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- The numbers as they stand: Google 4.2 across 181 reviews, Facebook 4.1, Avvo 3.8, read on August 23, 2026. They move, and this page will be behind them at some point.
- The criticism says the same thing and has said it since 2018: not being able to reach the attorney. That is a communication problem, and it has a rule number — Rule of Professional Conduct 1.4.
- There are no testimonial quotes here. Not because they are prohibited, but because assembling only the five-star ones while the public record sits at 4.2 would be true statements arranged to leave a false impression — Rule 7.1(a).
What follows is the rating on three independent platforms, an honest reading of what the one-star reviews actually say, the reason this page carries no curated quotes, the one specific remedy it can offer a client who cannot get an answer, what you can hold any lawyer to, and how to check one before you call.
The numbers, as they stand
PLATFORM · RATING · REVIEWS
Google
4.2
across 181 reviews
Facebook
4.1
the platform does not publish a count
Avvo
3.8
across 24 reviews, on Jamey Teitell’s profile
Read as of August 23, 2026. They move, and this page will be behind them at some point.
What the criticism says
It says the same thing, and it has said it since 2018. Going back eight years, the reviews at one star are not about outcomes, fees, or competence. They are about not being able to reach the attorney. Two missed appointments. Two years and the only person the client ever met was the one who signed them up. A family member waiting on a claim with nobody returning the call.
That is a communication problem, and it has a rule number: Rule of Professional Conduct 1.4. A client is entitled to be kept reasonably informed and to have their questions answered in a reasonable time. Nine people said in public that it did not happen, and the rating across three independent platforms says the same thing the reviews do.
We are not going to argue with any of it here, and there is a second reason for that beyond it being unattractive. Rule 1.6 and Business and Professions Code § 6068(e)(1) make client confidences confidential, and ABA Formal Opinion 496 is directly on point: a lawyer may not disclose confidential information in response to a negative online review. “We called you six times” would be a disclosure. So this page does not answer any of it with the firm’s side of the story.
Why there are no quotes on this page
Because of what a curated page would be, not because testimonials are prohibited. They are not. Rule 7.1, Comment [4] permits them and asks for “an appropriate disclaimer or qualifying language” so that a reader does not “form an unjustified expectation that the same results could be obtained for other clients in similar matters.”
“This rule prohibits truthful statements that are misleading.”
Every five-star review this firm has is real. Assembling only those into a page, while the public record sits at 4.2 and the most common criticism goes unmentioned, would be a set of true statements arranged to leave a false impression — which is what Rule 7.1(a) describes when it reaches a communication that “omits a fact necessary to make the communication considered as a whole not materially misleading.” And it would not work. The rating is one search away.
If you are a client and you cannot get an answer
CALL (213) 380-9310 AND ASK FOR THE MANAGING ATTORNEY
Not the person you have been dealing with. If it is after hours, leave a message — it is heard the next business morning.
THAT IS THE ENTIRE REMEDY THIS PAGE CAN OFFER
And it is deliberately a small and specific one rather than a promise. A promise on a website is what the reviews above are already about.
What you can hold any lawyer to, this firm included
The reviews say what it is like when communication fails. These are what a client can hold a lawyer to when it does. They are rules of professional conduct and a statute, not promises from this page, and they apply to every lawyer in California, this one included.
KEPT INFORMED
A lawyer must keep you reasonably informed about significant developments in your case, and promptly tell you about any decision or circumstance that needs your informed consent.
ANSWERS WHEN YOU ASK
A lawyer must respond promptly to your reasonable questions about where your case stands.
EVERY WRITTEN OFFER
Every written settlement offer has to reach you promptly, with all of its amounts, terms and conditions.
THE DECISION TO SETTLE
Whether to settle is yours to decide, and your lawyer must abide by your decision.
YOUR FILE
When a representation ends, for any reason, your lawyer must promptly release your file to you when you ask for it: the letters, the reports and the papers, on paper or electronic, with narrow exceptions such as a protective order.
