Lyon & Quintero Attorneys at Law

Adriana Qunitero is a probate attorney; she will prepare your trust, your will, or go to the probate court to fight for you against «the other side.» Being involved in a court battle with your family members over the estate of a deceased other family member really sucks and can leave lasting bitterness– but having a good lawyer to help you, to listen to you, who respects you, and who knows how to fight for you in court, makes it a little less bitter. Adriana Quintero is that lawyer.

reading over Shelly’s review, I can’t help thinking she must have a weird kind of bee in her bonnet… Adriana has been the most consistently competent, helpful, knowledgeable attorney I’ve known in YEARS… and I deal with lots of them… everyone I have ever referred to Adriana has been more than pleased with her ability to solve their issues. And that’s quite a few.

Last week I scheduled an appointment for today. An hour before our quarter-​hour appointment Adriana called to say she could not see me because I had filed a fee dispute years ago and now she could not longer represent or deal with me. I do not know how long ago any dispute happened, perhaps 5-​years or 7-​years ago. I do not remember a thing about it nor what happened since in my mind it was resolved minor problem. Yes, Adriana inherited my file from sweet Beverly. Adriana became attorney of record and did my paperwork. Today, Adriana said once I made a dispute it is presumed (by whom) she can no longer be my attorney now or ever. I was never told verbally nor received written letter about this. She repeated her file noted the dispute and Adriana reminded herself of the details while venting anger after anger in her tone her words and statements towards me and how angry I am talking to her, when in fact, it is all Adriana raising her voice to me. I do not know what she is talking about. Adriana cannot forget this is one of two cases in her 20 years this happened to her. She has not substitute out from being my attorney or any official notice given. I would like a letter from Adriana stating she is 1. not my attorney 2. what happens to all my records she has. 3. tell me I am bar from seeing her or her office. 4. not to contact her office staff. 5. I have been told-​off by my own attorney. To me… how strange. Goodbye, Angry Woman, El Cerrito Attorney with the Bad Attitude.

Let me add my five stars to Tim’s. We also «inherited» Adriana from her predecessor, who was my Mom’s attorney before retiring. We saw Adriana 2 ½ years ago to help us formalize and legalize what we were already doing on Mom’s behalf. She was very helpful and we liked her a lot. The cost was reasonable.
Several years ago we worked w/​a financial planner to organize our investments and such. As part of that process we worked w/​an attorney whom they recommended on an estate plan. We have since changed to a different financial planner and it made sense to work w/​an attorney who was geographically closer than the Sacramento area. Alan’s health scare several weeks ago brought that intention into sharp focus. We contacted Adriana and met w/​her this morning to review the old plan, revise it if needed and to essentially transfer that part of our business to her. She was clear, direct and easy to work w/​. Again, we liked her very much. We hope we won’t need her services for a long time, but if we do, we’re confident we will be in good hands.