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28 Jan, 2018 by Anonymous
I hired her to take care of my divorce. She took my money upfront and threw me to the wolves. Do not waste your money or your time. She’s not professional, her office looks like a hurricane blew through it. She shouldn’t be allowed to practice law.
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26 Aug, 2017 by Anonymous
I hired Andrea for a child custody case. She never explained anything about the case to me. She took my money and every time I called her she was in a rush to get off the phone. She is rude and abrasive. She would make excuses about why she couldn't meet. She is not very professional. I regret not getting out earlier.
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05 Oct, 2015 by Anonymous
I was being mistreated by my soon to be ex and Andrea made my miserable situation much better!!! She was honest and forthright and got me through a very difficult time.
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09 May, 2022 by Janet
She is the worst lawyer I have ever dealt with. She doesn’t listen and spends more time defending the other party than she does you!!!! Run…. Don’t walk!! Wish I had read the reviews before because she’s useless.
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28 Dec, 2020 by James
Claire is the worst lawyer ever, She was hired to do a divorce and 1 year and a half years later guess what still not divorced!!!
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14 Oct, 2018 by Anonymous
I'm a Domestic Violence Victim and she did nothing to fight for my divorce. I hired her in January and now are in the middle of October and after going to the Supreme Court to look at the paperwork she filed, the last thing she did was in January. She is a disgrace to the law and anyone who is a Domestic Violence Victim. She could care less about Justice and helping ones who have been abused severely.
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29 Jun, 2022 by Anonymous
Cappy has now TWICE not shown up to court after being paid. In addition, he has cancelled meeting abruptly and has shown a general disregard for all professionalism and care for the case. I am truly shocked that there can be someone out there who is this bad at simply showing up for court as a lawyer. I would rather have a court appointed attorney than pay for this man’s representation. It is truly one of the worst experiences imaginable.
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12 Mar, 2022 by Anonymous
While many people can simply make a bad claim about a lawyer without backing that claim up with facts, I can back my claims up with facts. Walk in and sit down in Cappy's office and you will immediately witness that he is an extremely unorganized man. Where being unorganized is not a necessarily a bad quality in itself, when it hinders a person in the function and effectiveness of their duty, THEN it becomes a bad quality.
While representing me (or should I say misrepresenting me) Cappy once allowed the opposing party to write up the compromise that was agreed upon in court between my ex husband and I concerning the details of the custody of our daughter. The agreement was completely bastardized by the opposing attorney and sat on Cappy's desk for weeks; because it was neither read nor challenged, the time limit for the challenge ran out and the bastardization thus became a court order. This one catastrophic stroke of incompetency on Cappy's part devastated our case and my child's future and rendered the $14,000 dollars that I had paid up until that point WASTED!
When confronted with this complete failure on his part, not only was he not sorry but he responded with an almost frightening look of outrage! We were forced to release him as as our lawyer and not pay him the measly $1,000 that he insisted we owed him, Cappy even had the audacity to threaten us with action if we did not pay him. The losses that our family suffered because of the incompetency of Cappy Weiner never were recovered, and I don't just mean the financial losses, I mean the loss of a healthy childhood for my daughter. BEWARE, Cappy Wiener.
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02 Jul, 2017 by Darcy wood
Cappy has been my attorney as well as many family members, and friends. He is experienced in many areas of the law and I've always had a positive experience with his legal services.
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29 Aug, 2024 by Anonymous
Tricky guy...blowhard w contempt for his clients.. Agreed upon upfront simple letter price not honored....Extremely self important and arrogant...his reviews are spot on...There are nicer lawyers in
Kingston.
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05 Jun, 2023 by Anonymous
Rod badgered me pver the phone.Then shared very innacurate information with others. I would urge Anyone contemplating to use this man as an attorney buyer beware. He will work against you and for himself only! Rod and one of his partners are dangetous to clients well being.
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19 Dec, 2020 by Anonymous
Failed to properly research title and failed to communicate this, causing chaos and underserving clients
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17 Mar, 2023 by Brittney
Very rude and disrespectful. Likes to tell her clients to shut up. I do not recommend her to anyone.
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12 Mar, 2017 by Anonymous
Jay has always been known how to milk his clients, its what he does. Unfortunately, I found this out the hard way. He drags on proceedings, When intitially consulted says the fee will be a few thousand and it turned into tens of thousands. In his later years has has begun forgetting basic facts of cases. Other lawyers cannot stand working with him because he is an arrogant, forgets basic facts before the judge, who then gets angry with him and I'm paying, i do mean paying for it. He needs to retire.
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22 Feb, 2017 by Anonymous
Worst experience with a lawyer I have ever had. He was suposed to represent me and he didn't
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18 Jul, 2009 by Anonymous
We talked a lot about what I needed and she seemed to understand and was enthusiastic. Over and over. She reassured me my problem was getting solved and that I need not worry. Over and over. I spent plenty, both in time and money. She was unable to deliver.
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07 Oct, 2013 by Anonymous
I met with Kathleen H. Dittus, Esq., of Kingston, NY, but opted to use an attorney elsewhere, as Ms. Dittus lacked the knowledge necessary for my complex case. Her attempt to assist me during our meeting particularly disturbed me, due to the dangerous potential of misinformation. She also shared numerous unrelated tales, which wouldn't be of great concern, except her rate was time-based.
**Again, she may be perfectly fine for simpler cases. **
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08 Sep, 2009 by Anonymous
Very nice. Answered my calls right away, but her inexperience and lack of confidence cost me dearly. I spent thousands more for her to try to correct her mistakes. Why do I have to pay for her mistakes??? Good question. Unfortunately, I didn't figure out that she didn't know what she was doing until it was too late.
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25 Apr, 2017 by Anonymous
Mr. Cloohan represented my family's estate for a number of years and, at first, he seemed capable and helpful. However, over time, we found that he gave poor advice and that he often provided one opinion and then later contradicted that opinion. His problematic advice and shifting opinions created a great deal of confusion and resulted in a much poorer resolution of the estate than if we had had a more competent and trustworthy attorney.
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29 Jan, 2019 by Anonymous
If you want to work with an office full of unprofessional, disorganized people Mel is your guy! He gave me poor advice and took matters into his own hands multiple times without communicating anything to me. I could have done a better job representing myself and saved my money.
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08 Jul, 2015 by Anonymous
I've had the unfortunate opportunity to work with this guy and it's impossible to get anything done. He's been 'working' on a simple task for over a month at every attempt to get updates and a resolution I'm just told to call back at a later date. It took me months to get court documents and he has no regard for his clients needs. Stay clear.
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29 Sep, 2016 by Anonymous
Before purchasing my house I retained Mr. Findholt as my attorney. Shortly after residing in the home I discovered that there were TWO right of ways on the property, one behind the house and the other along the side of the house. Every day I have to tolerate people walking, and all kinds of vehicles including snowmobiles, driving behind and alongside my house. The reason a potential home buyer retains an attorney is to study deeds, surveys, and all documents associated with the property in order to prevent situations such as mine. I do NOT recommend this attorney, at least not for real estate transactions!
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