Reviews

Simply said, this law firm should change their name to law FAMILY. My experience with these fine people has, and continues to be awesome. In 2012 i fell coming off of a stage with 1, i repeat 1 stair. The stair moved and i took a backwards dive requiring cervical spine surgery 2 times. Once at laser spine institute. I had a lawyer prior to this great firm and the lawyer quit on me. No explanation, he just tucked his tail and quit. Another lawyer i knew personally declined to take the case. I called this firm and gave a brief discription and the next day an investigator came 90 minutes to see me at home. After that it was all action. The insurance company started trying to bully my witnesses and even going to the home of a mother 76 years old on Sunday at 630am. Well we all know what happens when the bully meet their match right? Well these ethically, morally and professional attorneys stood up and beat the bully. Unfortunately, I've made some bad decisions in my earlier life and got myself into a lot of trouble. Mr. Friedman asked me about it and i was 100% honest with him. After that, i thought maybe they wouldn't go all out for me, but to my surprise, him and the rest of the team not only stayed the course, they fought harder! They never prejudged me and made me feel like part of a family. I mean, I've never met a lawyer whom takes a hour or more of his personal time to talk to you for free and listens as well as he talks. To top that off, the location of my incident is a 90 min to 2 hr drive and because of that i expected to see all kinds of miscellaneous charges in expenses on my bill of expenses at the completion of my case, which by the way, they put all the money up front for everything and if you don't win, you pay nothing. Nevertheless, they were more than fair abs could've easily rigged up a 4 figure expense bill. To my surprise it was very conservative and i was really happy about that. I would recommend anyone with an issue to seek this firm out for help, because if they take you on, they ride until the wheels fall off. With that said, i am very happy with my settlement and i feel an obligation to spread the word about this law firm and a special thank you to my angel Ms. Costello esq.! With that said, Thanks for reading this and i speak modestly when it comes to this firm. Even after my case is done and over i still keep these folks on my mind. I now own a trucking business which is thriving and doing well. I put the money i was awarded to me into a profitable businesses which in my eyes every bit of success i connect with the firm. Having enough money to have options is a beautiful thing . Good luck, God bless. Sincerely -Devin DuBois

My father was killed crossing Sunrise Highway as a pedestrian after being knocked down by one automobile and driven over by another. I was recommended to Roger Simon. I got Ed Friedman who waited two years after I signed the retainer agreement to inform me he wasn't a trial attorney and that his partner Roger Simon, who is a trial attorney, didn't have time to take my case to court. Although I never met him, Simon did conduct the deposition for my case but didn’t depose an individual that was seated in the front passenger seat of the car that drove over my father. After I informed Friedman of this on the phone, after reading the deposition report, he subsequently called the passenger on the phone (as it was now too late to depose her) and Friedman said that she didn’t remember anything. There were thirteen 911 callers of which the police contacted 12. These attorneys made no inquiry about any of them. My father was not in the crosswalk but got over two lanes of road before being hit in the third lane. The drivers had been stopped at the previous light when he started to cross and the driver that hit him was on his way to a dentist appointment. The driver that drove over him left the scene of the accident and contacted the police later. Freidman told us on the first day that we met him that the fact that my father was not in the crosswalk would not be a problem because he didn't just dart out in front of a car. This favorably affected our comfort level with him and we signed the retainer agreement. Two years later he told us that the fact that my father wasn’t in the crosswalk was a big problem and he didn't remember saying anything to the contrary. He also waited two years to tell us he didn't think we had a case. I did not want to accept the settlement offered so Friedman referred us to another law firm that had been associated with his, attorney named David Lewis, by stating in email: “We have assigned the matter to experienced, qualified trial counsel.” I tried to get another attorney but was told by other firms that they would have to first pay Friedman and Simon and this would make taking my case a bad investment because they would have also wanted to spend money to hire expert witnesses, something Freidman, Simon, Lewis never intended to do. Meanwhile, Lewis continually refused to talk to the opposing lawyers about the details of my father's accident, merely saying that the only point he wanted to make was that my father should have been seen by the drivers. He said that if we went to court he would not address any other details because juries have short attention spans. Instead, he tried to get an increase in the insurance company's offer by finding common cause with the adjuster, based on the fact that their “daughters go to college together.” I had to fight bitterly with Lewis until he agreed to discuss the details of the actual accident with the other attorneys, after I wrote them all down and sent them to him by email a couple of days before trial date. I ended up accepting an offer that I thought was way too low because I was stuck with these attorneys and I didn't trust that Lewis would do an adequate job in court based on his own explanation as to how he would handle the case. However, the entire reason given to us by Mr. Friedman as to why we were being referred to Lewis was that he was a trial attorney and Lewis made it clear he did not want to go to court. Attorneys on both sides shared an interest of coming up with a figure that would “make this case go away” as I was told by Lewis and that figure was less than half of the amount originally estimated by Friedman, although Friedman subsequently denied having made any estimate. The Defense tried to delay payment by insisting on a Death Compromise Order which Lewis told me could take months but the court said was not necessary. Lewis insisted we had to follow their demand until I threatened to cancel the agreement and only then did we get paid.

Mr. Steven Adler, PLLC is a conscientious attorney and in my view an expert in the many services that he proviides. He listens and absorbs all the specifics before taking any action. Any individual will come to realize that Steven's exceptional services will become immediately apparent.

I have worked with many lawyers. Some lawyers are deal breakers and some are deal makers. Steve is a deal maker. Steve is knowledgeable and actually listens to what his clients say. He walks you through complicated legal issues and always offers alternative solutions. Simply put, a great guy to work with.

Steven went above and beyond to ensure my family received all of the assets we were entitled to.