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04 Aug, 2024 by Anonymous
Found this attorney to be detached and uninterested in fighting. Did not share / present pertinent and relevant information. Switched counsel. Total dud of an attorney.
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01 Jun, 2016 by Anonymous
Mr. McEleney jumped into my divorce case after 2 + years of prolonged litigation. In about a month, he was able to tie up all the loose ends and conclude a seemingly never-ending process. I am grateful for his creativity and persistence, answering my emails in under an hour and sticking with my case until it was done. Well done sir!
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27 Jan, 2016 by Christiana
James was instrumental in reviewing our paperwork and checking for up-to-date case law. It made all the difference. He has a wonderful grasp of what you want to accomplish and makes it possible with his expert knowledge of the law and his diligence in researching the facts. I highly recommend him to anyone who wants to experience professionalism coupled with caring at its best.
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18 May, 2021 by Andrea bader
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18 Oct, 2020 by Gina spagnoli
We used this form for our house closing and both Marty and Becky went above and beyond. They were extremely attentive and very quick to respond. They walked us through the entire process from beginning to end ! I would recommend them in a heart beat!
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18 Oct, 2020 by Gina spagnoli
We used this form for our house closing and both Marty and Becky went above and beyond. They were extremely attentive and very quick to respond. They walked us through the entire process from beginning to end ! I would recommend them in a heart beat!
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18 Oct, 2020 by Gina spagnoli
We used this form for our house closing and both Marty and Becky went above and beyond. They were extremely attentive and very quick to respond. They walked us through the entire process from beginning to end ! I would recommend them in a heart beat!
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18 Oct, 2020 by Gina spagnoli
We used this form for our house closing and both Marty and Becky went above and beyond. They were extremely attentive and very quick to respond. They walked us through the entire process from beginning to end ! I would recommend them in a heart beat!
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18 Oct, 2020 by Gina spagnoli
We used this form for our house closing and both Marty and Becky went above and beyond. They were extremely attentive and very quick to respond. They walked us through the entire process from beginning to end ! I would recommend them in a heart beat!
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18 May, 2021 by Andrea bader
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18 Oct, 2020 by Gina spagnoli
We used this form for our house closing and both Marty and Becky went above and beyond. They were extremely attentive and very quick to respond. They walked us through the entire process from beginning to end ! I would recommend them in a heart beat!
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18 Oct, 2020 by Gina spagnoli
We used this form for our house closing and both Marty and Becky went above and beyond. They were extremely attentive and very quick to respond. They walked us through the entire process from beginning to end ! I would recommend them in a heart beat!
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18 Oct, 2020 by Gina spagnoli
We used this form for our house closing and both Marty and Becky went above and beyond. They were extremely attentive and very quick to respond. They walked us through the entire process from beginning to end ! I would recommend them in a heart beat!
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19 Mar, 2015 by Anonymous
Kelley Enderley is very intelligent, caring and awesome! She gave my daughter and I our "peace of mind" back. Kelley was very thorough and worked diligently on my case from the very beginning until the very end. My case, in particular, was a very long and difficult case. Kelley kept me well informed for the duration of my case and responded to any questions and concerns I had in a timely fashion. I strongly believe that Kelley's legal expertise coupled with her passion for the law and her clients' best interests is what makes her stand out above all the rest and shine brightly. My daughter and I will forever be grateful to Kelley for giving us our lives back. We appreciate Kelley Enderley and she truly is passionate and fearless!
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28 Mar, 2014 by Anonymous
After having a nice conversation with Kelley on the phone, I agreed to hire her for a moving violation matter. She seem competent and pleasant. She emailed the retainer documents right away. I had a question about something pertaining to the documents, and emailed her back. No response. Tried again. No response. I called. No response. Finally gave up on this mystifying flake and went with another attorney who worked out great.
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24 Nov, 2013 by Anonymous
Kelley Enderley has been my attorney for about 2 years in an ongoing custody battle. Friendly, worked w/me financially by giving me discounts & letting me make payments. I am so grateful for all she has done for me & my family!!! Also, her assistant Stephanie is friendly & helpful.
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03 Mar, 2019 by Elizabeth
We've used Heather Kitchen for years. She did my son's divorce, my guardianship in family court and recently did our wills. She is knowledgeable about all aspects our cases, so helpful and compassionate. She held our hand through every step of the process and made us feel extremely comfortable. We were extremely happy with the results in all our cases. I constantly recommend her and will continue to do so!!!! If you hire her you will be extremely happy you did so!
