Michael A. Cholodenko

I give 4 stars because I just had one visit with them, and hopefully my case will be handled well. Maybe it’s too early to give a review. Mr. Greg handles almost all the car accident cases, and Mr. Cholodenko handles the court suit. Mr. Greg was referred by Dr. Gloin (Livewell Chiropractic), and that’s how I find him. The first meeting is very pleasure. He is not like other laywer who want to have you sign the delegation agreement. He answer all my question and then list to me about my case. I think most chiropractor like him because He pay all the medical bill first and then split the rest with his client in half. (Other lawyers I found on web usually say that everyone get 1/​3, client, lawyer, and doctor). Anyway, I first looked for good chiropractor and then tried to locate the lawyer whom the doctor love to work with. The reason is that the doctor is usually more enthusiastic while offering treatment. If you pay less to doctors, for sure you might get some discount on your service or quality as well. (Or good doctors may refuse to serve you). Anyway, they made me feel pretty comfortable during the first meeting. However, I don’t know how good they are in negotiating the settlement at this moment. I will update my rating later after my case is close.
—-Update
I update my reviews after two months since seeing them. Although they didn’t do anything wrong so far, but there’s some complaints, and that’s why I remove stars from 4 to 3.
1. They said that I can email them instead of FAX, but they somehow never response to confirm my email. Overall, they don’t use email and the lawyer admit that :) They only way to contact Mr. Greg is through phone. The run everything in old way. Unfortunately, I’m kind of hardly understanding their excuse since it’s 2009 not 1999.
2. (major complaint) They never keep you updated. I finally got a notice from my insurance company saying that the counter party takes full responsibility and they will refund my deductible. Never get a call from the firm unless I call/​bug them.
I think the most important thing is that how much they can get for me during the negotiation process, and I will update my rating after I got the final settlement :)
— 1÷30÷2010 update —
I did got the rental reimbursement from Micahel’s office. Although they run business in old-​fashion way. They do have the job done. I update the star rating from 3 to 4, and I’m still waiting for seeing the final settlement. Hopefully they are good as they claim :)
— 8÷4÷2010 update —
I change the star from 4 to 5 because I’m very very satisfied his settlement. He is unbelievable and so good in negotiating the settlement to the insurance company.