Tour-Sarkissian Law Offices

TSLO was recommended to me by a friend for a US visa application.
The process was very smooth and clear. The firm was constantly following-​up on my case. Paul and his team are very knowledgeable and will for sure be very helpful and efficient.
I got my visa in no-​time and was very happy with their service.
They also helped me structure my company and investment.
My friend also used their service with the same successful results.

ABANDONED CASE, FAILED TO COMMUNICATE
An excerpt of my last letter to the name partner of this firm, ironically, a friend and colleague of mine:
Dear Paul,
You were going to get back to me after our telephone call of September 4, 2015 in which I expressed my conviction that your office had abandoned my case. Ten days later, you haven’t replied, or addressed the several e-​mails that I copied to you dating back to June 2, 2015.
If your office has not abandoned my case, would you tell me when I might expect to hear from you? If a client of my own had expressed similar concern, I would not let them wait ten days for a response. I have waited 104 days for an answer to my original e-​mail to Christine of June 2. I am becoming distressed by the level of service that your firm has provided, and I am concerned that the delay has prejudiced my case against and my relationship with my ex-​wife.
If your office has in fact abandoned my case, please do me the courtesy of telling me so and returning my files.
Perhaps you will have better luck than I have with TSLO. I hope so. I am very disappointed in this firm and its partners.

How funny that this lawyer was in business for so many years and I am the only reviewer. Where are the 5 star reviews? How about just a humble 3 star reviews? None. You see people don’t dare to review lawyers because if you write something wrong they could sue you since they are lawyers. But except if a lawyer is extremely good he usually gets endless great reviews. And this lawyer gets only one review from me. Nobody else reviewed her before me. Maybe I am just extra brave or insane.
I let them deal with two cases and none of these two cases brought me luck. When I found them, the lawyer Sarkissian sent me a contract. I only wanted her to appear in court once to revert a judgement granted to a former tenant. The contract at the very end had a clause stating that a minimum of $ 15,000 must be paid to Tour Sarkissian law firm for this one case. I called her back and asked why must I pay $ 15,000 to her for appearing in court once just to revert a judgement? Then she said «Oh I am sorry. That must be a MISPRINT. That must be a sample copy which I used on another client who had a much bigger case. Let me write up a new contract and cross out that clause and pretend I did not write such a thing.» So I signed the new contract and sent it back to her.“
She charged me about $ 4500 just to basically write out the story of what happened to me on legal paper at $ 220 an hour rate. They call that a ‘research and documentation’ fee. She appeared in court for me two times because one time the defendants lawyer called in sick or had some emergency and cannot show up in court. I think totlal cost for this case was around $ 6000. Most of the money was spent on writing out my story on legal paper and research fee. The judge refused to help me.
Then another case was a mediation. She charged me $ 6000 roughly for that and ended with no result. Most of that money was spent for writing up a story of what happened to me again on legal paper. They call it research fee. She had an assistant write up a thick document of what happened to me at a pay rate of $ 220 an hour and the mediator might not even require to read it because he is not even a judge. Just a retired old civil servant serving as a mediator. Later I found a young lady who told me for that type of service she usually charges only about $ 350 and not thousands of dollars.
I give this law office a lowest score because they dealt for me two cases and I gained nothing from both cases. I am not sure if I over paid. But you be the judge. I have 30 pounds of documents with me which includes everything they wrote.