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23 Feb, 2019 by Juliet
I Highly recommend Heather Kitchen. Thankfully I was refer to Heather Kitchen by a family member after I was taking advantage of and screw over by Steven Klein & Associates. The staff at Heather Kitchen law firm was able to correct and coordinate all the damage that was initially done by Steven Klein. I was able to work with Heather Kitchen and her team to put together an actual plan on how to positively pursue the completion of my pending divorce. I was met with empathy and kindness. Heather Kitchen and her staff were professional, hands-on, reactive, supportive, direct and clear. When my case needed added attention and clarity, there were no delay, when I was in need of a stern voice of advocacy they were there for me. I never felt like I was being taken advantage of or as if billing was the priority. Heather Kitchen immediately response to my email and is attentive to my concerns. More importantly she kept me focused and my eyes towards the end goal. In the end I realize this is the most important trait in a divorce attorney. The paralegal Debbie Stinson always got my messages to her and got back to me in a timely manner, produced concise documents and made sure I was given copies and was in general extremely competent before and leading up to the trial. In the end Heather Kitchen secured a settlement that I was extremely pleased with. I highly recommend the law office of Heather Kitchen for all of your matrimonial and family law needs. You won’t be disappointed.
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19 Feb, 2019 by Anonymous
Heather was great with my case. She was detail oriented, professional and courteous. She got the right results.
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15 Oct, 2015 by Peter
My experience with Mr Montalto has been positive. He is very calm during the storm of emotions of family court. His follow up is superb. This is an attorney who truly cares about doing the right thing and helping to set realistic goals with my legal objectives.
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29 Mar, 2024 by Amy santiago
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29 Mar, 2024 by Joseph aiello
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29 Mar, 2024 by Joseph aiello
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09 Mar, 2024 by Michael verrastro
Great experience with DKL. Very professional. Helped get a positive result with my claim. Ed Delauter was great.
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24 Sep, 2023 by Laura conca
So helpful to so many people!
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08 Sep, 2023 by Emmet
Dennis is amazing!
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09 Mar, 2024 by Michael verrastro
Great experience with DKL. Very professional. Helped get a positive result with my claim. Ed Delauter was great.
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24 Sep, 2023 by Laura conca
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08 Sep, 2023 by Emmet
Dennis is amazing!
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09 Mar, 2024 by Michael verrastro
Great experience with DKL. Very professional. Helped get a positive result with my claim. Ed Delauter was great.
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24 Sep, 2023 by Laura conca
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08 Sep, 2023 by Emmet
Dennis is amazing!
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09 Mar, 2024 by Michael verrastro
Great experience with DKL. Very professional. Helped get a positive result with my claim. Ed Delauter was great.
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24 Sep, 2023 by Laura conca
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08 Sep, 2023 by Emmet
Dennis is amazing!
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19 Jun, 2024 by Derek
She is a bad attorney and a worse person! Charged a 10k retainer then used it up on review of the case only to quit, because I was not OK with giving everything I worked for to my ex. If I wanted to do that, I would not have hired a attorney. She is condescending and rude . As you see in her other reviews i was not the only one who she quit on. Stay Away. .
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12 Aug, 2019 by Claire
I have us Jacqueline for closing and. For my divorce. She is brilliant. I have used her for years and I would only recommend highly as she is alway well prepared to do what’s best for her client.
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22 Jun, 2017 by Amy
Jackie is a great divorce attorney ..... knowledgeable and professional. She is a great communicator - with a zero BS factor. She tells you exactly how it is. From my first meeting with Jackie she told me what to expect and how she was going to proceed with my case. Jackie and her staff have kept me in the loop throughout the entire process. I am very proud to have had her as my attorney.
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14 Jun, 2018 by Anonymous
Although it has been several years ago, I'm still upset.. Mr Barry was my attorney for my divorce. Of course it was a trying time. Mr Barry lost his temper at a meeting with my ex's attorney and we were asked to leave. After all was said and done, we finally signed the last of the paperwork and were divorced. I thought. Eight months later, Mr. Barry's office calls me and asked me if I still had my original documents. They could not find theirs and they discovered that they had never filed my divorce papers with the court! I went to another attorney who filed the papers that made my divorce final. Not very impressive at all
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03 Oct, 2017 by Anonymous
Kevin Barry was not only a great lawyer but a great person. His office was very welcoming and I knew I could trust him to do good work for me. Very pleased and will recommend to friends and family.
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31 Jan, 2012 by Anonymous
i had serious legal trouble and i contacted Mr. Barrys office. He always answered his phone (cell) when i really needed him. The office staff was more than concerned and filled the gaps when my lawyer wasnt available. I felt like i was in the hands of a concerned professional. I was very pleased and told close friends and family to call his office when they needed a lawyer.
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28 Dec, 2014 by Anonymous
Responsive, sympathetic, honest, straightforward. Helped me and my family through some very hard times.
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17 Apr, 2012 by Anonymous
It's all in "who" you know. Had confidence in this lawyer. Worked with her for a year, but as the court date approached, NO communication!! Betrayed. My children have suffered immeasurably. If I knew then, what I know NOW (yes, I know exactly what went on-disgusting), I would have sought new counsel. Shameful!
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08 Oct, 2011 by Anonymous
I've known and worked with Paul for twelve years, and find much to admire in him, but he was once rash in a way that proved costly to me. More: OJudgeBanner dot com.
