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21 Aug, 2023 by Russ jd
My father "did" his living will with him - he never subimited an original copy to Suffolk county - a waste of money - now we have no will - I GIVE HIM ZERO STARS IF I COULD
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21 Sep, 2022 by J s
Horrible
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16 Jun, 2022 by Tamer sumer
Adam is true professional. Excellent attorney and wonderful man.
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07 Sep, 2023 by Guy
I live in Maryland and was renting my home in Huntington.
I decided to sell my Huntington house, but my tenant refused to complete purchasing it.
The tenant had to be evicted before the house could be sold to someone else.
Two other attorneys "dropped the ball" with the eviction and the house went unsold for a year.
Charles got it done in three months and I never had to leave Maryland.
Very thankful to have found Charles.
Guy
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25 May, 2012 by Anonymous
i would like to state that this attorney refuses to return my funds that i put into an escrow account in November 6, 2011 for a short sale home my contract ended 2/27/2012 i contacted him on march 15 2012 that i no longer want to continue and did not break any contract since it ended. and to this time the bank has not approved the short sale for this property. Through repeated efforts of my attorney and myself he refuses to return emails phone calls and he refuses to return my 6000 dollars that was cashed by him i have referred him to the 10th judicial system in hauppauge.he has no short sale approval at time of cancellation on this home when i cancelled waiting over 6 months when i should have closed in 90 days actually christmas of 2011 so i was told. I have emailed sent letters to his address which is a p.o. box ,does not answer his phone or return calls. I would like to say he told the price the bank was looking for on this home me. my offer was 200,000 he told me to offer 210,000 dollars if i wanted the home. My lawyer has made several attempts to contact mr berg to retreive my money he will not return funds I have notified the town of islip councilman and the greivance committe in hauppauge ny to further investigate my funds and return of 6000 dollars i am a single mother with 4 children i work very hard to purchase a home working 16 hour days and & 7 days a week to purchase a home for myself and my children. i have done everything the proper way with attorneys and still can not receive a refund of my money.
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03 May, 2010 by Anonymous
My banker recommended him to do estate planning for my wife and I. Little did I know that my wife would pass away the next week. He has been like a member of my family for the past 4 years, helping us in every way.
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27 Jan, 2016 by Anonymous
I hired Mr. Robert J. Ahlstrom Jr. as a Real Estate Attorney. He is on sharp, timely and on the ball. Always had my best interest. Office support is extremely bright and pleasant to work with. Highly recommend for future use
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10 Jun, 2013 by Anonymous
I hired to handle some legal matters, never returns phone calls or emails. Always told he is too busy.
I had to hire another attorney to get proper action on my legal matter.
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20 Jan, 2012 by Judith
I had a prenuptial drawn up by Robert. I called his office to have a copy sent to me as he never sent the completed copy. I left a message for him to call me. Never called me back. I called again and got his receptionist and told her that I had requested a copy of the prenuptial and she said they did not have a completed copy but would have Robert call me back. I called again (as he did not return my phone call). Again got receptionist who said that they did not have a completed copy. A total of three phone calls were made and each time she said he would call me back. I told her I have a receipt from him saying that it is completed and charging us a hefty fee (which we paid!). We also had our wills done by him.
I have since had another lawyer review the few pages of the prenuptial that he gave us and he said it is useless...never signed, missing the page that lists all our assets and should have been done by separate lawyers unless there was a waiver indicating that we requested just one lawyer for the prenuptial.
Needless to say I am very upset. Now my husband and I have to pay another lawyer to rectify this.
Looks like he is just in it for the money and does not know what he's doing.
Very dissatisfied!!!!!
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