Gilbert Employment Law, P.C.

I submitted the initial consultation fee, met with the lawyer, after which I received no communication at follow up as whether they intended to take my case or not. They told me they would respond withing 48 hours. I asked a number of times if they intended to take the case and got no response. It seems they may be overworked/unorganized; meeting would get rescheduled without informing me, I would have to send multiple follow-up emails to get any response. While the lawyer seemed knowledgeable, the lack of communication seems somewhat unprofessional.

This law firm charged me an initial retainer fee of $7,500 to legally retain my EEO discrimination case, then proceeded to request information that could be used as an additional claim (to be charged extra money for) later in the case. Since I did not want to provide the information, upfront, to prevent the incurrence of more charges (and, it was information that could have been provided as needed, as the case progressed), the lawyer told me he did not trust that I was being totally forthcoming. Long story short, I ended the retainment before I could actually be represented. The lawyer spent less than 2 hours discussing my case with me via email, adding a small amount of verbiage to my complaint form, and placing my employer on notice that he was retained. I disputed the charge and was only refunded $3,750. The last response I received was to give their paralegal a call, to schedule a mutually convenient time to discuss my dissatisfaction with the amount of legal fees. I was given The Fitzpatrick Matrix that lists hourly rates for complex federal litigation legal fees in DC to understand how I was charged, but I don’t know the amount of experience the retained lawyer had in order to get an accurate account of the charges. Still, if the lawyer has 35+ years of experience, $3,750 is more than double what a 35+ years experienced lawyer would charge at a 2023 rate of $807 an hour, for two hours. I do not recall reading that the Matrix’s fees don’t apply to retainer fees. My hopes are for no other person to be scammed by this law firm, especially when they are being discriminated against in the workplace, and can barely afford a lawyer.

I can not express my gratitude enough to the Firm for accepting my case and seeing it through. My case like many others involved a federal Agency and therefor it took extensive knowledge and forthright to prevail and finally receive justice. The entire firm worked tirelessly on my case, I have to acknowledge them all for if it was not for them working diligently, I would have not prevailed. I am gratefully and humbled by there professionalism and compassion.

I hired this firm to assist with an EEO complaint. Thru the entire process the lawyer and paralegals I interacted with were quite polite and professional. GEL was able to get my EEO complaint settled with a removal of a unwarranted suspension, restoration of leave taken during this period, and well as my attorney's fees. The only complaint I had was a billing issue found half way thru my case which caught me off guard. However, despite the mistake GEL worked with me on a payment plan that I could afford and the mistake had no impact on my case. I would definitely and have already recommend this law firm to coworkers and friends.

Don't waste your time. All about money and not actually helping. You will see you're only a dollar sign to them. Once they distinguish they can't get money from you, they will not respond at all. Take note of the other honest reviews, I didn't and now regret it.