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30 Sep, 2024 by Dara eskenazi
Angela has been our attorney for a while. Great estate planning advice.
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13 Apr, 2022 by Tom truppo
Excellent lawyer got me what I wanted and more.
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09 Mar, 2022 by אפיק כהן
28 Nov, 2023 by Robin
He is patient and soft spoken . In my opinion he is a silent crook who is for the buyers not the sellers. He overcharged for the retainer cost. He gave the buyers more money than discussed without discussing any information with me, He does not communicate information to his clients as needed. I did all of the foot work and calling to get things done before closing. With the assistants of the realtors. He was no assistance, but tried to overcharged me at closing over $1000 dollars. My opinion he is lazy, and just want the pay check. Be careful if you hire him stay ontop of your information needed.
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27 Dec, 2012 by Anonymous
Marc Paz is an extremely patient and thorough attorney. While recommended as a closing attorney for our first mortgage, we had such a good experience with him that we asked him to assist us with our wills, (my living will) and to set up a trust for my son.
Marc is both personable and professional. He did not just “do” his part and collect a fee. Unlike other attorney’s I have dealt with, he explained each step of the processes so we understood what was happening before we signed any piece of paper.
I highly recommend him.
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13 Jun, 2017 by Anonymous
Hired Steven during a dark time, he helped probate a contentious will along with selling of my sister's estate. He handled the closing and walked me through the probate process. Always responsive and professional. You are in good hands with Steven and the firm Baram & Kaiser.
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12 Jun, 2017 by Anonymous
Was recommended by someone but he's a terrible lawyer. Makes constant mistakes, despite claiming to have years of experience, doesn't follow up on time, and says things will be done at a certain time (but never actually does them). Maybe he's too busy with other clients, but I don't see the professionalism here.
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30 Sep, 2024 by Dara eskenazi
Angela has been our attorney for a while. Great estate planning advice.
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13 Apr, 2022 by Tom truppo
Excellent lawyer got me what I wanted and more.
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09 Mar, 2022 by אפיק כהן
29 May, 2018 by Anonymous
My son hired Mr. Gingold in a paternity matter. He was absolutely amazing. Kept constant contact, was very understanding, very reasonable price. The outcome would have been completely different if not for Mr. Gingold. Cannot thank him enough.
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23 Oct, 2017 by Anonymous
My divorce was not complicated. He said I'd likely even be getting money back from my retainer. We weren't fighting about anything. Instead, this got dragged out more than two years because Harlan couldn't be bothered to move on anything quickly. I got billed for phone calls and emails going over things we had ALREADY discussed that he forgot. This divorce cost me over $10k for his disinterest. I'm appalled- and broke. This is monstrously unfair to me.
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08 Jun, 2014 by Mark
No one wants to be in a nasty divorce, appearance before a.
Judge, stand trial, but if you need to like I lived I couldnt have
been better represented.
In summary I was married over 20 years, life changes people.
I believe without Steve to guide me and perpare me my outcome
would have been drastically different. I personally had three separate
different law firms represent me, all of which I fired.
when I came to Steve my case turned around 360 degrees,
He listened, responded and was avaliable to speak when issues
like in any trial surfaced needing immediate attention.
I would and "have" recommended Steve, he earns his fee and
gets results.
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15 Mar, 2011 by Gail m
This "lawyer" took me for everything i had. i should have used a diffrent
differerent lawyer, as Meisner made a bad situation worse!! he is a divorced man himself, and has no objectivity whatsoever. Findva real attorney.
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30 Sep, 2024 by Dara eskenazi
Angela has been our attorney for a while. Great estate planning advice.
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13 Apr, 2022 by Tom truppo
Excellent lawyer got me what I wanted and more.
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09 Mar, 2022 by אפיק כהן
01 May, 2021 by Anonymous
Attentive and smart. Highly recommend, was always available and was fantastic during closing
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19 Jul, 2017 by Anonymous
This attorney is arrogant and very difficult to deal with! He does not look after your best interest, all he cares about is his fee and doing as little as possible! He is not helpful one bit! There are tons of great lawyers out there and he is NOT in that category!
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12 Apr, 2022 by Anonymous
Obviously this is just an opinion. But I’d avoid this horrible woman at all costs. This woman is not only truly nasty but she doesn’t bother to know her clients at all. I’m not sure she even cares about clients in any way. I can’t for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to continue using her. She’s rude. She’s mean. She’s unfriendly and I don’t think she’s even competent. I think there is truly something wrong with her:
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27 Sep, 2015 by Oded
If you are looking for a lawyer who cares about you personally and about your case at least as much as you you care, who is extremely resourceful, logic, kind and well rounded - Eleanor Grosz is the one!
