Elliot Steven Solop

The best decision I have made in a long time was to retain Elliot S. Solop. A brilliant man, Elliot handled my bitter and difficult divorce case with impeccable legal acumen, capability and grace. For example, the opposing counsel was a rude, unprofessional barracuda; Elliot outwitted him while deal...ing with him patiently and skillfully. Elliot also has been unfailingly patient and gentle with me, no matter how emotional and unreasonable I may have been. Thanks to Elliot, my divorce was settled on very favorable terms. I will always be thankful for his guidance and friendship. Most of all, I am grateful that he encouraged me to focus on the forest when all I wanted to see was the trees.

Elliot put me at ease from minute one of our first meeting. Elliot guided me through every step of the divorce process and was always honest and fair. When the the opposing law firm were forgetting they were going on vacation and being unprofessional with delay tactics and trying to exploit the syste...m, Elliot remained calm and got me a fair settlement that benefitted all parties not least my child. I would recommend Elliot.

I met Elliot when he was a first-year associate at another law firm, and I was in search of a new family attorney less than a year after my bed & board (financial) divorce was signed. My original attorney made so many mistakes with my case and was terrible with numbers (money, settlement, support etc...), I ended up having to hire 2 accountants to fix her mess. During a divorce with a dissolution of assets along with child support and/or alimony you need an intelligent attorney who is great with numbers, I learned this the hard way. So, when my ex stopped paying child support for months ($15K), I refused to go back to my original attorney, her mistakes cost me a lot of money and some of the original agreement wording has haunted my life since. Family and friends recommended that I go see a reputable attorney at Ansel, Grimm, & Aarons. I think I met with the wrong person, we did not hit it off, but then she brought in Elliot. She was passing me off to her first-year associate, thinking I was broke and not knowing I have $5k in cash on my person that day. From the moment I met Elliot it was obvious that not only was he hungry to prove himself as an attorney but also that he really cared about helping me and my children. This was something I had not experienced from any attorney, true empathy. That was just the beginning. Since the very first motion Elliot wrote for my case 7 years ago, to the motion he just wrote a few months ago, to the agreement he just crafted last month in mediation during Covid; he has consistently delivered for me. I just walked away with the sweetest covid deal ever, of course I had to give concessions, that is how it works, but I got what mattered and more importantly, I now have 3 years of peace and that is thanks to Elliot. It takes a lot to impress me, I have an extraordinarily strong personality, I question everything, and yes, I am difficult on a good day. Yet Elliot has never let me down, even the times when I have yelled, screamed and cried to him. In fact, he has gone above and beyond a few times to fix errors someone else made. Together we have had 2 mediations and several other motions to the court for cause. Elliot is right 90% of the time, and that other 10%, is the unforeseen, that no one can account for. This is my experience and not an exaggeration. The only time I went to court without Elliot, I was being cheap, it was another arrears hearing and figured I could do it myself. BIGGEST mistake ever. Sure, I won but my ex called in his attorney and I was too embarrassed to call Elliot, so I walked away with a win and nothing tangible. With Elliot, I walk away with so much more, every single time! In my opinion, as well as my experience, Elliot is everything a GREAT Attorney should be: Professional, composed, honest, confident, compassionate, creative and great with numbers ($$). He is also highly respected by his peers, every attorney, mediator and judge I have encountered with Elliot at my side truly respect him as a formidable adversary and great litigator. My ego absolutely inflates walking in any situation with Elliot as my attorney. You are probably thinking, why creative, why is that so important for an attorney to be? Well NJ is ranked in the top 3 most expensive states to live in but also in the bottom 3 states for child support. It is completely upside down and vastly different from 25 years ago. You will waste more money going to court than you will ever win in this liberal state. You need an attorney who is great with numbers and creative, I learned that through Elliot. His legal creativity and understanding of finance have had me walking away from the table better than anything a judge would rule for me. You cannot lose with Elliot if you trust and listen to him.