The Prinz Law Office

I am an independent consultant so it can be hard to collect from large companies. My client was refusing to pay for services provided even with documentation. Kristie’s law firm was able to develop a very firm strategy so that the client was faced with responding or seeing other legal steps taken. Kristie was very comprehensive in collecting information and assuring we had covered all the bases before she developed a strategy and then responded to the firm. I am very pleased to say the company is paying my fees without a drawn out legal process which I attribute to the firm strategy Kristie applied to our response. I am very pleases to be her client and would turn to her for any legal support I need. If you want results, call Kristie

I had an unfortunate experience that somewhat paralleled others posted here.
I utilized Kristie’s services for legal work over 2+ years for my company, including hiring, licensing and transaction work. She was very good to work with and had very reasonable rates. There was one instance where she missed an important piece of information in a document, but otherwise the work over that time period was very high value.
Our rate had always been discounted on a revolving credit line where we paid invoices (always on time) with a credit card on file. However, my last engagement with her was bizarre. I asked her to create a fairly standard NDA. She was somewhat less responsive than usual during this engagement and, in the end, I received an invoice for 2x the normal rate. When I followed up with her and asked that we maintain the usual rate and she run the card per usual, she wrote very– very– long letters defending the change in her pricing as consistent with our existing relationship. We clearly disagreed on this point.
In the end I paid the invoice and we terminated our existing engagement letter (closed the business relationship). Kristie then mentioned interest charges that she would ignore as a «courtesy» (what?). As a result, I asked to confirm that the account was paid for and closed– she refused to confirm that the account was closed despite a few rounds of follow-​up.
I was sad to see the business relationship go this way. We’re talking about a ~$ 650 difference which is small compared to a lifetime working relationship. I would have been happy to chalk it up to a misunderstanding if I hadn’t experienced her actions as so nonsensical and forceful. Prior to this I would give Kristie five stars so I do think that if others confirm the rate before each engagement (regardless of prior experience /​rate) you should be okay.

Kristie helped me sell my portion of shares to my business partner. She made the sale easy and painless and removed any concern I had with doing the sale properly. I’m glad I found her and I recommend her to anyone considering buying or selling ownership in their company.

I have done business with The Prinz Law Office several times over the past 8 years. We worked together on building some website assets and upgrading some of her print collateral.
I have always found Kristie to be a straight shooter when it came to communication — something I highly appreciated since it helped to control the project budget. She earned my respect over several years and several projects, something that is very hard to do since I am a highly critical person.
She doesn’t dissemble and provides solid, trustworthy information. I have referred her to my clients several times when they needed IP legal advice and they have all been very happy with the services she has provided them. She instills confidence in people with regard to IP legal questions.
Finally, she went out of her way to assist me when I became entangled in a dispute with Idearc Media (the Verizon Superpages advertising bill collectors) due to a sneaky and hard-​to-​get-​out-​of auto-​renew policy. She was able to get my contract cancelled after several years of paying fees for ads I did not want. I was so grateful to have her legal expertise at my disposal to resolve this horribly frustrating situation.
Finding a legal advisor you can trust is challenging these days with so many attorneys playing games with people. I will continue to recommend (without reservation) the Prinz Law Office to all of my clients who need IP legal services in the future.

I have been doing business with the Prinz law Office for over 10 years. I have my own business and have always known Ms. Prinz to do excellent work; she is efficient, responsive and very knowledgeable in the area of intellectual property.
I have hit some rough patches over the years and Ms. Prinz has always been very reasonable with her fees and payment terms, offering some creative financing options that I don’t think I would have received anywhere else — that is especially important and has won my loyalty.
As to the previous review… Sounds like someone didn’t want pay his bill and got mad when she sent them to collections. I’d be upset too, collection workers can be very nasty. I have a suggestion — stop crying and pay your bills!

I wrote another review for Ms. Prinz, but Unilocal removed it because it detailed my father’s experience with her (a third-​party review is against Unilocal Guidelines ~ sorry Unilocal!) and now I’m posting a new review to tell of my experience with her.
Ms. Prinz was hired by my father to do some legal work. They came to a disagreement about some of her bills, she ended the business relationship and sent him to collections over a small fee. The collection agency started harassing my 80 year old father and, since I happen to know a little bit about collections from all of my research for my book, my Dad asked me to help him out. I looked over Ms. Prinz’s bills and didn’t think they looked right so I contacted her. Instead of sending back a letter asking to discuss the bills reasonably, Ms. Prinz returned my correspondence with a surprising response that was demeaning (she would not address me by my proper name, a trait that continued in all of her correspondence until after reporting her to the State Bar) and threatening (she said she would go to police and district attorney’s office and report my father as a threat if I reported her to the State Bar and ruined her reputation) and utterly defiant (she was sure that «the State Bar would view any complaint with the same amount of incredulousness» that she did). She admitted to having billing problems in the past with other clients the same as this one and that she went to the police and D.A. about them. Through two pages of backlash, she offered nothing in the way of a resolution or compromise. I persisted with follow-​up letters trying to get some sort of negotiations from her or her collection agency, but they have both been quite rude and unwilling to discuss any kind of reasonable solution.
Sadly, this dispute has snowballed into me filing a Complaint against Ms. Prinz with the California State Bar, a fee mediation with the Santa Clara County Bar, all of us spending countless hours writing letters and emails that have fostered bad feelings and resolved nothing — all over less than $ 1,000. She told the State Bar there was no fee dispute because she had ceased collections, but they had never stopped. The State Bar told me if there was a fee dispute, to file for fee mediation with the Santa Clara County Bar and inform Ms. Prinz that I had done so and, by law, the collection action must cease. I filed for mediation and informed Ms. Prinz and the collection agency, but they continue to burden us with phone calls, emails and letters (the last one being a few minutes ago from the collection agency). The State Bar told me to report this if it continued, which I will be doing later today.
Ms. Prinz has also told me she is filing a defamation suit against me for my prior Unilocal review which means that all of this will become much worse and far more public. I love Unilocal and am grateful to have it to help guide me to fabulous restaurants, shops, hotels, and personal and professional services. I’m also grateful for the honest posts that warn me to stay away from certain businesses and people that give less than stellar service. I really wish every review I write could be 5 stars, but not every business deserves it. I’m sorry Ms. Prinz, but the truth is the truth. I hope we can ultimately resolve this without any more drama. It’s a shame it’s gone this far.