Robert Joseph La Rocco ESQ

Complaint: ***
I am rejecting this response because:I will address *** response however when I did talk to him regarding this issue his response was "ill just call you a liar"I believe this is covered in his opening statement.1) *** *** did an excellent job of mediationUnfortunately the issues he mediated were significantly misrepresented.2) I did attend the mediation and signed the agreementI was told By *** that opposing council would write up the agreement and I could review it prior to entryI received the following Email from *** shortly after the mediation meetingI was the last I heard from him regarding the Mediation.:***@***law.usAttachments10/21/14to me Hi ***, I attached the proposed final papers to this emailThe proposed final documents were created by the opposing counselPlease print them, read them, and sign themIt is important that you look at every page because some pages need to be initialedIf you see any inconsistencies please let us know immediately before you signAfter you signed all documents, please mail them back to *** ** *** *** *** *** Bellingham, WA We will make copies for our file, sign them as well and hand them back to the opposing sideThey will hand the completed paperwork to the judge for his signatureWith the judges signatures your dissolution is officially done. If you have any questions, please call me at *** Best regards, *** ** *** *** The La Rocco Law Firm Main Office*** *** ***Bellingham, WA 98226" 3) Immaterial to the issue 4) Immaterial to the issue5) We discussed the issues at mediationI brought up several missing assets at the time, Mediator told me that "she spent it on expenses" *** did not comment on the 50KI was told by the mediator that there were several monetary judgments against me*** took this time to tell me of the judgmentsI asked *** about a day Review of support that was important and I had sent him documents to addressHe said the judge didn't change his mindI believe *** did not attendI did sign the draft agreement at that time. 6) The above Email and attachment are what I received from ***I believe they CLEARLY indicate My signature is requiredI reviewed the documents found some substantial misrepresentations and called *** that day to say NO GOI did not hear from *** until Jan after a call to DIVORCE LAWYERS FOR MEN regarding his inaction and lack of communication on the child support issueHere is the response from *** January 2015:"" I’ll prepare a motion to modify right away." *** *** La Rocco Attorney and Counselor at *** *** *** - Master of Accounting and Taxation"Upon not hearing more from *** I went to the court to "do it myself" and discovered my FINAL divorce papers entered Nov Those papers lack my signature and initials as requested in the above emailThey also lack *** signatureMy complaint to DLFM resulted in this excerpt from the response in April " Mr*** was out-of-state at the time I spoke to him, without the benefit of his file, but he told me that he is not pursuing a modification as you had suggested. You should speak to him directly regarding that issue."7)I did not "settle" the case, I explicitly TOLD *** is was unacceptable upon receipt of the above email and detailed WHY in and Email dated Jan 2015.The damage *** has done to my life and my childrens lives is HorrendousHe was unresponsive and now wishes to hang his hat on Cr2aHe may not have violated the law in his actions but certainly this is a customer service issue at best, or an ethical one at worst

Several items in Mr. [redacted]'s account are incorrect, although I am fairly certain that this is not because of ill-will on behalf on Mr. [redacted], but rather, because Mr. [redacted] was deliberately misinformed by a third party. Here are the correct facts:
1.) Mr. [redacted] was contacted by one former employee...

