Great communication through out the process and is very knowledgeable. Great person to have on your…read moreside.

This guy is a total hack. Had 43 days to get a very simple closing in order for his seller. Didn't…read morebother getting any of the proper paperwork together until the day before the closing. The whole time he blamed it on the hoa dragging their feet.Buyer beware!!

I've never utilized the services of this law firm before. Today was my first time. As is often the…read morecase, when one does work with a real estate lawyer, one often does not deal much with the lawyer, and my experience was no exception. The interaction I had with Mr. McDuffy was great! He was pleasant and prompt. The star of the show, however, was Ana. She is very polite, professional, and an absolute pleasure to deal with. I was quite delinquent in getting her paperwork she requested weeks prior, and never lost her patience or professionalism. At closing, too, she took the blame for something that was clearly my fault, and kept me from looking like an idiot. That wasn't necessary, but very much appreciated! This is my real estate law firm of choice moving forward. Thanks for the wonderful experience, Ana!

We spoke with Woodrow in person for a bit about a legal matter. He was not able to help us, but he…read moresuggested someone that could. I loved his manner. He was helpful and kind. A friend of ours has utilized his services, and spoke highly of Woodrow. Definitely pay him a visit if you need certain types of legal help. He's above the BB&T bank in Waynesville. Just go into the bank and use the office map and the elevator. It is nice and quiet. Good luck!

We contacted Eric Contre at Contre Law at the recommendation of another attorney in the area who…read moresuggested Eric due to his competence and fair rates. We were not disappointed. In fact, Eric readily understood the broader context of the issue, provided thorough council regarding out legal needs, weighed various options, provided a recommendation for initial steps, and outlined clear fees at the outset. We took his initial recommendation for a course of action, and he quickly reviewed all relevant documents sent, and within a couple of days sent out a letter on our behalf. This solved our legal issue and no further work was necessarily -- this saved us significant hassle and money and removed an ongoing stressor in our lives. Eric was fair, smart, and highly competent. If needed, we would certainly use his services again. I give his firm my highest recommendation.

My father's wife convinced him to create a trust, when a will would have been fine. It cost him…read more$5000 to set up the trust. Since his passing in October of 2025, the process for resolving the trust has been very difficult. it's going to cost us around $8500 additionally after the initial $5000, and we have no communication. It would have been faster and cheaper to have a will. The notice to creditors has maybe still not happened, almost 6 months later, or at least we have not been told. I could give names of those within Strauss who have been unresponsive, but I would rather not.

Our father set up a trust with Strauss Attorneys, PLLC. He died over two years ago and we were…read moretold that Dad's assets should be easy to distribute and it should take less than a year to close everything. We still have not received all the funds. Although we are successfully retired college graduates, we have been told by estate lawyers here in Michigan that dad's trust was written to specify subtrusts (with Strauss as trustee) that are appropriate for beneficiaries who are drug addicts or incapacitated in some way. Initially Strauss delayed putting a notice to creditors in the paper (typically done a week or two after death) for over six months, delaying the partial distribution which we got eleven months after dad died. They remediated the subtrust issue by generating new subtrusts at our expense - another half a year. These apparently are paying taxes at the maximum possible rate because there are no K1s. Every quarter fees are taken from the trust but there is no transparency, no accounting statements despite many requests, and no end to the delays. We are frustrated beyond description and starting to wonder if an employee has absconded with the funds. Hoping it doesn't drag on to 2026. I wish we had hired a different North Carolina law firm long ago and made them trustee.

Great team of attorneys. Can't go wrong with any of them each with their own specialtiesread more

