Law Offices of Maynard & Hogan

This is the most predatory firm you could ever hire. I gave Moria Hogan over $ 21,000 for preparation for a 20 minute divorce hearing. She was on retainer for a month. Moria was unreachable and her staff is incompetent. I received another invoice bringing my total owed (per Maynard and Hogan) to almost $ 47,000. Moria made it clear during our first meeting that she doesn’t get involved in billing disputes and that all inquiries need to go through the «Maynard and Hogan Billing Dept». That should have been a red flag, but during a tough divorce I didn’t sense it, I felt like she had my back. Scott Maynard got involved as well. I’ve only seen eyes more dead in nature on a shark. You will be called in for preparation meetings and feel strong in your case. From there, you will be unable to reach Moria. You will receive lengthy letters in response to your phone calls and you’ll be charge $ 425 an hour for her to prepare these letters. The verbiage and writing style from the Maynard and Hogan «billing dept» will align with any such writings from Moira. This is a two person band (Moria and Scott) trying to keep up with the real lawyers on the main drag in their «historic manner». Bottom line, they sent me to collections and are attempting to feed on my ill fortune and surplus of cash. Check Maynard and Hogan on the CA State Bar site, they have multiple cases against them for similar reasons. They also seem to be running a collection agency called Fidelity Information Corp which I am sure is the brain child of Scott Maynard. I’ve been sent to collections by Maynard and Hogan after receiving zero value from their services to a firm they seem to own. I will see it through though people like this are the reason lawyers have such a bad rep. I’ll deal with it, though its not a good use of time, I simply feel compelled to make sure no one else gets burned like I did and the many others before me that wrote similar reviews. Feel free to message me if you need feedback on my dealings with Maynard and Hogan. Also note they are located in Willow Glen, not Campbell.

In my limited experience with these guys, they’ve performed knowledgeably and professionally. They get that building a relationship with a client and actually helping them through their particular ordeal is more important than focusing on the financial reward. Recommended.

This woman is a billing factory, very unreasonable (which generates more litigation) and not a particularly good lawyer. Don’t take my word for it, ask around. She is well known in the community. You can do a lot better for a LOT less money.

I got myself in a real fix with a restraining order that was filed against me and Ms. Hogan performed magic! There is none better than she is. She is caring, responsive and the best there is in the courthouse! Everytime I called her, I got a call right back. That made the unbearably painful ordeal much less insane. She really knows her stuff and she can handle EVERY ridiculous move by the opposing jerk rogue attorneys who represent the other side.
Yes, she charges for her time. But her charges are still way less than a lot of the other big name attorneys in town. Whatever she charges you will be fair and will be worth every penny and more. If you are a cheapskate and want someone to work for free, try the clinic at the courthouse. Or you can try some of the schlotzski broken down attorneys with cheap rates who will cost you an arm and a leg by making you agree to a bad «settlement» that they tell you to accept out in the hallway… If you want someone who will sympathize with your predicament and who can get you what you want and/​or need, Ms. Hogan is the one and the only one. And she always returns your calls.
Not only that, Ms. Hogan handled my daughter’s divorce and child custody/​support case and has done an AMAZING job for her, too. Ms. Hogan is always really prepared and regularly met with my daughter on nights and week-​ends. What other attorney does that? NONE! By far, Ms. Hogan is the most responsive, most prepared, most amazing attorney you could ever hire. I can’t recommend her highly enough! She is the best!!!

When I was trying to find a lawyer on President’s weekend specially a Monday for a hearing on a Wednesday, Mr. Patrick Whitehorn made an appointment for the next day and agreed to take my case, with no guarantees, which I think is pretty common. Also unfortunately I had to contact the law offices of Maynard and Hogan, as with any other family law case, luckily it was not divorce, but having a son and having custody issues. Now two plus years later he is still my attorney specifically dealing with custody issues. I always found him with the up most honesty about my case, even though I have spent many court dates, hopefully not many more to come.
Yes he is not cheep but every time I get off the phone with him, and I can leave a message with his receptionist Mrs. Gail and know that the call will be returned in a timely fashion. I have found that he knows my case even when he is not expecting a call from me but can answer my questions and even have received calls back within an hour when it is sometimes a hard other party to deal with specially my ex. Mr. Whitehorn has always returned phones calls and his expertise on family law would make me confident to recommend him to others that are going through similar situations
Even with complicated move away orders, he knew exactly what was expected and always calmed my nerves when they dealt with my son. Even though it took longer then expected, I have nothing but praise for Maynard and Hogan and Mr. Whitehorn.

Where do I start? Hired Mrs Hogan May of 2012. Gave her a $ 5000 retainer as required. Fired Mrs Hogan in June of 2013. What do I have to show for all of this? A really expensive income & expense declaration. Found a legal document prep person and had my papers files within a week at the cost of $ 425.
Can’t speak about Mr Maynard’s services but I’d keep looking for a lawyer.
Received no phone calls from the attorneys office until they needed more money. I’d call and ask about the progress of my case and be told: «I’ll get a message to the attorney and have we will call you.» Two weeks later I call back and I am told the same thing.
Schedule an appointment to sit down with the lawyer and she’s sick that day.
Mrs Hogan spins an excellent story to get you hooked but I was completely forgotten after they got my money.
The whole point of getting a lawyer was to stop my spousal support payments; so $ 5k out of pocket on top of the money I am paying my ex and I have nothing to show for it.
I’d continue but I’m gonna get nasty and personal at this point. So not happy.

