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Goss & Goss A Professional Law Corporation Pro

4.3
19 reviews

1119 12th Street, Modesto, CA 95354-0892, U.S.A.

Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody and 30 more

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About Goss & Goss A Professional Law Corporation

Certified Family Law Specialists, Over 40 Years of Experience Specializing in Divorce. Child Custody, Child Support, Visitation Rights, Domestic Violence.

CERTIFIED FAMILY LAW SPECIALISTS, OVER 45 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE SPECIALIZING IN DIVORCE.

Goss & Goss have over 45 combined years experience practicing Family Law in California's Central Valley including Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Tuolumne, Merced, and Fresno counties. The law firm provides confident legal representation for complex family law cases including divorce, child custody, child support, domestic violence and visitation rights.

Both Michael Goss and Mark Goss are Certified Family Law Specialists by the California Legal Board of Specialization, a distinction held by only a small fraction of family law attorneys in California. Additionally, the firm carries an “AV” rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Company in recognition of professional excellence and the highest level of skill and integrity.

 

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Champion Badge Silver

At least three reviews and a score of 4.0 or higher.

Goss & Goss A Professional Law Corporation got this award in 2021

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At least six reviews and a score of 4.2 or higher.

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Goss & Goss A Professional Law Corporation got this award in 2021

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Domestic Violence
Posted by anonymous
October 04, 2024
Hired Law Firm

Mike assisted me in a time when I had no hope. He was proactive, knowledgeable, transparent but most importantly he always took a very honest approach. He never fed into game play or attacking by the other part and always kept everything factual. He was able to immediately and effectively bring safety and stability to me and my children in a situation where I had no voice and my children’s best interest was not being looked at. I will forever be grateful for his guidance during our darkest times giving my children and myself a very different future than the one we were headed to.

 
Family Law
Posted by anonymous
December 27, 2011
Hired Attorney Mark A. Goss

I really appreciate everything he did for me. Got me through a tough process.

Family Law
Posted by anonymous
December 27, 2011
Hired Law Firm

I really appreciate how they handled the process and kept me in the loop on what was happening. Mark protected me and was professional in the way he handled my case and got a great global settlement.

Family Law
Posted by anonymous
March 14, 2011
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Family Law
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March 14, 2011
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Family Law
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March 10, 2010
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Divorce
Posted by anonymous
December 28, 2019
Hired Attorney Andrea Marie Leavy

All legal bills were paid on time. All requested paperwork was provided on time, perfectly organized. 2 weeks before a critical court date- I was notified that my case was too difficult for my attorney to handle and that they were no longer going to represent me. I was then forced to represent myself in front of the judge at the hearing as 2 weeks is not enough time to obtain a new lawyer. Then having left me to represent myself with no time to get a new lawyer they had the audacity to send me another legal bill. They actually billed me for preparing the notice to inform me that my case was to difficult for them to handle.

 
Divorce
Posted by anonymous
August 27, 2020
Hired Attorney Michael A. Goss

If you are a man wanting representation I cannot review his performance as an attorney. I am a woman who hired him paid him good money and if you're going through the painful experience of divorce this is not a man that you would want to represent you, he will make you feel a little, small, your voice will never be heard by him only his voice resonates. he will disrespect you he will not listen to you, he will criticize you, he will make you feel stupid and honestly he made me feel like he couldn't blame my husband for divorcing me, if you're going through the traumatic experience of divorce as a woman please do not hire this man, he is not going to take care of you, he's not going to protect you, and he definitely will not represent you well. he's very much a male chauvinist but most attorneys are it's a horrible experience to go through an made even worse by this attorney. He will tell you that is all about money and paying him and that's all that he cares about.

 
Family Law
Posted by anonymous
October 22, 2010
Hired Attorney Michael A. Goss

Atty Goss runs roughshod over his own clients. He "runs the show" and refuses to listen to the direction of those paying the bills. He double-billed me for the same work on multiple occasions, threatened to abandon my case on the eve of our hearing if I pushed ahead to go in front of the judge, and stood in my way and didn't let me leave his premises until I threatened to hold him on charge of unlawful detainment after I succumbed to his demand and sign a settlement I had not been party to.

 
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Areas of Law

  • Family Law 25
    • Divorce
    • Child Custody
    • Child Support
    • Domestic Violence
    • Visitation Rights
    • Prenuptial Agreements.
    • Childrens Rights
    • Marital Agreements
    • Marital Property Settlements
    • Matrimonial Law
    • Parental Rights
    • Premarital Agreements
    • Post Divorce Modification
    • Spousal Support
    • Uncontested Divorce
    • Termination of Parental Rights
    • Parenting Time
    • Domestic Relations
    • Grandparents Custody
    • Grandparents Visitation Rights
    • No Fault Divorce
    • Name Changes
    • Palimony
    • Paternity
    • Third Party Custody

  • Agency and Distributorships 2
    • Equitable Distribution
    • Marital Property Distribution
  • Fathers Rights
  • Legal Separation
  • Property Law 1
    • Marital Property Law
  • Restraining Orders
  • Other 1
    • Post Nuptial Agreements

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