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4/26/25 |
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If I could give less than zero I could. Sold me on his service like the father from Matilda selling a used car. Unresponsive, unavailable and when you call him out he makes you feel like you’re wrong. He showed up to mediation and blew his nose and sneezed everywhere and said less that 10 words the entire time. I couldn’t saved thousands attending mediation alone and been much better off. Don’t buy the fancy credentials, there’s nothing backing them up. Hear I am years later still trying to fight for my youngest daughter based on his “credentials” and what he was going to do for me. Avoid at all costs and hope there’s justice out there for single dads who lose their kids because of someone else’s only desire being to collect their money so they can build a new house.
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3/26/24 |
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Michael is exactly what is wrong with family law. He is out to make money and takes on high money cases usually abusers and quickly turns the case into new extremes of post separation abuse. Nothing this guy does is in the best interests of the child. I hear he has kids of his own...may God protect them. He will undoubtedly be responsible for an abuser hurting their child or worse.
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1/5/23 |
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I retained him 2 years ago and he has done nothing! In fact he threatened me on many occasions to just give me ex move to make it go away. He does not hi k of the best interest of the children at all. He is a father of three daughters so that blows my mind. He only takes on major expensive cases and if that is not you do not hire him!
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12/23/21 |
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Utterly useless. Completely absent from my file and doesn't respond to emails or calls. Even the junior staff don't respond to emails or calls and are completely unprofessional. They claim that they do not hold up your file despite not responding for months. I spent a fortune and got nothing for it. I had to fire him and find a lawyer that could actually perform. My friend used him as well and had the exact same complaints. Seems everyone has the same problem. He is there to take your money and give nothing back in return. The definition of the negative "lawyer" stereotype.
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8/6/20 |
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Michael is a lier and completely incompetent. He didn't follow thru on the strategy we discussed and propose. Every couple of weeks he would tell me our meeting was confirmed and he would never take my calls always saying 'I'm in court in another case or i'm at a trial and would get back to you at end of day and i would never hear back from him. He would assure me that documents would be filled with the court and that never happened either. He supported my position for access to the home and promised to provide a letter in case the police were called and he never produced it also saying that i should call the cops. he is full of s---t. never higher him for anything.
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7/29/19 |
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Among attorneys, Michael has a reputation as someone who is smart, who thinks with his pocketbook, and will play matador if stirring the pot increases billable hours.
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12/21/17 |
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Michael's strategy, guidance and tenacity delivered an exceptional outcome for my daughter and I. I would highly recommend Michael.
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12/15/17 |
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I found Michael to be a excellent, compassionate, strong, and very capable lawyer. His clerks are friendly and helpful. The firm is a top family law firm in Toronto
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4/2/17 |
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MR. Stangarone seems to care more about his financial well being than your case. Very poor performance in Court and poor Affidavits and Factum`s. It is easier for him to agree what the opposing counsel offer, than go to court and fight in your case. Expect huge bill at the end
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3/29/17 |
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Mr. Stangarone is expensive and dishonest lawyer. He did everything in order to make the case more expensive. His office MacDonald and Partners LLP. His fee kept going up by charging extra hours. When you question the bills, then he will introduce his associate with lower hourly rate, but the associate will charge additional hours, in many case the associate will be more expensive the Mr. Stangarone. Mr. Stangarone Affidavits and Factum high school level. His legal secretary during my case was horrible, she made many major mistakes in my case. She typed order that should be FINAL, she made them TEMPORARY and Stangarone approved and submitted to COURT to file. Mr. Stangarone and his associate will charge you for correcting there's mistakes and wrong legal advice, which in my case has been a lot. Save you money and find better lawyer or represent yourself.
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1/31/17 |
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Great Lawyer. Effective in court and gets the job done.
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1/9/17 |
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brilliant mind but virtually unavailable to client because of huge workload. Made it sound like a slam dunk at first but situation dragged out unnecessarily long time and charged far more than quoted. His assistant continually made costly mistakes. Junior legal support staff was strong. The jury is out on this one
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3/23/16 |
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2/18/16 |
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Case taken to Superior Court of Appeal. This lawyer stood before the judges with - "I don't know" and "I think so" and instructed by the judges that not only was this in the wrong court, this was also not the court to criticize. Certainly thankful he was not my legal counsel.
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1/12/16 |
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10/3/15 |
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An exceptional family lawyer, highly successful litigator and extremely effective negotiator. I strongly recommend him for complex matrimonial litigation including but not limited to appeals, trial work and international abduction cases.
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12/17/14 |
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Michael is an excellent lawyer, his attention to detail is sure to help in a tough divorce. I would highly recommend him to anyone.
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