I don't leave a lot of reviews, but I've been meaning to get around to thank these guys for what…read morethey did for me. About 2 years ago I was leaving downtown Austin, and I got nailed by a truck that blew a stop sign. I got a broken leg, screwed up shoulder and and a couple cracked ribs. Not to mention a cut on my face that required plastic surgery. The first thing I did when I got out of the hospital was look for a lawyer. I asked around and even posted to Facebook and got a few names. One of them that came up was Justin Demerath at O'Hanlon, McCollom and Demerath. He handled a friends accident and got her a really, really good settlement. She spoke pretty highly of him, so I wrote his name down. I made my calls and set some appointments. I had medical bills starting to come in and I knew I had to do this right or I'd get screwed. So, I met with several attorneys, Justin Demerath was the third. First off, after meeting all these other lawyers, you would not guess Justin's a lawyer. He's laid back and not overly anxious about making you sign anything. We had a good talk and he asked a bunch of questions. In the end he gave me some references of past cases, told me he'd email me the paperwork to get started if I wanted, and gave me some excellent advice for free about what I should make sure to do regardless of who I hired. I signed with him that night and was very happy I did. I'm not supposed to give details, but I can say Justin did very well by me. And the process itself was a lot less painless than I thought. From doctors to his staff, everyone speaks really highly of his integrity and work ethic. I was kept in the loop and given updates weekly, or if something happened. Really fantastic people there, and Justin is great lawyer. I really couldn't be happier, other than not getting hit by a truck. That's my 2 cents.

DO NOT TAKE YOUR LEGAL NEEDS HERE! Short version: Sloppy, snotty, unprofessional service! Long…read moreversion and details as to WHY read on please! I made an appointment for Monday, 11/11/2013 and took time off of lunch to go meet up with Mrs. McCollom at her office on 808 West Ave. The appointment had been set several days in advance. I got to the office on my lunch break (I had to request an extended break from work to go to the office) and I was told that Mrs. McCollom **WAS NOT THERE!** So, not only did she not bother coming in to the appointment that was set, nobody at her office bothered to call me and inform me that Mrs. McCollom would not be there so I would not waste my time coming in. After being treated rudely by the receptionist when I was obviously miffed that the attorney I had an appointment with was not there, she called her and had me speak to her on her cell phone! How professional. This was all brushed off as no big deal, and I was treated rudely for showing my displeasure at having my time compeltely wasted. Absolutely horrid first impression that I just could not shake. I left my documents with the horrid receptionist (Adelaide? Adele?) and did my best to make it clear that I had a time sensitive matter that needed prompt attention. I waited two days and no response, I had to call and request updates and was told more than once that McCollom was not in her office. (Is she ever?). This afternoon, I took more time off from my lunch break to call the office, was treated even MORE rudely than the last time, and decided that I had had enough. I left work early and went to get my papers from these unprofessional people. This is NOT how you treat people looking to your firm to provide them with a service. Yes, you are attorneys- but you are still ultimately PROVIDING A SERVICE- and your service was BEYOND AWFUL. I will never recommend anyone go here for anything as arbitrary as a parking ticket, let alone an important and time sensitive legal issue like mine happens to be! The icing on the cake was that after I went by the office today to retrieve my documents (so I could go meet with another, more professional attorney), McCollom called me at around 6:30pm. Clearly the staff communicates just as well with her as they did with me, because when I retrieved my documents from the office, I told the terrible receptionist that I would not be needing their services, and that I was horrified at their abysmal service. ***My time, like yours, is very valuable, and the manner in which my case was (not) handled was terrible. If I ever treated one of the customers at my job the way I was treated by this law firm, I would absolutely be fired immediately.*** You guys need a reality check in a huge way. Mrs. McCollom- I did not decline your services because you "took too long", I declined your services because you left an awful first impression on someone who is already dealing with a very stressful situation, and I do not appreciate the way I was treated by your horrible staff, the initial waste of my time, and your lackluster, unprofessional, half-assed review of the documents I left with you. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THESE PEOPLE.

We hired Kathleen and are in process of doing our wills. She has been amazing and has always been…read morethere to answer our questions. I am always on the look out to refer my clients to her knowing that they will be completely satisfied.

I had a great experience with Mr. Cowart, as well as his paralegal, Glenda. They were very…read moreresponsive and compassionate through a pretty lengthy process, and I am very grateful for their counsel.

I hired this atty Cowart to file an answer for a case where my spouse and I were involved. I'm the…read moreone who hired him and signed all of the paperwork. When it came time for him to be removed from the case he didn't want to cooperate with me. He wanted to clear everything with my spouse. Even after our current attorney sent paperwork to remove him and he had permission from my spouse to forward the refunded amount to our home he still didn't cooperate. I was very displeased with his service and felt totally disregarded because I am a woman! I certainly felt the chauvinism there!

A great company that truly cares about their clients and employees. Highly recommend them to…read moreeveryone needing assistance with immigration matters!

