McGuireWoods LLP

Pleasure to deal with. Very prompt, professional, and courteous. Lee & Jasmine are highly recommended if you need something done and done right!
May 29th, 2023

Nov 14th, 2021

Aug 1st, 2020

Jun 2nd, 2020

Was taken aback by the recent Cease & Desist letter from Jeffrey Woods. It is clear to us that your deceptive client, Mara Conley of Mara Cleaning Services, was NOT honest with you by withholding pertinent information. According to the CMPD and Sheriff Department complaints we filed, Mara and her staff stole just over $18,000 in cash from our 2nd floor master bedroom walk-in closet. They were the only ones with access to our 2nd floor closet (where they vacuum the carpet) shortly after we last saw the cash. My mother-in-law left this money for us upon her death, in 18 bank envelopes with ten $100 bills in each envelope. The coins mentioned in your letter were simply Eisenhower half dollars stored in a plastic tube. Once we shockingly (made us sick to our stomachs) discovered the cash had been taken, we texted and telephoned Mara to alert her to our discovery AND request that she return the cash or else we would be forced to notify the police. After a moment of denying the theft, Mara coldly stated You dont have any security cameras in your bedroom to prove that I stole your money. What??? That statement convinced us that she was clearly guilty of breaking our trust by stealing this large sum of money from our home. On the advice of an attorney, we gave this petite lady thief several opportunities through text messages to return our money, and in exchange, we would be willing to withdraw our complaints with CMPD and the Sheriffs Department. We would also terminate our Civil Lawsuit which the CMPD detective suggested we pursue. This grand larceny by Mara was also a devastating blow to the quasi friendship we developed with Mara over the eight (8) years she cleaned our home. Sadly, we know that the pandemic hurt Maras cleaning business because she told us so and she asked to borrow money, and to send it through Zell, to help pay her rent. We prayed for her to overcome her regularly poor health (smoker) and for her business to survive the pandemic. We have since prayed for her to return our stolen cash, coins, and my wifes precious dark gray Rosary beads. However, Mara has not reached out to us other than through McQuire/Woods. - Mark & Laura VanValkenburg, Charlotte
Apr 28th, 2020