Mark is a very knowledgeable and caring lawyer. He makes sure that he does not waste your time and…read moremoney which is practically unheard of in that industry. If you live on the northside or westend and need the services of a lawyer who gets straight to the point without a lot of beating around the bush to drive up your bill, Mark is your guy. He is thorough and efficient and as long as he is available, I will be using his office whenever I require this type of service.

From the owner: Civil Litigation, Family Law, Estates and Willsread more

The advice and legal standings this law firm used as backing for what was needed to work through…read moreour very delicate civil case by far surpasses any "big wig" law firm and what they can offer. Maynes and Radovici are honest, dedicated, knowledgable and strive for justice. from a very thankful mother.

I used these lawyers for my car accident and they did a very good job for me. Very down to earth…read moreand not stuffy. I recomend them.

If I could give this firm a zero, I would. When we sold our property, Kevin Mah was the lawyer for…read morethe buyer. After we sold the property, there was still a couple months of property tax that was withdrawn out of our account by accident for this property that we didn't even own anymore. I contacted the city but was told that unfortunately they did not have the ability to do reversals so we would need to get the money back from the new owner of the property ourselves. I contacted our realtor who we sold the property through to ask how I'm supposed to do this, do I just show up at her door and ask her to give us our money back? He told me that we needed to contact our lawyer for the sale who would in turn contact the new owners lawyer (Kevin Mah) and get our funds back to us with no hassles, which we did. It's been nearly a year now since we sold and almost that amount of time since we started the process of getting our owed money back from the new buyer, and there's nothing. My lawyer has contacted Kevin Mah numerous times to get this resolved. Initially Kevin made many excuses as to why we couldn't get our money (ex. we didn't prove that we got the carpets cleaned, we didn't prove that we fixed the sump pump, etc) which is a load of BULLSHIT because both he and the new owner have ALL of the receipts of everything that we were required to do. They were provided to them before possession even happened. After my lawyer went back to them and showed them that they had everything already, they stopped responding. Now jump 8 months later and we're still sitting here with no resolution because all Kevin is doing is ignoring any and all attempts from my lawyer to get this issue resolved. Maybe it's because Kevin thinks the amount is too small or he thinks he's not going to make any extra money off of this, but whatever the reason, he did not fulfill his responsibility as a lawyer for this transaction. Or maybe he got the money back from the new owner and just pocketed it, we'll likely never know. Either way, do not use this firm and this lawyer for a purchase or sale of your property if you actually want it done properly and it handled from the beginning to the end, which is HIS JOB.

From the owner: General Law Practice including Corporate, Commercial & Construction Law, Estates & Wills,…read moreLitigation, Personal Injury Claims, Real Estate.

I'm surprised that nobody has reviewed this service to date. I got a parking ticket last year…read morewhile I was volunteering in a particularly bad snow storm. I found out that Jamie would take my ticket through the system for a flat rate that wasless than what the City was gouging. I can vouch that there's no risk to using "Beat Your Parking Ticket". Jamie kept me informed through the whole process. Unfortunately, it appears as if not enough enraged citizens like me took advantage of Jamie's services. I recently learned that he isn't accepting new clients any more. That's a shame as this is a valuable defense against overzealous meter maids.

From the owner: Beating parking tickets.read more

This review is provided by the opposing party in a matrimonial matter, not a client of Spectrum…read moreFamily Law. Here are the procedural difficulties and chronic delays encountered during my personal dealings with the Edmonton firm, with the intention of providing information to others making decisions about legal representation. The validity of the factual claims presented here is supported by the firm's failure to respond to my correspondence instead opting instead to serve me with a cease and desist letter. Spectrum Family Law's communication techniques to resolve this divorce have been less "effective" and more "chronically delayed, with extended periods of unresponsiveness leading to significant procedural stagnation. This includes: - CHRONIC DELAYS: Extended periods of unresponsiveness, including gaps of months between email replies (at times attributed to vacation) and attempts to schedule meetings with you and your client were unacknowledged, and numerous emails were unanswered. - ARBITRATION FOLLOW-UP: 7 requests were required to complete the T2220 RRSP transfer form after the Arbitration Ruling. - REFUSAL TO COLLABORATE: I have requested numerous meetings (2024, 2025, & 2026), 4-way meeting, and to jointly attend an Alternative Dispute Resolution Meeting. No meetings were scheduled, so I consider this a refusal to collaborate. - ESCALATORY TACTICS: The regular use of threats of court actions, threatening to seek enhanced costs against me if I do not sign their Divorce Judgement, in addition to threatening a petition to enforce a name change. - Writing a CEASE AND DESIST LETTER to me with my employer's Human Resources address on it. Introducing a spouse's professional affairs into a divorce proceeding and a factual review of your firm is an unethical and highly inappropriate practice. - DOCUMENTATION DEFICIENCY: The firm is required to prepare Divorce Documents that include 'all aspects of the divorce'. The firm's draft of the Corollary Relief Order was not accepted as it omitted essential financial support provisions for the children while in post-secondary education, which is a mandatory component for the Joint Desk Divorce submission. This firm was aware that we had two children with one currently in post-secondary and one accepted to post-secondary, yet they opted to not include them. This conduct suggests a strategy focused on leveraging every available tool to force an unfair settlement, rather than facilitating a quick and fair resolution for the family. - UNWARRANTED EXPENSE DISCREPANCY: The firm requested reimbursement for the previous ten months of mutually agreed-upon children's expenses, claiming they were not qualifying Section 7 expenditures, despite both parties having paid them consistently on the first of every month. In my view, the firm's conduct reflects unprofessional and inefficient handling of the divorce process.