Contracted this law firm to handle a pretty unique immigration case…read more Their first call with you? Great. Fantastic. They really reel you in with how communicative they are. If they know you're gonna pay good money, you'll get a second call (Mainly to confirm your payment lmao) and after that? Crickets. Your case will get handed to a temp or a paralegal who either couldn't give a rat's behind about you or is way too overwhelmed to give every case the time that they need. Spent thousands of dollars for them to quite literally leave off documents THAT I HAD SENT THEM AND SPECIFIED NEEDED TO BE SENT AS A PART OF MY CASE JUST FOR MY CASE TO BE DENIED AND THEN THEY HAD THE AUDACITY TO CHARGE ME AGAIN TO REFILE. NO APOLOGY. NO "OH MAN, SORRY BUT WERE GONNA TAKE MORE MONEY TO SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTS WE PURPOSEFULLY DIDNT INCLUDE THAT YOU TOLD US TO AND OH WOW LOOK, YOUR CASE WAS APPROVED, WOWEE." Not only that but I never actually ever spoke to the lawyer(s) who were representing me. There's multiple lawyers because my case changed hand no less than 4 times. They'll ask for paperwork, you'll file it immediately and then you'll see that your letter was filed 5 days late with USCIS with some BS excuse that has nothing to do with why it was actually late (SOME KNUCKLEHEAD HAD SENT IT TO THE WRONG ADDRESS AND LINCOLN GOLDFINCH WASN"T GOING TO TELL ME BUT LUCKILY IM AN ANNOYING LITTLE POS) Then they proceeded to tell me that I needed to give them $3000 more to represent me as now that my case was approved, they were no longer responsible for the previous case. Is it maybe because in all of the 1000 calls I made to them I only ever spoke to even just a paralegal once or twice? Probably. I don't blame them for dropping me really, I was a nuisance. But good lord, when you pay someone nearly 10grand to file paperwork, you kinda expect a little more huh? I'm sure Kate Goldfinch herself is a fantastic lawyer but her firm is absolutely the exact opposite of fantastic.

Josie and her team did a great job in an usual and challenging child support case. Thank you all…read morefor taking a personal interest in a positive outcome for me, which happened in my case!

Everything about working with her was bad. Her strategy, her…read moreplanning, her execution...Everything! She changed me over 40k and completely failed at everything. I told her information that she refused to use in court. I felt like i wasn't not been heard and got completely talking advantage of by her and her team. She claims to have all this experience with I found out was a lie. I spoke to other attorneys and they confirmed she didn't have the experience she claims to have. Now it looks bad on me when i go back to court to get more custody of my son because the other side will certainly bring this up next time. I highly recommend not using her. After the hearing she dodge me and only spoke to me for about 20mins claiming she had another call. (Avoiding what happened in court) Can't stress this enough, she is horrible in court, strategies, executing. But she is great at asking you for another draw for retainer fee thow. I believe she spoke more to me about the fees than the case and how to get me more time with my son. DO NOT HIRE HER!!!!

Totally incompetent with my case. Had not even reviewed the information I sent. I had to find data…read moreduring hearing that the board lawyers had said I didn't send in. She charged my insurance 12k! Beware!

I found myself in need of an attorney for a meeting with the TMB in Austin. I am glad to have had…read moreVictoria as my legal counsel. The whole ordeal was stressful but having her there made the situation less intimidating. She explained the process well and prepared me for the questions that were going to be asked. She has great office staff that were friendly and knowledgeable. I will definitely ask Ms. Soto for her legal aid again should I find myself in a situation that requires it.

I was in very good hands. There were some errors with paperwork after my court date, and Alice went…read moreto bat for me, and hit 2 homeruns.

I've got to say I walked into court a nervous wreck. But my Attorney Alice Balagia not only told me…read morewhat she was going to do, but went beyond anything I ever expected. The DA had arranged for me to go to jail and before we went in Alice had saw a picture my Daughter had drawn for me. Not only did Alice go beyond the call of duty BUT I walked out of the courtroom. Alice said ,all I could think about was your little girl, if that's not caring I don't know what is.... I am not the type of person to do reviews, but I have to tell anyone who is reading this, If you need an honest, fair and truly genuine caring Attorney, call the Balagia Law Firm and Ask for Alice... I guarantee you won't be disappointed. Thank you Alice Eddie c.

I was a previous Client of this firm and terminated counsel on 10/25/23 please read all of this,…read moreyou will want to avoid this firm, I will state I got a good outcome from my protective hearing but in no way was it due to the efforts of this law firm, they actually wanted me to drop it for no good reason. Avoid this firm at all costs, they have misinformed me, failed to provide me proper documentation in a timely manner that almost made me lose my case, they have a habit of gross misuse of my funds, in total hours billed to me was a total of 17000$ and 20 hours free from my legal insurance FOR ZERO PROGRESS, actually this firm damaged my relationship with my pending ex wife and has made the the situation even worse and has caused so many problems. On top of all that, they are not responsive, they are not efficient, and they are sloppy on so many levels, really wish zero stars was an option, IF ANYONE WANTS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS LAW FIRM PLEASE CONTACT ME

i haven't had a lot of experience with lawyers, on purpose. i always found them a little…read moreintimidating, but aishah was referred to me so i gave her a call. she was professional but very nice and accessible. not only did she take care of all of my family law needs, but she did it very quickly, with no pain to me. a very pleasant experience. i will use her for all my family law needs.