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Gilligan Frisco Trutanich & Sarris, LLP Pro

4.4
91 reviews

One World Trade Center, Suite 1740, Long Beach, CA 90831, U.S.A.

Family Law, Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation and 12 more

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About Gilligan Frisco Trutanich & Sarris, LLP

As the largest family law firm in the greater South Bay area, and with over 40 years of experience, BGD has the dedication and knowledge required to handle every type of family law matter.

With over nine decades of collective specialized experience, Gilligan Frisco Trutanich & Sarris, LLP (GFTS) has earned recognition as Southern California's premier family law firm. Serving the greater South Bay area, GFTS is staffed by five dedicated attorneys who are adept at handling a wide range of family law matters, including marital dissolution, child custody, business valuation, and support issues. The firm takes pride in providing clients with a full spectrum of solutions-from highly skilled litigation to collaborative and mediation services-tailored to each unique situation. GFTS's commitment to excellence, robust resources, and client-focused approach have set the standard for effective and compassionate family law representation in the region

 

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Gilligan Frisco Trutanich & Sarris, LLP got this award in 2021

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Family Law
Posted by anonymous
August 05, 2023
Hired Attorney John J. Gilligan

Gives divorce attorneys a bad name. Expensive and useless. Avoid. Will use your children as weapons. Horrible. Ineffective is an understatement. He should be disbarred. Will expose your unredacted personal finances, tax returns and social security numbers in court papers.

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Posted by anonymous
August 05, 2023
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Horrible! Avoid at all costs. Will advise his clients to take your children away on a "stay-cation" then have them interviewed by DCSF. Refuses to move a divorce forward and plays game to make money for himself and drain the other side. Gives divorce attorneys a bad name. Cost our family $155K and still had to get more attorneys.

Family Law
Posted by anonymous
June 18, 2020
Hired Attorney John J. Gilligan

Working with this lawyer made me understand why divorce lawyers are such a maligned bunch. John Joseph Gilligan is the epitome of a heartless, fee-churning, useless-letter-writing, impotent, expensive lawyer. His signal skill is to ferret out creative ways to add billable minutes. His worst failure is failure to be honest and to actually advocate for his client. He listened to my whole story, and only once I'd gotten an attorney fee award and was able to hire him did he inform me that I should have known better than to believe my father-in-law, back then, when he told us (Wife and I) that the large gifts coming our way were really only intented for his biological relative (his daughter), a notion that I first heard about only once Wife had filed for divorce. He thought it normal, or futile to discuss in court, that a child would reject a parent; that children should stay with their mother if she doesn't want to "share." Avoid at all costs. Mendacious to the core.

 
Family Law
Posted by anonymous
May 24, 2012
Hired Law Firm

These people destroy families, and they are the most corrupt law firm in America!!!!They rob u without a gun $500 per hour. Buyer Beware!!!!

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Areas of Law

  • Family Law 6
    • Dissolution of Marriage
    • Child Custody and Visitation
    • Child Support
    • Spousal Support
    • Paternity
    • Collaborative Divorce
  • Legal Separation
  • Domestic Partnerships
  • Litigation 1
    • Traditional Litigation
  • Other 5
    • Property Division & Complex Property
    • Domestic Violence / Restraining Orders
    • Pre/Post-Nuptial Agreements
    • Post-Judgment Enforcement
    • Mediation Divorce

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