Law Office of Stuart Fishman

I came to Mr. Fishman’s office for help with an issue involving a dispute with my ex wife over the choice of our children’s school for the 2015 – 2016 school year. I initially met with Mr. Fishman for about an hour, but told him that I was pretty sure that my ex-​wife and I could resolve the issue without his assistance. However, school was starting in the next two weeks, so I needed him on standby in case negotiations with my ex went south. In fact, those negotiations did go south, and after my ex initially agreed to my choice of schools, she reneged, and the battle was on. I let Mr. Fishman know the situation late on a Thursday afternoon, and he made himself and his staff immediately available to deal with my case. In less than day, his office had prepared all of the documents and pleadings necessary to get the case in front of a judge before school started. He made sure that my ex was personally served and that a court date was organized prior to the start of the fall semester. At the hearing, all of our documentation was admitted into evidence and after a contested hearing the court ruled in our favor. An order was prepared the same day, and my children are now in their proper school with issue resolved for the foreseeable future. My attorney fees were reasonable and there was no surcharge for rush filing or court time. I could not have asked for better service or higher quality work than what I received from The Law Office of Stuart Fishman. I highly recommend Mr. Fishman’s office to anyone looking for a Family Law attorney.

This office is lazy. They never looked any deeper then the surface for things my husband had done. He never even called the night before court to talk about what was going to likely happen. It just sucked because he said he would take my case and he just pretty much showed up with not really anything to say. My ex is tricky, and it seamed like Stuart Fishman didn’t really care what my daughter and I got for support. I have been a at home mom for 18 years and now all he could get me was a $ 2400 for two years. He didn’t bargain or haggle for us a minute. It’s awful because no one wants to hire a stay home mom of 18 years. It sucks because my ex created while married an amazing VP level job paying much more yearly then I’ll make in my life time. I should have represented myself same outcome for sure. My thoughts now are cheap suit = bad attorney.

I hired Stuart Fishman after I tried to do my divorce myself. «Not a good Idea when going through a sticky divorce». Stuart is a very personable guy who keeps you informed every step of the way. He was phenomenal with getting me what was rightfully mine. Stuart and his staff are hardworking, very trustworthy and knowledgeable when it comes to the law. I highly recommend his firm.
J.Munroe

Like most folks that need a lawyer, I was cautious where to turn and did a good amount of research before choosing a lawyer. I was referred to Stuart. After battling in court for two years not (due to the other party’s constant use of the law system) only did we come out victorious in every step of the family law. I have the best possible scenario for my time with my kids. It seriously could not have worked out better. You really do get what you pay for when it comes to Stuart representing you.
Be sure to be clear in the outcome you desire and Stuart WILL work for you. He has 20 years in the business and he will tell you straight up what he thinks about your case. If you go into family court without representation you can expect the California system to take advantage of you. If you are a man (from my experience obviously) you better hire Stuart, honestly its your only chance for a decent outcome. Family law can be harsh and emotional, but Stuart handles things very professionally. He seems to know most of the judges and other attorneys very well and has a good report with his staff and court personnel. I recommend you hire him.

If only there were negative stars… I hired him to help me with a custody dispute and he needed 4 hours to go over my case, after going over my case we scheduled a hearing during the hearing he showed up in some wrinkled disgusting suit almost like it was thrown in a corner of a room oh and he was 15 minutes late after asking him to arrive 30 mins early.
Upon showing up late he completely forgot everything about my case and couldn’t remember why he was there, keep in mind he charged me 300 an hour for 4 hours.
I thought it might be an off day so I’ll give him a 2^nd chance since I have so much invested in him already. During our next hearing he failed to show up but posted on Facebook how he was riding his motorcycle through a few states. So my hearing was a waste of time as the judge didn’t want to do anything without my lawyer present.
His secretary was there and pretended like she was worried about him like he might be in an accident, she probably didn’t know I overheard her speaking to him on the phone and she was probably told to cover for him.
Upon firing him they had the audacity to charge me for the date he didn’t show up for but since his secretary was there the charges werent as much as if he did me a favor. Also he tried to sell me a BMW motorcycle since he owns a dealership now.
Bottom line this guy is a joke and worthless, skip this guy as he is more interested in his motorcycle than helping his clients! Also in the end I spent a little over 3k and nothing was accomplished with him so both time and money were wasted.

im a client with mr fishmans office for 2 years and its been a long hall and process, but everything with custody or divorce issues always are,
mr fishman experience and advise has been excellent and everything that would have happened through this process has happened like mr fishman said to me. His office has great customer service and are people friendly and always took care of my issues and never backed down from a fight, they fight for whats right and for me and they just dont take my money and have no results. I have had 2 different lawyers previously and by far mr fishmans has been the best, today i have full custody of my daughter and she is safe with me and i didnt expect to have what i have today with my daughter but mr fishmans office has gone above and beyond for me and hasn’t stopped. Thank you so much mr fishman for everything that you have done and your office donna and stephanie you guys are great.