With my perfectionism, I was switching 3 lawyers, and interviewing about 15 of them prior to hiring Eleanor. From the first day of working with Eleanor, I got the feeling of "finally this is it" and ever since then, I was blessing day after day how good it was not to settle for less.
Eleanor is just Amazing and so her team. The lawyers that works under her just got the same qualities of personally caring a lot while deliver an incredible high standard of service.
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07 Sep, 2018 by Anonymous
I hired mr Marchesi to handle an issue and he resolved my problem as requested.
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31 May, 2013 by Anonymous
I hired Anthony Marchesi for my divorce case. Big mistake. I trusted that he would take good care of my case. I have 3 children and am a victim of domestic violence. So Anthony Marchesi said he understood how difficult it was, etc, and that he would do a good job and look out for me because he is divorced too and understands what a painful process it is. It was all lies. All that happened was a botched job and me having to hire other attorneys because he was so negligent with my case. He barely did any work on it and padded the bill and completely overbilled me by blowing through retainers almost immediately claiming that he needed more money to continue. I had to fire him and get a different attorney because he was sucking me dry. I lost thousands to him. To add insult to injury, currently he is suing me in Nassau County Supreme Court. I had to hire another attorney to defend myself against his ridiculous lawsuit against me claiming that I owe him money from years ago when in fact he ripped me off to begin with! He really knows how to take advantage of vulnerable people and kick them when they are down. Please don't make the same mistake I did. Stay far away from this attorney because if you hire him, it won't be long before you have to hire a different attorney to defend yourself against him! He and another attorney named Ralph Bontempo who handles trials for him have a little game going on where they split profits they extract from nuisance settlements against people.
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29 Dec, 2019 by Katrina chapman
Worst attorneys ever. Slip shod work and does not keep the confidentiality of the client. Avaricious and spiteful.
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24 Dec, 2016 by Mehran kohanim
29 Dec, 2019 by Katrina chapman
Worst attorneys ever. Slip shod work and does not keep the confidentiality of the client. Avaricious and spiteful.
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24 Dec, 2016 by Mehran kohanim
29 Dec, 2019 by Katrina chapman
Worst attorneys ever. Slip shod work and does not keep the confidentiality of the client. Avaricious and spiteful.
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24 Dec, 2016 by Mehran kohanim
29 Dec, 2019 by Katrina chapman
Worst attorneys ever. Slip shod work and does not keep the confidentiality of the client. Avaricious and spiteful.
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24 Dec, 2016 by Mehran kohanim
29 Dec, 2019 by Katrina chapman
Worst attorneys ever. Slip shod work and does not keep the confidentiality of the client. Avaricious and spiteful.
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24 Dec, 2016 by Mehran kohanim
29 Dec, 2019 by Katrina chapman
Worst attorneys ever. Slip shod work and does not keep the confidentiality of the client. Avaricious and spiteful.
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24 Dec, 2016 by Mehran kohanim
29 Dec, 2019 by Katrina chapman
Worst attorneys ever. Slip shod work and does not keep the confidentiality of the client. Avaricious and spiteful.
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24 Dec, 2016 by Mehran kohanim
29 Dec, 2019 by Katrina chapman
Worst attorneys ever. Slip shod work and does not keep the confidentiality of the client. Avaricious and spiteful.
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24 Dec, 2016 by Mehran kohanim
29 Dec, 2019 by Katrina chapman
Worst attorneys ever. Slip shod work and does not keep the confidentiality of the client. Avaricious and spiteful.
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24 Dec, 2016 by Mehran kohanim
29 Dec, 2019 by Katrina chapman
Worst attorneys ever. Slip shod work and does not keep the confidentiality of the client. Avaricious and spiteful.
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24 Dec, 2016 by Mehran kohanim
29 Dec, 2019 by Katrina chapman
Worst attorneys ever. Slip shod work and does not keep the confidentiality of the client. Avaricious and spiteful.
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24 Dec, 2016 by Mehran kohanim
23 Jul, 2023 by Anonymous
I had an awful experience with this attorney. Don’t use any Nassau County attorneys if your spouse has one in the county. They all know each other and don’t care at all about the client and your rights. You’re another person they get rich on. She did absolutely nothing for me she supported my husband and never looked at his financials. I lost 45,000 in an annuity and I took care of the home he left. He got equity but that wasn’t enough. He wouldn’t split his annuity equally. She did nothing and I mean nothing to support and investigate my ex husbands accounts etc I had so much information and records but nope go to Suffolk or use someone in Westchester far from Nassau County. They all go out on your expense with the money they take from clients. Stay away!!!!
