Robert J. Burger, experienced Criminal Defense, Estate Planning attorney in Allen Park, MI with 10 reviews
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Robert J. Burger

5524 Allen Rd, Allen Park, MI

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Chatham hills manager bcm

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27 Nov, 2024
Highly Recommend Mr. Burger.
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Charles johnson

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25 Apr, 2024
My elderly aunt decided at age 80 that she wanted to return to South Dakota where she grew up. She lived to be 96. I asked Attorney Burger to draw the needed documents so that I could continue to manage her banking and investments. He developed the needed documents, and we had zero problems managing her life, eventual death, dealings with banks, nursing homes estate laws and the Veterans Administration., I lived in the Washington DC area, my daughter was at Harvard in Boston and our Aunt was in South Dakota. We had every document needed to manage her life and her ultimate death. My Aunt was a WW2 Veteran so even our dealings with the Veterans Administration had been thought of and planned for, His fees were most reasonable and there was never an instance when her interests were not protected. Even when a Greedy Nursing Home tried to make a false claim on her estate. We were prepared for it all. I could not have been more satisfied with his carefully researched and well-prepared estate plan.
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Je g

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21 Feb, 2021
I took a long time to make very few changes to the trust, and had to call a couple times to check on the status. When it was done it was full of errors. I could have fixed myself faster.
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Extremely knowledgeable, informative, respectful, and passionate about the law
“I found Mr Burger extremely knowledgable, informative, respectful and kind. He is passionate about the law.”
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Develops thorough and well-prepared estate plans
“We had every document needed to manage her life and her ultimate death. My Aunt was a WW2 Veteran so even our dealings with the Veterans Administration had been thought of and planned for.”
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Provides excellent administrative support and customer service
“Great experience with administrative staff. They were polite and helpful.”
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Slow and unresponsive in completing tasks
“I hired him to do a simple probate for my dad's estate, and he did next to nothing for nearly a year!”
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Unprofessional behavior, including using profanity
“He is a screamer, uses profanity, and is completely uncooperative.”
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Overcharges for services and performs unnecessary actions
“While reviewing his bill I found he did something that he had no business doing and also charged us for it!”

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