Reviews

I used Bonnie years ago when my brother died. She helped save the estate and administered it quickly at a very low cost. The prior attorney screwed it up but she fixed it all. I have used her fir several matters and she is excellent. Very honest and works with everyone. I would highly recommend her. The negative reviews are truly nit her or a reflection of her office or the high excellent quality of work she puts out.

Ms LAWSTON and her staff were the best attorneys I have ever worked for. Not only was she responsive, efficient, quick in her actions, experienced, she was reasonable with her costs and worked with me on payment. I’ve used other attorneys but she was the best so far. I highly recommend her and her staff.

I own a business on Long Island and have had a lot of experience with attorneys - all kinds from LI to the City. In my opinion, Ms. Lawston is extremely intelligent, professional and a great probate litigation attorney. She saved the Estate thousands of dollars with her expertise. She found issues, litigated them and our adversary settled because they had no choice. Its easy to write a negative review especially if you loose the case but that is not usually the fault of the attorney but because you have no legal recourse. Lawston's fees were more then reasonable and her legal services were exceptional. I highly recommend her firm!!!

I retained Ms. Lawston over 6 years ago and she did a wonderful job and obtained an excellent result for me and my family. Several of our friends have used her and have been very satisfied with her high quality of legal services. Her fees are reasonable and she always called me back and those involved in my case. She made me feel comfortable throughout the entire process.

Bonnie Lawston has handled numerous legal issues for myself and my family regarding estate probate matters. Bonnie is a very detailed oriented attorney and is also very professional. She really cares about her clients and would highly recommend her for any estate or probate issue you have.

Ms. Lawston and her staff are very professional and caring. I went to them when my husband died. Every attorney that I spoke with wanted money, thousands of dollars before they would help me. The only attorney that sat with me and explained the process to me was Ms. Lawston. She took my case and agreed to be paid at the end of the estate process. She did everything - she went to court, cleaned up debt and other issues, conducted the sale of the house and got all the papers signed at the end that I needed. She constantly emailed me every time something happened on my case. Her office girls are very nice and helpful. At the end, her services were not only excellent but reasonable. I highly recommend her office. You will not be unhappy.

Well, the divorce could have been much uglier. It was not amicable, to say the least. My ex got the kids, half the house, half the money. That was painful enough, but my business remains intact and under my control. Bonnie and I met years ago when my Dad passed the family business to me. Part of Dad's advise was to make sure his years of hard work would never leave our family. Through careful estate planning and my attorney's expertise and experience, I retained what rightfully should stay intact. I am eternally grateful, and would recommend Bonnie Peters-Lawston to friends and family alike.

I would be very skeptical of her. The only thing she seems concerned about is getting financial matters under way, she’ll ignore almost everything else. I had this lawyer for a long time and she had not once returned a phone call. I eventually gave up calling and started emailing her. She also expected my family to not ask important questions regarding a family members case. We ended up, doing a lot of work and submitting information to her. Leaing me wondering why my family paid for her services. Unfortunately you are stuck with her if once you hire her so make sure you ask as many questions before you hire her! 80% of the time, if she replied, it was through unexpected emails. Most of family’s emails hadn’t been acknowledged. Rather than resolving issues, She’ll cop an attitude with you and insist she is right because she has credentials. Oh yeah, She also expected us to send legal documents with Social security numbers on them and account information through regular unsecured mail. I wish I could have hired someone else or done this myself. My family and I ended up researching most of the things that I had in question myself ourselves. I can’t believe that she hasn’t got more negative reviews. When actually coresponding with her, My family found her very temperamental and rude. For someone dealing with the loss of a loved one she does a very poor job of being an overall professional. Its time for her to brush up on her skills or retire.

About two years ago, we reached the point to make a decision. Both my fiance have been married before. We are expecting our first child, shopping for a house of our own, and making plans to get married. My Mom was smart enough to suggest we see a lawyer as part of our future plans. We were steered to Bonnie Peters-Lawston by an old friend, and so glad we did. We didn't have any idea of all the legal ramifications to plan for. Bonnie took the time, educated us and helped put our affairs in order. Good for us, good for our new child. Thank you, Bonnie Peters-Lawston!

Ms. Lawston was excellent in helping probate our fathers estate and selling the house. She waived the retainer and we paid her at the end. Without her legal expertise and helping us when we had no liquid funds we would not be were we are today. She called us and even gave us her cell number. Excellent attorney and staff.

Ms. Lawston and her staff were helpful and great right to the end. They did everything we needed, anticipated issues, resolved them and explained everything to us. My husband did and it was a complicated estate. Her bill was more then reasonable. It would recommend that you use this firm. Excellent experience. ....ANITA l.

When my wife was hospitalized last year, we both realized the great work Bonnie had already done for us under the guise of "be prepared, just in case." She was there at the hospital when we had questions and needed her advice. When my wife passed away a short time later, I realized that "just in case" became here and now. With all that I had to deal with, I am so thankful for the work Bonnie had done. I have nothing but praise for her.