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C4 Legal Assistance & Mediation has 3 locations, listed below.

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    • C4 Legal Assistance & Mediation

      503 S McClelland St Santa Maria, CA 93454-5118

      BBB Accredited Business
    • C4 Legal Assistance & Mediation

      429 E Main St Santa Maria, CA 93454-4501

      BBB Accredited Business
    • C4 Legal Assistance & Mediation

      956 Walnut St # 201 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-1707

      BBB Accredited Business

    Business ProfileforC4 Legal Assistance & Mediation

    Mediation Services
    Multi Location Business
    BBB accredited business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

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    Customer Complaints

    1 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 4/6/2023

    Years in Business: 18

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    Overview of BBB Rating

    Overview

    C4 Legal Assistance & Mediation, provides professional services to all customers in Santa Barbara County, including Affordable Business Consulting, Mediation, Paralegal & Legal Document Assistance, and Public Notary services. Experienced professionals will assist you in keeping your business on track and moving towards your goals. With over 80 years of hands on professional experience with Start-ups, turn arounds small, medium and large business ventures, they can help. Helping your company stay in compliance, use reliable and proven documents, and ensure payment and collection. C4 Mediation is an informal and confidential way to resolve disputes, both professional and personal, with the help of a neutral mediator. Through mediation both parties can contribute to a resolution that is binding and agreeable to all involved. Dealing with legal and compliance issues is not just a business problem. At C4 they can make those personal legal questions easy to handle. Having helped families deal with everything from divorce filings, wills and trust to small claims issues and notarizing real estate documents. 

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    C4 Legal Assistance & Mediation has 3 locations, listed below.

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      • C4 Legal Assistance & Mediation

        503 S McClelland St Santa Maria, CA 93454-5118

        BBB Accredited Business
      • C4 Legal Assistance & Mediation

        429 E Main St Santa Maria, CA 93454-4501

        BBB Accredited Business
      • C4 Legal Assistance & Mediation

        956 Walnut St # 201 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-1707

        BBB Accredited Business
      Location of This Business
      503 S McClelland St, Santa Maria, CA 93454-5118
      BBB File Opened:
      6/17/2014
      Years in Business:
      18
      Business Started:
      2/1/2006
      Business Started Locally:
      2/1/2009
      Accredited Since:
      4/6/2023
      Licensing Information:
      This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
      Type of Entity:
      Sole Proprietorship
      Number of Employees:
      5
      Hours of Operation

      Primary

      M:
      8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      T:
      8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      W:
      8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      Th:
      8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      F:
      8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      Sa:
      Closed
      Su:
      Closed
      Business Management
      • Mr. Tony Coles, President/Owner
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Tony Coles, President/Owner

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Tony Coles, President/Owner
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (805) 314-2661
        Primary Fax

      Phone Numbers

      Email Addresses

      Website Addresses

      Customer Complaints

      1 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      12/29/2022

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      On 5/18/22 I paid $4375 (please see attached) these fees, included probate document preparation (3500), Superior Court Court filing fee (455) and Santa Maria times legal posting fee (420) to T*** Coles at C4 to help me access a bank account after my father died. He told me i needed to start probate proceedings because of the value of my father’s estate. There are many confusing, conversations and emails regarding this process. I was thoroughly confused. And asked for guidance several times. I also noticed several errors in my paperwork, including the date of my father’s death. Eventually, In August, I had to hire an attorney to clarify things for me. I could not get any help from T***, especially after i had an attorney. He stated he was only helping me with probate, but when i asked him questions he would put me off. When probate court was finally in session, I found out that C4 did horribly sloppy work for me, and i gave them $3500 for that work alone. They also did not publish in the correct news publication for my father‘s probate information, which i paid $420 for. (Please see attached) As i dug further with time and energy from my attorney, I found that I didn’t even even need to go to probate court. I paid a superior court filing fee of $455 to T***s at c4 for something I didn’t need to do! After several request for a refund from T*** he sent me $3000 on August 29…. I asked him several times where he got that number from, and he never answered me. As far as I’m concerned, he owes me everything back. 
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