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02 Sep, 2014 by Sophie
Gary took care of my real estate need and save me money, i will recommend him to any one for real estate without hesitation.
Sophie
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20 Dec, 2010 by Martin
Gary's office lowered my payments. I am very happy with the results I received with my loan.
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06 Dec, 2010 by Brad
Gary got me 2% on a new 30yr term.
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18 Sep, 2024 by The truth
Spoke with them and sent documentation about investment fraud...took several tries to finally speak with some lawyer from Pensacola...he said he would look into it and get back to me about it......never heard from them again.....very unprofessional.
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07 Aug, 2024 by C p
Slimy ambulance chancing lawyers who post untruths online to try and get business. They should be sued for the lies they post online about people especially when those people are found to be innocent by the court of law. They don't care because all they want is money at the expense of someone else's lively hood. The only way they get business is by nefarious business practices. I wouldn't let them represent a rat in New York City!
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05 Jun, 2024 by P chin
Update to my 5 star review:
The office jerked me around with paying out my settlement funds for a month! I was told on 6/4 they had my settlement but justing waiting for a tiny partial but that I would get the full amount in 1-2 days, and that they would cover the cost to overnight the check to me. I hadn’t received a check nor did I hear back from them. I contacted the office on 6/25 where she told me they did not receive the last bit but said she would send out the check. I contact them again after not receiving anything days later. Not hearing back, I called the office on 7/1 stating that we still did not receive our check. She was surprised….I honestly don’t know why she would be, because we did receive the check that afternoon and it was not postmarked or mailed until four days later on 6/29. And they did not send it priority mail either. Oh they did send me an empty envelope postmarked the day prior. Bravo for holding onto my money necessitating several phone calls and emails in order to finally get my settlement. It’s a terrible last impression to leave someone.
You feel total despair when you’ve invested your life savings with a financial advisor you trusted and he screws you over with lots of alternative investments which paid him high commissions and left you hanging for years until most accounts dwindle down to nothing. Matt and Greg were both wonderful, patient and understanding even when I became emotionally difficult. One of the judges knew Greg and Matt, told us we had 2 of the best FINRA attorneys working with us! My husband and I couldn’t be happier with their hard work and our settlement. I highly recommend Matt and his entire staff.
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18 Sep, 2024 by The truth
Spoke with them and sent documentation about investment fraud...took several tries to finally speak with some lawyer from Pensacola...he said he would look into it and get back to me about it......never heard from them again.....very unprofessional.
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07 Aug, 2024 by C p
Slimy ambulance chancing lawyers who post untruths online to try and get business. They should be sued for the lies they post online about people especially when those people are found to be innocent by the court of law. They don't care because all they want is money at the expense of someone else's lively hood. The only way they get business is by nefarious business practices. I wouldn't let them represent a rat in New York City!
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05 Jun, 2024 by P chin
Update to my 5 star review:
The office jerked me around with paying out my settlement funds for a month! I was told on 6/4 they had my settlement but justing waiting for a tiny partial but that I would get the full amount in 1-2 days, and that they would cover the cost to overnight the check to me. I hadn’t received a check nor did I hear back from them. I contacted the office on 6/25 where she told me they did not receive the last bit but said she would send out the check. I contact them again after not receiving anything days later. Not hearing back, I called the office on 7/1 stating that we still did not receive our check. She was surprised….I honestly don’t know why she would be, because we did receive the check that afternoon and it was not postmarked or mailed until four days later on 6/29. And they did not send it priority mail either. Oh they did send me an empty envelope postmarked the day prior. Bravo for holding onto my money necessitating several phone calls and emails in order to finally get my settlement. It’s a terrible last impression to leave someone.
You feel total despair when you’ve invested your life savings with a financial advisor you trusted and he screws you over with lots of alternative investments which paid him high commissions and left you hanging for years until most accounts dwindle down to nothing. Matt and Greg were both wonderful, patient and understanding even when I became emotionally difficult. One of the judges knew Greg and Matt, told us we had 2 of the best FINRA attorneys working with us! My husband and I couldn’t be happier with their hard work and our settlement. I highly recommend Matt and his entire staff.
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18 Sep, 2024 by The truth
Spoke with them and sent documentation about investment fraud...took several tries to finally speak with some lawyer from Pensacola...he said he would look into it and get back to me about it......never heard from them again.....very unprofessional.
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07 Aug, 2024 by C p
Slimy ambulance chancing lawyers who post untruths online to try and get business. They should be sued for the lies they post online about people especially when those people are found to be innocent by the court of law. They don't care because all they want is money at the expense of someone else's lively hood. The only way they get business is by nefarious business practices. I wouldn't let them represent a rat in New York City!
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05 Jun, 2024 by P chin
Update to my 5 star review:
The office jerked me around with paying out my settlement funds for a month! I was told on 6/4 they had my settlement but justing waiting for a tiny partial but that I would get the full amount in 1-2 days, and that they would cover the cost to overnight the check to me. I hadn’t received a check nor did I hear back from them. I contacted the office on 6/25 where she told me they did not receive the last bit but said she would send out the check. I contact them again after not receiving anything days later. Not hearing back, I called the office on 7/1 stating that we still did not receive our check. She was surprised….I honestly don’t know why she would be, because we did receive the check that afternoon and it was not postmarked or mailed until four days later on 6/29. And they did not send it priority mail either. Oh they did send me an empty envelope postmarked the day prior. Bravo for holding onto my money necessitating several phone calls and emails in order to finally get my settlement. It’s a terrible last impression to leave someone.
You feel total despair when you’ve invested your life savings with a financial advisor you trusted and he screws you over with lots of alternative investments which paid him high commissions and left you hanging for years until most accounts dwindle down to nothing. Matt and Greg were both wonderful, patient and understanding even when I became emotionally difficult. One of the judges knew Greg and Matt, told us we had 2 of the best FINRA attorneys working with us! My husband and I couldn’t be happier with their hard work and our settlement. I highly recommend Matt and his entire staff.
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04 Apr, 2023 by Anonymous
She was not my lawyer but I did work with her and like the other review on this page, I can assure you, you are not of importance to her, in her life. She never responded to text messages regarding scheduling and when there was a mishap with scheduling, on her part, her first reaction (instead of paying me for my time) was to reach out and find a replacement. Utterly despicable.
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12 Nov, 2016 by Anonymous
Today we had a phone call conversation with Eleanor Taft and during the whole phone call she was very short and didn't have patience at all to wait for another colleague of mine to be on the phone call.
She makes you feel very little and not important when on the call. She is not very helpful at all as a lawyer and needs to learn how to be polite to client , vendors and others.
Ellie Taft is not a lawyer that you will want to work with. Her customer service, politeness and patience is very poor.
I do not recommend her at all.
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