Anonymous
map-marker Bradenton, Florida

Horrible people

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I went there Friday To speak with one of there so called lawyers about a divorce. They are some shady stuff going on there. I would not recommend this place to anyone.
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Guest

TERRIBLE- TERRIBLE- DON'T CHOOSE THIS LAW GROUP!!!! THEY ARE LOW LIFES, REALLY.

STAY CLEAR, THERE IS BETTER LAW FIRMS OTHER THAN THESE SCAM ARTISTS. THEY LITERALLY SCREWED ME OVER AND MY LIFE SITUATION WAS AT STAKE. I LOST MY CHILD AND THEY OVERLY CHARGED ME. DID NOT USE CHILD THERAPIST ( FAMILY THERAPIST) AND THAT MY CHILD WAS TURNED AGAINST ME BY MY MOTHER- INLAW.

THEY CATERED TO THEIR ATTORNEY AND FED THEM THE CASE ON A PLATTER- VERY SAD AND TRAGIC. GOD HELP THEM AND IF KARMA COMES AROUND THEY BETTER WATCH OUT!

Anonymous
map-marker Venice, Florida

Horribe Law Firm!!!

My fiance went through a horrible divorce as we all know can be. This so called law firm did not "work" for him. Example: He gets every other year holidays. Well..... this lawyer, Melissa, allowed him to sign paperwork stating that Thanksgiving on his year the child had to be brought home on Thanksgiving Day 12 noon, Christmas the child had to be home Christmas Eve by 9:00, New Years the child had to be home 5:00 p.m. New Years Eve and was allowed to return the following day 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. REALLY? So the mother is allowed all holidays. This is only a FRACTION of what his so called lawyer did NOT do to help this man. DO NOT hire this group!
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Guest

What did you do? Did you get a new lawyer? Did you try and get her for legal malpractice?

Guest

Melissa is a criminal, same happened to me. Some day she'll get screwed herself, She BELONGS IN ***

Guest

I AGREE WEAK LAWYERS

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Anonymous

Jodat Law Group Legal Service Review

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Jodat law gruop is a rip off. Melanie and cristy are a total joke. Theyvare your best friend until you pay then no communication no legal advise. Nothing. Dont hire them
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Anonymous

Short Review on January&nbs-05:00;27,&nbs-05:00;2017

I called my doctor about medication problem and was told mr medical assistant she had talked to doctor and he said the problem was not related to medication. Three days later i got a call from doctor stating he just found out about the call and i needed to stop medication immediatly and come into office for testing
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Anonymous
map-marker North Port, Florida

Jodat Law Group Legal Service Review from North Port, Florida

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I had Melanie (only) for my bankruptcy also, i didnt have any issues with them, only thing i didnt particularly care for was, on the day of my hearing, i drove up to Tampa and no one was there for my case, i had some chick sit in for Jodat and she didnt know *** about my case. She had nothing, and didnt say a word on my behalf, i did all the speaking. However i did win the case and sued creditors for harassment, i just would have liked to have THE ATTORNEY IM PAYING TO DEFEND ME BE PRESENT. That did *** me off!
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Anonymous
map-marker Venice, Florida

Short Review on August&nbs-04:00;05,&nbs-04:00;2016

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Horrible experience. Hire someone else.
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Anonymous
map-marker Atlanta, Georgia

Jodat Law Group Legal Service Review from Atlanta, Georgia

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I had to fire Jodat in their Venice office. Every time I phoned I got some office manager who knew about 2 or 3 sentences. I complained for months about shoulder pain and of course my $10 grand was gone to a a terrible Dr Shortt who charged $800 for 2 visits and he barely touched me. I was still in shock by the lady who me on a crosswalk who received 5 tickets!! I then was sent to a chiropractor who didn't do anything but eat up the rest of my PIP. This story stops with a new Attorney, rotator & bicep surgery. Advice: AVOID JODAT LAW GROUP!!! Run run run
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Anonymous
map-marker North Port, Florida

Paid alot of MONEY- NO HELP- RIP OFF!!

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I came to them in need and vulnerable. I wanted my child back and to divorce my husband. They did not help in fact I think this young non aggression female attorney with no experience gave the opposing counsel the upper hand purposely- to let them win. I started out with a male attorney and he passed me to this female attorney without letting me know. Two mediations and over 6,000 dollars!! I was so ripped off, THEY DID NOT CARE ABOUT ME AND LET THE MORE EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY WIN- HOW SAD THAT I WENT TO THESE RIP OFF ARTISTS! LOSERS- DO NOT HIRE THEM!!!
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Guest

I had the same thing happen to me. I still have unanswered questions.