They are the worst of the worst. Don’t go with Hogan she will take your money and run!
My case: I had a simple marriage divorce case. Was married under 1 year, no community property, no kids.
Guess how much it cost me?
When I first signed up she requested a check of $ 5,000. Saying she would give me a special discounted rate per hour. I asked if she thought it would take that much she assured me it was not likely.
HA! Was I wrong! After calling me into the office, for some fake meetings, and wasting my time. Before I knew it she had used up all my money. And was asking me for more.
At this point I was foolish enough to think that, just giving her a little more and she would be done with my case. Just a little bit more, was all I kept saying to myself.
Bill after bill after bill.
Guess what? Is my case resolved? NO! Did the paperwork she gave me even have the correct account numbers for my accounts? NO!
$ 12,000 and more and she is trying to get more money out of me, by sending me more bills for reviewing her bills to me!
Best of all, guess what! My divorce still hasn’t been completed!
I am glad I spoke to another lawyer who showed me how to get rid of this toxic waste of time.

Moira Hogan is the Mercedez of lawyers. No doubt, she is smart and articulate, but she’s also very expensive. Thank God I had the credit cards to pay her in the beginning; otherwise, I would have lost the custody battle and be stuck with the RTO. After paying her over $ 25K since July of 2012, I was given an ultimatum today, which is if I don’t come up with 6 more grand to clear my balance, I will be dropped. «We are not a financial institute,» they said. After months of dedicating most of my income to them, that still wasn’t good enough as they don’t do payment plan. Money. Money. Without it, you’re screw. If only my ex-​wife would agree to settle matters at home, I wouldn’t be so freakin’ broke today. Anyhow, if you can afford Ms. Hogan, do it. She is the best. May God bless me now. Amen.
Fortunately for me, several days later I was given a payment plan and was kept until the divorce is finalized, hopefully soon. Dude, if I knew that I would have saved myself from living in days of horrific misery. Thank God for the payment plan.
In short, my advice to everyone reading this is: settle, settle, settle. Don’t be like my ex-​wife, who not only stabbed me in the heart but also tried to rob me of everything that was partially mine instead of dividing everything in half as I proposed before lawyers were involved. Her cruel and selfish actions resulted in nearly $ 100,000 being donated to lawyers as oppose to our children’s college savings accounts. Shamefully, we both ended up with exactly as I proposed from the get-​go, which is 50:50 on everything.
If you’re a victim like myself, the only thing you can do is to ask your spouse to settle matters with a mediator. If you’re not a victim, think of your kids (if any) or think of your honor and settle matters without the need of lawyers. If you chose to be like my ex-​wife and spread the shit after stepping on it, all I can say to you is: FUCK YOU! May you be damned and lose miserably in court. Ms. Hogan is a savior, not a follower of Satan. Go get someone else.
Amen
Note: They have moved to a new location. 1151 Minnesota Ave, San Jose, Ca. 95 125

Update:
After a long battle and several meetings with One of the partners of the firm, we still have no paperwork filed and a bill for $ 2500.00. They were nice enough to return $ 2500.00 of the $ 5000.00 we paid them. They never filed paperwork and refuse to talk to us anymore. We asked them why they wont file the correct paper work? They responded with. The we charged for the work done and gave you a refund. Since we are no longer your lawyers we wont file. So in the end they chared us $ 2500.00 to take incorrrect notes. We will be contacting the Bar about this. Please stay far away form This firm.

I have used Attorney Moira Hogan as my divorce lawyer for over 2 years and she is the greatest! Most lawyers never crack a book, but she can pull out the book and SHOW you the law on almost any point. A lawyer has to really know her stuff to do a good job and Moira always does. I have observed her many times and she is incredible in the courtroom!
At work, my job involves managing the law firms that represent my company and I know when an attorney is good and when one is bad. Based on 2 years experience working with her, Moira is a fantastic attorney!
My only critical comment is that she is pretty busy. Even so, she will always return my call within a day or so, but she is often in court on other cases when I call in. I tell my friends to always remember, a good attorney is a busy attorney. If your attorney is always taking off on Fridays, you had better think about why she doesn’t have enough work to keep her busy!
I also remind my friends that good attorneys are never cheap, but Moira’s fees are always fair. I highly recommend her.

I called in to schedule an appointment for a consultation.
When I arrived I was given a form to fill out and was supposed to give them my SSN. That raised some flags and I refused to do so.
Then I was told that they could only accept cash and no credit cards. I was pretty much done at that point and wanted to leave but then all of the sudden it was ok to pay with a credit card.
I then met Ms. Hogan who was very friendly and cordial but seemed somewhat nervous and unprepared. Whenever I would ask her a question, she would literally check in a book that she had in front of her and then give me a rather short answer.
Overall I asked a few questions like how long it would take, what the process looks like and how much it would cost but I didn’t feel comfortable how she answered my questions in a rather vague way and that a $ 2,500 retainer would be required to get started with the whole process.
At that point it was clear to me that I had to look for someone else because it wasn’t much a consultation but rather a sales pitch.