only, since there is only one person who has worked for me and is no longer working for me. He has not been contacted by several former employees. It is possible, of course, that someone who is, in fact, not a former employee of mine has misrepresented that he or she is a former employee of mine to Mr. [redacted].
2.) No lawsuit has been brought against me. I have brought a lawsuit against this former employee of mine, filed in Whatcom County Superior Court, Bellingham, Washington, under case number [redacted] "Robert Joseph L[redacted] vs. [redacted]," in which I am suing my former employee for defamation and breach of contract. The breach of contract involves Ms. [redacted] filing fraudulent client reviews online and with the Revdex.com (which the Revdex.com caught and refused to republish), as well as the divulgence of confidential material in violation of the confidentiality agreement Ms. [redacted] had signed as part of her employment with my firm.
3.) Mr. [redacted] and I agreed that he would receive a refund in the amount of $1,500, although the law would permit me to retain part of that amount (which I estimate to be about half of the amount paid). I agreed to this full refund as a matter of client service, not because of any wrongdoing, and in order to avoid any ill-will on Mr. [redacted]'s part.
4.) Since my representation of Mr. [redacted] is based on a written agreement, I wish t have a written cancellation/termination agreement to end the representation. I sent such a termination agreement to Mr. [redacted] in December, 2016; Mr. [redacted] informed me yesterday, January 5, 2016, that he had not received it. I will email the termination agreement to him again, today; it is sufficient that the agreement be sent back by email, with a single sentence that states, "I agree."
5.) Mr. [redacted] will receive the refund he seeks immediately upon the receipt of the termination agreement. If Mr. [redacted] takes care of it by tomorrow, Thursday, January 7, 2016, then he should be in receipt of the refund no later than Monday or Tuesday of next week.
6.) I believe that Mr. [redacted] is being deliberately misinformed: Should Mr. [redacted] wish to testify in a lawsuit or any other legal or administrative action on behalf of y former employee, a simple statement will not suffice, not even if it is made under oath. He would actually have to testify in open Court, under oath, and subject to cross-examination.
Please let me know if there is anything else I can help with.
- Robert Joseph L[redacted]

Complaint: [redacted]I am rejecting this response because: I was never told I needed to submit anything in writing. Second  as of 1647 07 Jan 2016 Guam time I still haven't received the termination agreement from Mr L[redacted]. He did send me an email which is attached here. I sent a written response asking to terminate the contract on 6 JAN 2016. I'm still waiting on a response from Mr L[redacted].
Dear Mr. [redacted],
 
I have not received an answer to my email of December 28. Do you still wish for me to withdraw?
 
Please understand that I must have an answer in writing. Thank you!
 
 
Robert Joseph [redacted]
 
Mr L[redacted]
Like we agreed to verbally on 21  December. I would like you to withdraw and provide me the 1500 dollars I paid to retain you without penalty, like you agreed you would. A complaint
has been filed with the Revdex.com. You never informed me I needed to submit withdrawal in writing. I never received an email from you. 
[redacted]
 
 
 Sincerely,[redacted]

Agreed to provide verbal: He and [redacted] resolved the complaint, a check has been mailed, and consumer will receive and confirm it within the week

[redacted] is incorrect in his assertions. More troubling, he knowingly misrepresents some very important aspects of his divorce.1.) There was no default, the divorce was settled by agreement at mediation. [redacted] was the mediator.2.) [redacted] was personally present at the mediation that...

permanently settled the case; the mediation took several hours.3.) We got a (relatively) good deal at mediation. The mediator, an experienced trial lawyer himself, was amazed at how well we did. At trial, we might have done about the same, at a much higher cost to [redacted] - but maybe not. And we might have done a lot worse.4.) Nobody goes out of mediation "thrilled" with the results, but [redacted] was satisfied at the time. At mediation, he was glad to be "done" with it.5.) After reviewing the Settlement Agreement in detail, together with me and the mediator, he personally signed it. He asked questions about it before signing. He was given a copy of it, signed by both parties. He also signed some final pleadings that required his personal signature.6.) [redacted] was mailed the entered final pleadings shortly after they were entered.7.) [redacted] was under no compulsion to settle the case. He did so of his own free will. I believe it was a good decision.I understand that he is short on money, now, and would like a better deal - but the deal he got is the deal he personally agreed to. His statement that he didn't know about it is untrue: He personally signed the agreement, he was mailed copies of the entered orders, and he is paying child support since the entry of the final orders according to the final child support order he personally signed.Oddly, [redacted] submitted a "review" to [redacted] in which he contradicts his complaint here: he acknowledges that he settled the case at mediation.[redacted] received regular billing statements; I will resend them at no charge.