Joseph L Mecca Jr.

I have used Joe Mecca for multiple family business matters. I can say in each case he has been both responsive as well as understanding of our family needs. Besides providing clear honest legal advice he has shown compassion and caring in each matter. Whether it was the purchase or selling of are hom...e to Estate Planning or a Will he has remained the same in each case. More important he has become a source of counsel to turn to and a trusted "friend". I am happy to write this recommendation and feel confident in knowing that Joe will provide the same honesty & counsel as he has done for my family. JB

Joe represented me in an arbitration in 2013, which I won. My case was very strong. Following his receipt of the settlement, he had to be asked three times over one month to send the check. He was also retained in 2014 for an "Order to Show Cause" in civil court to enforce the arbitration on an on...going basis. I returned the signed paperwork to be filed with the court n March. and asked him to let me know when he had filed it. No confirmation came. Four weeks later, I sent him an e-mail asking why we didn't have a court date yet. No response. A week after that he filed the paperwork with the court without ever getting back to me or explaining why the paperwork sat in his office for five weeks. He was unprepared and inarticulate during the subsequent court hearing, having showed up late. He also had to ask me the most basic question while speaking to the judge. The judge ruled in my favor based on the only issue that mattered, a point this attorney never raised orally. A little more work remained between myself and the defendant that had to be completed by 9/19, based on a deadline with an expiring master insurance policy for a condominium association between the defendant and myself, the source of the controversy. On 9/10, Joe said in an e-mail that he would call me that day. No call. No call on 9/11 or 9/12 either (a Friday). I sent him a gentle e-mail indicating we needed to speak on Monday. Still no call. At 3 pm I called his office and was told he was busy. I was also told he would call back. He didn't. I called again on Tuesday, 9/16. Was told he was busy. I sent a pointed e-mail highlighting what had happened since 9/10 and indicated that I can't trust him. He responded caustically, making it clear that I was not important enough as a client and to come pick up my file. Since I was traveling on Wednesday, 9/17, I couldn't start handling this matter directly with the defendant's attorney until 9/18. Today, 9/19, I had to renew the existing insurance policy (which carries a higher premium) because the defendant and I did not thave the opportunity to agree on the lower-cost alternatives, since our dealings require a decision to be unanimous between the two of us. This will cost me money as Joe's negligence is not the defendant's fault. Finally, his retainer was paid to him in February. In July, he said to me, 'I need a check" and asked for $1500. He received it promptly. Yet I have never received a single time sheet from him.