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            Business ProfileforThe Law Offices of Beles & Beles

            Criminal Lawyer
            BBB accredited business

            At-a-glance

            Customer Reviews

            5/5stars

            Average of 1 Customer Reviews

            Customer Complaints

            1 complaints closed in last 3 years

            0 complaints closed in last 12 months

            BBB Rating & Accreditation

            Accredited Since: 7/31/2013

            Years in Business: 55

            Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

            Overview of BBB Rating

            Overview

            The Law Offices of Beles & Beles offers Criminal and Litigation Attorneys.

            Business Details

            BBB File Opened:
            12/6/2004
            Years in Business:
            55
            Business Started:
            6/19/1968
            Business Started Locally:
            6/19/1968
            Accredited Since:
            7/31/2013
            Licensing Information:
            This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
            BBB records show a license number of 41993 for this business, issued by The State Bar of California. The expiration date of this license is 1/31/2025.

            These agencies may include:

            The State Bar of California

            180 Howard St.

            San Francisco CA 94105

            (415) 538-2000

            http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Home.aspx

            Type of Entity:
            Sole Proprietorship
            Number of Employees:
            15
            Alternate Business Name
            • Beles & Beles
            • Beles Law
            Business Management
            • Mr. Robert Beles Esquire, Principal
            • Mr. Manny Guima, Administrator
            Contact Information

            Principal

            • Mr. Robert Beles Esquire, Principal

            Customer Contact

            • Mr. Manny Guima, Administrator
            Additional Contact Information

            Fax Numbers

            • (510) 832-3690
              Primary Fax

            Phone Numbers

            Email Addresses

            Customer Complaints

            1 Customer Complaints

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            Most Recent Customer Complaint

            09/14/2022

            Complaint Type:
            Problems with Product/Service
            Status:
            Answered
            ********************** was retained by the Salem family on June 28th 2021, to file an **** (d) petition for *********. Mr. ********************** conduct is ineffective counsel, legal malpractice, omitting information to file with DA, violation of confidentiality, violating attorney client privilege, incompetence, abusive and a *****.The petition ********************** completed for his client had many crucial mistakes, misinformation, inconsistencies and more.********************** charged us for a 775 petition that does not qualify for his client, solely to rip us off for $2,500.Below are some of ********************** failures;1. Mr ********************** admitted in his August letter that "our records suggest that there had been a discussion that we would consider bringing a 775 petition if the **** petition failed." It was more than a discussion, it was a verbal agreement that was spoken about several times. ********************** never **** out a contract for the ****(d) or 775. ********************** states, "The 775 remedy would be unavailable because *** admitted to being the actual killer twice in his letter of accountability."********************** is incompetent because the completed **** petition was contradicting what *** was writing to the *** His intention was for the **** to fail so he can keep the bogus fees he charged the family for a 775 petition that is 100% guaranteed to be denied because his client does not qualify for it.********************** was informed, verbally and in writing, not to violate his client's attorney/client privilege confidentiality. ********************** disregard for his clients led to violating his clients privilege and exposed his client secrets to others, (AFTER HE WAS TOLD NOT TO.)********************** told us it's $2,500 to read Jad's C.file and if he does the ****(d), it'll be another $5,000 a total of $7,500. He also charged us $2,500 for a 775 petition that *** doesn't qualify for, a total of $10,000. The 775 was never filed. We demand that payment back, $2,500. We offer $2,000 to pay **********************, even though he violated his clients rights and completed (final) worthless ****.We demand a refund of $8,000.
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            Customer Reviews

            1 Customer Reviews

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            Most Recent Customer Review

            Jessica S

            09/15/2022

            Beles was charging us ***** to file petitions that his client did not qualify for. Straight ripping us off and conning us out of our money. He was charging us $700 an hour to file 1170(d) petition and he contradicted his clients' story and set his client up for failure and denial. The petition was horribly written and it had a lot of mistakes, misspellings and grammar issues. It was as if a fifth grader wrote it.Beles also violates attorney client privilege. After informing Beles, verbally and in writing, not to violate attorney/client privilege, he did just that shorty after he was informed not to. Beles charges hours that is completely fabricated and passes the bill onto his clients. He did not write out a contact for the 1170(d) and started over charging us. What a ***** Beles is.We filed a complaint with the State bar and I highly recommend you not to hire Beles because I regret not listening to the last person that fired him.

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