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I have posted reviews of lawyers on this website over the last few years. When I post a five-star review of a lawyer, it goes through somewhat automatically, I get an approval statement from the website usually the next day. On two occasions, I submitted negative reviews of lawyers who had not done a good job. The next day, in both cases, my reviews were rejected for violating "community guidelines." The community guidelines are overly broad and, more interestingly, the website does not tell you which guideline you have supposedly violated. This omission is noteworthy as lawyers are a profession devoted to detail. In one of the two cases, I gave a negative review to a lawyer in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This attorney actually claimed to Avvo that I had not seen him and Avvo came back to me to ask for proof of our meeting. This is a violation of confidentiality by a website. In any case, Avvo eventually posted the negative review of this man in Winston-Salem, after several days and several emails back and forth. According to its website, Avvo claims to provide “more information” to help potential clients make “better decisions.” Yet, Avvo apparently makes little effort to screen positive reviews (which could possibly be provided by the personal friends of a lawyer). It is my understanding that the only way that Avvo actually verifies positive evaluations is to let the lawyers challenge such reviews. On the other hand, Avvo routinely intercedes with negative reviews (as well as allowing the lawyer to question such reviews, as happened to me with the Winston-Salem attorney). So, in the case of incompetent, unprofessional, or disreputable lawyers, Avvo does not really provide a platform for consumers to make “better decisions.”

I've asked about half a dozen questions over the past year, and not one of them has been answered. I searched, and didn't find the same question asked before. It's useless for my purposes, and if it's not confidential, then it's more harm than good.

I have asked a few questions on avvo. It has been a positive experience, up until today. One attorney that replied was extremely rude and unprofessional. I felt belittled by his responses. I contacted avvo about this, they said that it’s ok for the attorneys to be rude and unprofessional. In response to avvo’s reply.:. When the attorney tells you to “take a long walk on a short pier”, that’s taking it way too far.

OLD: Excellent help from Avvo with complex problem involving use of website badges and domain names. NEW: Avvo was sold to a company that tries to build attorney websites and control attorney referrals. They disconnected domain name control for me. Its sad.....yet another amazing start up that is gobbled up by a large corporation and then milked dry of its value to users.

Ive used avvo in the past and never had issues. However today I posted question and got rude answers. One in particular lawyer who doesn't even practice in the field my question pertains to, keeps leaving unbelievable rude comments! I can find a customer support email or number to report nor can I find a way to block him. I flagged him but that doesn't stop the issue. If a avvo representative reads this, hopefully you reply by letting me know who to contact that can stop the rude and unprofessional replies!!!

It Took days to get to speak to someone as there was no one in my area, And when i picked someone in another area under the topic choices they were definitely not the right person, what they should have done was got off the phone so i could get someone closer to what I needed, but they spent almost the whole time getting up to speed on my specific situation then telling me they were not the best person. She was very friendly but i was not in need of friendly.

I am still as confused even after consultation.

The lawyer I spoke with took no interest in helping me figure out what was best for my situation. He rambled on for the allotted time. Repeating the same statements several times over until I initiated the end of the call.it was a complete waste of time and money.