Sylvia M Scott of Freeman, Freeman & Smiley Sylvia Scott, Sylvia Marie Scott Lazy and Ignorant Attorney Dishonest Biller Sylvia M Scott Freeman Freeman Smiley Los Angeles, California
We engaged Sylvia M Scott of Freeman Freeman & Smiley in Los Angeles to address former employee's allegations of improper sale of securities. We cannot discuss the matter with any more specificity, but want to make the public aware that we did not have a good experience with Sylvia Scott of Freeman Freeman & Smiley. She was condescending, confrontational both to us - her clients and to the Plaintiffs, which led to escalation of the case and more expenses to us (and more money to Sylvia Scott and her greedy law firm).
Her knowledge even compared to our general counsel was minimal. We are not sure what she actually did at the SEC or FINRA, but it certainly was not securities or corporate work. We imagine that there was some report writing and posturing. The moral of the story is that not all government lawyers know what they are doing when they enter private practice after a long career with a regulator. Sylvia assigned most of the work to associates whom we had never met, and only saw on 2 separate occasions. When constructively challenged about her bills and how she conducted the case, she immediately became childish and extremely defensive. She was better at sending out emails to protect herself after we found errors in judgment and interpretation of the law, then she was when it was a matter of keeping our counsel apprised of where the case stood. We ended up suffering immense economic harm as a result of Sylvia Scott's ignorance and arrogance. This had to be the worst lawyer experience we have ever had.
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outsidereviewer
Alabama,USA
Outside Reviewer
#3General Comment
Wed, January 11, 2017
Court records reflect the absence of any litigation or court proceeding in which this attorney represented the individual author of the complaint or any associated company. State bar records similarly reflect the absence of any client complaints or litigation. The more likely scenario would suggest that the author happens to be a disgruntled adverse party displeased with the effectiveness of this attorney’s representation. Nearly all of the comments likely originate from the same source as evidenced by certain similarities in use of language and other relevant factors. For example, the authors clearly attempt to influence search engine algorithms by using SEO techniques such as unnecessarily repeating proper names.
Mike
huntington beach,California,
United States of America
Sylvia M Scott Attorney Incompetent and Vulgar
#3Author of original report
Tue, August 16, 2011
We had a similar experience with Sylvia Scott and Freeman lawyers. They are good at estate planning, but are not that strong in securities. In fact Sylvia is their securities department...sad case... She has many people fooled. Hire lawyers who have proven track records in the private sector.