I recently worked with Aviv, Jenny, and the team on the purchase of my first home and could not have asked for a better experience. From start to finish, they were professional, responsive, and incredibly helpful. They took the time to answer questions, explain the process, and ensure everything stayed on track through closing. What stood out most was how approachable they were and how willing they were to guide me through each stage of the transaction. Buying a home can be daunting, especially as a first-time buyer, but they made the process feel manageable and straightforward. I am very grateful for their support and would happily recommend them to anyone looking for a real estate attorney. read more

Thank you so much for your excellent and reasonably-priced real estate transaction and closing services, with an extra special thank you to Scott, Sean, Sabrina, and Larissa. They are all fantastic and should be given immense praise and rewards for outstanding customer service! read more

I can't say enough good things about Kriss Law/Atlantic Closing & Escrow and the team, particularly Corey P. While most real estate transactions conclude at the closing table, my experience with Kris Law stood out because of the exceptional support provided after the closing. Their initial closing process was already smooth and efficient, but this post-closing support cemented my belief that they are a top-tier operation. I highly recommend Chris and Kriss Law/Atlantic Closing & Escrow to anyone who values thorough, reliable service from people who genuinely follow through on their commitments. 5* read more

I'm very happy with working with Kriss Law. We are on the buyer side. Everything went smoothly. All the important touch points have been handled professionally. Thank you! read more

Kriss Law/Atlantic Closing & Escrow - 36 Mohegan Rd, Acton, MA - Real Estate Law Near Me - Needham, Massachusetts

Professional and timely. They took the time to explain everything and make us comfortable.

I recently closed on a house. I had a great experience with them (Aviv, Caitlin and Scott.. I hope I'm not forgetting anyone cause they were all excellent). Communication was very quick and informative. If one person was busy, someone would quickly respond to me or have a colleague answer my question. I felt like they were looking out for my best interests. The closing itself was very easy to schedule around my busy day. I would truly recommend them to friends and family. Thanks again! read more

Rahul Aggarwal is the BEST closing attorney. He goes out of his way and travels to the clients home, office, Starbucks, or wherever is most convenient for them to close. He makes the process incredibly easy. I would not hesitate to recommend Rahul to my friends and family. Carolyn read more

Eric and Amanda have been very helpful throughout the process. They patiently answered all our questions and helped us keep track of all the important dates and action items on our list. Thanks to them the entire process was stress-free and easy for first-time buyers like us. I would recommend their team to future homeowners. read more

We have just closed on a house Kriss Law, and Cheryl was great! We were first time home buyers, Cheryl always made herself available to answer our questions. Everything went very smoothly read more

We just refinanced and Kriss law was preferred closing partner from our lender. They handled the closing, this went all really well and was a great experience. Paperwork went smooth, the closing attorney came by our house and was right on time friendly and we went through everything really quick. I'm rating them 4 stars because the refinance two months ago was a 5 stars experience and the original closing was 3 stars. read more

Eric and Wendy helped us with the purchasing of our first home. Thankful that they were very patient with all of our questions.

We had a great experience working with David Cuttler and Eric Larrabee on a recent home purchase. From reviewing the Purchase & Sale through closing, they were quick to answer questions and the entire process went very smoothly. read more

I was a first-time home buyer and I had a ton of questions during both the P&S and the closing processes. I am so glad that I found Scott Taylor from Kriss Law. I was under a pretty tight schedule and needed the contract drafted and done; Scott got back to me with a draft over the weekend! I can tell the contract was carefully reviewed by him and he answered all my follow-up questions in a timely manner. He won't just get things done, but he also fought on your behalf to make sure the contract is fair. He is honest, open, and trustworthy. After the P&S was signed, Scott referred me to Cheryl Collins in the closing department. Cheryl is simply amazing, very professional as well. I had various questions on the closing cost, homestand, deed, municipal lien, title insurance, and water/sewer, and she answered them all! That is a lot of questions for most people, but she never made me felt any pressure to not ask these questions. Most amazingly, she answered all my emails mostly within 10 minutes. She is hands-down one of the most patient and efficient persons that I have worked with. Thank you, Cheryl. Thanks to Scott, Cheryl, and Kriss Law. My house had a very smooth closing process. I highly recommend Kriss Law! read more

I closed 4 refi mortgages with Kriss Law on July 1. I noticed a discrepancy on one loan payoff about $1900. The next day I sent several people at Kriss Law a copy of the documents Days from the bank showing the correct payoff. After many emails from me I have yet to get any reply, after 13 days. I will never do business with them again. read more

I had a great experience closing on my new house with Eric Larrabee. He and his team were responsive to my questions and were very communicative throughout the process - I recommend them! read more

