Reviews

We approached Stacy Hill to file an eviction. He emailed us back eager to do so. We then explained that it was most likely the tenant would be moving out and we understood that he would need to be protected. As far as an hourly rate, if there was any work beyond the filing of eviction, we wanted to pay a fair and reasonable rate for the filing and we were fine with his hourly rate, whatever that might be after the eviction was if the individual didn't move. Once we get on a call Stacy Hill then tells me a friend of his is an attorney that lived next to the courthouse and refers me to them. I then call that office and I'm told that they don't do landlord tenant law. Before I call Stacy Hill back and he sends me an email that suggests we had a conversation about costs and that he would want to collect $1,500 in advance to merely file the retainer. I carefully explained to him that we want to make sure that he's reasonably compensated, but that most likely a filing would only be necessary and ask him for a fee retainer that merely accounts for this fact. Mind you I've been doing rentals 20 years. This is very commonplace these days and there's no need generally to pay a $1,500 retainer for a merre eviction filing. The next email from that lawyer says he declines to represent us. In other words, he once paid for more than market rates to file the eviction but doesn't want to say so. It's unfortunate that this attorney practices law in this way. I wouldn't be able to refer this office for these reasons as in my opinion Mr. Hill lacked professionalism.