Carton & Rosoff PC

The WORST law firm I am a Small business owner and because of that I can’t get a simple divorce as there is the business and property involved I live close to white plains so I searched divorce lawyers and David’s law firm popped up, the website looked good and when I met with David I had a good feeling he was the right choice, he said he needed a $10,000 retainer to take my case which I initially thought was a bit high since I had heard most lawyers ask for $5000 to start, but he led me to believe $10,000 would be more then enough to get it done, WARNING David Rosoff will run down your initial $10,000 retainer without doing much because he charges for everything he can possibly charge you for Biggest example is I prefer to use email from my iPhone as I’m always on the run with my business and it’s quick to just send a email to him instead of trying to call and most likely him not being in the office But Beware He actually charges $80 if you send him a email, $40 to read a email and $40 to respond to it, when I saw this in his monthly bill I couldn’t believe it One time I sent him a email and 5 days later since he never responded so I sent the same email again When he sent me the next months bill he charged me twice to read the same email ($80) and another $40 to respond so it cost me $120 for that one email The only thing I see that he actually does not charge for is to send me the monthly bill Finally when he ran my $10,000 retainer down to under $1,000 he said he was now ready to request a preliminary meeting with my wife’s lawyer in court but I had to give him another $15,000 retainer to proceed!!! That’s $25,000 total he wanted from me for doing close to nothing so far That was last straw and I finally got a new lawyer that took a $5000 retainer and she has moved things along much better and she doesn’t charge me $40 to read emails AVOID THIS LAW FIRM, Unless you like to see your hard earned money go into his pockets and get close to nothing in return
7 years ago (02-12-2017)

AVOID AT ALL COST!!!! Took my retainer and did NOTHING for over a month. Every time I called Rosoff (i refuse to refer to him as an attorney) for an update he scrambled for my files and read back information to me from paperwork I provided them with. When I demanded a refund for my retainer I was billed for "services rendered".
9 years ago (17-05-2016)