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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If an atty doesn't like your question, avvo let's him attack you verbally. When he doesn't like your comment to his answer, it's removed. 3 times I actually had my question removed. Then he calls h... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't trust their ratings! Low quality website that doesn't allow honest negative reviews about lawyers. Their Better Business Bureau rating is F (the lowest possible rating) and they fail to respond... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Fake company which doesnt accept negative reviews, I used them, got a very weak and unprofessional laywer and then they rejected my review Adam Wilner 2 stars I picked Adam Wilner based on thi... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I made the difficult decision to terminate my attorney after a year of representation and more than $20,000 in legal fees—with little to no meaningful progress on my case. Throughout the process,... See more

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Avvo helps people find and connect with the right lawyer through industry-leading content, tools, and services.


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Fake Ratings and Reviews

Don't trust their ratings! Low quality website that doesn't allow honest negative reviews about lawyers. Their Better Business Bureau rating is F (the lowest possible rating) and they fail to respond to complaints submitted through Better Business Bureau. If you're trying to find a lawyer and want to see real reviews, look elsewhere. Like many other people said here - Avvo is a scam.

23 August 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avvo I wouldn’t credit it as legit do…

Avvo I wouldn’t credit it as legit do to the fact that I wrote about my experience with my lawyer and kept to there guidelines.I wasn’t disrespectful rude or insulting all I stated was that my lawyer wasn’t professional and he didn’t handle my case properly and I’ve made my reviews true and legit but it seems to me that that lawyer reads the review and asked Avvo to take it down and Avvo complied.like I said everything I said was true and per Avvo guidelines.

22 August 2022
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Thank you for your feedback. We welcome both negative and positive reviews as long as they meet our community guidelines. You are free to resubmit your review. If it meets our terms, whether positive or negative, it will be approved and posted. For further assistance please contact our team directly.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My review for attorney alyssa marie…

My review for attorney alyssa marie dunbar from berwyn Illinois was denied. Who are they to arbitrarily delete reviews just bc theyre unflattering?!

Joke of a company

14 August 2022
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Hi Greg Kimble, thank you for your feedback. We welcome both negative and positive reviews as long as they meet our community guidelines. You are free to resubmit your review. If it meets our terms, whether positive or negative, it will be approved and posted. Please reach out to us directly for further assistance.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AVVO..is a waste of space...is not free…

AVVO..is a waste of space...is not free at all...keep away from this site

1 August 2022
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Hi Tonino Damico. Thank you for your feedback. Avvo offers free legal Q&A forums, directories and other services to non-attorney members. All attorneys can claim and utilize their profiles for free as well. If you'd like to provide any further feedback we welcome you to reach out to us directly so we can help address any of your concerns.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AVVO is full of fake reviews

AVVO has zero customer service and they refuse to communicate with customers. I’ve never been able to speak to a live person and am constantly stuck in a loop of automated emails. I strongly advise not doing business with AVVO.

19 July 2022
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Hi Sean,

Thank you for your feedback. You can contact our customer care team directly. We have agents on duty from 8 am PT to 5 pm PT on weekdays, this includes live chat services which can be accessed on all of our support pages. Please reach out to us directly so that we can assist you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lawyer Eleanor Haynes Esq.

Lawyer Eleanor Haynes Esq. is a wonderful godly attorney who took the time to help me while she was off work. I appreciate her so much I can’t begin to put it in words. If you ever need a attorney reach out to her I know you will have a great experience with her.

13 July 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible & sexist website!…

This site literally censors certain legal questions, and deletes them! I would give negative five star if I could, and if there were no negatives stars on review but had 0 star giving option, then that would be posted. It’s not given, it’s earned 100%! I asked a question such as if a female rapes a male, if she is subject to the same level of penalty, or if a male gets raped by a female and she gets pregnant, if he would still have to pay child support. Other questions were like if schools can legally require girls to wear sandals while either not requiring or prohibiting sandals for boys at the same time, either for daily wear dress code or for graduation ceremony, and they some of them were removed! On one of them regarding female on male rape, a rude attorney living in Los Angeles area in California responded saying something like "It seems surprising how you posted this question at 5 in the morning. You must have been happy while posting it. I left him a negative review on him about the response he gave, then a few hours later I got a notification saying that the review got removed due to "violating" terms and conditions! I bet if the question was flipped for genders and the attorney answered in that same way, and I left him that same negative review, he would have been fired and would have lost his lawyer certification! This website literally thinks it is politically incorrect to ask questions about female on male tormenting of most kinds! This is just plain ridiculous! The website is managed by jerks or the terms and conditions were written by complete sexist jerks who literally have no place in the corporate world or in the judicial branch at flippin all! So I guess according to them, if a male gets raped a female, that he has to accept it and like it! How flippin despicable! Seriously? This is not okay!

