S.T. Legal Group

I worked with Oneil Jano at S.T. Legal. I needed an attorney review of an agreement. I was seeking an advisor who could bring his business and legal experience to help me understand what was reasonable, what I should ask for how language could be tightened up to reduce risk. I'm glad that I hired Oneil. His advice led to results that exceeded my expectations. S.T. Legal was very straightforward to engage. They have a clear process starting with a nominal fee for a consult to establish a relationship and scope out the work. This made it easy for me to get comfortable with him and hire him. I would hire him again and recommend him to anyone seeking an employment attorney.

I selected this firm partly based on its online reviews, so I want to add a candid account of my own experience. My case was effectively uncontested — the opposing party never retained a lawyer, never appeared, and defaulted — and I did ultimately recover what I was owed. Even so, the process was frustrating, and my overall impression was that I did not feel well advocated for. Communication was the clearest example. In my experience, updates came almost entirely when I initiated them. During one stretch of about a month, I sent two emails and made a phone call — I was told someone would follow up, and no one did — until I finally wrote to ask whether the firm still represented me. More than once, a deadline in the case came and went without any proactive word from my counsel: when the opposing party's window to respond to our complaint passed, I only learned the status because I asked, and I was the one who raised whether we could move for a default judgment rather than wait weeks for a scheduled court date. At several points I felt I was doing the advocating myself rather than being advocated for. A few other things I'd want a prospective client to weigh. After I had signed an hourly fee agreement and paid a retainer, I was presented with a new 33% contingency agreement once the value of the case became clear; I declined and kept the hourly terms I'd agreed to. And I was not told, until after I had signed my settlement, that the opposing party had never retained an attorney — a fact I believe was material to decisions I had already made. These are my experiences and opinions, and others may have had a different one. My advice: if you choose this firm, get communication expectations and every fee term in writing before you engage, and keep your own records throughout.

Just for clarification purposes the website statement “ During this free, thirty-minute evaluation, you will have the opportunity to share with an attorney what has occurred during your employment. “ it’s exactly that an evaluation- usually not with an attorney. They won’t give you any direction or legal advice unless you pay $295 for a legal consultation appointment. Which is understandable, but I just wish someone would have clarified this for me so I decided to post ⭐️⭐️⭐️