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9/5/25 |
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STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM HER. She is manipulative, condescending, has the worst communication skills ever. Treats you like a star during the consultation. Once she has your money she turns on you in a heart beat. Treats her articling student like****. Stay the hell away from her at all costs.
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2/1/21 |
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Cindy is a thoughtful, intelligent, and empathetic lawyer. I felt that she cared about the tough experience that my family and I were going through and we got through many difficult moments with her support. I highly recommend.
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7/5/20 |
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Cindy helped me over a year ago with an ugly custody issue that had no clear or comfortable solution. She was honest, caring and trustworthy. She helped me navigate a tough and horrible situation. She explained things so that I could actually understand. While it was difficult at the time, things have resolved better than I had initially hoped. Thanks to Cindy's experience and expertise I think my family came to the best custody arrangement for us. I appreciated her honesty and Cindy inspired confidence in the options she outlined. I felt like I knew the risks and benefits of all the options presented. In a rough spot I knew Cindy was the I needed. I'd recommend Cindy for quality and trustworthy work
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1/15/20 |
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This woman has destroyed every potential for me to see my children, and has made it nearly impossible for my side to be heard. She was appointed to us through child services and the items that were written and handed to the courts was so far fetched and appalling. When my kids came to me and said they felt as if they needed to agree with her and that they felt pressured to respond in a certain way I was worried. I proceeded to contact her via email and explained that I had concerns. Instead of getting a explanation I got told by her unprofessional assistant that my behavior was unacceptable as I failed to include the other party ( ie the father) When I apologized and confessed that I was unaware that was mandatory I got slapped with " It states it in the contract you signed" and was included in the email. This lawyer is a bully, cold, rude and so unprofessional who offers zero compassion on any level. Go elsewhere if you want a lawyer who is fair or has any type of human qualities.
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11/23/19 |
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It is very unusual that Cindy works where she does considering how poorly she seems to understand child representation. She is very aggressive, which could be okay if she had actually read the documents or knew the law. My ex and I both agreed she actually made things worse in our case. It was like she read the first page of our materials and stopped there. It should have been embarrassing for her but she doesn't really seem very self-aware and is quite arrogant. It's like she is trying to compensate for not doing the work or being perceptive by being extra aggressive. Definitely not a lawyer you want representing your kid if your ex is manipulative or she has to read between the lines. She will side with whoever butters her up more, and if a kid says something, regardless of their age or the history of parental alienation, she assumes it is the truth. If you need counsel for the child go w jennifer shaften who actually knows what she is doing.
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8/3/18 |
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Ms Marshall should never represent children. My partner’s children were represented by her and wow did I see a lawyer that you should steer clear of. She is unprofessional and unethical. First I saw her roll her eyes at witnesses in court. She gave a 13 year old kid a court ruling document claiming she cleared it from a superior. Really? That’s doubtful but Who gives a 13 a court ruling document which outlines all the dirty laundry from a trial for her to read. With highlights. During a mediation session she stormed off in a huff. She may appear to be unbiased but don’t kid yourself. She has a clear agenda and oddly it seems to be to get out of doing the most amount of work. I’m not even sure why someone like this would do pro bono work when clearly it makes her grumpy and mean. Well, don’t ever pay to use her then that would be worse too. Either way, my advice, stay away from this lawyer. And if you have no choice and it wascourt ordered, beware. She’s not in the least helpful.
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5/11/18 |
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Retaining Ms Marshall as legal counsel was a grievous mistake. Her fist meeting she comes off as amicable, but this quickly changes. Her assistant made a scheduling error that I paid heavily for, being intimidated by her behavior and then being tossed under the bus in her scathing vengeful remarks to the court. As a child counsellor it was her responsibility to read the entire background before interviewing the child. She did not, and then proceeded to blame me for not providing the appropriate pleadings. My counsel sent our pleadings to her, and I told her in our first interview what the allegations were regarding the family history of violence. She had her own agenda which she barreled through, creating more trauma for a vulnerable child by ignoring a court order that suspended the other parents visitation and parental rights. I wish I had googled her before accepting her as counsel, because yes she is a BULLY and not an advocate I could ever recommend unless it was to my enemy.
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8/18/17 |
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DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME, EFFORT or MONEY with this so-called lawyer! It will be clear early on that Cindy Marshall is only interested in making money from her clients and bullying them(when you are paying her!); firstly, she will deliberately adjourn court hearings unbeknownst to the vulnerable, misled clientale she supposedly "represents"and secondly, she will "scold" you in her interactions via email and phone contact once you have retained her as legal counsel. Furthermore, her assistant not only could not speak clearly she is incredibly incompetent (this evaluation was endorsed by a colleague who used to work as a bike courier and knew of her uselessness and cost that would be incurred to affected cliental by not submitting proper documents to court, misfiling, overrall ineptitude with managing file) She wore "sweat pants" to my first initial meet and greet "sales pitch" interview. Her attire in court was not much better, very unprofessional conduct in the worst time of my life
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4/18/17 |
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So she took me on as a legal aid case. I took all my disclosure etc in to her and her assistant. I lived out of town and told them to come in was a big expense to come in, take the day off etc. Got called in to sign everything and was told it was ready. Took the day off, came into town and was told when I arrived that it was a mistake and nothing was ready and she was not even there. No apology nothing. Then they did it to me again! Next communication from her was angrily demanding I do my work and drop off disclosure and it makes her look bad etc. I responded that I had dropped it off momths before and was called in twice for nothing etc. I said you already have all my documents. Her response? Did I have an itemized and detailed list of what I left with her assistant? She claimed I didn't do my part when I did and hid behind lawyer speak when her incomptence was called out. She withdrew as my lawyer and did not adjorn a date her assistant set and didn't tell me about. Super bad
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11/28/16 |
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I found Cindy to be very fair, direct, and because of that she had a lot of value. She made sure I was ready to do the work I needed to, and when I forgot she reminded me why it was important and that it needed to be done. She knows what it takes to be successful and expects her clients to do the work they have to do to when you have a break up (work that benifits you and you would have to do anyways). This is a good thing in my opinion as so many lawyers just waste your time and money. This is not one of them. The negative comments on here make me think that these were people who were not willing to do the work as my experience with Cindy was very positive and I have recomended her a number of times. If you're willing to do what you need to do to break up and want results call Cindy.