2 July 2022
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Hi Francis Ace, thank you for your feedback. The attorneys on our forum volunteer their time to respond to questions. If you feel that an attorney using our website has behaved improperly or broken our community guidelines please let us know directly so we can assist. Similarly if you feel that a review was removed incorrectly our customer care team can address your concerns. Please contact us for further assistance.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unfairly Shields Bad Attorneys From Criticism

This website is not what it advertises itself to be.

The website will not allow clients harmed by an attorney's misconduct to post a negative review describing how an attorney mistreated their client.

I've literally had to go to the BBB and seek their assistance in order to get a review published which happened after contacting and communicating with Avvo's customer service who were not helpful at all.

17 June 2022
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Thank you for your feedback. Avvo welcome both negative and positive reviews as long as they meet our community guidelines. You are free to resubmit your review. If it meets our terms, whether positive or negative, it will be approved and posted. Please contact us directly for assistance.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

BIG WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY

I am an attorney who pays AVVO every month to generate cases. I have now been with them for 5 MONTHS AND NOT A SINGLE CASE or even an inquiry has come to me through them. So far this has been a complete waste of money and time. My advice would be to stay away from them if you are looking to grow your business.

10 June 2022
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Hi Robert,

Thank you for your feedback. Please note that your account manager can be contacted directly at any time to assist with your account and can offer help with optimizing your profile. Please reach out to us directly for further assistance.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Legit question removed. SCAM.

I posted a completely legitimate question and Avvo removed it for no reason at all. Not in violation of ANY policy or ToS. Scam much? Censorship at its best. Stay away.

8 June 2022
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Hi Chris, thank you for your feedback. We'd like to address this issue if possible and provide you with more information regarding the status of your question. Please contact our customer care team directly for assistance with anything regarding the free legal Q&A forum.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don’t Waste Your Money

I am an attorney who signed up with AVVO for marketing my practice about 4 months ago. In these four months I have received exactly ZERO contacts/calls/cases. Only after I complained and tried to cancel did they try to improve my listing. That was a month ago and still zero calls. So far a complete waste of time and money. I would not sign up with them again.

1 May 2022
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Thank you for your feedback. Many of our paying customers are assigned a direct point of contact. If you need assistance reaching yours please contact us directly.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Class-action suit against avvo. Join here.

I placed a negative review for an attorney who objectively speaking-definitely earned it. Avvo denied my review at least 30 or so times. Every single time, they either simply said "community guidelines" or picked a rule with vague at best delineation, and told me to p*$s off. I modified the article many times thinking "this is a bit excessive and I don't run into this very often but OK, I'll change it". Their actions, in refusing repeatedly to publish this review, and demanding that I change it, amounts to coercion as well as a violation of my 1st amendment right to free speech when they list a means of communicating, I comply with it, and they deny it for no tangible or substantial reason. Avvo denies private individuals the ability to publish a negative review, and I am one of thousands who they have rolled over. F*^K YOU AVVO. I will see you soon, in person.

13 April 2022
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Thank you for your feedback. We welcome both negative and positive reviews as long as they are meeting our community guidelines. You are free to resubmit your review. If it meets our terms, whether positive or negative, it will be approved and posted. If you have any other questions please reach out to us directly.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrid

If an atty doesn't like your question, avvo let's him attack you verbally. When he doesn't like your comment to his answer, it's removed. 3 times I actually had my question removed. Then he calls his buddy to attack me too. avvo doesn't care, they just kept removing my question and responses while leaving their lawyers up. Worthless place with worthless lawyers. Oh, and my reviews of those 2 lawyers? Never posted.

