Law Office of Kevin A. Lipeles
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Introduction: Business attorneys in El Segundo, California, The Law Office of Kevin A. Lipeles is truly a one-stop law firm for businesses owners' legal needs. It is our goal to make every client a client for life.
Our attorneys are experienced working in local and small businesses prior to becoming attorneys, which allows them to bring business experience and acumen, as well as legal experience to the table when small to medium-sized businesses require legal advice or dispute resolution services.
Should business litigation become necessary, we are prepared to aggressively represent businesses with our lawyer services.
Our areas of practice include business law, civil law, contracts, employment, labor law, and personal injury. Our team of law professionals provides personal legal services to the greater Los Angeles area, including Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Palos Verdes, Santa Monica, and many other local cities.
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Olivier K.
May 22, 2014
I asked Mr. Lipeles to review a business agreement. After several calls between Mr. Lipeles and myself, Mr. Lipeles agreed to meet and discuss the specifics of my agreement. During these initial phone calls, Mr. Lipeles indicated that he wanted a retainer for his services. He went on to say that if my situation became litigious, he and his staff would require a retainer to represent me.
I explained to Mr. Lipeles that I only had a few questions that were basic in nature and a person with adequate professional experience in this field should be able to answer without the need of a retainer. I further explained to Mr. Lipeles that if the review and/or questions regarding the agreement became too numerous, that I would be happy to provide a retainer for his additional services. Mr. Lipeles stated that we would be able to discuss my questions and his fees would be for a flat rate ($250.00 per hour) or a fixed cost to review said agreement.
Prior to our agreed upon meeting date and during the last of our initial phone calls, Mr. Lipeles requested that I prepare and e-mail my questions so that he could review and forward to the person that handles his business agreements, Mr. Joseph Adams esq.
I arrived at Mr. Lipeles' office 20 minutes prior to our agreed upon time. When I walked in the office, I noticed an absence of a receptionist. After 10 minutes, a person (unknown and unidentified) peaked through the door and asked if they could assist me. I explained to this person that I was there for an appointment with Mr. Lipeles. I was told that Mr. Lipeles would be with me shortly. A few minutes later, I was told that Mr. Lipeles had an emergency and had to leave the office. I inquired why I was not informed of the cancelation and I was told, "I don't know."
The person that greeted me also said that he would try to get in touch with Mr. Lipeles to determine his whereabouts and asked me to wait in the conference room. Once in the conference room, the person returned and said that he couldnt locate Mr. Lipeles but would be more than happy to discuss my agreement. This person indicated that in order to answer my questions it would require a retainer and several meetings. I asked this person if he had a copy of my agreement and he replied, "no." When I asked how he could have arrived at this conclusion, he simply replied that he had seen the questions on Mr. Lipeles desk and formulated his opinion at that time.
I inquired if I could speak to Mr. Adams, his business attorney and I was told that he didn't work in this office, but rather was in a satellite location and was unavailable. (A brief look at the California State Bar website indicates that Mr. Adams has his own practice and is not affiliated with Mr. Lipeles).
Prior to leaving the office, I requested that Mr. Lipeles give me a call to discuss this situation. I left with no further dialog.
Mr. Lipeles never returned my call, but instead chose to send an e-mail informing me that he had cancelled our meeting less than one hour prior to the arranged time. Since I was traveling from a long distance for our meeting with no access to a computer, I had no way of knowing that Mr. Lipeles had cancelled our meeting.
In summary, it appears as though Mr. Lipeles is looking to secure retainers unnecessarily. The demonstrated actions of Mr. Lipeles and his staff are unprofessional at best and disingenuous at worst. In fact, Mr. Lipeles did not have an emergency as indicated, but simply became uninterested in my case and was too lethargic to call and cancel. Further, Mr. Lipeles advertises in-house staff for services, when in fact he simply contracts out cases and is essentially a middleman attempting to generate revenue from the review of cases that could be handled by an otherwise competent attorney.
In my opinion this is a low budget operation with shallow depth and expertise; I would not recommend using his or his staffs services.