Beryl
MCneill lawyer reviews
Practice Area:
Divorce / Family Law
Firm:
McNeill Family Law
Website:
mcneillfamilylaw.ca 
Profile updated: 6/15/17
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Rating: 2.0 (1-5)
based on 8 reviews.
Lawyer Beryl MCneill
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Beryl McNeill’s legal competence in a nutshell: terrible communicator: her non-value-add input only served to elongate and derail our process; lazy: Beryl is the first person in the room to volunteer others to do all drafting work; lacking rigour: as reviewing lawyer, her documents were riddled with errors and her comments were consistently off the mark and irrelevant; shamefully expensive: her invoices were engagingly high, given the absolute lack of attention to detail with which she approached her work. If it weren’t for the competence of my husband’s legal counsel, we never would have reached the finish line of this process. Beryl is to be avoided if expediency and quality work is of value to you.
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9/3/21 |
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Beryl is not only a terrible lawyer, she’s a bad person. She completely overlooked (well, didn’t care about) my needs as a client. My ex and I were (and remain) amicable but she did every single thing she could do to drag things out, make me feel scared and vulnerable, and to push unnecessary, outlandish additional expenses - a couple of which she managed to trick me into. She kept forgetting my mother was dead even though we had discussed the estate at length, forgot to tell me important details of the law and then charged me for it, and sucked up to my ex’s lawyer while completely neglecting me. It was bizarre to meet someone with so little competency and zero conscience. My experience with her actually reinforced my friendship with my ex as he became protective once her evil tactics to milk me for all she could, became evident. The woman is twisted and possibly has a personality disorder. Stay away at all costs! Otherwise it will cost you.
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12/22/19 |
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I am sorry to say that Beryl and her lacklustre assistant Peggy are way past their best before dates. I only wish that I had taken action and replaced her with a more competent and healthy lawyer long before I did. She repeated herself over and over again and didn’t remember the pertinent points of the case from one visit to the next. Her rate did not match the job done. Dont waste your time.
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12/14/18 |
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Honest and decent. I was thankful she knows when to bring in the accounting and tax experts rather than wing it like some others do. Supports collaborative because of the harm that court can do to families. Keeping me from that harm was appreciated.
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8/5/18 |
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There is definite;y something wrong with her. She acts like she knows it all but has a poor rapport with other lawyers. She is so scared of being a lawyer that she hides behind the collaborative process and tries to keep you stuck there too. She peddles resolution but really is only interested in your money. A huge FAIL as a lawyer as far as I am concerned. What a waste of time and money.
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7/27/18 |
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I have known Beryl McNeill for over 20 years, she is one of the most integral, honest, caring people I know. Her passion and advanced training is to bring agreement and respect to separation and divorce. She has supported my family with clear answers to difficult questions. I highly recommend Beryl to assist in any conflict disputes and you can trust she will always have your best interest at heart.
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I asked her to an event and she said she did not want to get hoed up in case something better came along.
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what a money grab!! she acts holier than thou and says she is anti-conflict but in reality she will DESTROY any possibility of an amicable resolution. She says she is collaborative but really, she is passive-aggressive and is not to be trusted. I trusted her and she planted seeds of discontent and bad-mouthed the other lawyer who was actually very professional and forthright. McNeill is a fear-monger, taking advantage of people who trust her smoke and mirrors about how the other guys are out to get you. Don't let her "collaborative" B.S. fool you like it did me! She is on her side (cash grab), not yours. She doesn't go to court because her court background was in paper-pushing insurance stuff only, she doesn't to court cuz she isn't good at it.. it has nothing to do with her BS about dedicating her practice to a no-conflict approach. She created more conflict and more issues between me and my ex than I could have imagined and in the end only she won. Lesson learned!!
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