Cohen Cleary, PC

Advice to law firm management: One of the Cohen Cleary Firm's attorneys -- Neil Smola -- deserves notice for his outstanding ability to characterize causes of action, prepare witnesses for trial and execute winning ways in the Courtroom.

Pros: The Cohen Cleary, PC Firm has excellent attorneys. These attorneys, and their support staff, are competent and highly professional.

Cons: There are, in our view little if any downsides to working with the Cohen Cleary Firm's attorneys.

Partners to Avoid and Why: We have not as of yet met any partner that should be avoided.

Current or former employee?: Current Employee

Job type: Full time

Advice to law firm management: N/A

Pros: Via a recommendation from my former Divorce Attorney's firm, I contacted Attorney Kristin Smola pertaining to seeking legal Guardianship of our two granddaughters. I was familiar with the attorney that represented the father of the grandchildren. So far, Kristin has run circles around the previous attorney. She has aggressively represented our case and fought for our position. The firm has also placed a legal aid on our team to do the menial items that need to be done so as to reduce our costs. Considering that Kristin is going against a mother who told the judge that "she is smart and does not need legal representation" makes her job more difficult. As the mother wants to play by "her rules" and ignores court protocols.
My wife and I would highly recommend Kristin on any family court matter.

Cons: So far we have no cons to report. Only thing was that Kristin was promoted to Senior Associate this year thus increasing her hourly cost. To offset that increase, they did assign a legal aid at a much lower cost to complete assignments that were once handled by Kristin so as to reduce the overall costs of the case.

Partners to Avoid and Why: N/A

Current or former employee?: Current Employee

Job type: Full time