Review for Aviv Shamash: We had a great experience with Aviv from Kriss Law! Aviv was incredibly responsive and even foresaw what we needed. For example, in our 15 days of interactions, he had predicted that we'd want to see all the closing documents well ahead of time so we can read every word and proactively sent us information. He also provided great advice of what is typical vs. what is possible for condo documents, etc. read more

Despite the fact that closing on our first home was very confusing and overwhelming (almost like learning another language!), Eric Larrabee and Amanda Florek of Kriss Law could not have been more helpful, informative, patient, or willing to answer any questions and concerns we had! Eric's communications with us were clear and concise (which was much appreciated), and he responded quickly to any questions we had. Amanda completed our closing and made the tedious process quick, easy, and even enjoyable! She was very flexible and came into the office early to accommodate our work schedules. We would definitely work with them again! read more

Working Eric Larrabee on our closing was a pleasure. He was very responsive and communicative and helped us navigate the process without any issues. Highly recommend! read more

I struggle with one star. Avoid, Avoid, Avoid this firm. You are not hiring lawyers you are hiring someone to copy and collate. If you need legal guidance or representation you will not find it here. If you want to hire a firm to look out for your best interest then research, pay a little more and hire your own firm. read more

Law Offices of Scott D Kriss, I recently closed on a loan with your Law Firm. I had several issues thru out this process. Paper work was not correct, the proceeds were delivered wrong, holding extra money for taxes already payed, etc... I was amazed at the competence of the Lady you sent to my house. Not only was she able to sort out this mess that clearly wasn't hers. Several phone calls and texts later on her part. We were able to complete the closing. There were still further complications. Each step of the way. Larissa Demirs was able to fix these problems. It was the speed in which she returned extra money and the constant communication skills that she uses impressed me. She would text or call me back every time. Everything she said she would do, she actually did it. I have not found this in business today. If I needed legal help in the future. I would remember your firm and Larissa Demirs. Best Regards , Brad W. read more

Closing on our loan so very easy and smooth. Communication throughout the process was excellent. At the closing Eric Larrabee explained everything we were signing and answered all the questions we had. Would highly recommend using this firm for your closing. read more

Eric Larrabee and Amanda were a pleasure to work with throughout the home purchase process. They were available to answer all questions and helped keep everything on track through close. I highly recommend their team, especially to first time homebuyers! read more

I closed on a Home Equity line with Leader Bank and Kriss Law was the escrow agent. They were so incredible to work with. The senior paralegal, Eric Larrabee made things so convenient and was super responsive every step of the way. He even arranged for the closing attorney to come to our home to sign all of the paper work. I would highly recommend this firm for all of your mortgage and real estate needs! read more

During the home buying process our documents were riddled with typos and inaccuracies. This nearly held up our closing as they only surfaced the day before. This required the loss of half of a day of work productivity for busy teachers at the end of a quarter. Halfway through our documents was a document which listed personal information from another couple buying a house. This is a severe breach in security, and raises questions about whether our own identity information will be shared. Once we brought the inaccuracies to their attention, they did work quickly to resolve them; however, our confidence in their attention to detail was lost. We do not NOT suggest this firm be used for the home buying process. read more

Kriss Law worked with us on the closing of our home purchase and were great to work with! Eric Larrabee was responsive and promptly answered all of our questions. They made the closing process a piece of cake! read more

Overall good experience. Worked with Eric Larrabee who was very efficient. Everything went as explained and planned. No problems or issues. Highly recommend using them ! read more

They took care of my refinance in May 2020. Everything went well at the time but they forgot to get a title release from the previous mortgage holder. When I asked for additional information, they claim to hire a third party to take care of the title. Also that I should call the third party not Kriss law, as they are not in charge of this process, which I have a problem as I hired Kriss law not the third party. I have been trying to get this resolved since Mid September and I still don't have a title release. In addition, I try emailing and calling various parties in the firm and feedback for the last two weeks. read more

My buyer client and I had a horrible experience with this title company. The assigned representative to our closing would never answer our calls. You could only get the person on the phone when you called her number numerous times, emailed her numerous times, or called the main office line to request to speak with a manager. We felt like during the whole process, we were in the dark and we were concerned if settlement would even happen. When it came to the actual settlement, the independent contractor notary who was acting on behalf of the title company was almost an hour late. The figures were wrong in multiple places on both the buyer's side and the seller's side of the closing disclosures. The seller was incorrectly charged a fee that was only meant for the buyer. The title company had to issue a refund post settlement. Further, the seller's dead spouse who had been dead for 5 years was put on the seller's proceeds check. The death certificate was given to this title company well enough in advance to avoid this issue. The seller had to be overnighted a new seller's net proceeds check with the correct information. I would encourage others not to use this title company. There was a lack of customer service and a lack of professionalism. Fortunately, both the buyer and seller were very optimistic people and we kept moving forward despite the circumstances. read more