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25 May, 2016 by Stefanie
Kristin did a good job with my divorce. She stayed on top of things and was very easy to deal with. She always made sure I understood what was going on and always pushed to have things move quickly. She was very fair with her time and billing.
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27 Dec, 2018 by Carole
Tom Liotti has handled multiple real estate and personal injury cases for me. He is very professional and thinks outside of the box to get the best possible results, even in difficult cases. If you are looking for an attorney to fight for you, Tom Liotti is the one.
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26 Aug, 2010 by Anonymous
I did not got any results after 3 years working closely with Law firm..
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22 Aug, 2010 by Anonymous
In 3 years he could not defend or achieve any result in our favour and charged a very heavy fee for his non performance in our case
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05 Nov, 2022 by Anonymous
“But after Donna McCabe, who had been appointed to represent the children in the divorce action, informed New York Supreme Court Judge Zimmerman that Mrs. Valva had been interfering with her access to the children, Judge Zimmerman decided to award temporary custody of the children to Mr. Valva. Judge Zimmerman did, however, allow Mrs. Valva unsupervised visitation with the children. “
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-valva-divorce-case-child-dead-20200227-b5yom76hanhlbpgqgl2vmajmdq-story.html
Great job Donna! You are Complicit in the murder of this child. Claiming alienation which is junk science!!! You are a horrible person and I hope you lose your law license as you deserve to.
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18 Sep, 2020 by Dyian
Ms McCabe is a knowledgeable lawyer. She handled my case well. She was attentive, professional, and fought for me.
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02 Feb, 2017 by Anonymous
Represented me in custody/visitation case. Provided very lackluster representation. It's understandable that lawyers are quite busy however she never returned my calls or emails. Never did follow up with my case. Impossible to get in touch with: left numerous voicemails and emails and never received a response from her. While in the courtroom, she volunteered and told the judge the she would write up a temporary order on the spot for the judge to sign. Following the same proceeding, she carelessly made the comment that she wasn't writing up the order. She agreed that she would submit that same order later on and never did so which caused confusion for visitation and custody terms on the next court date. During those months in which I've worked with her, she never made an effort to consult with me and when I tried to approach her about it she'd constantly tell me we'd discuss things later yet never did follow up when I reached out. Consequently, she constantly came to court unprepared without any background on how to move forward with my case. Very unprofessional as she had the audacity to insinuate that I shouldn't have decided to have children with the opposing party and that I should just deal with the situation as it is (in spite of the fact that there was domestic violence present in the relationship). This lawyer was more against me than for me. It is my opinion that she is either burned out or has a preference for handling certain cases, in other words, working with clients of a certain background/ race/ culture over others. She needs a refresher course on Attoney's Model Rules for Professional Conduct; specifically in regards to the Client-Lawyer Relationship and Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession.
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21 Nov, 2021 by Anonymous
Ilene was my lawyer. I now need to go back to court several years later due to all the errors she made. Allowed my ex husband to have a cap and follow all standards of the nys child support laws. She told me she made sure was my son was well taken care of and she made stipulations to the divorce agreement as she had me sign every page. $50k later I find my ex has truly been gifted by my lawyer to just follow Nys child support act. What was I paying all this money for to negotiate when she basically followed all Nys standards for college, no sports, and allowing him to maximally pay $2100 per month towards child support when his salary is now over $300k. That’s not even 10 percent when I was the one left paying all of the bills. Now need to return to court to fix all of the courtesies she left for my ex to take. I assure you, she never would have signed the agreement she handed me with a smile.
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14 Nov, 2013 by Anonymous
She was my lawyer, along with Warren Hoffman many years ago. They did absolutely nothing for me and yet left me with a huge bill. I would definitely not recommend them.
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18 May, 2009 by Anonymous
Ilene represented me in my divorce 4+ years ago. Her name was given to me as a referral by a professional-whom I respected. They knew someone who used Ilene and recommended her. She was kind, honest and alway kept me informed. Not something you ususally hear about a lawyer. My ex was HORRIBLE and went after everything-trying to leave me penniless and childless. Ilene fought for me and got everything that mattered to me. She always told me the truth. To this day, I continue to call her with questions. She is ALWAYS available for me. Just as kind and honest as when she represented me. I continue to give her name out as a referral. Not one person who has used her because of me has regretted it. Everyone has nothing but good to say about her. She is very respected in her field. I would recommend Ilene to anyone. She may not be the cheapest- but for a decision that will last the rest of your child's future, SO WORTH THE MONEY.
