUE, She keeps taking your money, especially after seen your Financial information, after that you are in Her hand helplessly for her to DRAIN your money as much as she could, many unnecessary, bogus Phone calls, during the phone calls with you, I am sure with other side, she keep repeating the same things over and over again to keeping you online , so that she Can charge you more for her time, keeping the phone records as a proof and time spent regarding the conversation just encase you object, MAKE SURE, you ask for every record of the charges the bills you for ask her to be proven, unnecessary letters, E mails,phone calls, back and forth with the other side, purposely prolonging the process even the simplest ones for more money. if you could only find a more honest and fair Attorney. please do your research, or get ready and witness your case dragged on until your money runs out, than you are dumped. unfortunately There is no Zero Star .

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