They are very easy to work with and very affordable. Supportive and find the best waysread more

My husband has been going to Mickelson's for years, and when we started dating I was going to an…read moreaccountant in Little Canada. After a couple of years of dating I switched over and I am SO happy that I did and only wished I'd done it sooner! This is a very tiny place in West St Paul, but they do excellent work and are very easy to work with. Taxes are no one's favorite thing (unless you are fortunate enough to get money back each year...which I am not), but the process pretty painless! The drop-off is quick, they ask great questions so they can identify any potential deductions, and they offer the ability to email in documents if you forget anything. The turnaround time is pretty fast, and the.price is terrific. In fact, I was paying almost twice as much at my previous place which was crazy! I would highly recommend Mickelson's for the ease of working with them, reasonable pricing, and quick turnaround time! Great place :)

I was the opposing party in a Dakota County family-court matter in which Clarence Patterson III…read morerepresented the other side. He never represented me. This review concerns my direct experience with his courtroom advocacy and written positions. I understand that attorneys must advocate firmly for their clients. But in family court, words can alter a person's life before disputed facts are fully examined. At an August 28, 2025 hearing, the transcript records Mr. Patterson saying that I "love to talk about guns," that my "relationship with guns is concerning," warning that people could be "caught in the crossfire," and later portraying me as someone who "needs a gun to solve his problems." I stated on the record that I hated guns, had never owned one, and would never have one. I found it profoundly disturbing to be portrayed through repeated gun-related language when I was expressly denying any interest in owning a firearm. The same transcript records Mr. Patterson referring to "his bipolar disorder" while denying my concern that mental-health labeling was being used against me. I experienced the combined gun and mental-health framing as stigmatizing and dehumanizing--an effort to turn disputed allegations into a frightening portrait of an armed and mentally unstable person. A separate and extremely serious discrepancy involved Dakota County Crisis. A sworn filing in the case stated that a crisis-team member had contacted counsel and that the entire office had been alerted about me. A Dakota County Crisis supervisor later wrote that she had searched the system and consulted with colleague supervisors, found no record or recollection of such an alert, found no documentation of a duty-to-warn event, and stated that the team does not communicate directly with attorneys. In my view, a discrepancy involving a claimed government warning was too consequential to be left unresolved. It deserved a prompt, transparent, and documented explanation. Mr. Patterson also asked the court not to consider approximately fifty exhibits because he said he had not received them. I am not claiming in this review that the service objection itself constituted misconduct. I am describing the consequence as I experienced it: severe allegations were presented while a substantial body of my responsive evidence was not considered at that hearing. The matter ultimately resolved by stipulation before the scheduled evidentiary hearing. The most severe characterizations were therefore not adjudicated through that scheduled hearing. The litigation nevertheless caused profound personal, financial, and reputational harm. I found Mr. Patterson's approach unnecessarily escalatory, stigmatizing, and damaging. I would not recommend him. Strong advocacy does not require turning another human being into a caricature of mental illness and violence. Family-law attorneys exercise enormous power, and that power should be matched by factual precision, restraint, professional judgment, and accountability.

Working with Clarence was an excellent experience. He is knowledgeable, straight forward, hard…read moreworking, and transparent. He was extremely helpful and honest with me. He was reasonably priced and respected my time. Thanks to him, I was able to win in court thanks to him. Even if it had it not ended in my favor, I would have felt appreciative of the way he was able to convert what was an immense level of stress on my shoulders into calm and clarity. I appreciate the work he does.

Wish she would have just been straightforward and told me she did not want to take my case.read more

From the first phone call, Valeria was reassuring, understanding and attentive - she was quick to…read morerespond and guide me past the pitfalls. My case was not easy, but she got me the best possible outcome under the circumstances

Extremely helpful! We got her for an online notarization and she carried it out with perfection…read more Affordable as well.

From the owner: Acknowledgements, jurats, power of attorney, wills and trusts, copy certification, all general…read morenotary services.

Jack Austin was fantastic. The basics were covered: he was responsive, polite and professional. The…read moreimpressive part was how he found a response to my legal challenge that was far more efficient and inexpensive than the one I thought was necessary. Jack's careful listening and open-mindedness led to a solution that avoided unnecessary complications and substantially lowered the fees that I had to pay. Excellent.

Paul is a professional. At the same time, he is down to earth. He understands taxes for both…read morebusinesses and individuals. He now helps my Dad, too. I appreciate that he doesn't cut corners, but he does look for what will benefit me the most. His costs are reasonable. He's been doing my taxes for several years and even points out comparisons from one year to the next. I love it!

Paul is a lifesaver! I needed urgent help understanding a complex tax situation for my family…read moremember. He jumped on the phone with me same-day and spent time walking me through the tax implications, sent me a professional written analysis very quickly, and is always available to answer my questions. Paul's help had a huge positive impact on the situation and for that I am extremely grateful. Highly recommend!

I hired Steve Messick to help me with a family dispute over a trust fund that belongs to my…read moreintellectually disabled sister. I should've known right off the bat that this was a bad idea. While Christine Boulay, his assistant was pleasant, when Steve called me back to discuss the case, he was flat, unenthusiastic, and uninterested. Against my better judgement I retained him anyway as I wanted to get started as soon as possible. At no time did Steve Messick call me to explain the process of the case or what to expect. In fact, as the case moved along over the summer, there were actually incidents of him asking ME what to do!! WTH!? I'm paying you thousands of dollars to help me navigate these shark infested waters, and you're asking me what to do!?! I had to tell him yet again what I needed/wanted, even though he feigned that he already knew... Then, as important dates approached, such as filing a motion in court, the firm would hit me with another huge bill. This happened three separate times, and I found it ironic that these bills would appear right when we were at a critical point in the case process. No coincidence! 100% planned! And poor form!! I also had to constantly stay on top of Christine with case progress. I had to e-mail and call multiple times any time I needed an update on the status of any event, such as if the motion was filed in court, whether or not the opposing party had been properly served, whether or not I needed to attend certain meetings etc. In short, communication was TERRIBLE!!! In the end Christine sent me three different invoices all for the same services, with three DIFFERENT amounts!! When I questioned her about this, she wrote me an extensive e-mail trying to explain away her lack of attention to detail and non-communication! After them trying to send me yet another bill for $1900, I was DONE!! I let them know how crappy this was. Then, without a phone call of ANY kind to resolve the miscommunication, this JERK of an attorney simply filed paperwork withdrawing his services as my attorney...2 WEEKS BEFORE THE HEARING DATE!!! This spells in no uncertain terms: ZERO CHARACTER, and the WORST that most people see in attorneys!! Unless you want to experience all of the above and worse, DONT CONTACT THIS FIRM!!! P.S. I hired a smart, competent, female attorney from a different firm the same day, and told them as well to NEVER refer anyone to Steve Messick!

Messick Law is an extraordinary law firm. Steve Messick honored my needs for a power-of-attorney…read more Instead of trying to force me into a standard-one-fits-all, Steve listened to me and my concerns. He was patient with my questions of the process and the meanings in the document. I learned so much from him. When I said what I wanted, he put it in language that is understandable (to lay people like me) and legal. I found Steve to be compassionate, kind, professional, friendly, and respectful. Steve is the BEST. Plus, interactions with the other staff, for example, scheduling and documents was excellent.