Duran & Mcdonald LLC

I was absolutely thrilled to know that my cases would be outsourced from the public defenders office to this law office, due to "conflict of interest" in my case. I have been ecstatic about how informative and attentive they are (I mean after the previous representation) my case is almost 10 yrs old and the previous representation did not seem to be handling it adequately and I was afraid I was going to end up in jail for an old misdemeanor case! So far so good no complaints about anything and I'm actually excited to get this stuff that's been haunting me TAKEN CARE OF! I am ready to put it behind me! Thank you guys so very much for your help you've been absolutely wonderful!!!!!

Working with Duran and McDonald was not the best experience and I feel like my case could have been given more attention. To begin with, the staff are shockingly rude. At one point in our case they did not file paperwork appropriately which led to confusion between my attorney and I. I called to see what had led to the error and I was told that I would not be given any information because I was not the "client." Despite the fact that I paid half the GAL's fees the woman at the front desk told me that they view my daughter as the client (she was two years old at the time) and as such did not have to answer to me. John Duran uses odd language and will send a schedule and then change it if you point out any inconsistencies. At one point he sent me a schedule that he said was to begin "immediately". After making arrangements to adapt to the schedule with my family I asked him a question about the schedule he had sent me and not only did he tell me it would not begin "immediately", as he had told me initially, but he also changed it, resulting in less time with my child. I did not view this as retaliatory, just an oversight that led to frustration and disappointment when I was told the correction would give me less time than I had initially been told. I also question how much Mr. Duran knows about the classes he is assigning. After taking one of his assigned classes, Mr. Duran gave my co-parent and I more classes to take (all of which required a fee to enroll). I quickly noticed that the content was word for word identical to the other class he had assigned us and contacted the company. It turns out that it is in fact word-for-word the same class because it is the same company providing them. I feel like if classes are going to be assigned than the person assigning them should at least be aware of their content. My co-parent did not notice that the classes were repeated content either, which leads me to wonder if they even paid attention to the classes. One way to check would be to see how they answered the questions (the classes specifically mentioned that professionals could have access to the answers), but I do not believe that was done. Edit: attached is the photo where you can see a representative from the company administering the classes saying that they are word for word the same.

I had a great experience with Duran and McDonald! John helped me with several Real Estate contracts. They helped protect my interests and patiently explained everything I needed to know. This is my go-to firm .

Phenomenal attorneys and human beings. Duran and McDonald have built their stellar reputations, based on years and years of exemplary legal knowledge and representation of their clients. I highly recommend their firm.

Very unprofessional law firm. Had McDonald take a case for one of my relatives, long story short he right away had a very rude and unprofessional attitude and he right away co sided with the other attorney that he didn’t know anything about and took their side for everything with out showing any of US evidence regarding the person we were going against. He just wanted to be done with us as if we were a waste of time to him don’t ever go to this law firm! The disciplinary board will even stick of for these lawyers even when they know what they did was wrong. Dont even bother because they won’t believe you