Law Offices of Richard N Deyo

PUBLIC BEWARE: Don’t place your trust in this law firm. With something as important as a divorce can be, placing RICHARD DEYO under contract could possibly be the worst decision you could make during your divorce.
I had a very, very basic, simple and straight forward divorce and this law office of (1) attorney, (1) paralegal and (1) receptionist seemed overwhelmed and missed numerous opportunities to strike while the iron is hot! Including changing the things we had planned (needed) to discuss, there was no fight in this guy!
VENICE the paralegal could not answer even the most basic of questions nor did she know how to fill out the documents correctly (this will cost you more $$$ to correct her errors). When I would go to review documents at the last minute in person (email would have been great here) the documents were still being worked on and had numerous errors which had to be corrected on the spot. This alone created stress in the office as Richard would demand his staff to correct the issues on the spot, I would expect nothing less, but you could feel the stress from the girls in the office when he was upset with them. Hey Richard how about reviewing the documents BEFORE your client sees how unorganized your office is?
They rarely use email (who doesn’t use these tools these days). Keep in mind this will give your spouse an advantage when their law office uses tools like email to help speed up document processing and reviews. EXPECT DELAYS with this law firm, and don’t expect Richard to give you a real $ amount of what you cwill pay for spousal support, He’s way in left field! I was able to settle for a fraction of what he said would be the lowest amount I would have to pay. THAT ALONE IS NOT WORKING IN YOUR BEST INTEREST! I was so lucky to get out early, but the damage from this office was already done.
This is only my experience and opinions:
You take a look for yourself, nothing in his office is updated since the 70’s and wait till you see the mountain of cases piled high in his office. I can’t imagine half of them being active, but none the less if they are, there is no way he can represent you properly with all those cases.
Good luck and remember this:
Love is grand divorce is 100 Grand ! (if your lucky)