Donald R. Holben & Associates, APC - San Diego, California

norma D.

This isn’t a hand holding firm. If you want professionalism and results, this is the place. A litigation team that doesn’t stop. For a federal employee to get help is rare but just look at the agencies this crew has tackled. Justice is slow and expensive, at least have brilliant, compassionate people fighting for you. Start and end here. The consultation is free.

a/x P.

Daniel M. Dire and his team were very professional and attentive, was always responsive when I had any questions via email/call.
He is very knowledgeable and experienced, explained everything in detail.
Had my case settled and closed in less than 2 months.
I would definitely recommend Them to my family and friends.

Thank You Very Much!

Lucy V.

Reviews of this lawyer are telling. Ones and fives. If you’re a woman, a democrat, black or poor, you’re not going to get any help, Holben is not a good guy. If the 5star reviews are legit - which isn’t likely, then those reviewers had special consideration.
The negative reviews describe exactly what I experienced. Holben is evil, money-grubbing and capable of intense cruelty to hide his dishonesty.

Jaime Y.

it's all bad. There is no good people skills or customer service. If you want to be left in the dark about your case then it will happen. The more you ask for clarification on anything the more rude they will become. If you try to set an appointment their receptionist will tell you they do not have access to attorneys schedule therefore they can't make an appointment. As far as their contract, he will speed you through the process and he will tell you it doesn't apply to you. Soon as you sign is when the rudeness begins and everything that didn't apply to you during the consultation it all applies to you soon as you sign. I decided to settle because I was tired of being lied to by the attorney assigned to case. Ask for the person I sat down with at consultation with and it didn't improve. Didn't get worse but it did not improve. I had to post a review of how I was being treated for them to contact and they only cared about review. I had him on speaker twice where others overhead him say I need to change review in order for him to continue. He will undoubtedly respond about the contract as he does with everyone who leaves and HONEST and TRUTHFUL review. I paid him and I got more from another case from an attorney whom I did not give a retainer. One thing he really emphasizes is the termination clause in the contract. It's like they go out their way to get the client to fire them so they can collect another $1000 something. Then there's the 15 hold they put on your money. Something he doesn't and I mean he doesn't explain it until you settle. He will say he does but no he doesn't. So if you're reading this at least now you know. There's so much more but I'm done. I just want to get settlement and forget about this place. One thing their attorney is good at is talking client down on settlement amount.

Chris ?. C. K.

We are very happy that we retained Don Holben & Associates to represent us in an employment discrimination suit.
Mr Holben and his team, especially Seana Scholtemeyer, provided excellent and timely advice on how to approach the case.
After an initial consultation, they prepared and filed the notices necessary to make the complaint.
As with all professional services, communications is essential and throughout the year-long process Don and his team stayed in touch and kept things moving towards a conclusion.
Finally, Don and Seana set up and attended a mediation session with us where the case was settled to our satisfaction without having to go to court.
We highly recommend Don Holben & Associates and would use them again should the need ever arise.

Kenneth M.

Absolutely horrible lawyer and person, trust me go somewhere else. So much turnaround in this office and over charging, and double charging when lawyers leave the firm and others have to redo the work. He will take your case, promise you all kinds of things, and then drop you after he has extracted as much as he thinks he can out of you.

Predictably Holben lied in his response to me, when I looked over the charges and noticed he was double charging, and over charging, I correctly complained to him about the fact, and then he dropped my case, even though before fee arbitration he voluntarily reduced the bill to correct the overcharging.

Steve D.

This firms seemed to be knowledgeable. Everyone I worked with was genuinely nice.
I would recommend them if you felt comfortable with two satisfiers.
1- Estimates. I would ask them to put estimates in writing. In my case the cost were 7x what they verbally quoted.
2- Communication. Initially I spoke with one person, and another worked on my case. While I did not pay for the initial conversation, I might as well have. Lot of information was not communicated to the second person. We had lost of mistakes and errors on the demand letter draft. All the revisions cost $.
Take a lot of notes. I would ask them to repeat back action items from calls. That will prevent the errors and additional billing.

Joon C.

Cast all of legal burden to his legal team. After all, the issues will settle down and be resolved by their efforts. Their legal skills are efficient and effective. They can figure out what to do and save you from your worrisome. There is always a way to solve the problems. I had issues on ex-employee who claims all kind of allegations which were exaggerated and false claims. But they sort out the problems and took a right path. Finally they reduced from 200k demand to undisclosed amount. Let Don Holben team is your refuge and strength, and help in trouble. Hope for the best and carry on!