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11/20/22 |
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Mr. Moe makes unfounded claims and is unqualified to speak on matters of finance and psychology. He refuses to accept responsibility for his mistakes and has a high regard for himself. Furthermore, if the lawyer is a man friend, he will always support their client. He doesn't care if you're a woman who has experienced physical and financial abuse at the hands of your ex or if your children have shown disdain for their father. I've never had such strong feelings against somebody in my life.
You have no right to dismiss their accounts of the abuse and call them liars when women are already so reluctant to seek a divorce and report domestic violence. When we are being assaulted, we don't have time to record our assault, and you are scientifically illiterate if you believe that if we don't have a video of us being beaten up, we are lying. Shame on you. Because of your arrogance and intellectual ignorance, you have destroyed a great number of lives.
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7/6/22 |
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He acted as arbitrator in my divorce case to decide spousal support. He was contractually obligated to do so within 45 days of our final hearing. He took over a year while giving paltry excuses the entire time. I wasn’t able to secure a mortgage that whole time because the bank required his ruling. I missed out on decent mortgage rates and had to incur many additional legal fees and costs associated with building my house because of his blatant disregard and lack of respect.
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5/26/21 |
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Doug is incredibly biased and does not think well of women. STEER CLEAR! I was treated with contempt and a condescending attitude during the whole process. When the opposing counsel made false claims and I tried to interject, I was told by Doug that it was "only fair" to hear them out fully. Before I even got a chance to speak my side, he had already made up his mind. At one point, I had left the room and he forgot to turn the tape recorder off, so I have a recording of him saying that I "just needed to get onboard with the claims" against me. When I brought this to his attention, he brushed it aside like it was no big deal. He refused to take evidence into account that supported my claims. He wasted time and money on meetings and emails with the opposing counsel. Horrible experience and a horrible man.
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9/9/20 |
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We have been working with Moe for a few years now and it has been over all an expensive process with very little to no value. In emergency situations he takes an incredibly long time to get back to us (sometimes weeks), and honestly, he just lacks the wisdom you would hope someone who has been practicing as long as he has would have, to tell when the situation is being manipulated in one client's favour. He doesn't take clients to task, but rather shies away from conflict, giving in to the more aggressive client, even at the expense of the kids involved and the law itself. He doesn't hold clients accountable and we have been really disappointed with the way he has dragged out our litigation, really, accomplishing very little. I would say working with him has cost us thousands of dollars and has done more damage than if we had simply gone to court in the first place. If your situation is high conflict - choose another arbitrator.
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7/24/20 |
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I would highly recommend Doug for a Med/Arb. Going into mediation this last week my lawyer and I were pretty sure we were headed for arbitration, but wanted to see what, even if little, we could solve in mediation. Doug helped both my children's father and I, explained everything and helped us come to fair decisions that work for not only us, but also our children. So much so, that it looks like we are not headed for arbitration at all. We were able to solve 99% in 2 days with Doug as a Mediator.
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11/7/19 |
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Spent 5 years with Doug Moe as my lawyer. He is known as being "Doug Moe" so supposed to be a good lawyer. I hung on to that all while feeling like I was "being taken for a ride"...a very expensive $600,000.00 ride. He is supposed to be knowledgable, however that doesn't matter when you go to Arbitration as the Arbitrator does whatever she wants. Which, in my case, was give almost everything to my ex. So I spent $$$$$ on Doug's perceived knowledge- only to have it completely annihilated in Arbitration. Then, when I complained and questioned the legal system, I lost even more. I was afraid to write this as I am still "in the system" and it is highly prejudiced towards high-powered people (Doctors (my ex), lawyers, etc). Doug was very good at taking $10,000.00/ month every month - using it for ridiculous emails back and forth between the opposing counsel (DBB). I lost so much because of Doug Moe and his unprofessionalism. I would avoid being taken on the same ride....
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2/24/18 |
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nice job, expensive but worth it. Had two lawyers before, doug told me more in the first hour than the other two combined over too many hours. Would have saved lots to go with him earlier.
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5/17/17 |
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Good job. Don't get the negative reviews. This guy couldn't have tried harder to help our family. I was impressed with how much he knew in our mediation that my lawyer had not even mentioned or considered. He got it and understood what was going on for our children. I didn't like the time it took to get our arbitration award from him, but it was the right answer for our children in the big picture. I hated him at first but got an opinion from a lawyer that the result was what she would have done too if she was the arbitrator. I am mad at my first lawyer, but that is another story. To be fair to Doug he did a good job as our mediator. Even if the outcome wasn't what I thought it should be. Turns out I needed this to be a better dad. Things are working better after learning from Doug that I had a choice to forgive and go on despite the bad feelings I had towards my wife. My children deserved better from me and Doug Was direct in showing that to me. Took me a while to understand it..
