Berger Schatz

If I was able to give zero stars I would… Horrible!!! No morals, no integrity. All they care about is how to make money and don’t care who they hurt in the process. Once I switched to a different law firm my life was changed…
They put me and my family through hell.

Lets face it, you hire an attorney to influence Judges, What Andrew Eichner and this firm has done to my sister is beyond reprehensible! They have billed her nearly $ 100,000, disregarded her written directions, and then utterly failed to achieve any of the directives they were hired for in the first place! Instead of challenging unethical and illegal actions by a Judge as they were paid to do, they punted! In fact, I quote, we know it is wrong, but «we have to live and work here»! What was an ugly situation to begin with is now an unmitigated disaster! Now, my sister has no money to hire another attorney, Berger Schatz wants to withdraw and my sister will have no legal representation when going in front of a new judge!!! They might as well have just put a bullet in her brain! Stay away from this firm at all costs!!!

I would never have thought to review a law firm (or lawyer) on Unilocal,but felt called to do so after reading the drivel posted regarding Norm Ruber @ Berger Schatz. Strangely, the author admits she did not use Norm, nor (I doubt) has she ever met him, but feels free to spout her nasty bile regarding his representation of her two «friends.» I’m thinking if any of the garbage she dumped was true, the second «friend» would have been warned of the first’s horrid experience before retaining him. Odd as well is the fact that both «friends» apparently stayed with Norm as counsel throughout their divorces. There are a lot of attorneys out there who would have been happy to take over if the women thought Norm had indeed, been negligent. I can only guess that the other reviewer of Norm on these pages is as disgruntled with life as she sounds and has run fresh out of people who will listen to her willingly.
I, on the other hand, consider myself extremely LUCKY to have been represented by Norm Ruber in my divorce. Like most of us, I had heard horror stories of unethical behavior and overcharging when it came to divorce attorneys, but was pleasantly surprised in my association with Mr. Ruber. Honest, brilliant, hard-​working and fair, Norm helped me face the hard truths and emotions of a difficult time with the calm demeanor and skillful tutoring necessary to educate me in the nuances of each situation faced. Though I was often unhappy with the actions and unreasonableness of my ex (causing many unneeded motions, letters and wasted time) and the tortuously slow pace and inherent unfairness of the process and court system, Norm was always dedicated, firm, tactful and professional in his manner.
I recommend Norm Ruber to my friends and associates, not only because he is an excellent attorney, but because is a wonderful man.

Two very good friends of mine have recently divorced their husbands and both were incredibly unfortunate to have been represented by Norman Ruber at Berger Schatz. In one of the cases he grossly charged his client for USELESS depositions and throughout the year of representing his client failed to get her appropriate maintenance which he had promised. In the other case he failed to get ANY maintenance for a woman who had been married over 25 years!!! If you choose this law firm expect to be paying A LOT of money.
On top of Norman Ruber being a poor attorney he is in my opinion, an awful person. He was very difficult to talk to and extremely defensive when these women were trying to understand what was going on with their divorce. Both described him as being senile because he often was forgetful and never knew where they stood with him. His number one concern was getting paid huge amounts for doing no work and many times even made circumstances worse for these women. They felt as though Norman Ruber was working AGAINST them.
They both have since filed reports that are pending. Berger Schatz is very well connected and unfortunately not much can be done. However, my sincere hope is that I can warn innocent people. For your sake choose better representation. I would not wish him upon my worst enemy.

The Goldman Sachs of family law, they know what they are doing but at the end of the day, their priority is getting paid. My attorney was extremely knowledgeable of the law and arbitration culture. She provided excellent advice. But she pestered me about unpaid balances, which were never substantial and never seriously delinquent. It undermined her credibility. She also had an inflated sense of her value, taking credit where she didn’t deserve it, churlish.

Andrew Eichner at Berger Schatz is a wonderful divorce attorney. He is responsive, savvy and an articulate advocate. High quality representation is assured.