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11/16/20 |
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You be the judge... Tino was my mother's power of attorney for the past 10 years. She passed away January 31st 2020 and to date, she remains in Tino's vault on Fort Street. My mother's final wishes were to be buried with her spouse of of 67 years (my Dad). I have repeatedly asked Tino to hand over my mother's remains but he has simply ignored all requests. Due to his lack of professionalism and possible undue influence towards my mother... he is now under investigation by the Law Society (again).
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"Di Bella suspended from Law Practice" - https://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/about-us...
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9/6/17 |
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I have known/used Tino multiple times over the last 15 years or so after being put on to him by a friend of mine. Tino is extremely knowledgeable in all areas of the law put in front of him. He put wills together for my wife and I after the birth of our daughter and talked us through stuff that we never would have thought of. When we bought our first home, I told the mortgage broker that Tino would be handling the legal end of the transaction and it put me at even more ease when the broker stated "he is the most brilliant real estate attorney I have ever come in to contact with". He then went on to tell me a story about how Tino helped another client of his after a realtor lead him astray. Tino is to the point that is for sure, but I would not want anything less in an attorney. If you want someone who will tell you the blunt truth, whether you want to hear it or not, he is your guy. He does not down play anything and this is the reason I will continue to use Tino always.
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7/16/17 |
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Tino DiBella was recommended to us by a very well known and highly respected professional in Victoria. I then of course read the reviews on this website. Most not so good. So I searched further and discovered that Tino Di Bella is extremely highly regarded and praised by his peers and the legal society of British Columbia. Mr Di Bella is extremely well versed in the law and has been involved in the actual writing of many of the laws that he represents.If you are looking for the most brutally honest, no nonsense, straight shooting, tell it like it really is lawyer, then you should hire Tino Di Bella. If you are looking for a lawyer that will coddle you and tell you only what you want to hear, then go some where else. If you want the best representation possible, then hire Tino DiBella.
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6/28/17 |
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Tino is an unprofessional bully who has no concept of time or respect for other professionals. As a lawyer one would think he knows how long the estate and legal system takes to review and settle anything yet he demands results within hours or days of releasing basic (incomplete) information. When calling to set a meeting to finalize the settlement he proceeds to yell, demand and refuse standard protocols for processing. When trying to calmly explain timelines and others professionals' schedules he continues to yell at an increased volume and proceeds to threaten higher costs for the same results and then hangs up. This man is the dictionary definition of unprofessional, rude, contemptible, arrogant, condescending, inconsiderate and argumentative. Yes he is all those things and more. You'd be better off using a back alley lawyer who printed his degree on toilet paper.
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6/6/17 |
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Terribly rude and unprofessional. Talked over us at every opportunity and when my partner raised his voice to be heard, he got defensive and threatening. Very odd, unprofessional,rude, awful man.
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6/29/16 |
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In our property purchase he represented the strata. He was highly unresponsive (caused significant delays and related costs in getting our permit), highly unprofessional (rude, arrogant and hiding behind a VISA machine that had to be fed before he would release the strata approval letter when I was in his office), not apparently knowledgeable (in light of the unnecessary steps he took us through with the strata), expensive (considering much less could have done and charged for to address the strata's needs), and always armed with excuses for not getting things done. The strata is now seeking to replace him and he has been equally unresponsive when requested to hand over the files.
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3/13/15 |
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Told us that we should expect the process to take 2-3 months, then dragged it out to nearly 6 months at which time nothing had happened and we fired him. He was awful at returning calls and emails, frequently said he would call on a specific date and time and then never would and would never even apologize for it or explain why. Overall he could not care less about helping anyone all he cares about is money. He enjoys making you feel stupid and calling you names and basically making your life miserable when you are just trying to grieve your loved one and get things sorted. He should be disbarred and should be ashamed of how he treats other people. Do not use this man unless you want to have your time and money wasted.
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1/21/15 |
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This lawyer should be disbarred. I can't believe he has any clients. The only time I was treated with respect was at the funeral and initial consultation.
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11/29/14 |
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In 1983 my mother paid Tino Di Bella $60,000 which seems to have enabled her to embezzle her own children's Trust funds left to us by our father . . With the Law Society and Lawyer's insurance fund backing him up, Tino De Bella refuses to release his file which tells "how" hundreds of thousand of dollars, to be held in trust, with my mother and Supreme Court Judge, John Robert Caldwell as the Trustees, was stolen . . I am not impressed with this lawyer!
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9/28/13 |
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Tino came over and got my information in February and I never heard from him again. My friend used Tino as well in January 2013 and is still waiting for call back - September 28, 2013. Went elsewhere and had work done in 3 days.
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7/4/12 |
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Very poor - ignored emails, phone calls, has dragged out our estate for well over a year for no reason.
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10/10/10 |
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I don't understand why anyone would complain about this excellent lawyer. If he made anyone feel stupid, it is probably because he is a law professor and likes to explain every part of the case in detail. If people don't understand his advice,then maybe they should grow a brain.
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6/17/10 |
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He made me feel stupid, was late, and got on the phone twice while I meet with him. He made me feel as small as a pea. I felt my time was wasted and I never want to talk to him again. Thanks for reading.
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