Beresford Booth Lawyers

Former client and fellow firm owner here: Michael Kvistad helped advise my family's rental business as far back as 2014, and Bill Kessler has been a responsive go-to for referring clients out in litigations my firm can't cover. Thanks, both, and I look forward to continuing to work with the Beresford team.

As a small business owner I wanted to establish a relationship with an attorney to have in my back pocket in case anything were to arise. They understand my request and were willing to participate. I met with Zach for an hour and about $400. The next year when I needed to speak with him to review some potential upcoming issues- The firm was "too busy" to spare anyone from the herd for 15 to 30min to help. In many ways, they did not value or respect me.

I'm not naming specific people because it's not a big enough place that the people in charge can say they didn't know what was going on below them. As far as I'm concerned, the issue is company wide. We hired them for an adoption. Things were fine for a while. But they were always pretty bad about communication. They would regularly say "we'll do it next week" only for the next week to come and go with no update. Then on top of that they would ignore calls and emails for several days before finally responding, usually to say, again, they'd do it next week. When we finally tried to ask them to clarify their expectation on communication, they told us the attorney "couldn't handle a full case load due to medical reasons and had to withdraw." Sure. They offered a partial refund, but then proceeded to send us another bill. When I called to ask about the bill, the receptionist told me the attorney was in a consultation with new clients. So that confirmed what we already suspected, that the excuse regrading medical issues and full case loads was bull. Not only that, the thing we had been trying to contact them about had actually been done. So it wasn't even a matter of "we'll do it next week" it was a matter of "we did it and deliberately chose not to tell you." Bad lawyers. Bad people. Don't recommend. They did eventually give us the partial refund, but we basically had to start over with new attorneys, so it was money and time wasted.

I have been a client of Beresford Booth for many years starting with Estate Planning services. Most recently, Dexter Bradford effectively managed a favorable settlement in a complex insurance matter. Dexter and team were always available and willing to navigate the litigation within budget and timing constraints, kept me informed throughout the process, and ultimately secured a very favorable settlement before trial. I am very grateful for having Dexter and the entire Beresford Booth team on my side and highly recommend them for legal services and representation.

I hired Babak Shamsi and Nick Gross at Beresford Booth regarding a real estate dispute that required legal assistance. I was very pleased with the experience as I found them both to be thorough in their analysis, clear and timely with recommendations, and transparent about what to expect with fees. They ultimately helped us reach a positive settlement without litigation. I would recommend them highly based on the experience.