Patrick helped us close on our house and made the process smooth, clear and painless. Couldn't have…read moreasked for a better firm to assist with our first home purchase. Will definitely be coming back for more estate related legal work or advice!

From the owner: Real Estate Law, Business Law, and Estate Planningread more

This is the LegalShield provider law firm for the state of Virginia, as well as several other…read morestates. The lawyers at this law firm have always been lazy and wait until the last minute to do anything. For example, if you need them to read over some documents for you, they tell you that it takes up to 3 business days. The lawyer waits until the 3rd business day before they review your document(s). Another example, the lawyers can write a letter for you, which is no charge, but no lawyer will do that at this law firm. The lawyers at this firm can pick and choose if they want to take your case or not, even if you're a LegalShield member paying for their services or if these is part of your benefits provided by your employer. The lawyers don't care and would rather deny paying clients access to the legal services that they pay for. This law firm has lost some great lawyers, which have been replaced with lawyers that don't care and would rather not assist you. This law firm has lost sight of Harlan Stonecipher's vision for the company. I'm sure he's rolling over in his grave with the way the company he founded is doing to clients. He wanted everyone to have access to legal services without having to pay a lot. Would I recommend this business? Most definitely not. Would I recommend LegalShield? Most definitely not. Why pay for a service when the lawyers, more often than not, will not accept your case, so there's no need to squander your hard earned money on this service. Put the money that you'd send monthly on this service in a savings account for if and when you made need to hire an attorney.

I have a on going case. I literally have to call daily to get the attorney to help me. She was…read moresuppose to send a letter and it never got sent until I called and asked for a third time. I'm so unhappy with my service and it's always a reason my attorney can't help. Beware of this firm!

I live in another state and had an issue with a Va contract where someone screwed up costing me…read morelots of money. Mottley Law Firm responded to my email quickly and scheduled a time to talk. The attorney, Kevin, called on time and was very kind. He listened to what I had to say, asked questions about the contract and explained to me my options, which pretty much weren't any. I was never asked for money nor did I feel like that's all they cared about. I genuinely felt like they cared and were interested in my best interests. I would highly recommend them.

From the owner: The Mottley Law Firm PLC was founded by trial attorney Kevin W. Mottley. It is a boutique civil…read morelitigation practice that accepts a select and small volume of cases. Its practice areas include personal injury, business litigation, and wills, trusts, and estate litigation. In the personal injury field, the firm focuses its practice on serious injury cases, such as those involving a traumatic brain injury ("TBI"). In the business litigation field, the firm focuses on partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims and breach of contract claims.

This is one of the oldest and most trusted law firms in Richmond…read more About 60 years ago the Spinella brothers started this firm and I have been with them for the past 35 years. Mr. Tom Eubank has been my attorney for all these years and I must say he has not only taken excellent care of me but has also helped my parents, brothers and many of my friends. I must say that he has to be one of the most honest persons that I have had the opportunity to do business with in all of my business career. From wills, buying and selling property, and estate planning I have been very impressed with his attention to detail, prompt responses, and especially the feeling that he actually cared about my welfare. I would recommend this law firm(and I have ) to anyone,especially Mr. Eubank.. This is written by Dr. Steve Brown

From the owner: Spinella, Owings & Shaia, P.C. has been serving Greater Richmond and Virginia since 1953. We…read morespecialize in Business Law, Litigation, Collections, Real Estate, Estate Planning & Administration, and Family law.

If you need Estate Planning, you need this firm. I spoke with 3 different firms and received 3…read moredifferent answers. I decided to go with this firm because they not only took their time explaining, (as I know nothing about this), they were not after the green. Seriously guys, this is a trustworthy family establishment, who cares more about getting what you need, than their bottom line. Lawyers who actually care about you... I didn't think that existed anymore. We are getting the whole family outfitted here now. If you want honest, helpful and just what you need (not what you don't) try them!! You won't be sorry.

DO NOT USE THEM. RUN! It would appear the lawyer they retained for family law (Mrs. Barclay) should…read morenot be in practice or be retired. You can see the burnout or lack of caring (she self admitted that she no longer cared about complaints while at the same time, receiving many of them). In essence, the only thing they may have excelled at are uncontested matters, maybe a criminal one. Apparently, they only have one lawyer to work on family cases. When I determined that I was the recipient of ineffective counsel or ethical wrong by Mrs. Barclay, I tried working with the attorney directly in the course of the proceedings, and then ultimately addressed these concerns of ineffective counsel to the law firm owner. I expected that there would be a concern given, but there was not. I was advised by the law firm owner (Mrs. Ranney) that she could not help, considering her and her husband's background in family law was limited. Given that I tried to rehabilitate our relationship with clear expectations, I was further denied service by Mrs. Ranney due to my complaints or concerns that were credible enough to be reported to the Virginia Bar. I sought return of my retainer at the least (realizing they must be paid for some effort even if it were unscrupulous) However, this was never answered. Counsel in this matter was critical, due to a wife who absconded with my children over a decade ago and denied custodial or visitation. The issues I faced are not limited to: 1) Last minute discovery and poor communication. Whether about admissibility, facts or case direction and intentions. 2) No use of subpoena duces tecum to corroborate findings. 3) Allowing unsupervised interrogatories by GAL or court appointed staff. 4) Failure to make disclosures of evidence or submit interrogatories. No evidence was reported by judge! 5) Failure to proceed on the wishes of client during trial, threatening to leave the case and ultimately causing a show cause to be vacated. 6) Threatening abandonment numerous times over minor disagreements. 7) Fails to immediately recognize and object to inadmissible evidence. 8) Allows opposition to run all over the case. Rolling over at any concern raised by GAL or opposing party. Hesitant to make any push for justice, or seek recompense. During retainment, it was pitched about the enjoyment of such cases, determination to follow through, and aggressive stance. This could be further from the truth. We were treated as another manila folder in the stack. The only thing we expected were emails detailing what "couldn't be accomplished", and lowering the bar on the "aggressive" representation promised from the outset. When contacting other law firms to represent in the appeal, it was clear they were "known" as having difficulties in family related cases, particularly Mrs. Barclay's counsel. You cannot win a case when all you do is waste time putting out the fires... VSB case been opened based on this representation.