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7/30/21 |
All I can say is RUN!! Just because she's attached to a great law firm, it DOES NOT make her a great lawyer. She is your worst enemy, she's impossible to reason with and she purposely drives a wedge between the parties in an attempt to maximize her billable hours. She presents false accusations, and creates unnecessary work. My opinion is that she causes more financial harm than good. What happened to lawyers with integrity? We need a better system in place to keep the lawyers in check and PROTECT the CLIENTS!
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10/12/20 |
I do not agree with those people complaining below. Elissa is worth every penny. She works hard for clients, makes herself available after hours including weekends. She did a great job on my file. She is always cognizant of the emotional and financial cost of family law matters. I highly recommend her to others. Family law is an emotional time and she was very good at looking at my issues objectively and taking a calm but assertive approach, especially against the opposing lawyer and my ex-spouse who are bullies. Thank you Elissa!
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9/11/19 |
Abuses the system. Tries to bully her way through the process. Does not act in good faith. Only tells her client what they want to hear not what is reality. Turns a simple case into a catastrophe. Surprised she is still allowed to practice with her antics.
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12/31/17 |
She is fantastic at taking your money and not getting anything done. She likes to drag things out as long as possible. She is horrible.
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12/12/17 |
If you would like to rinse away money that your divorce hasn't already taken, she's your man. Unscrupulous, disingenuous and completely immersed in her own self. Drags things out to the point that the "other sides" council just won't work with her. That's not good and only runs up the bill, and that's all she's really interested in. Last September a Judge from Newmarket wrote an article about the shortcomings of the system in a case she was council. I can only assume that Elisa has people at her firm writing positive reviews for her below.
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9/28/17 |
Great lawyer! Knows her stuff. Focuses on her client but is also professional and respectful of others. She gets a resolution done with reasonable fees. Hire her! Notice the comments by a "professional". Sounds like sour grapes to me and I see that this professional cannot spell so that makes me wonder. This is not the experience you will get with Elissa.
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9/18/17 |
I found Ms. Gamus to be very effective and practical. My child has special needs, and she advocated for both my child and I to ensure we had adequate support. She refused to be drawn into the hysterics created by my former spouse's lawyer.
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9/18/17 |
Great lawyer. Cost efficient. Sounds like the other lawyer was a sore loser. This is not what you will experience with Elissa. She knows the law. She knows how to argue for her client in a proper and professional way.
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6/26/17 |
As a professional it was a terrible experience working with her. She became emotionally attached to her client not able to clearly distinguish the law and facts. She is very abrupt, not proficient in the law, and doesn't follow through with time lines. She was very successful in drawing out a settlement, driving up costs for everyone and ended up in the same result. She will tear apart your family so be carful if you are aiming for an amicable separation for the benefit of your children.
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6/20/17 |
Dedicated lawyer. client focused. Good value for money spent
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6/18/17 |
Ms. Gamus was my third family law lawyer. I switched to her based on a recommendation from a friend. After bad experiences with my two previous lawyers, I found Ms. Gamus to be a breath of fresh air. I found her to be efficient, assertive and she got my file settled.
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6/8/17 |
Great lawyer. Liked her clerk, Lindsay. Both respectful. Focused on me and my kids! But also understands complicated numbers. Saw short term and long term...very results focused. Great value! You pay for what you get! Made a painful time easier! Sounds like some of the negative results below come from the ex spouses not the clients.
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6/8/17 |
I was also recommended by a friend. I found Ms. Gamus to be extremely knowledgable in family law - she saved me quite alot of $ during my divorce. My ex had hired a very expensive downtown lawyer, who kept trying to draw out the process - constant letters and emails back and forth, while Ms. Gamus refused to deal this way. Not sure why other reviews are that different - perhaps the clients were unreasonable - sometimes it's difficult to hear the truth! I would and have recommended her to other friends and relatives who all seemed to be very happy with the outcome of their cases.
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10/28/16 |
Disorganized arrogant makes promises that can't be delivered. Turns simple cases into catostrophic messses! Save yourself money and go somewhere else. It would have been far better just to pay my ex from the ebeginning.
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2/4/16 |
I agree with some of the reviews below. Elissa is a frivolous lawyer whose strategy is to empty your wallet. She did this by tactically dragging out my case at the expense of our children involved in the lawsuit. She continued to bill me over $30,000 but we didn't even get through the preliminary hearings. Elissa made the process far more stressful and costly than it should have been, and the other lawyers involved had apparently complained about her to the judge. Her firm is apparently renowned for trying to bleed their clients dry. I found Elissa's conduct truly despicable. She abuses the court system, for her own monetary gain, as harm was falling upon me and my children. She tries to tell you what you want to hear. After wasting $30,000 AND 13 MONTHS on Elissa, I fired her and hired a cheaper family lawyer who won my case in 4 WEEKS. Suffice to say she was spiteful about my firing her and she tried to influence the outcome of my case behind the scenes. Avoid her and avoid her firm
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6/21/13 |
Elissa unneccessarily over lawyered areas of my case. The bills continued to roll in yet she gets little results. Only after finding a new lawyer did I learn that family law did not need to be as stressful as it had been. Elissa was a very large contributor to that stress.
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SYSTEM: location changed from Concord, ON to Toronto, ON |
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SYSTEM: location changed from Toronto, ON to Concord, ON |
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5/16/12 |
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6/3/11 |
A friend recommended Ms. Gamus based on their experience. Tenured and experienced in all aspects of family law. Worth the $ of a downtown lawyer-yet more convenient location for me, very available and hardworking. Understanding of your situation and fights for your best intgerests
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5/18/11 |
Very knowledgable. Good service and worth the fees for the results. Offered goiod advice. Would recommend this lawyer if needing excellent family law lawyer.
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5/17/11 |
Very effective laswyer. Handled the tough issues during a difficult time. Forceful when needed. I have referred others to her.
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5/17/11 |
Great lawyer, she cares. Reasonable fees. She does great work!
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7/16/09 |
Get ready to empty out your wallet with this one. She would ask for $5000 every 2-3 months. Had to fire her after paying over $30,000 in lawyer's fees and nowhere near a resolution (no kids involved). My second lawyer got the job done! I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT RECOMMEND THIS LAWYER. Also, she wouldn't transfer my file to the new lawyer. Not sure if this is the customary practise or a case of sour grapes.
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6/24/08 |
Tenacious and client focussed-however generally considered a negative advocate, this counsel will often advocate for the client often at the expense of the best interests of the children. Knowledgeable and exacting, this counsel should be your first choice if your focus is on process as opposed to overall dispute resolution in a cost-effective and timely manner. Availability to client is exceptional. However, the quality of advice may be "what the clients wants to hear" as opposed to counsel also telling telling a client what they need to hear!. Overall, I would recommend this counsel as a tenacious advocate but as a strongly negative advocate that may be costly and with limited forward looking resolution capacity.
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