I thought the best way to talk about ethics and what it means is to look at a particular attorney and see how they are portrayed on the internet and then how they are portrayed by the State Bar and their ethical standards.
First, when you Google Randolph Goldberg’s name, you get some very interesting results:
The first result is from insiderpages.com and he has a 5 star rating. The description reads like this:
“We had a legitimate need to declare bankruptcy in 2004, and Randy got us through it. Yes, he’s very smoothe and talks very fast, but he makes sure you understand everything that’s going on, what you need to go, what’s next, and when. He’s very comforting, he answers the phone and returns your call when you need him, and in short makes the entire process FAR less stressful than it otherwise would be. We’re using him again to get rid of the second mortgage on the house we lost to foreclosure. Randy is so good, we wouldn’t even have dreamed of going to anyone else.”
Further down there are the Citysearch results and he has a 4.75 rating out of 33 reviews. Just by reading these you would think that this is the best attorney in town. You probably wouldn’t hesitate to do any additional research, and that’s where you would get in trouble.
Jane Ann Morrison from the Las Vegas Review Journal reports that for the 2nd time, Randolph Goldberg has been sanctioned by US Bankruptcy Judge Bruce Markell. He is referring the case to the US Attorney for possible criminal prosecution on forgery allegations. I encourage you to read the rest of the article in which Jane Ann shares an interesting experience that a couple had with Mr. Goldberg’s office. http://www.lvrj.com/news/couple-have-a-cautionary-tale-for-anyone-hiring-an-attorney-90920234.html
Additionally, the State Bar has 10 complaints about Mr. Goldberg and they are all being reviewed. Here’s my point. The internet is often deceiving in its representation of an attorney. Often times the reviews on the sites are falsified and the truth is pushed down to the 2nd and 3rd pages of Google where no one ever goes. You would never think that Goldberg is unethical in his dealings based on these reviews. Please do your research when choosing an attorney, visit our site and ask around. This forum will be monitored so that falsified reviews don’t make it on here. I check all the reviews myself and make sure they are legitimate. This will continue to be a resource for the community and I hope it gets used. All the attorneys listed on Attorneyguide.com have been Certified Ethical™ and we’ve checked their background with the State Bar. I can guarantee you that Randolph Goldberg will not make our list.