A DIFFERENT LAWYER
You can change lawyers. A Substitution of Attorney is filed with the Appeals Board, the case does not restart, and the judge approves one fee for the case and divides it between the lawyers. It is not doubled.
What to ask any lawyer, including us
Four questions. Ask them on the first call, and ask us first. The call is free, takes about fifteen minutes, and you sign nothing until we recommend it. Why each one matters.
- Who will actually handle my file, and who will appear at my hearings? Ask for names, and ask who you call when something arrives in the mail.
- How will you keep me updated? How often, by what means, and by whom: the next step, what it is waiting on, and what deadlines are pending.
- Which language will we speak? Ask who on your file speaks your language.
- How often do you appear at my district office? Each workers’ comp court has its own building, security, parking and routine.
The other public record
Reviews are one public record. The State Bar keeps another, and it is the official one. Its Attorney Search is free, and three things on a lawyer’s profile are worth a minute before you call anybody:
- Current status — the profile shows it, and some statuses mean the lawyer is not eligible to practice law.
- Discipline — the State Bar says official discipline information is on the profile and in the State Bar Court’s case search.
- What the profile leaves out — since November 2024, some administrative suspensions, which are not discipline, come off the public profile after they end. The full profile is available through a public records request.
Our own records are linked from our attorneys page. Check them the same way.
What this page does not do
IT DOES NOT DESCRIBE OUTCOMES
Representative recoveries, with the facts that produced them and the disclosure that Business and Professions Code § 6158.3 requires, are on a separate page.
IT DOES NOT MENTION MONEY
Because § 6158.1(c) makes a message referring to or implying money received by or for a client presumptively misleading unless the presumption is rebutted, and this page has no reason to go near it.
AND IT DOES NOT CLAIM THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED
How we write this site, and the corrections log, are the same idea applied to the content: say what is wrong, date it, and let a reader check.
Frequently asked questions
Why publish a 4.2 instead of a wall of five-star quotes?
Because the rating is one search away, and Rule 7.1 prohibits truthful statements that are misleading. A page of only the best reviews, with the public record unmentioned, would be exactly that.
What do the one-star reviews actually say?
Overwhelmingly, that the client could not reach the attorney — missed appointments, long stretches with no return call. Not outcomes, fees, or competence.
Why not respond to those reviews publicly?
Rule 1.6 and Business and Professions Code § 6068(e)(1) make client confidences confidential, and ABA Formal Opinion 496 says a lawyer may not disclose confidential information in response to a negative online review.
I am a client and nobody is calling me back.
Call (213) 380-9310 and ask for the managing attorney — not the person you have been dealing with. After hours, leave a message; it is heard the next business morning.
Can I change lawyers if it is not working?
Yes. A Substitution of Attorney is filed with the Appeals Board, and the new attorney typically handles it. The case does not restart: the case number, the medical record and every deadline carry over, and the judge approves one fee and divides it between the lawyers. I don’t like my lawyer.
How do I check a lawyer before I call?
Read the reviews, all of them, and look the lawyer up on the State Bar’s Attorney Search for current status and any discipline. Then ask the four questions on this page, us included. How to choose a workers’ comp lawyer.
Where can I read all of the reviews?
At the Google, Facebook and Avvo links on this page. Nothing is filtered out here, and the ratings were read on August 23, 2026.
Sources
California Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 7.1 (Comments [3] and [4])Rule 1.2(a) (the decision to settle)Rule 1.4 (a)(1), (a)(3) (kept informed)Rule 1.4.1(a) (written settlement offers)Rule 1.6Rule 1.16(e)(1) (the client file)Business and Professions Code § 6068(e)(1)§ 6068(m) (status inquiries)§ 6157.2§ 6158.1§ 6158.3ABA Formal Opinion 496. Ratings read from the firm’s Google Business Profile, Facebook page and Avvo profiles on August 23, 2026; the Avvo count read again on October 27, 2026. The State Bar’s Attorney Search and its public-profile policy as the State Bar describes them.
General information about California law, not legal advice about your case.
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