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Stephanie Renee Bolden

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436 Fourteenth Street, Suite 728, Oakland, CA 94612

Child Support, Visitation Rights, Divorce and 13 more

About Stephanie Renee Bolden

Stephanie Renee Bolden is a lawyer practicing child support, visitation rights, divorce and 13 other areas of law. Stephanie received a B.A. degree from California State University at Los Angeles in 1979, and has been licensed for 37 years. Stephanie practices at Stephanie R. Bolden in Oakland, CA.

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Title: Extremely Unprofessional and Disappointing Experience My family’s experience with Stephanie R. Bolden (#139364) has been nothing short of frustrating and disheartening. She has been completely unprofessional and unorganized in handling my mother’s case. From the start, she told us the case would be easy, a piece of cake, and assured us it would be handled quickly. However, after a full month of doing absolutely nothing, avoiding emails, missing calls, and even going on vacation, she suddenly changed her position—saying the case would actually be much harder, would require more time, and would not be easy after all. There was no meaningful follow-up, no progress, and no apparent intention of doing the work we hired her to do. She missed emails, then conveniently “found” those same emails only after we made it clear we would be terminating her as our lawyer. Her lack of responsiveness, shifting stories, and complete lack of follow-through have caused unnecessary stress and wast

 
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Areas of Law

  • Family Law 5
    • Child Support
    • Visitation Rights
    • Divorce
    • Paternity
    • Child Custody
  • Domestic Violence
  • Bankruptcy
  • Bankruptcy Chapter 13
  • Bankruptcy Chapter 11
  • Other 7
    • Mediator
    • Bankruptcy Mediation
    • Bankruptcy Litigation
    • Bankruptcy Fraud
    • Bankruptcy Collections
    • Bankruptcy Chapter 12
    • Family

Practice Details

  • Languages
    Farsi
    Spanish
  • Payment Information
    Payment & Cost Features
    Fixed hourly rates
    Fixed fees available
    Accepted Credit Cards
    Discover
    MasterCard
    Other - ATM
    Visa
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Member
    Firm Name
    Stephanie R. Bolden
    Firm Onwership
    Minority Owned

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1989, California
    Memberships
    Alameda County (Board Member, 2006—
    Past Chair, Family Law Section) and American Bar Associations
    State Bar of California
    California Association of Black Lawyers (Board Member, 2003—
    Past Vice President North, Parliamentarian)
    Rotary Club of Oakland
    Better Business Bureau.
  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Western State University
    Class of 1983
    J.D.
    Other Education
    California State University at Los Angeles
    Class of 1979
    B.A.

Stephanie Renee Bolden

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436 Fourteenth Street, Suite 728Oakland, CA 94612U.S.A.

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