Thank you much, Dan Pinch! Scott Kriss was my closing attorney over 2 years ago, and I recall the experience being fairly pleasant and straightforward, though that is not what I am reviewing today . . . I needed to gather my condo docs for a loan application and found that I was missing one important document. I had everything else I needed but this one doc decided to be particularly elusive - aka outright missing. Not wanting to pay my current management company's exorbitant fee of $50 for one document (you can bet I will be reviewing them soon, too) and I seeing as how I was never given a copy for some reason, which should have been in my possession with all my closing paperwork, I decided to look up my old attorney and ask for help. I spoke with Dan Pinch in the Scott Kriss offices, pled my case, so to speak, and he said he would follow up. I am not patient. On my follow up phone call to Dan, it was then that explained I really needed the document today - and Dan came through with flying colours! He was patient and went through several formatting configurations at near-end-of-day on a Friday to find the right one and he was kind enough to scan and email a pdf so that I could access it right away. He was a true prince - he stuck with me to make sure all my paperwork was good, and as we were waiting for the document to load, we even chatted some about his impending fatherhood (congrats, by the way!) My situation was handled with professionalism, kindness, reassurance and, upon following up, diligence. 4 stars b/c I had to place the follow-up call instead of the other way around. But, to be fair, I am impatient! read more

Sloppy work. You get what you pay for. Lender or real estate agent recommend them bc they're fast and cheap but not good.

I was told by our lender that our closing would be a certain date and time. Our closing never happened. It was supposed to be handled by Kriss Law/Atlantic Closing & Escrow. So now, I'm not sure what is going to happen with my closing/loan, etc. If there was an option for 0 stars, I would have chose that. read more

Scott and Sean made the closing on the house we sold in Hopkinton so easy! They were thorough, always followed up and were very easy to communicate with. I would highly recommend Kriss Law. read more

Kriss Law represented the sellers of the house we purchased. They were very difficult to get answers from in a timely fashion. They were slow to cash our initial deposits and earnest money payments. Our attorney had to contact them to pressure them to deposit the checks. They did not send any representative to the closing, nor did they let our attorney or agent know they would not be attending until moments before our appointment. They were slow in getting the closing documents over to us, leaving little time to review for any changes. Finally, they were responsible for providing a check for a credit we were supposed to receive. The check was due at closing, but we are still waiting for it. All in all, we have found them to be disorganized and unprofessional. read more

Kriss Law was used by Loan Depot to be closing law firm for a recent mortgage refinancing that I did. Kriss Law was supposed to use the closing funds to pay for real estate taxes, home owners and flood insurance. I received a notice from the flood insurance company that NO payments were made for the insurance and that my policy would shortly lapse. After nearly 5 hours of calls and emails, I discovered the Kriss Law sent about 1/2 of the flood insurance premium to the wrong insurance company! Kriss Law sent me scans of the check that they claimed was for the flood insurance premium; the amount that they paid appears to be same as they paid for the real estate tax; the company that they paid was the home insurance company. I called that company and they verified that they did cash the check and credited it to the home owners Insurance . Kriss Law did shoddy work and no follow up. Without my tracking down what happened my flood insurance would have been canceled ! read more

Thank You so much Scott, Sean,Liana, Cheryl and the whole Kriss Law team for assisting me in buying my new home in Randolph. They went above and beyond in making sure everything went smooth. From promptly addressing my concerns to efficiently dealing with challenges along the way. I will definitely use their services again and refer them to friends & Family. They did a phenomenal job and I would recommend anyone to use their services. Thank You so much guys ! read more

Attorney Gunkel, while strikingly beautiful, seemed fairly clueless as to the specificities of the closing ... she also seemed pretty hungover. I spoke with Marlo, the paralegal for our deal, and she was the definition of passive aggressive and short, conveying the sense that she had better things to do. Attorney Kriss, nowhere ever to be seen in the entire process (no surprise), never returned my call contrary to his mantra "no calls go unreturned" that I read on his website. Lastly, I spoke to Danielle about receiving our money via wire and she put Marlo's passive aggressiveness to shame. My spouse and I came away with the sense that they were too busy to give us any attention and I would highly recommend never using them to conduct your real estate closing if you have the option. read more

