Ghantous Law Offices Elias "Leo" Ghantous "Ripoff" is the right word for it Peoria, Illinois
I hired Leo Ghantous of Ghantous Law Offices in Peoria and lost my case. When I received the final bill I was shocked. It was much higher that the original quote and considering he lost my case, you think it would've been less.
For my appeal case, I hired an attorney from (((competitor's name redacted))) in the same area (Peoria). My new legal representative graduated from a famous law school (Harvard; Ghantous's degree was from Thomas Cooley College...that sounds made up). (((redacted))) lawyer spent more time with me to prepare my case and we won on appeal. AND my bill was less than Ghantous charged me for brief pre-trial meeting and a losing decision.
Maybe I should take Ghantous to court to get a refund. After seeing him in action fumbling through my case, I'm pretty sure I could win a case a against him acting as my own attorney.
If you are looking for a good lawyer in the Peoria area, stay the heck away from Ghantous Law Offices. I can happily recommend (((redacted))), and have also heard good things about (((redacted))) and (((redacted))). I heard a few bad things about Ghantous, but he quoted me the lowest price initially, so I went with him and paid more money in the long run just to lose and have to file appeal.
sorry, allowing you to give a competitors name would instigate others to just file against their competition, to only come back later to suggest their company, ..plus, if you post a competitors name more than likely they will show up on search engines as a Rip-off! - - your comments on this policy are welcome. CLICK here to see why Rip-off Report, as a matter of policy, deleted either a phone number, link or e-mail address from this Report. In this case we removed an alleged competitors name
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Diogenes
Averill Park,New York,
USA
Thomas Cooley Law School
#3Consumer Comment
Fri, March 23, 2012
OK. I checked out Thomas Cooley Law School, and found it to be a prestigious, legitimate Law School, accredited by both the American Bar Association and the Higher Learning Commission. It is by no means a "made up name". I do not know Mr. Ghantous, nor do I know anything about his performance. However, he did indeed pass the Bar Exam, which is by no means an easy task. But then, neither is being accepted at Law School nor graduating from same an easy task. I think you might be barking up the wrong tree by using this particular excuse for any alleged poor performance by an attorney.
Ghantous Law Offices, LTD
Peoria,Illinois,
United States of America
A Court Action Pending On This Posting
#3REBUTTAL Owner of company
Thu, March 22, 2012
Notice is hereby given that the posting to which this rebuttal is being made is believed to be related to the subject of a defamation and slander action.
An action is pending in the Circuit Court of Peoria County, located at 324 Main Street, Peoria, IL 61602, as case number 11-L-343 as a Complaint titled Elias Ghantous vs. Elza Ghantous. The action seeks damages in an unspecified amount exceeding $50,000.
Mr. Ghantous is represented by Andrew Almasi, Esq. in that matter, whose telephone number is 309-672-1444. The office is located at 3100 North Dries Lane, Suite 201, in Peoria Illinois.
Notice is further given that a Subpoena will be served upon Ripoff Report to disclose the identity of the author who posted the defamatory statements against Mr. Ghantous on Report Numbers #855868, #854616, #845726, and the ex-employee update on #735913. Report #735913 is from a legitimate client, and that matter was resolved.
Anyone knowing the identity the above individual(s) is urged to call 309-672-1444.