I had an outstanding experience with Ms. Tarkan. From the moment of our first conversation, I was treated with respect, professionalism, and genuine care. She answered all my questions with great clarity and patience l. She kept me informed every step of the way, which gave me great peace of mind and truly made this stressful situation feel manageable. If your looking for a shark in the courtroom, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND read more

Horrible...Called her about an eviction matter. She asked me for my credit card #, told me the consult is $100. I paid, sent her the docs she requested. Emailed her 4x, asked to send docs again, then emailed me asking "what is this about?" Emailed her my info again, emailed me to:" put my name on all the docs", emailed me again, "put the docs in PDF." I did ,emailed her about my case coming up, again, again, again. Never contacted me... read more

I have been working with Ms. Tarken for many years and have found her to be very efficient. As a client, I feel very well represented. She knows her way around the court and has many years of legal experience. In addition. Her fees are fair considering the time and effort needed. read more

A condescending, mean, and nasty attorney. All it took was two minutes of her time to realize that she is someone who should not be given any business. Instead of helping or trying to point you in the right direction, all she does is scold and attempt to belittle you. I hope her practice goes under, and fast. She shouldn't be allowed to practice law. read more

Total ambulance chaser! Incompetent, knowingly lies and has clients commit perjury on the stand. She's a laughing stock at the Hudson County Courthouse. Clerks and judges all roll their eyes when she walks in. Those shoes, that hair, that nasally accent... UGH! I would t hire her/him/it, not sure the proper pronoun, if my life depended on it! read more

Client beware, unless you want even more legal problems than before. I logged onto Yelp for the first time in forever just to write this review in hopes of saving someone else a world of grief. I had to file multiple reports including police reports regarding Ms Tarkan's office and their unethical, disorganized and potentially illegal practices surrounding a case that she and her staff failed to dismiss in a timely fashion. (The landlord was paid in full on January 23 yet her office left the nonpayment eviction on the docket for March 14 - maybe she hoped her client would get paid a second time for the same months of rent, who knows why she did this). Ms Tarkan hung up on me immediately when I called her office and identified myself, despite having apparently conducted unethical business in my name which required immediate resolution. Do NOT hire this woman. read more

Extremely rude! Abrasive and unprofessional! Screaming on the phone like a nut and insulting me! Told me that the people that were suing me were more credible than I was ! Terrible manners! Tried to change the price after I had given her half of the $$$. Do yourself a favor and STAY AWAY from her. I never dealt with an attorney that was so rude and that defended the other side by insinuating that I was lying. Spare yourself the aggravation and find someone that is a pleasure to deal with. She is an angry unprofessional woman that needs to take a class on how to deal with her customers. read more

Roberta Tarkan is as Tina Turner once said, "simply the best". I recently went through a landlord/ tenant dispute and retained Roberta as my legal counsel. When searching for an attorney, I asked my friend and volleyball teammate who happens to do landlord/tenant lawyer (just as in-house council) for recommendations. She told me "I would hands down recommend Roberta Tarkan for anything related to landlord /tenant related". Seeing how my friend was a lawyer, I trusted her recommendation. I immediately reached out to Roberta's office and met with her the next day for a consultation. From the moment I met Roberta, I felt immediately less stressed. Anytime anyone experiences having a legal matter to deal with, it can be overwhelming and frustrating. With Roberta, I felt like I had an advocate. Her knowledge and "tell it how it is, no BS attitude" is exactly what you want in a lawyer. After my consultation, I immediately retained her as my counsel. Throughout my entire legal matter, Roberta and her office took care of me. Any time the opposing lawyers threw something at me, Roberta fired back with knowledge and facts. She knows when other lawyers are playing games and is not afraid to call their bluff. To Roberta, her client comes first. Unlike some lawyers, Roberta understands that for many of her clients, it is the first timing having to deal with circumstances in a court setting. For me, it was undoubtedly nerve wracking, but I always knew Roberta had my back and is not afraid to fight for me. After everything was said and done, Roberta got the case against me dismissed. Roberta Tarkan is the reason why I am able to write this review from my desk in the apartment she fought to help me keep. I am incredibly grateful for all she has done. My message to anyone reading this review is that Roberta Tarkan is a solid choice to anyone dealing with a landlord/tenant dispute. You will not be disappointed. Understandably, choosing a lawyer is not a small decision to make and is overwhelming. If anyone would like to reach out and speak with me personally about my experience, I encourage you to email me at egraham518@yahoo.com. I will be happy to answer any questions you may have. read more

