Client Testimonial

This is an uncompensated testimonial regarding the legal services I received from Andrew Meinzer.

I needed to hire an attorney to complete the Conservatorship of my father's estate, four years after his passing. My previous attorney had billed and billed me without providing specifics as to what services were being rendered. They even billed me for a meeting that they had cancelled! They also proceeded to take actions, without consulting me and I found their attention to detail was missing. They did not follow-up important issues and did not provide what I felt was sufficient guidance in setting up a Conservatorship and in the end when they were called to account for themselves they basically abandoned me.

Given my previous experience I was very nervous about finding another attorney to finish-up what had been started and not finished by the previous office. I was given Andrew's name from a referral from another attorney I trust in San Diego. I met with Andrew who I felt has a way of making you feel you are important. From the start I felt confident in hiring him.

One of the first items Andrew had to do was satisfy the court that he could complete the accounting and resolve all of the open issues to the court's satisfaction. He also worked with the court to provide us enough time to get the remaining tasks completed to close out the conservatorship.

I especially liked that Andrew included me in each step of the process; what alternatives I had, if any, and together we came to a mutual agreement as to what our future course of action would be. Throughout the process Andrew always walked me through each and every document and explained its purpose, what it was meant to do, and if we were requesting any decisions to be made by the court, what the most likely outcomes could be. I never felt I was “out of the loop” and was never made to feel that my point of view did not count.

Andrew, and his paralegal who compiled the years of financial statements I had provided for the court, were very thorough and successfully documented multiple years of data to complete the Conservatorship. Andrew also realized that the process could be dragged out much longer than needed; but as I was the only remaining heir and interested party he convinced the court that it was in everyone's best interest, including the court's, to complete the conservatorship accounting at an earlier point which saved all of us time and me money.

After my previous experience, it was a huge relief to find Andrew's billing statements were clear and consistent and charted his every effort on my behalf in a manner that I could understand. I wish a lot more lawyers would provide billing statements like Andrew's.

Andrew was always prepared for our office meetings and for all hearings we had with the court. He discussed in advance with me the questions that would be asked by the judge and the reasoning behind the questions so I would know what the appropriate answer should be. His preparation and demeanor were also important in helping me cope with the whole process. As I was very ill during most of these proceedings and had other family issues to deal with this entire process was very stressful; and as Andrew always laid out in advance what was most likely to happen during the court proceedings there were no surprises to add further stress to this situation.

Andrew also worked with my other attorney who was handling separate issues in relation to the Conservatorship and coordinated both their efforts to a satisfactory conclusion.

After having what I know to be some of the worst legal representation possible before having Andrew handle my affairs, I feel I now have enough proper experience to offer this endorsement: if you are looking for an attorney I would not hesitate in recommending Andrew Meinzer to trustfully and diplomatically handle your affairs.

Respectfully,

Donna A. Hoover

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