Goldenberg & Phillips, P.C.

"Over litigated and over charged. Caused even more discourse in my situation. She’s aggressive in cases that don’t need it and the aggression isn’t even well planned"

"Stan got our adoption from foster care done in 1.5 months after another attorney wasted time and then dropped us. Would give him 10 out of 5 stars if I could!"

"Deborah represented me in a divorce and protective order. Her tactics were a bit much and unnecessary cost and fees. She filled for a discovery (which was not necessary with out asking me so I was left with large bills for this -she supposedly was in the court house for hours however the other party’s lawyer didn’t find her -I was advised not attend (so I can’t confirm if the billing was correct). She talks very slow (something that takes 10 minutes turns to a 30 or 60 minute phone call **she charged $500 and hour ) and her emails sometimes are “useless” at first I thought she was sweet in following up with me so much but when reviewing the invoice and email is basically a min of $75 and up to $500. Her ways of handling situations are not the best solutions - she prolonged something and multiple times (one of them could have resolved the matter back in September 2022 but she prolonged it to the end of December 2022 (4 months of paying $500 an hour). Anyway she also had my divorce decree mailed to her (so Obvi her mailing out me was another fee and me taking her call was another fee- please note that could have been mailed to me directly) Also I had to a lot of leg work and pick up documents and etc at her whim (which is not good practice - I mean I was at a dental appointment and she stated I need to complete a document asap- which was not the case). I trusted Ms Goldenberg but after reviewing my invoices and realizing her tactic and observing that a simple email “let me know how it goes” cost approx $125 - I don’t recommend. - I was referred to her by a friend who had a 7/8 year divorce and after my personnel experience I can see that she is not out to get resolutions but rather prolonging it and charging you fees. This is was my experience - o wait there’s more she instills fear (she recently told me I had court -which didn’t make sense because the case was dropped) but again emailed me $$$ and when I called to inquire $$ and it was false information (another tactic to get more money out of me)"

"I highly recommend Stan. I came to him with a complicated adoption case and he was able to win it without any issues. He was very thorough with my case and responded to any question or concerns in a timely manner. He also discussed the process with me and prepared me for each step in my case. Yes his prices are a little high, however you absolutely get what you pay for. If you are trying to adopt in the state of VA and do not want to deal with a stressful and overwhelming case, Hire Stan!"

"Stan is unethical and incompetent. He charged us over 10k for an uncontested adoption. It took him over a year and he even missed a court date and charged us to reschedule and refile his multiple errors. He also charged us 2500 dollars to simply obtain a judges signature on a final day . Just file your own adoption and it will be better faster and cheaper . Nothing can be worse then Stan !!!"