Stoltz Steven Atty

This lawyer was more concerned about being nice and friendly than actually handling his cases and doing what is just and right. But otherwise, yes, he was a very friendly guy.
On the other hand, very rarely do you actually deal with him personally — about 80% of the time I was answering emails to his associates.
Regarding cost, his retainer was highly unnecessary. I spent 5 digits for what was mostly just emails back and forth, 2 court appearances, and 2 meetings.
He has a higher interest in settlement than simply doing what should actually be done. In my case he was very persuasive to «settle» — despite the fact that this was unfair to my son and myself.
By the end I was left with very little time with my son (about 3% timeshare), and my Ex ran away with half my money that I worked for and a huge monthly bill for child & spousal support (roughly 70% of my income at the time).
Needless to say, if by chance happen to read this and are considering a divorce lawyer, continue your search for someone else.

look elsewhere. He has three top interests. Money, money, money. A fourth interest related to the first three is making sure he’s a «good guy» and preserving his reputation with other attorneys in the area yet other attorneys roll their eyes when his name is mentioned. Somewhere down the list is the interest of his clients. I should have known when the first thing he asked was «what is your net worth.» His office is also highly disorganized and about 20 years behind as far as IT. For example, his paralegal uses a yahoo account which sends out spam, he uses an aol account for his primary email, doesn’t have version control on documents, and asks his client to perform basic tasks like comparing documents. Run, don’t walk from this guy if his name is mentioned.

(33 New Montgomery=old address, new address on Jessie Street.)
Of 10 lawyers at Steven’s level that I called, Steven was the most up front about cost, and had availability. Steven was not the cheapest by far, but my gut instinct told me he was the guy.
At our first meeting Steven listened well, and I really felt he «got» me.
Steven let me to the place where I could come to my own conclusions. He never once said anything that couldn’t have been said in front of both my significant other and myself. When I reached the areas that I was truly clueless about, his advice was spot-​on. Agreements came quickly.
Steven does martial arts on the side and has a Zen vibe: I love anyplace I can show up in sweatpants to and not be made to feel weird for it.
Highly, highly recommended!

I used him one time for consultation purposes with the intention of having him look over my divorce agreement once it was drafted by my spouse’s attorney. I had no doubt that he knew his stuff. However, he made it clear that his time was better spent in the courtroom at $ 600 an hour. He agreed to have his associate review the agreement at a lower hourly rate. I tried contacting him and left three messages — all unreturned. Now I have to go through the whole process of interviewing someone again to do the work. If you don’t have deep pockets, you won’t get the time of day here.