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12 Nov, 2020 by Anonymous
We hired Mr Green for a case that had two parts (two different courts). He said he would represent us until the end of the case (through both courts). But I remember him saying also how busy he was, that he had bigger cases (for more money), but still took our case. The first part of our case was completed; me and my husband had a meeting with Mr. Mark Greene for the second part of the case. Couple days later he stopped answering his phone calls and returning my emails. We called his office and left messages every day but no calls back. I personally spoke to the secretary, i think her name was Christine, who told me that she always pass our messages. Mr Greene was very unprofessional because he could have told us to hire another lawyer for the second part of the case instead of hiding.
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12 Nov, 2018 by Anonymous
He made my life hard and did not fight for me in my case. I lost everything and am now still fighting to gain it back.
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02 Dec, 2016 by Anonymous
The best lawyer in family court he really will fight for you and whats right !
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17 Jun, 2021 by Ciera
I was referred to Allen by a previous Supervisor regarding a legal matter. Allen provided me with legal advice during a free consultation. He suggested we try our case at small claims court and save ourselves the trouble and money. We decided to hire him to represent us at Small Claims Court to ensure we got the outcome we deserved. Lisa and Allen both handled my case and responded to all my questions, calls and emails. Their legal assistant, Evelyn, was also very responsive and helpful! The team was upfront and honest throughout my case and about what to expect.
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04 Jan, 2017 by Skip this attorney
We hired Mr. Morganstern recently for a lawsuit we were served on. It was very hard to get ahold of them after we paid the deposit. There didn't seem much interest in acting on our behalf during the lawsuit, but there was quite a bit of interest in making sure we were billed and made payments on time. Very dissatisfied.
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14 Oct, 2016 by Anonymous
He lied to me about what could be done, then once I signed to hire him and paid the $3500 retainer I barely heard from him except to receive additional bills in the mail. I made a big mistake in choosing an attorney who I knew nothing about and who acted like he had a large firm when in fact that it was just him and one other young lawyer working for him (the office is set up so you can't see where they actually worked, which was upstairs from the meeting room they keep you in). Lost the case and spent a huge amount of money for nothing in return.
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20 Jun, 2024 by Anonymous
Sylvia Goldschmidt is the worst! She bullied me into settling for worthless LLC’s. The divorce cost over $200,000 and she did no follow up after I settled. I had to hire another attorney who told me what a bad deal I made and that she did not do any forensic accounting. However she did have me hire a forensic accountant who did nothing for an additional $50,000. She would not make any appointments with the other attorney at her office, so she could charge by the hour for the drive to and from NYC. I can go on with so many stories as she dragged the divorce on for 3 years…
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17 Nov, 2017 by Anonymous
My agreement is worthless as my ex husband does not follow it . I have had to go to court several times over past 5 years and when I called her recently , wanting to discuss coming to court with me , she wouldn't even get on the phone unless I came in for a $475 consultation . This is after spending 100k on my divorce. .
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24 Feb, 2015 by Anonymous
This lawyer fights for the woman only! It cost my friend @ $40,000 to get stuck paying his non-working ex-wife more than $2000/month. Now he's living paycheck to paycheck and the witch has no care in the world. Make sure you go in front of a judge who asks you if you're ok with your lawyer. This one avoids that 4 obvious reasons. Watch out!
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30 Sep, 2024 by Dara eskenazi
Angela has been our attorney for a while. Great estate planning advice.
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13 Apr, 2022 by Tom truppo
Excellent lawyer got me what I wanted and more.
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09 Mar, 2022 by אפיק כהן
03 Apr, 2017 by Clara
Arrogance and swagger sums up this attorney. Divorce became more complicated due to his grandiose approach. He prepared me for trial knowing that the trial would either never happen or pushed off to infinity.
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02 Oct, 2011 by Anonymous
I retained Sy Reisman after being highly recommended and he and his team lived up to their reputation! In a divorce or marital settlement, you can never be 100% satisfied but I got most of what I was looking for in a case that went to trial and lasted about 3 years!
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18 Aug, 2011 by Anonymous
when i retained him for my divorce he gave me a pep talk that we held the upper hand. as the negotiations proceeded his arrogance and swagger continued. the other attorney outmaneuvered him at every point. at one point i made a suggestion as to strategy and he said the judge would see right through it and hold it against us. after 3 more months of setbacks he suggested the strategy that i had suggested and when i said i suggested that, he denied ever hearing it. i fired him hours later. his negligence cost me almost $25K in fees and put me in a position that the new attorney told me was untenable. my ex got almost 70% of our assets including 50% of the value of my medical practice which i started way before i even knew her. the new attorney was shocked how he bungled my case.
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