Andrew W. Shalaby, Esq

I was very disappointed by services of Mr. Shalaby for the following reasons.
First, he never provided a retainer agreement — he simply asked for a check up front. I learned that this, though not illegal, is unconventional for ongoing legal representation such as the type I was seeking.
Second, he receives paperwork not by having you come to his home, but rather by dropping it in a cardboard box at Aloha Realty on Solano Avenue. I’d love to meet face-​to-​face, but he says that he’s never available and prefers to receive paperwork via the «box».
Third, he botched my representation. When things were going downhill, I purchased a Nolo book and send him some related law that he was mistaken about. He got extremely angry. From there forward, he was curt and dismissive.
All this lead me to look up his qualification on the CA Bar Website. He is a graduate of a unaccredited correspondence school in Concord, CA.
Though he was dirt cheap, choosing Mr. Shalaby as an attorney was a mistake.