Very unorthodox attorney. My sister passed away from liver cancer on Friday, November 16th, 2018. Roberta came to my sister's home on November 2nd, 2018, two weeks before my sister passed, to change beneficiaries on her life insurance. My sister was on her death bed, heavily medicated on morphine and had no idea what she was agreeing to. Roberta then showed up at my sister's wake to confront me for contesting the change of beneficiary. I have a video of this unprofessional, pathetic so-called attorney's behavior. IMG_4770.mov read more

So I don't know where to start. I agree with all the negative reviews that have been written here. I am not sure how she had a career as a lawyer but she is soulless, rude, abrasive, all synonyms for negative words. I guess those are all qualities you need for a lawyer. I emailed her to follow-up on something and she sent back 3 very short rude sentences with no actionable responses. Disappointing, concerning, and unethical if you ask me. If I could give her negative stars I too would. I have never felt so disregarded in my life. She should have better communication skills and have empathy for others. read more

Called and wanted to talk to her about my case. First impression matters a lot. She said "I just can't stop everything I am doing. She was so rude that I had to hang up. I feel like I lost my case even just by talking to her. read more

Roberta and her staff should get negative stars. I could go on and on with examples of their unprofessional work ethic, rudeness, lack or extreme delay of responsiveness, and moments of sheer aggression, but I won't. Please don't waste your time with them!! I'm sure they win cases but it is just not worth the stress of dealing with them, especially when there are so many lawyers out there that are not abrasive and rude to their clients. Don't believe me, see for yourself and take on this headache. read more

I should have known when i was waiting in her office for an initial consultation and she and her land lord or whoever she shares the building with were screaming at each other while I sat there waiting for her. She is abrupt and rude and said I was stupid during the course of my case.She eventually got the job done but I could have done without the drama read more

She is a no nonsense attorney. Quick and to the point. No need for long winded conversations. "JUST THE FACTS MAM" approach. She is super sharp and affordable. read more

I had an extremely traumatic experience with Roberta and Sharon. Not only did I find them inefficient but I also found them unruly and abusive (sic). They have been apt at manipulating and creating intense friction between me and the other parties involved. By the time I figured out that they were the ones creating the problems and not the other parties I had lost a good deal of health, time, money and good will. I lost around ten grand before I quit and prevented further losses. read more

In my opinion I believe Roberta Tarkan is incompetent and an unethical lawyer. When my sister was incapacitated on her death bed and on drugs. Roberta came to her house to have her change her beneficiaries. I think that this process was totally unprofessional and negligent on her part. read more

I should have read all the reviews here before I hire her. I can truely tell you this, ALL SHE CARES IS MONEY!!! She is rude and unprofessional. She will start to charge you the second she picked up the phone with you. Her office is a mess! she charges consultation fee which is OK, and court appearance fee $300.00 which she already had the notice that the tenant filed the bankruptcy before the court date. There wasn't a case anymore. She told me that she would figure something out, but then told me there were nothing to be done. She screamed to me on the phone, called me a liar, and took me to court if I don't pay her the fee. Mind you that she covered herself really well every step of the way. All I can say is, I had a traumatic stress with her, which I tried to avoid, and get myself a lawyer in the first place. FIND ANOTHER LAWYER! read more

If I can give more then 5 stars I would!! Roberta was very professional and helped me and my husband win our case!!! She knows what she is doing and gets straight to the point! I would recommend Roberta to anyone having a landlord tenant issue. read more

OUTSTANDING!! Bravo Ms. Tarkan! You are fabulous, superbly knowledgeable in your field of law, tenant/landlord. You went above and beyond our expectations. You are a winner! We can never thank you enough. read more

Beware and go get another attorney! She's not very helpful and very rude to deal with, almost shouting on the phone as if she does not want to talk to you at all. We've spoken with different attorneys with different legal focus and they all seem to be very accommodating and most of the time they'll give you legal advise even without formally retaining them yet. But this attorney will get your money first but if there's any questions or concern about the case you'd like to ask her, she won't even provide any help. This is even if you already paid her the fees. I'd strongly suggest everyone to run far away from this attorney! There are far better attorneys in the area who are more accommodating, more willing to help, and are more professional to deal with! read more

Extremely disorganized and irresponsible. Keeps forgetting the important details of the case, loses documents, resulting into missing important document filing dates. Not recommended. read more