Apicella Law & Mediation

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Mike and Rebecca are a great team. Responsive and efficient; they don't drag things out. Mike knows the law well and Rebecca is very diligent with the paperwork. Highly recommended.

If you're looking to stay out of court and need legal counsel regarding a path to mediation & quick resolution - I could not recommend Michael more. He's extremely knowledgeable & and true professional.

In these very challenging times, it’s so comforting to know there are good people, within our special community, here in Petaluma, who care for + want only the best for one another. During the devastating process of divorce, the last thing anyone would want, is an atmosphere of fear, but instead; respectful decency and understanding. This law firm takes pride in their mediation services & are invested in their clientele.

When I was looking to hire a mediator for my divorce, I came across Apicella Law & Mediation on Yelp. From the first phone call to the finalization of my divorce, Mike was always professional and thorough with any questions I had. He took me step by step through the process. My divorce took longer than expected, but Mike would always reply to my emails quickly even when we hadn't communicated for a few months. I can't thank Mike and his assistant Rebecca enough for getting me through this timely process. I would highly recommend Apicella Law & Mediation to anyone looking to hire

Michael was great to work with!! Incredibly knowledgeable and willing to go beyond the norm to offer professional advice. We highly recommend him to anyone seeking legal counsel and/or mediation. Not only was he professional, he was very fair with his time and fees.

Robert Smith

Michael was very thorough, prompt and professional. Our experience was very good and very reasonable. Thank You!

I did not want to spend my time nor money with tons of hours at a lawyers office during my divorce. Our divorce was very amicable so we got thru it with Michaels help super fast and very reasonably. If you are ready to move forward with your life with your pocketbook intact I would definitely recommend him.

I would recommend Michael to anyone going through divorce. He is empathetic, down to earth, knowledgeable, able to communicate information in layman's terms, responsive, competent, kind, and skilled at guiding the often challenging interactions between divorcing spouses in order to resolve issues and succeed at compromise/solutions. I felt as though I could trust him to give us both reasonable advice towards a fair end result. I personally especially appreciated feeling much less stressed and way more at ease going through this process with Michael; he reduced the fear factor for me substantially

I called Mike initially just to get a brief idea of my options. He spoke freely with me and gave me an hour of his time as well as fantastic advice. Due to his knowledge, caring attitude and professionalism I decided to hire him. I am very pleased with the results of my divorce. Mike is professional but human at the same time. I felt that he heard me and cared about me and what I was going through. I would hire him again (I hope I never need to!) and would definitely recommend him to anyone I know going thru a similar situation.

Very knowledgeable and ethical attorney. Mr. Apicella handled my case with great skill and attention to detail. He explained my rights very clearly, and took steps to get the case resolved efficiently. I highly recommend him to anyone who needs a great divorce lawyer.

I hired Mike at the very end of my divorce to just review my divorce agreement. He was knowledgable, professional, knew the forms inside and out and I thought that would be the end of his services. But, compared to any other professional I've hired to do a similar job, Mike's absolutely superb ability to explain the details, and put them in a larger context, is where his services as a lawyer truly excelled. He explains and talks like a regular person and you feel confident, as confident as you can in a divorce, that what he is telling you is from 100s of cases he has seen. This will

Mike is a very knowledgeable attorney who helped me navigate through a difficult divorce. He helped facilitate a very satisfactory settlement. I feel very fortunate to have had him in my corner.

Mike is very straightforward, honest and cuts through the BS. I never once had any concern about him wanting to run up his fees like other attorneys I had dealt with. Hire him immediately if you're looking for a highly competent, attorney who's a great value.

Mike Apicella is a knowledgable attorney, but that came with a very expensive price. I was deployed to Afghanistan during my divorce, and felt that distance only further disrupted my ability to efficiently make it through the divorce process due to numerous failures with Mike. Apicella from day 1 proved to be knowledgable, but came across as arrogant, even a bit rude towards me. In the end we parted ways with my divorce case no longer being represented by him or his office after a very unprofessional and threatening voicemail towards me. I would not recommend Mike Apicella nor his office to anyone

After being stonewalled by the county court system on a case that started in 2005, I used M. Apicella to bring it to closure. He did it with speed and efficiency. He's a person of high integrity and kept me up to date on all the details involved. No surprises. I really appreciated his help and expertise and would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone needing help or assistance. - j