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24 Jun, 2024 by Anonymous
It is hard to assess someone's competence when they rarely, if ever, respond to your calls or emails. My mother died in 2022 and I hired her to deal with the probate court. Initially, everything seemed fine but it is more than halfway through 2024, and I can't get her to respond to calls or emails. As far as I know, all we need to do is file a final tax return and submit the final docs with the probate court, and I was told we don't have to wait until next tax season so I am baffled why we haven't completed this process. Complete lack of empathy. Why prolong our pain? I do not recommend!!!
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18 May, 2021 by Andrea bader
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31 Mar, 2021 by Synd
Rebecca Supple Mensch is very incompetent. Low IQ, very poor judgment. You can use her if you are really in the wrong, she could not tell.
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25 Jan, 2015 by Anonymous
I was one of 3 equal partners in a horse farm/real estate LLC; unfortunately the other two were grifters and in many deliberate ways sabotaged the corporation, They submitted an unsigned by me agreement to buy out one of the partners who was a lawyer who, acting pro-se while receiving SSD due to incapacity to practice law, sued me to buy him out despite the fact that the second suit began after the time limited contract had run out. He placed a lien on my house. Despite the Appellate Division's decision that the Supreme Court Justice had no legal rationale to order me to pay, (as the deep pocket), who never signed the time limited buy out; the lawyer partner proceeded with his dissolution cause of action. When the dissolution of the LLC case was resumed, Ms. Weigert overcharged me to "think about" my case and review almost every document in this large file despite my telling her the facts to focus on for the action brought by the attorney partner to dissolve the LLC. I separated the documents that were necessary to review and wrote a history of the lawyer and horse trainer grifter partners and what they had done and how much money they cheated me out of and how they worked to sabotage the LLC including not paying their share of the mortgage payments nor fixing the rate; non- payment of taxes and a phoney $90,000 construction agreement that the trainer illegally signed; which all contributed to the land being forclosed on. The operating agreement of the LLC stated that all 3 partners had to agree on anything over $2500 spent. The lawyer partner was to act as the business officer. Ms. Weigert did nothing to work out the financial losses that these grifters caused me and only agreed to dissolve the LLC. She also "advised" me not to appear in Court do as not to get involved in any arguments with the other two. Even with being grossly overcharged for unprovable and obscure "work" on the case and incorrect information, (the name and address of the person who bought the forclosed property at auction after the construction company signers of the phony work order- lien, could not afford to buy it and who, in addition, removed all the good farmland topsoil and did not reimburse the LLC, I still have not received any justice in this travesty and probably never will.
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04 Oct, 2024 by Mary kenny
Why are all the reviews from 5 years ago?
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20 Oct, 2022 by Andrea g.
Miriam Citro is the most unprofessional, rude and condescending person I have EVER spoken to in my life . I was yelled at by her , and she rudely hung up the phone on. Like if I was being prosecuted, but people is was the other way around . I felt like I was victimize twice by the person and Miriam Citro who is there “supposedly” to do the right thing for the plaintiff . Guess we on our own in Wappingers . Is not what’s right is who knows who in this town and court system .
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07 Oct, 2022 by Naturelovin mommy23
Incredibly rude, unprofessional, & incompetent worker Josephine kept speaking loudly over me, repeatedly calling me the wrong name. She wouldn't listen to me AT ALL & the reason I was calling. This call was a waste of time. She didn't listen to a single word I said how could she being so loud, obnoxious & speaking over me. I just called for an update on a case involving my child & to provide them with some info regarding the case that might be useful to them. I felt very judged & attacked from the moment she picked up the line. There to help?? I think not. I've worked in offices before & if I spoke to pple like that I'd be fired immediately. I hope this woman does not work directly with victims of crimes that's incredibly frightening to think so.
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04 Oct, 2024 by Mary kenny
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20 Oct, 2022 by Andrea g.
Miriam Citro is the most unprofessional, rude and condescending person I have EVER spoken to in my life . I was yelled at by her , and she rudely hung up the phone on. Like if I was being prosecuted, but people is was the other way around . I felt like I was victimize twice by the person and Miriam Citro who is there “supposedly” to do the right thing for the plaintiff . Guess we on our own in Wappingers . Is not what’s right is who knows who in this town and court system .
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07 Oct, 2022 by Naturelovin mommy23
Incredibly rude, unprofessional, & incompetent worker Josephine kept speaking loudly over me, repeatedly calling me the wrong name. She wouldn't listen to me AT ALL & the reason I was calling. This call was a waste of time. She didn't listen to a single word I said how could she being so loud, obnoxious & speaking over me. I just called for an update on a case involving my child & to provide them with some info regarding the case that might be useful to them. I felt very judged & attacked from the moment she picked up the line. There to help?? I think not. I've worked in offices before & if I spoke to pple like that I'd be fired immediately. I hope this woman does not work directly with victims of crimes that's incredibly frightening to think so.
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