My father married a sociopath, Tina. She impacted my relationship with my father. She manipulated…read moremy father and separated us. She was an alcoholic, used hard drugs in the past, and drove my dad to death via mental and elder abuse. Tina is a thief. She invited her brothers to live at our business in order to use them as pit bulls. Tina had convinced her ex-mother-in-law to leave her everything, despite her ex-mother-in-law having a grandson from her deceased son's previous marriage. My dad gave her business shares. Tina scared people. As my dad was on life support, Tina asked me what I was planning on doing with the family business. I, my husband, and my brother talked to her, thinking that we could work things out. Within the first week of my dad being deceased, her brothers threatened my husband at the business. My husband nor brother never returned to the business. We lost revenue and Tina continued to steal business monies unabated. My husband took the threat case to court, and Tina's brother pleaded guilty. During this same time frame, we also appeared at an ongoing case that my husband had against Tina herself. She had assaulted my husband. Unfortunately, Judge Wijewickrama gave her a slap on the wrist. We were stupid enough to tell Tina how to proceed when she did not appear in court the week before the slap due to my dad's hospitalization. She took our advice and used our business funds to pay her legal fee for failure to appear. Um, I thought she would use her own funds. Seriously, without my knowledge at the time, she also used my business funds to hire a lawyer for her basic assault charge. In essence, we paid for her defense. Tina began to sell off the business property without our permission. What I find interesting is that she paid life insurance premiums for her brothers. Weird, right? She took out large sums of cash at all times, especially after my fathers's death. (My father refused to give us the password for the business account, thus we were clueless as to what was going on, until we just asked at the bank.) Add embezzlement to the list, please. We tried to evict Tina and her bros from our business premises with a lawyer. That action failed. We fired our lawyer. Tina began to tell the community that we were bad people. And some people believed her. That scares me, too. Somehow, this lowlife always eludes justice. Until you hire Mr. Samuel Hyde. After I had fired our deficient lawyer, I emailed several local lawyers. None of them would take our complicated case. We visited a past lawyer to obtain a receipt. We then went into Mr. Hyde's upstairs office on a whim. His office is beautiful yet homey, a tough balance to capture. Mr. Hyde took our case and did an amazing job. It would take me hours to record all the details here, but he helped us separate from Tina, sell our business and property, and protected us from Tina. He made sure that she was held accountable for her property theft. He worked with her lawyer when we had to buy her share of our house off of her. How terrible is that? Mr. Hyde advised me to not follow through with a lawsuit against Tina for her abuse of my father. She killed him slowly. He did smoke, but I find it strange that neither he nor Tina sought healthcare when his cancer returned. (I found out that it had returned when my dad was on life support.) I did nothing for him while he was alive, so I. too, am accountable. I was too afraid for my family's safety to report her abuse. I called the abuse hotline after he died; I was told it was then a police matter. I was still too scared. Anyway, Mr. Hyde advised me well. A lawsuit is costly, both emotionally and financially. Karma has caught up with her somewhat. I do not know if it is legal for me to state details, so I will not. A woman that tells a family member that her husband's chemo therapy "makes him smell funny" and tells a business employee how my dad ran in circles when he was having his heart attack is not a good person. Heed that knowledge to avoid future pain and lawsuits. Back to Mr. Hyde, as it seems that I reviewing Tina more than I am reviewing his fine counsel. I just do not want this to happen to anyone else, the details are relevant, and this is therapy for me. Sam also tried to get a larger portion of my father's ashes for me, but Tina would not comply. She also did not comply to at least one signed order written up by all of our attorneys. (Another involved specialty attorney cracked me up, because he thought my dad was alive. He took the maximum fee from us after forcing us to decide on a hasty property sale price.) Despite everything, Mr. Hyde did a fantastic job. He is very personable, rational, and down to earth. He handled Tina quite well, seeing what he was up against. He was the only attorney intelligent enough to handle our case. He is very ethical, follows the law, and does not take overly large sums of your money. He works hard and is truthful. He is simply the best.

Ann helped us deed our home to our trust. professional and very helpful. Ann was fun to work with…read moreas well, not stuffy, down to earth.

This office was excellent in working with me to sell a property. The fact that I was living in…read morehawaii and Mrs Davis did everything possible to work around the time difference and my schedule speaks volumes to their professionalism. They always communicated clearly with me and in a very timely manner. I will definitely use her again if needed.

Other lawyers love recommending Scott. And that's because he's good…read more In fact, he's so good that he is in high demand. We tried to connect through emails in an unrelated matter (Summer 2017), but alas, our stars did not align. I would be pushy if you really want to see him. I did not have any trouble seeing Scott the second time around (March 2017). His staff is nice, and they have coffee. Scott is nice, too. He has a quiet, grounding energy that would bolster clients. We did not need his bolstering- he was able to answer our legal question, and we were on our way. Don't get me wrong- he helped us, and that means a lot when you feel lost in the legal world. Scott will not waste your time, and I recommend him.