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4/29/17 |
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If you are in a high-conflict divorce I would avoid Doug Moe at all costs! First of all, he does not respect the deadlines and terms of his own agreements, nor of any previous divorce agreements. He has an arbitrary standard for burden of proof. He does not understand that behind very high conflict divorce there is almost always mental health issues with one of the parents. He allowed complete lies that were proven false to be excused. His understanding of child development and healthy family functioning was fundamentally flawed. He refused to consider the opinions of experts, but was happy to continue mediation for years without progress or holding himself accountable to a successful outcome. At the same time, he refused to pass the file along to another mediator to try to reach a solution. This all at a horrendous, life long cost to a family. In the end, the children were allowed to remain with their abuser. View the website: erasingfamily.org. AB Family law must change!!!
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2/11/17 |
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Mr. Moe may be valuable if there is little or no conflict in a divorce. He self describes himself as having "sage" wisdom on his website, but I would have to disagree. Mr. Moe may see himself as psychologically saavy, but he overestimates his knowledge and would better serve clients by staying within his field of competence of law. Mr.Moe did not do anything he said he would, would not read documents and proof provided to him, showed bias, did not hold both sides accountable and was severely delayed in providing (and at times did not produce) the outcomes he mediated causing insurmountable challenges. He violated the terms of his own mediation agreement, and had little to no understanding of what was best for the children or how mental health issues are at the core of high conflict parents who are unable to co-parent. Do not get caught in a binding agreement with Mr. Moe. It will be a never ending invoice with no valuable result for the welfare of children.
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9/17/16 |
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What a mess we had going in, Doug simplified everything and helped everyone.
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9/11/16 |
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I owe him more than fees. Kept me sane when i was going crazy. great at helping me see things differently.
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9/3/16 |
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Good work, helped keep things calm and less expensive overall. Third lawyer, am I glad I finally decided to go with him rather than continuing with cheaper lawyers.
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8/25/16 |
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good mediation, sometimes talks too fast and thinks too fast for everyone else to keep up, but he seems to know this, mediation was good, got a deal but wife now backing out because her sister doesn't like it????? - my advice sign the arbitration backstop agreement in the start of mediation if he suggests it.
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8/15/16 |
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Highly recommend. My lawyer was right. Spent a day in mediation/arbitration with Doug. Big mess going in, all done by end of day including arbitration award.
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6/21/16 |
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Expensive couple of days in mediation and arbitration with Doug, but way better than the two years in Court we did before hand. Why didn't anyone tell me about this before?? I wish we would have done this a long time ago. Doug fixed stuff for us that we had fought forever on. I didn't like all of it but it was explained why it was the right thing to do and I can live with it. I guess that's why there are mediators and arbitrators.
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5/11/16 |
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Following not the greatest mediation, it took almost a year of my lawyer (additional $$$) and me chasing him to provide his separation agreement paperwork. Poor, usually no, communication from him and his office. When agreement finally produced, it was sloppy and full of errors that he was too busy to fix. My lawyer says he had this problem before and will never refer to Doug Moe again.
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8/31/15 |
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'I really can't do much for your situation, but let me share some of my personal experiences while I keep billing you for my time.'
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1/28/15 |
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Doug helped us mediate a resolution through a difficult time and helped us see that we could work together instead of against each other. We are still divorced but at least we are talking and working together for the benefit of our kids. Thanks Doug!
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9/30/14 |
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Interesting that the negative ratings make no comment. Opposite parties often attack lawyers. And the women complaining about the arbitration must not realize an arbitrator has a legal duty to put the law to both sides even if one side does nothing, sounds like she had a good lawyer and the other side might not have. But that isn't a criticism of the arbitrator. Doug Moe is one of the best out there, honest, decent and fair minded. Sometimes a little slow getting back to people because he is busy.
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7/24/14 |
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Doug is simply the best lawyer anyone could ever hire. He works hard to solve the case; he loves his work; and he is both incredibly honest and fair in his dealings with both sides. I was shocked to see anyone rate him so poorly.
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10/10/13 |
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I paid > $2000 for my lawyer to prepare a brief as this was a requirement of the arbitration process. My husband did not do anything at all with his lawyer. We spent all day (8 hours) of wasted time and money while this (supposed) neutral arbitrator counselled my husband and made his case for him. DO NOT CHOOSE THIS GUY IF YOU ARE FEMALE!!! He condescended to me and pushed off my concerns as they were nothing.
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4/4/13 |
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A good guy with decent good values who puts what's best for the children in the situation first. Not out to gouge you, and very knowledgeable. He had treated me well and advised me off the record which most lawyers wouldn't do. This other restrictions view that is bad says nothing..that tells you enough right there.
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