From the owner: We are a boutique family law firm proudly providing our clients with the full spectrum of family…read morelaw services relating to separation and divorce, helping you resolve disputes through collaborative law, negotiation, mediation, or litigation.

This woman couldn't even win a family court case against a legal aid tax attorney. If you want to…read morewaste your money and your time. She did not show up to a few of my my court cases and even said that she got into a car accident . So she had Said. As I sat there in court can't believe she didn't even show up. Lost my kids . I free to ask her about it. I'm going to the bar association on her feel free to contact any me. And this is not slander it's a statement of facts.

I hired Doniger to prepare an affidavit and to present this affidavit in court. It took 6…read moreunbelievably stressful weeks to finally get to the point where my matter could be heard in court. These delays occurred because Doniger was unable to ascertain exactly what court she needed to present my affidavit (i.e. Provincial Court or Queen's Bench and jurisdictions issues Edmonton Court or Medicine Hat Court). Doniger was also unable to acquire previous parenting orders that were necessary to complete the affidavit. Doniger also hired a very expensive agent to represent her without telling me first. I didn't give her my consent to do this but she did so anyway. Now she is expecting me to pay for this agent's service. Both the agent and the judge were unclear of exactly what the affidavit was asking for. I was seeking a chasing order to have my children returned from Quebec back to Alberta and nowhere in her affidavit did it mention this. Furthermore, the affidavit was filled with mistakes and it was incomplete as key parenting orders were missing. To make matters worse, she attached a second affidavit to the original on the behalf of my mother. The agent and the judge were both confused why she would include an additional affidavit on the behalf of my mother - this was redundant and it only made things more complicated. Doniger also instructed me and my mother to make the costly and lengthy trip (15 hours return and 1 night in a hotel room) to Medicine Hat so that we could appear in court in person. The agent she hired was confused why we were in Medicine Hat in the first place as he explained to us appearing here in person was completely unnecessary. While my matter was being presented in court I didn't have to comment on anything nor did they need my signature. The court was unable to use the affidavit created by Doniger because it was confusing, contained mistakes, and incomplete and the agent had no choice but to ask the judge to put the matter over to a later date. I paid Doniger $1,500.00 and 6-weeks later she accomplished absolutely nothing for me. Upon my return from my unnecessary road trip from Medicine Hat, Doniger actually had the audacity to ask me for an additional $2,000.00 to revise her original affidavit so she could present it in court. This is when I terminated her services. She also tried to pass the blame on to me by saying that I should have known what courtroom my matter should have been presented in and by saying that it was my responsibility to produce the key documents necessary to complete my affidavit. In a chasing order time is essential; 6-weeks later, I'm no closer to having my matter heard in court compared to the first day I contacted Doniger. My children are now well established in Quebec and the likelihood of having a judge order them back to Alberta are now slim to none. I REGRET HIRING DONIGER AND I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND HER. If you would like a more detailed account of my experience with Doniger, feel free to contact me at jyzuqe@hotmail.com

Be very carefull using this firm for business. We asked Bruce Hirsche, one of their lawyers, to do…read morean employment agreement with a share transfer and some DSU's. Three months later we got 4 agreements non of which had what we asked for, along with a $26800 bill. The managing partner was supposed to do an investigation but all he says is "well Bruce disagrees". Very unprofessional firm with atrocious fees and poor service. Beware as even the managing partner does not have a reign on his lawyers. Off to taxation court to settle his bill as internally there is no one willing to do the right thing. I am sure a judge will see it our way, it is all in writing plan and simple. BEWARE there are far better firms out there. We got done what we needed at a fraction of what they were charging.

There was an excellent gentleman who helped me with immigration, and I would rate him five stars…read more Another lawyer helped with commercial law and got things done for me, but was slow to understand key facts which caused me needless time-based fees. The third one I did not bother to hire after talking to him over the phone as he was pompous and arrogant, and my blog post towards the end best explains that issue -- http://www.bajaj.com/stories/real-estate-part-2-lawyers-contd

This woman was a nightmare. She was so nice and convincing when I met her. But when retained, she…read morebecame hostile, aggressive, started swearing, yelling, having multiple verbal all out fights with the opposition- totally unprofessional. And embarrassing. She told me her behaviour was her showing "tough love". Tammy is a bully, she made personal attacks about me, my personality, my family etc. Screamed at me over the phone, sends 12 e-mails a day that are almost incoherent. I directly asked Tammy FOUR times to behave more professional when dealing with me, a paying client. To adjust the way she speaks to me. She ignored those requests. In the end, she got nothing done, charged a lot and called me a 'passive aggressive stupid b!tch' when I let her go because of her awful behaviour. I'd give her minus 5 stars if I could. I wouldn't wish her on my ex husband and that's saying A LOT