When I buying my house, I was recommended this law office. Being so new to house buying, I wasn't…read moresure what to expect, but I was not disappointed! Alan Willmes office, including the secretary, were all very helpful. They had an answer to any of my questions throughout the closing process, which I had quite a few. Their response time was very quick too. At the closing, Mr Willmes was extremely thorough. He took the time to explain everything between my 5000 signatures. He is an easy going person, so it was a very light hearted experience. I would definitely recommend using him. He made the process so much easier on me.

I hired this law firm for the closing on my house in Dec 2019. He failed to do proper paperwork and…read morehere we are almost 4 years later and I still do not have my title to my double wide. I have called several times, emailed and sent him all needed documents certified mail which he signed for over a year ago. Mr. WILLMES still had not sent in the paper work to complete my title In my name. I paid Mr willmes a for a services he has never completed and now am trying to figure out what my next step is. I would highly recommend going else where!!. I will be contacting the better business bureau and possibly the attorney general and i will be contacting another laywer to see what my options are. Jessica Nicolucci

I used this law firm for my divorce case. I was assigned an attorney who destroyed my case. I…read morestarted this case in 2022, and I followed all his advice, which was against me all the way through, not sure why??. I paid him a ton of money and fired him when I was 100% sure that I was going in the wrong direction. you better use a different law office if you are looking to win your case. I rated one star because I couldn't find zero

I just wanted to leave a post about my experience with Karp Law so far…read more I was referred to their offices from a friend because of their own positive experiences so I gave them a try. I talked to a polite professional lady over the phone and during the call she listened to my problem and made me feel like she was concerned and wanted to help me. We ended the call with her telling me id be hearing from them in a day or two. The next morning I was contacted by a nice gentleman that listened to my problem and offered suggestions. When we ended the call I asked if I owed him anything for his time, he told me he's not like that and I said thankyou. I feel like I can trust them to be fair and help me through this. Thankyou

to the point. efficient. two great staff members. knows what he's doing. prices up front. love a…read moreyoung but experienced independent lawyer!

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Chris Smith just completed my closing for my first home. He has been exceptional. Very responsive…read moreto anything I needed and got back to me as soon as possible, and was with me every step of the way. He did an excellent job and will be using him in the future. I would highly recommend!

We just encountered the worst experience with this attorney, Christopher R. Smith, Esq. on our…read morefirst home purchase. He was referred to us by our realtor and our mistake is that we never researched him before proceeding to seek his legal services. We asked him his legal fees for a new home purchase and he categorically charged us his flat fee for his services. Later on we detected that he had indicated an entirely different amount in our closing disclosures without discussing anything with us. Also, although we had clearly communicated and told him that we were not interested in homeowners title insurance, he went ahead to get it for us again without consulting us. On researching him, we found out that he sells title insurance, and is an examining counsel for the same title insurance company from which he purchased ours without consent despite saying "No, thank you!" When we drew his attention to these, he quickly got belligerent towards us. Although we had sought his legal services, he never contacted us to familiarize us with the process or give us directions on what to expect through the process. Rather, we had to do our own research on what to expect every step of the way. The issue that broke the camel's back for us: at our final walkthrough the house, a problem was detected that we requested fixed before we close on the house. This is a basic right of every home buyer. Although it is common practice for sellers to offer credit for detected problems on a house, it doesn't erase the buyer's right to request a fix instead. As our legal representative, we expected Chris to be on our side and work in our favor as all professional attorneys do. Instead, he began mounting pressure on us to close on the house despite the detected problem. This is violation of a buyer's right. If the buyer prefers the problem fixed instead of receiving credit, this right should be respected without any intimidation whatsoever. He wanted us to accept credit for this problem and close quickly (because we had exposed him on the earlier issues and he wanted to get done with us) and we preferred getting the problem fixed instead before proceeding to close. I could not believe the intimidation and threats this attorney hailed on us in attempts to frighten us and to compel us to rush to close. He is the most unprofessional, uncaring, and unethical attorney I have ever seen. He has no interest in, and certainly has no respect for the rights of his clients. We are considering launching a complaint with the bar on our experience with him. He completely mistreated us and had zilch interest in defending our basic rights as his clients.