Barry
Paquette lawyer reviews
Practice Area:
Divorce / Family Law
Firm:
Paquette, Travers and Deutschmann
Profile updated: 7/19/12
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Rating: 2.7 (1-5)
based on 10 reviews.
Lawyer Barry Paquette
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3/31/21 |
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I honestly don't have anything good to say about Barry. I'm sure outside of being a lawyer he is a very older nice man however that's not why I hired him for. In 7 years not one thing had been resolved with my seperation when Barry was representing me. Everytime he got a letter from my ex's lawyer he would ask me for my opinion or comments. After commenting via email, his assistants would basically copy and past everything. He had repeatedly ask me the same questions over and over again. I honestly was amazed how many times we would go over the same things. He seemed flustered in front of my ex and his lawyer. He got information wrong. He was always on vacation or in "court". When he prepped for my case it was always just the day before if that. He charged me so so so much money for absolutely no help. My ex got away without paying me child support for 7 years. There was zero resolutions in 7 years. Stay very far away. He will take your money and keep taking it.
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7/8/19 |
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He seems like a nice old man. Busy, but really dedicated to his job. Don't listen to the other people. Barry for President!
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6/6/19 |
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I am convinced that this Lawyer purposely drags things out just to gain more billable hours. He frequently fails to advise you as to what you should do and even though he knows that you are in the wrong he will not advise you so. He will allow you to go down the wrong path and of course charge you for it, and then take you down another path (charging you of course). His focus seems to be to achieve the maximum financial benefit for himself. At 70 plus years, it is time to retire and enjoy the spoils of his financial victories (BTW every case was a victory, even though you he have lost because he always got paid).
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10/23/18 |
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He convinced me to enter into mediation/arbitration, but then dumped me as a client when things got tough. Now I'm stuck with his arbitrator buddy who thinks it is okay that my ex uses threats of harm to my children to extort what he wants. And he clearly needs to retire: he frequently got financial information wrong, wouldn't understand the arguments we were having, dismissed my complaints, and would forget that we had meetings scheduled. Hiring Barry was the worst decision I have ever made--even worse than marrying my abusive husband! My situation is in much worse shape since I followed Barry's advice.
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1/15/16 |
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Good, honest lawyer. Responds to emails very promptly.
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4/20/15 |
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Don't bother...this lawyer is really not worth it. He is older and may be knowledgeable but has the personality of a brick. He couldn't even answer the judge's questions properly so the judge asked me directly. I could have self represented myself and ended up just fine. It's time for him to retire and let some more capable, younger lawyers take over.
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8/13/14 |
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Very experienced lawyer but holds all the cards to his chest and doesn't explain the nuances of family law. Because of him and his failure to advise properly, I am out tens of thousands of dollars and still battling after 3 years of separation and divorce. Seems to have no energy or passion and my ex's lawyer with a tenth of his experience continues to dominate and gets her way while I am paying a fortune. Time to find a replacement who will do the job in no time and for far less money.
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9/26/13 |
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This is the second lawyer i went to after my first lawyer took forever to respond & refused to use e-mail, instead preferring to use snail mail. I have to agree with the other comments about Mr. Paquette responding quickly, but he doesn't explain to you the best way to go about things. Plus for every e-mail there is a hefty price tag. I told Mr. Paquette I wanted to get everything done quickly and for as little money as possible and it seemed like he dragged the process out because he knew how much equity there was and did things that were unnecessary to line his pockets. It cost me about $5500 using his services just to get my house sold and that didn't include dividing up any other assets. He is very expensive and i don't feel i got much for the money i spent.. i had to tell him my story 3 times before he got it and it wasn't that complicated. you are better off going directly to a real estate lawyer.. my real estate lawyer got everything else settled in 20 minutes.
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1/31/13 |
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He has lots of information; unfortunately he keeps most of it to himself, unless you can pull it out of him. He seems very compassionate and strong to begin with but then becomes uninterested or too busy, and your case will likely suffer. His communication stinks, and his assistants errors are ridiculous. You will invest a lot of money and time with Barry to ultimately have no results.
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7/19/12 |
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An excellent and very experienced lawyer. I have retained him to help me through my divorce, custody and property division and his knowledge and helpfulness is top notch. He responds to emails quickly and his monthly invoices are always very detailed. Plus he is a very nice man to deal with and is sensitive to my situation.
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