Mastagni Holstedt – A Professional Corporation

Excellent service and highly skilled attorneys. They handled my disability case after it had been initially denied. After I hired the law firm my disability case was approved within 2 months.
They are still working on a very complex and ongoing work comp case that will be over soon. I would be lost without their guidance. One if the partners handles my case and he has definitely represented me with conviction. He keeps me updated and always makes himself available if needed.
Big law firm with serious firepower and top notch attorneys.

I have reviewed several of the reviews posted. Not surprising, we all want to get exactly what we’re seeking. Many people are not willing to accept any level of responsibility. It’s that attitude that undoubtedly makes the attorney’s job even more difficult.
I am writing as one who, just two days ago, concluded an over two year legal matter that crossed into many different legal disciplines; i.e. retirement, workers comp, and criminal. Did I walk away with all I hoped for, NO. Was I found to have some measure of responsibility, YES. Am I upset about that, ABSOLUTELY NOT! I used Ed Lester (Worker’s Comp), Steve Welty (Retirement), and Josh O’Lander (Criminal). What I know is that all of them gave me exceptionally competent, aggressive, service. My case was a VERY complex matter that crossed into several legal disciplines. It was a case that many law firms could not have handled and I’m sure most would have either shuffled me off to another firm or declined representation altogether.
What I am confident of is that each of them gave 110% effort on my behalf and achieved the best possible resolution to each of the matters involved in my case. No, it was not all I had hoped and prayed for, but hey folks, sometimes we have to dig deep and come to grips with the fact that we clients bare some responsibility for our situation. All I asked the firm to do was represent me in the most aggressive manner the law would allow.
The fact that I am writing this review FROM MY HOME is evidence of the very competent work the MASTAGNI’s firm did for me. I know each individual assigned to my case did there level best to protect my interests. What more can we expect from a law firm! If we go into our cases with the attitude that it’s all the other guys fault, be prepared for disappointment. BUT don’t blame the firm — look inward, dig deep.
My case could have gone MUCH worse for me. But due to the efforts of the attorneys at David Mastagni’s firm, I can be home with my family.

I can’t fathom the bad reviews. I’ve used Mastagni since the 1990s, and they have never ONCE let me down. Great local firm, with a real focus on helping LEOs.

These people with these poor reviews are crazy… Just read this madness. They have always been particularly professional. Ed Lester and Kevin Flautt are very very good. They handled my caes and i was more than happy with the personal service… Last week I met with Judy and she help me get things cleared up with one of my law questions. Judy is a goddess!

originally my post was pulled from Unilocal,now I’m suspect of Unilocal picking and choosing forums like yahoo. so the validity of this sight is suspect and possibly monitored by elitist and corrupt corporations. I did find this legal firm on Google, they did agree to see me, I stated on the phone I was a disabled gulf war veteran. I made real clear I was mentally disabled. from PTSD and a psychotic disorder. and many other disorders from my tour in the middle east. I stated on the phone I have been out of work due to harassment and retaliation. I was yelled at treated in an inappropriate manner. I was told because of the 51% percent law they were not going to take my case, two of the guys seemed sincere the other guy was very uncouth and treated me like a criminal, and multiple times threatened to call the police on me and hinted at me being ⁵¹⁄₅₀. even though I stated I had many mental disorders due to things that I saw and went through during my tour in the middle east. so if this post gets pulled again I intend to contact Alex Jones to add it to another Hoax sight claiming to protect the people when in fact it isn’t.

I have given two opportunities for this law firm to effectively communicate with me and they have failed miserably. I am glad they failed to communicate because who knows what they would have done with my case.

I used this firm back in 2006 for a different work injury and because of a good experience, I came back to them for another work injury in 2013. Talk about a night and day difference! I actually am going trough the process of firing them right now. Why? To start, during a deposition where I was being deposed my attorney hid his phone under the table and proceeded to surf the web and pay no attention to the questions being asked of me. I thought that was incredibly unprofessional and was so offended by it that I called his supervisor the next day and requested a different attorney. Which I was given to someone that did an ok job but left the firm and gave my case to another attorney. That started a process where during a 2 month period my case was bounced around to 3 other different attorneys. After being assigned my 5^th attorney and a very important letter from the insurance company not being addressed. Which resulted in me getting my temporary disability benefits cut off and leaving me with NO income. I fired the firm. Matter of fact the last attorney they assigned my case to was leaving in two weeks when it was assigned to him. And they KNEW he was leaving! What does that tell you?
This is a big firm, with lots of attorneys. You will get lost in the shuffle and they don’t even treat you like a person. They have lied to me and done a terrible job handling my case this time. There are other, much better workers comp attorneys in Sacramento. Just Google a search and you will see. I highly recommend that you stay away from this firm. Not unless you want someone to do a crappy job, lie to you, and bounce your case around to a bunch of different attorneys and have nothing get done.

I have to say I was recommended by another attorney from where I live. At the beginning I had a great attorney. It was Craig Johnson then I had three other attorneys. The last being one of the partners. He told me during the settlement conference to forget the twenty thousand plus and settle. The over twenty thousand would have let me moved. But this partner said that he would sell my insurance within 90 days. I would have more than enough money. Guess what FIFTEEN Months later and after numerous phone calls. Not the partner but his assistant called me and said they would not take the deal. You have no idea what I wanted to do to this lying snake. I know that attorneys are not to be trusted. Now I have to live here I’m not receiving my medication nor any mileage for appointments for years. SO, DO NOT TRUST THIS LAW FIRM. THEY ARE NOT TRUSTWORTHY. I WILL NOT SAY THE PARTNERS NAME SO YOU GO IN WITH EYES OPEN IF YOU DO NOT HEAD MY WARNING. But he knows who he is and so do I. I would ask god to forgive this law firm. But I’m sure I’m not the only one.