STAY AWAY.
About 6 months ago, Oct 14th, I called in regard…read moreto a high value case. Sameer answered my call, and after following up with the staff, told me Jibrael would be taking this one himself. I was pumped to be working with him.
After about 2 months of calling in and hearing about how busy Jibrael was, I was ready to cut my losses and posted a bad review on Google. It was at that point where they actually showed some urgency. Sameer called me asking to take the bad review down and then put me on a 3-way call with Jibrael, where he repeated the same until I told him no one has followed up with me for 2 months. He apologized and asked me to organize all of my evidence of emails, phone logs, photos, video links etc, into PDFs and send them over (this was around the last week of November.) I spent all weekend working on getting him everything he needed, exactly the way he wanted it organized.
Whelp, another 2 months went by, and I would follow up every few weeks or so asking if all of my hard work was at least
reviewed... and it never was.
Finally in February, Sameer was able to help get me in contact with Jibrael. I'm not sure if Sameer was a paralegal or assistant, but he was the only little bright spot in this experience. He seemed to at least do his job, unlike anyone else I dealt with. We had a long call where we went over my files and Jibrael told me we needed an attorney in New York, which he had (Mitchell). He emailed me an agreement. It was a long time coming, but I was super excited to finally have some movement and good news.
Guess what, ANOTHER 2 months went by. Not sure if that's the default time length to respond to someone in this firm. I would hear excuses like " Jibrael is shooting a documentary, so he is really busy", "Mitchell is working on the case and we will have it filed in a couple of weeks", or " I am 90% sure, Mitchell has filed the case already," just BS after BS. I was told Mitchell was taking this case back in February, and to this day, I have never spoken to him.
Then the other day (March 31st), while we were celebrating my 8 y/o daughter's birthday, I received a call from Sameer (and I'm assuming Mitchell talking through Sameer in the background), apologizing that they would not be able to take my case. They fed me some more BS (BS seems to be a common theme here). Neither could answer why they couldn't have told me this when I sent all of my evidence and files back in November/December when I served it all up to them on a platter.
The worst part is my statute of limitations ends in a week (which they were well aware of) and because I wasted 6 months with their empty promises, I no longer have enough time to find another attorney or firm to pursue my case. Due to their negligence, I really have no clue what to do now, I feel gutted and lost.
PLEASE go to another firm or attorney that values your time and needs. THIS IS NOT IT, I PROMISE YOU. Thank me later.
