We hired S Melnik in 2012 to present my parents case. We paid $5000 for initial consultation which lasted 30 minutes. After that we never saw neither heard from him. We tried many times to reach him for his advice and future actions to be taken. Every time his secretary directed us only to his associ...ate voicemail box. Many times his associate was not able to answer questions and we had to wait several days to get an answer. In many instances it was too late. His service is well overrated for this price. Never again I go with this lawyer. I won't recommend anybody to use his services.

I would like to start off by saying that Steve showed professionalism to me during our very expensive consultation which his secretary told us he would waive if we decided to retain him. I decided to retain him because he sounded knowledgeable and he still charged me for the consultation. Once you re...tain him, the professionalism goes out the door. He was retained to perform a trust which he promised would be ready in a couple of weeks. A month and a half passes by, my credit card was charged and the trust was still not ready. I called his office many times trying to get in contact with him. Secretary takes down my name and tells me that someone will call you back. After the fifth time calling throughout the week, I got in contact with one of his assistants and was told that the trust has been finished, reviewed and was being mailed out. Two weeks passed and I never received any documents. This is insane. With the thousands of dollars he charged me the least he can do is call me to tell me what is going on. Never did!! You will never get in contact with him. Getting in contact with him or his unprofessional staff is very difficult. Please do yourself a a favor and stay away from this expensive unprofessional attorney who puts on a good show during consultations and takes a very long time to deliver breaking deadlines he mentioned in the consultation. Stay Away!