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10/18/16 |
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She knows what she is doing.. She may have "communication" issues but she isnt trying to be your friend. She is strong and extremely good and what she does.
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9/12/16 |
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I don't know why this person is still working, she is a terrible human being and a disgrace for the legal profession. Her only goal is money. She is extremely rude and unprofessional. When you meet her she tells you what you want to hear and once you hire her then you are nothing. She never acts as she says she is going to, she basically makes all her money by opening your file, exchanging repetitive correspondence and intimidating you if you dare to complain. She takes advantage of the vulnerable position people are whenever they look for a lawyer. Here you have a really bad human being. I hope the Law Society revokes her license soon!
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4/20/16 |
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Cindy is a strong lawyer, She fought hard for me and made sure I knew what I needed to do to win my case in court
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4/1/16 |
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3/26/16 |
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I would highly recommend Cindy to anyone experiencing a high conflict break up. She gave me straightforward advice and made sure my rights were protected. It was a relief to have her on my side.
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2/3/16 |
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She was a bully, treated me like crap and fid not fight for what I wanted.charged me $10000 in 3 weeks. Did not answer any of my questions and sent links on separate emails and charged me huge. Then said she couldn't represent me before my court date. Charged me after court for files I could have got myself. Her assistant was a mean cow. Would not recommend this lawyer unless you want to kick yourself after.
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9/1/15 |
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I see absolutely NO value for the money. If you can, hire ANY other lawyer.
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8/17/15 |
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Cindy Marshall is a bully!! She has no intentions of doing her job, she just wants money, she asks and asks again for documents that she already has, she doesn't act like she said she would, she treats you like if you were a criminal , no sympathy whatsoever towards her own clients, never answers a question properly and she charges you huge amounts of money just to answer emails with another question. You can represent yourself instead of picking this lawyer, she is just a very mean person. The couple of good reviews here I am pretty sure were written by her staff.
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4/22/15 |
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We found Cindy to be fair, level, and fought hard for us. I'm glad this impressive lawyer was on our side of the table!
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7/22/14 |
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Did nothing for us the whole time we used her. Besides verbal abuse and email bullying we basically spent all our time feeling like criminals despite us being the ones putting the suit in. Often lost documents and then blamed us for not supplying them, which cost us money over and over again. Belittled us. Billed us with nothing to show for it. Contacted us to have another lawyer stand in for her in court because she had an emergency, but instead when we went it she "fired us" as clients and coming in was just a set up for her to ditch us. No personal skills and treats clients like they are worthless. Don't waste your money on this lawyer because all you'll do is feel like you are an idiot every day, pay too much, get reports full of errors and end up with nothing or having her dump you as a client because she doesn't like you or your case. Atrocious treatment and I intend to report to the Law Society if one exists.
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4/23/14 |
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Very rude to us every time we asked questions. Billed us one week where we owed under $300 and the next week was already threatening to get rid of us as clients for our "high arrears." Made us feel like crap when we asked questions and bullied us into making decisions we didn't understand or weren't comfortable with. Seemed to know her material very well but we were always being billed to get answers for questions that weren't answered properly the first time. Her assistant is great. Reports for court were often full of typos. Has trouble interacting in a professional matter in email. She's very expensive and don't dare disagree with her or else she'll just run you down as a person and then threaten to resign as your counsel. Unable to be polite and reassuring in situations where the average person needs the most help. Actually accused us of taking advantage of her for this "arrears." God complex, hates her job, or no people skills. Always feel worse after dealing with her.
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2/2/13 |
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She misreppresented my grandson advised him to opt out for an 8yr sentense which he did and now doesn't want to speak with us. Since we (his family) was not there to advise him, she threatened him with a life sentense if he went to trial. Afraid he did what she advised and accepted the 8yrs and is now serving that sentence. This woman is a bad woman
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12/8/11 |
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Cindy was a bully and very rude. She kept charging for conversations that were repeated on several occasions and she still didn't get it right. She never said hi to me when we met and ignored me in the court room. If you want to feel like you are a terrible person she is your lawyer.
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11/1/11 |
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Cindy has a determination that I have not had from any other lawyer. She fights hard and well.
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5/26/11 |
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overcharges by excess hours for research and unnecessary unrelated subjects. does not act as she said she would. we got NO Value from her whatsoever!
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