I am 3 years out of my divorce and I begged them to protect me from my now ex husband and guess what I am back in court for the 100 time since they came off my case.

About things that are so messed up in my parenting plan and don't even make sense. They do not care about people just the money !!!!!!

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| map-marker Manchester Township, New Jersey

Divorce Attorney Review

Jena Vogel *** up my divorce!! She is a liar, a conspirator worked against her client ! Drafted a hand written settlement agreement during a deposition ! Calls her brother in a nj police officer to see what he says the pension will give me?( 2 yrs later Ian still in court why cause of no compliance!? She is incompetent and a liar!!
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Anonymous

Getting no place fast with these group of losers

All I can say is, after sitting on my bankruptcy case for well over a year, it seems once Jodat has their money, they could care less about their client. Only when I finally told them I was coming into the office to personally handle this, did I get an email a day later stating the creditors released the case and the government side was tying up the loose ends--akin to, "the check is in the mail." Otherwise, they blamed the government for holding on to my paperwork and sitting on it. I suppose had I not mentioned personal involvement, I would STILL be waiting for my case to close. I will NEVER use them again and would not refer them to my worst enemy. Melanie and her team (Laurie and Kristin) are woefully inadequate in their communication skills by leaving their clients in the dark and not responding to emails and especially phone calls in a timely manner--lets say a week or two later or whenever they got around to it, and sometimes it took two or three transmissions before they would care to respond.
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Daya Pnl
map-marker Tampa, Florida

Highly Suggest Hiring ANYONE else

We hired Jodat Law Group to help our family. The charged us $2000 and never bothered to show up in court, they had a sub lawyer show up and he said nothing we had to say everything. They offered us no council and to top it off they lost our paperwork and then claimed the court lost it. They did call to have us run around to redo everything and never responded to request for an update or never returned phone calls. This company is only interested in how much money they can get from you, you can do a batter job on your own and save your money.
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I agree with the complaints, all they care about is money. They got a lot of it from me and did not do much on my behalf. Would not recommend them at all.

canditone L
map-marker Lady Lake, Florida

Jodat Law Group-Florida

Updated by user Jul 23, 2014

I filed a complaint with the BBB on these people! They must be stopped.

Apparently they have done this to a lot of people but there is only 1 complaint listed there by someone else, soon mine will be on there! If everyone will go to the BBB website and file a complaint, we can STOP them from ripping off more people.

Original review Oct 22, 2011
I hired this firm for a family law matter. Signed contract of a flat fee $1,000.00. Gave them $500.00 up front. The lawyer Kallen Eslich, showed up to court 2 hours late! The judge was very upset and had to put court in recess as we waited and waited for Kallen to show up. I had to call the law office to find out what was going on. After that day in court, I emailed him to ask him about the next step we were going to take. No response. I had to email and call them several more times over a few week period & finally got an email back stating what he was going to file. I asked when it was going to be filed. Of course, again I never recieved a response. I expressed my concern about my case and how I feel they are not devoting the needed time to me the client, to answer some simple questions. The next thing I know, I get a letter from the law office stating that they put in a motion to withdraw them as my counsel! I was shocked. Then to top it all off, they sent me a bill for $1500.00. I've called several times now to inquire about this nonsense, and of course, once again, no response. I am filing a case against this firm for being negligent, erranous billing and most of all...legal malpractice.
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Guest

THE WORST EXPERINCE OF MY LIFE- THEY RIPPED ME OFF. PAID THEM ALOT OF MONEY WITH NO HELP.

I CERTAINLY NEEDED HELP FOR MY DIVORCE AND GETTING MY CHILD HOME. THEY LET THE OPPOSING COUNSEL WIN!

THEY DID NOT CARE ABOUT ME, HAD TO LET THEM GO, DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY, BETTER DOING IT MYSELF! DO NOT USE THESE LOSERS FOR ANY LEGAL HELP.

Guest

I had a the same thing happen - they did nothing but take my money

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Jodat did the same thing to my family, took for $2000. Never even bothered to show up in front of the judge.

Then claimed the court lost the paper and made us run around to redo everything again, and to top it off them would never respond to request for an update. This comapny is a buyer run a away fast company.

Guest

I used to work for this company and this comment doesn't surprise me one bit.

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Im looking for a divorce attorney in sarasota area. Any leads would be helpful.

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I too have had the same same experience with this law firm they take your money and run I paid 1500.00 up front and they haven't done nothing it's been a year, the staff never returns calls they just take the communities money so Gary Jodat can pay for more useless commercials please do yourselfs a favor and steer clear of this firm

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