Daniel I Spector - San Francisco, CA
Attorney at Hanson Bridgett LLP
Lawyers in San Francisco, CA
425 Market Street 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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34
Years
Experience
Updated: 02/15/2026
Reviews
Highlights
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0.5 Value
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1.5 Quality of Service
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0.5 Professional Competence
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Hired Attorney 2019I hired Dan Spector (at his rate of $500/hr) to represent me and my family involving a case of undue influence and elderly abuse. My decision to retain him was based on 2 factors: 1) his Super Lawyer rating and 2) a referral from a professional colleague. I was involved in a big case against a multinational company several years ago and retained a Super Lawyer who was terrific and won our case. Unfortunately, this was not the case with Dan. I setup a consultation call with Dan to discuss my case. Prior to the call, I sent him an email with the details. During the consultation call, Dan essentially paraphrased my email back to me. Towards the conclusion of our discussion, he told me we had a strong case and despite wanting to put odds on our chances for success, he guesstimated 70%. He also advised me that he didn't write letters, he litigated. If the opposing party wanted to talk, he would certainly take their call. I was impressed with the attitude as we were going to need an aggressive attorney to successfully pursue our claims. Unfortunately, more than $10,000 later, Dan was unable to accomplish anything. He wrote a letter to the opposing party and had a call with opposing party's attorney resulting in absolutely nothing. In fact, when his office sent me an email summary of the call, for a moment, I thought that he was the opposing party's attorney not mine. Furthermore, I gave him critical talking points for the conversation with opposing attorney. To my shock and disappointment, he chose not to discuss them. I just received my final invoice and file. Not surprisingly, 90% of the file consists of my notes, observations, emails etc.....For an attorney who is supposedly an expert in undue influence and elderly abuse, I was extremely disappointed. Dan did not move the needle at all andwas subsequently fired. $10,000 and two months later, nothing accomplished.
Contact
425 Market Street
26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: (415) 777-3200
Fax: (415) 541-9366
Website: http://www.hansonbridgett.com
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