My wife and I were first-time home buyers and used the Law Offices of Scott D. Kriss when buying our house. The transaction was a short sale, and began with the offer and purchase & sale agreement, followed by approximately 6 months of waiting for approval, followed by 3-4 weeks of additional negotiation, and finally the closing. Overall our experience using this law firm was poor. I will highlight a couple of our experiences: 1) The purchase and sale agreement was obviously drafted too quickly and without any sort of proofreading. There were many spelling mistakes, our current address was incorrect, and the total purchase price was wrong by a factor of 1,000 ($233 million instead of $233,000 -- ouch!). We brought it to the attention of Attorney Kriss and he first suggested that we cross out all of the mistakes and write in the corrections, but on the advice of our real estate agent we asked him to re-write the agreement. After everything was worked out, he apologized and offered to waive his fee for the preparation of this document. We were pleased with this resolution and took him at his word that there would be no further complications. 2) Fast forward 6 months. After we (me, my wife, and Attorney Kriss) negotiated the offer a bit with the seller's bank & attorney, we settled on a new purchase price that everyone was pleased with, and the seller's bank gave final approval on the deal. The closing documents were prepared. Our mortgage broker got the HUD settlement statement to the attorneys' office with 3 full business days to go before the closing. The attorney was supposed to add all of the additional fees and produce a final HUD statement. We were anxious to review this document given the history with the purchase & sale agreement -- we wanted to make sure everything on this form was correct. We finally received the HUD statement from the attorney the around 6:00PM the night before the closing was scheduled to happen. The purchase price was again incorrect; it showed the original price we offered, not the revised price agreed upon with the bank, and the property tax figures were calculated incorrectly. I attempted without success to get a hold of Scott Kriss that evening and instead spent a while on the phone with our mortgage broker who graciously offered to help me decipher what was wrong with the statement. We discovered that our mortgage broker was not aware of the "new" purchase price (which had actually been finalized weeks before), because the broker would have needed us to sign a revised contract reflecting this new price, and we had not -- everything was agreed upon via email. Not recognizing or informing us of the need to sign a new contract was a serious oversight on our attorney's part (especially for one who claims to specialize in short sales), and once we realized the issue we had to sign a new contract with the sellers and scramble to get our bank to re-approve our loan at the new price. This issue would have been much easier to identify and resolve if we had received the HUD earlier (even earlier that day, and that would have still given the law firm 2 business days to prepare it). The closing had been scheduled for the following day. We didn't receive the revised and corrected HUD statement for review until after 3PM, which was less than two hours before the closing. We discovered during the closing that there was an item omitted from this corrected HUD: payment to the seller for heating oil still in the tank. We were surprised with this charge at the closing and had to mail a personal check the following day to cover it. I will say that there was a pleasant surprise: at the closing the attorney gave us half of his fee as a credit. It was a small gesture but it did do a lot to smooth things over at the time. Additionally, we found the following things to be true throughout the transaction: * It was difficult to keep in touch with any single person about our transaction. This is somewhat understandable given the length of our transaction (~7 months start to finish), but it seemed that even in the final days before the closing, we were told each day that someone different would be handling things. The attorney present at our closing was someone I had never met or interacted with before that day and he understandably had no knowledge of the prior difficulties we had encountered with our transaction. * Scott Kriss would not return phone calls. When he was in his office (which was rarely) I could typically reach him at his desk phone, but I asked him a dozen or more times via email to call me and I never once got a call back. On one occasion he did reply to one of my emails and told me he'd call me the following morning, but he never did; I had to call him. I would not recommend the Law Offices of Scott D. Kriss. If you use their services, anticipate having to review everything they produce and staying on top of them to get things done in a timely manner. read more

Since I cannot respond to Scott Kriss' reply to my reply. I will do it here. When Scott saw this review he called me at home, and he was nasty on the phone. He told me to take down the review, and I said no, so he sent me a letter from his lawyer threatening to sue me for defamation, if I did not take down the review, and he further threatened me with having to pay his legal fees for his high priced Hingham law firm of HMDR&S. The facts are that they took months to clean up this mess, because it would not make them any money. Our home equity lender had to pull 3 credit bureaus on us (the first one to approve the loan, the second one when we were at closing (then this came to light), and the third one because of Kriss Law's delay in fixing their mistake). Fortunately, we have very high credit ratings (in the high 790s), but it still dinged is into the 770s, and everyone knows that you get the best rates with the highest credit ratings. Scott is a jerk and a bully! read more

Scott Kriss does a great job for my clients. He has some very good people working for him that make the real estate closing process as smooth and stress free as possible. Highly recommend them. read more

Scott Taylor was great to work with on the closing of my wife and my first home. Great communication, nice guy!