I work for a large Title/Esrow company and always recommend SDL to people who want to add/subtract…read morea person from a deed, change something on title, need a document executed, notarized and recorded which is not an active escrow.

Terrible service, dishonest, never use these people for anything. NEVER…read more Doesn't show up when promised, is untruthful.

We started working with Ms. Abbass to prepare our estate plan after our first child was born last…read moreyear, based in part on the strength of these reviews. However, our experience did not reflect the praise shared here and it was a mess all around- + We were given a questionnaire asking a number of questions to which we didn't have sufficient context to answer. + Ms. Abbass was patronising and borderline rude from the beginning - and was outright dismissive of our naive responses to the legal questions in the questionnaire. For example, when we had directions we wanted to place around our child's care involving overseas family, she called it "a dumb idea" but did not elaborate on why. + The office seems to work in a pre-digital age and notes on our questionnaire were handwritten. Despite us filling out the form accurately using a computer (so that names were written clearly), the prepared drafts were full of very basic mispellings of our names and inconsistencies (i.e. relationships were stated wrong - my father was stated as my wife's father, etc.). We provided amendments via text as we were travelling and didn't have access to a scanner - but Ms. Abbass refused to incorporate them unless we amended the actual draft document by hand and sent it back. + She placed a huge amount of pressure on us to review the documents within two weeks but it took her office over a month to send us the first draft. By the time we received the draft, we were travelling overseas for an extended period of time and it was challenging for us to review the documents in detail. + She was adamant that we would only be allowed to ask for one set of changes because of the limitations of our legal plan. This gave me a lot of cause for concern because 1) I'm not a lawyer and 2) there were so many trivial errors in the original draft. + Ms. Abbass refused to respond to any of my queries on how to answer specific questions after our initial response until I escalated to her office staff and expressed my disappointment with the professionalism of this response. + We received professional communication from Ms. Abbass's personal AOL account, so I had concerns that our personal data was not being securely stored and protected. In the end, I decided to seek another firm to work with. My (again, naive) understanding is that estate plans are pretty significant to implement and fund and I had zero confidence in the way ours was being handled and set up.

Excellent and professional attorney who is very knowledgeable and courteous. She is very…read moreaccessible. I would use her again and would highly recommend her to my friends and family.

I've used guideway for many years to do my living trust and to take care of everything I need…read morelegally. Their services are fairly priced, friendly and quick. Even a quick update to my trust is not too cumbersome. I thought creating a living trust would be a headache, but they made the process extremely easy. Having just been the trustee for my late mother's estate. I now know what it's like to be on the other side and to ensure that everything is clear and the instructions are easy to follow. Guideway makes that happen And Everyone in their office is super friendly

I contacted Guideway regarding a property recording issue from several years ago they were patient…read moreprofessional and very helpful. The manager took the time to look into my case and confirmed that everything had been complete. I appreciate their assistance and am grateful that this matter has finally been resolve.Than you very much. I highly recommend their service.

The difference between a good lawyer and great lawyer is called Dess. She provided me incredible…read moreinsight and understanding on a trust I need to manage. I've dealt with multiple attorneys over the years and Dess stands out as the best.

My wife and I had the pleasure to use the services of Dess. We had our wills and a trust set up…read more Dess guided us through this process effortlessly. She answered all of our questions and presented to us the best way to set up the wills and trust. We highly recommend Dess and will continue to her service in future dealings. Thank you Dess

David Arietta and Megan Huffman were both incredibly patient and compassionate throughout the…read moreentire case, helped guide us through every step, and made sure everything was taken care of. Professional, diligent, and reliable; highly recommended to anyone who needs legal representation!

Terrible experience!!! I reached out to David and his team for their service. I was charged $3500…read morefor the entire service and when I asked to delay the filing of the case, he was going to charge me another $3500. All I needed was to wait to file my case for another 2 months. From there, I opted to cancel his service and I only got partial of my payment. He and his team (Megan) lacks communication. It takes weeks for either one of them to get back to you. Megan had all my paperwork all wrong. More than half of my claims were missing for the filing and she says "I didn't look through all of them." What am I paying you for?!? Would NOT recommend their service.

I prefer to call him Robert because I respect him so much even though he prefers to go by Bob. A…read moretrue Oracle, gentleman and human being, who will push aside his personal life to make sure your urgent family situation (missing children!) is addressed -- even on Christmas Day. My wife physically assaulted me while on a court-ordered a EPO and then abducted my children the week before Christmas for a month. Bob spent four hours during Christmas Day with me laying out everything I would need to know and he was later proved to be 100% accurate on every single word that came out of his mouth. Bob is truly a nice guy. I don't think he'll ever retire because he loves what he does and he provides such a strong value to the local families who urgently need his expertise navigating the challenging family court situation often for the first time. I tried to find an attorney several days before Christmas and the entire industry was out of service until the second week of January. I believe my wife took my children that week specifically to make it very challenging for me, but Bob stepped up and saved the day in a huge way. I could ramble on for hours about how Bob and Carolyn are consummate professionals, and how they changed my perspective on family lawyers. Bob and Carolyn secured 50% parental access for me within three weeks. The opposing firm told my wife to run away with our kids after removing them from the home and was using every tactic in the book, but Bob played hardball in the most professional way during the most important time in my entire life. He stepped up like an athlete during the Olympics and I forever will love Bob.

Bob Goodman and his associate Carolyn Pettifer worked hard to help secure my community property…read moreinterest in my ex-wife's pension. It took a while but thanks to Carolyn's persistence we were finally able to get the matter resolved. Without her efforts I would never have been joined to my ex-wife's pension because the divorce was 28 years ago and the original court's order was not carried out due to pre-digital record keeping snafus. I'm also very grateful to Bob for helping me navigate through a very challenging time in my marriage. He is extraordinarily responsive and knowledgeable and I recommend him and Carolyn to anyone contemplating a divorce or other family law matter.

I received a falsehood ridden Cease and Desist letter from this firm that included threats of…read morefurther action. The letter ended with: "...please do not hesitate to contact me directly." Yet they refuse to take or return my calls, and multiple written communications sent to them have been ignored. I believe this review is compliant with the written Yelp Guidelines which state: "address the core of the consumer experience"

They helped me out on a legal matter with all the necessary documentation etc. Very professional…read moreand helpful.

James provided thoughtful and neutral estate planning advice. I would highly recommend him.read more

We recently worked with James Stein, upon the recommendation of friends, to create our estate plan,…read moretrusts, etc. He was a delight to work with. Very thorough, excellent at explaining the "whys" of what we were doing together, and fun to work with - even working through thorny topics! We received a huge estate plan binder from him once the plan was finalized and some further instructions for making any necessary changes to deeds and accounts to add the trust and avoid any problems in the future. I would not hesitate to recommend him to others.