31 March 2022
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Thank you for your feedback. We welcome both negative and positive reviews as long as they meet our community guidelines. You are free to resubmit your review. If it meets our terms, whether positive or negative, it will be approved and posted. You may also contact us directly if you have any other questions or concerns.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This place is a joke

This place is a joke. I couldn’t even get a basic landlord/tenant legal question answered on their site.

18 March 2022
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We're sorry to hear that your question went unanswered. The attorneys who participate on our Q&A forum volunteer their time and work hard to ensure that most questions are answered within a few hours of being posted. Response times can vary due to a number of factors including the density of active attorneys on the forum/region where you posted. It may be helpful to resubmit the question, perhaps with different wording but the same overall idea. Alternatively you can search for a professional that specializes in the area in which you are dealing with and message them directly from our legal directory. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us for further assistance.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AVVO deserves ZERO trust

AVVO is a total corrupt joke and not a reliable attorney review site if you want to post a negative review. I tried posting a review on an attorney that I hired and my review was denied 3 times even after providing specific failures by the attorney, which they claimed I didn't provide any detail of. What a joke this AVVO! ZERO trust in it!

4 February 2022
Unprompted review
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We appreciate your feedback. Avvo welcomes both negative and positive reviews as long as they meet our community guidelines. You are free to resubmit your review. If it meets our terms, whether positive or negative, it will be approved and posted. Please reach out to use directly if you have any questions.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unprofessional and useless website

In my opinion and experience, Avvo.com is unprofessional, dishonest, and stupid. For example, it's easy for attorneys to post fake positive reviews, but difficult for actual clients to post real negative reviews. Basically, Avvo.com is a website that's worthless (or maybe even negative value) because it's not accurate at all. Management of Avvo.com must be filled with stupid people with no integrity (otherwise, the website wouldn't be this horrible).

1 January 2022
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Thank you for your feedback. We welcome both negative and positive reviews as long as they are meeting our community guidelines. You are free to resubmit your review. If it meets our terms, whether positive or negative, it will be approved and posted. Please feel free to reach out to our customer care team regarding your review.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Some attorneys are allowed by Avvo to be abusive to their clients.

Despite the fact that I asked politely, the attorney who answered my question was extremely rude. She insulted me without responding to my questions. You can also see that many people complained about Avvo's attorneys being rude and racists.

7 November 2021
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Hi, we regret to hear that your experience was not a positive one. The attorneys on our Q&A forum volunteer their time to answer questions and as long as they abide by our community guidelines they can choose the tone and manner in which they respond. You can review our community guidelines and reach out to us if you feel an attorney has acted outside of those guidelines.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Honest and Caring

My experience with
Robert P. Ritacca,Esq.
Was seamless, efficient
and very professional.
You can trust him!!!
I rate him A plus
Joanne Esplin

10 October 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DO NOT TRUST AVVO!!!

DO NOT TRUST AVVO!!!

I’ve posted a question and the response from lawyer was very rude and hostile.

Also as a client I’ve posted a question about client/ lawyer agreement and I (client) was not happy with agreement, THAT LAWYER that I worked with in the past can see my questions and I’ve never posted names and law firm. I’ve made sure that post was completely unanimous.

THERE IS NO PRIVACY!

27 September 2021
Unprompted review
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Our team at Avvo does not answer the questions, the professionals on our website do. So your answer depends on: who is available and who has the best answer for your question. If you feel some of the responses are unacceptable, please click on the flag below the answer. If the comments are in violation of our Community Guidelines, they will be removed from your question.

Please note, that all questions are posted anonymously by default. When posting questions, reviews or comments we ask that you don't give out personal information such as home or email addresses, telephone numbers, credit card numbers, social security numbers, passwords, etc.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Tried posting a negative review about a…

Tried posting a negative review about a racist lawyer, but they rejected it because it " goes againt community guidlines" how is warning people of a racist lawyer a bad thing??? Beats me. The crazy part is theres videos all over the internet about said lawyer, but i guess they have to protect rheir clientele even if they are racist jerks.

17 September 2021
Unprompted review
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Every client review is read before it's posted so that we can have confidence that the reviews are from actual clients. We look for details of personal experiences so that reviews will be helpful to future Avvo users who are looking to hire an attorney. Yes, sometimes reviews are denied for various reasons. If at any time your review is denied, we invite you to edit the review and resubmit it. We can also give you some tips for how to resubmit your review.

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