Jean L. Chou

It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Jean during my coop purchase process. Although I'm an attorney myself, the legal and technical intricacies of NYC real estate law were new to me - Jean, from the outset to finish, explained the entire process to me and meticulously went through each provi...sion in each legal document put in front of me. Additionally, Jean was a great advocate and adeptly negotiated the purchase contract on my behalf. She would foresee and preempt issues before they came up during the negotiation process. Jean also coordinated with my mortgage lender and kept track of the many moving parts during the apartment process. Since I have a busy day job, I very much appreciated that Jean would send me status updates and reminders so the closing didn't fall behind schedule. And during closing, Jean walked me through all the documents that required my signature so I was aware of what each document meant. Most importantly, she was always pleasant and cheerful, which made this arduous process much more tolerable. I was so glad to be done with closing, but sad to end the working relationship with Jean! I have at least one friend who's looking to buy in NYC; needless to say, I will be recommending Jean to her without any hesitation or reservation.

I highly recommend Jean. She responds quickly and is very efficient. She answered every question and gave excellent advice. We were able to close on our apartment at lightening speed. It is not often that you work with someone as responsive and responsible as Jean. She made it easy and stress fre...e.

Excellent experience working with Jean for our first condo purchase in NYC. She was efficient and thorough, available for our questions/concerns, and ever-prepared for the next step. She guided us through the language of our contracts, sure to close all loopholes to protect us from a potentially comp...licated closing. I attribute much of the closing's success to the above qualities she brings to the table. I will absolutely seek her services if needed in the future and confidently recommend her to others seeking real estate law services.

As a first-time home buyer, I had no clue what actually needed to happen going into the process - and that was fine because Jean knew everything and was able to quickly provide summaries/timelines/excellent advice on every aspect of the transaction. She was on top of all of the paperwork, all of the... deadlines, every last detail. Incredibly professional, and was always reachable for any question a first-time home buyer would have. All of her explanations of process and documents were thorough. Would highly recommend and work with Jean again.

Jean is an extremely knowledgeable, thoughtful, and professional real estate lawyer in New York City. Jean worked with us on a condo purchase in lower Manhattan, and she was very helpful to us from sign to close. Along the way, she explained the details and implications of every nuance of every docum...ent or ancillary consideration we had to sign and/or otherwise review. I don't know how much time it took her to go through all of it, but she debriefed us over the course of an hour in an afternoon to get us up to speed with everything we needed to know. In total, the whole process for us took just over a month, and actually turned out to be relatively simple and straightforward (which is not commonly heard in NYC given all the potential "pitfalls" in NYC real estate); we attribute a large part of this to Jean's guidance. Beyond all this, she was eerily patient with us - as first-time homebuyers - through the entire experience. In addition to her "primary" responsibilities as our lawyer, she took the time to speak through all of our concerns/questions related to the purchase and offer perspective on what our options were for each of them. Jean was always accessible and resourceful, never pushy, and always looked to take our best interests into consideration. Highly recommended, especially for fellow first-time homebuyers.