Ari S. Mor

If you have a landlord/dispute or rent stabilization case, don’t hire this guy! I paid this guy almost $1,300 and he is the laziest shiftless lawyer I have every worked with. I booked a consultation and paid $90. He gives you a two hour window that he will call you with and not an exact time. Whe...n he finally did call, he was in his car, driving half paying attention. He has a good online presence and I already invested $90 so I decided to move forward with him a couple months after the consultation. He charges $1,200 for out of court negotiation. $4,500 if your landlord/tenant sues first and 10K to sue your landlord/tenant first Long story short. He makes excuses, has very little communication and there is almost a week between emails. I paid him $1,200 to review my documents and get back to me with the full intension of paying him the $4500 when my landlord tried to sue me because my landlord illegally deregulated my apartment from rent stabilization. I ended up hiring another lawyer, who I won’t name on this review but he did what Ari could not do in 3 weeks in 1 hour. The other lawyer I spoke to kept me on hold, asked me questions and we sent documents back and forth over the line. He told me I had a good case and within a week, we were ready to file. When you send Ari a document, instead of responding immediately or asking a question. He waits a week, then asks a question and then it will take another week to hear from him and then he simply asks another question. Instead of anticipating an gathering all the things he needs up front. He plays the waiting game with you. He once told he would get back to me in a week. 9 days passed and I HAD TO REACHOUT to him. He said he had ‘covid’ and was behind. If he was so behind, why not be pro-active and reach out to your clients ahead of time. Seemed like a lie. I could go on with more stories and anecdotes but he doesn’t know what he is doing. I paid out money to another lawyer and a consultant and they didn’t need 3 weeks to tell me whether or not I had a good case.

I am a person who spent many years as a tenant activist in NYC. I thought I knew the laws but realized my family and I were being scammed by our landlord when I became very ill and had t apply for a government aid program. I filed a complaint with DHCR, but received an absurd pro landlord response. I... then sought an attorney to file an Article 78 for me. I spoke to various low income legal services but many are now only being funded for evictions or have to handle those first because they are the most dire situations. One of them told me they would handle the Article 78 but the cases were handled in the order received. It didn't seem likely that they would get to mine in the 60 days allowed (no adjournments). I was given advise by a few of these attorneys to seek a sole practioner who would handle the case on contingency, since the DHCR decision made no sense and they felt that it was likely that I would win the case. With my being ill a friend gave me a short list of some sole practioners. I contacted all on the same day in mid June. The first and most desirable, due to his extensive experience, explained quickly that he had a conflict of interest. The second said she was now working with her husband and they no longer took contingency cases. The third let me know that he had just been taken on by a larger law firm but he looked everything over, spoke with me extensively on the matter, gave me positive feedback and then spoke to the partners at the firm. As all big law firms, the partners told him they would take the case but needed a $3,000 retainer. He was kind and apologized. Then there was Ari Mor. I called and left message on various days but didn't hear back. I tried again a week later on 6/21 and he actually answered, quickly told me I could email all the case information and got off the phone. I immediately emailed everything & didn't hear back. I called & left messages and sent a text on 6/27. Finally, on 6/28 he emails stating, "Can we speak tomorrow afternoon". I wrote back letting him know that I would be having medical therapy & asked if we could speak in the evening instead. He didn't respond. When I came home from the doctor I felt very ill and tried to email him again. I asked, " Can we speak some time tomorrow". He didn't respond and when I called the next day there was no answer. I tried to call his # numerous times but never received any call back. On 7/7 I texted again and he responded stating that he had been on vacation. He claimed that we had had a time to speak but that I never called. He texted back, "I usually assume that if I am not able to correspond back timely other counsel will be pursued." i then asked if he had ever looked over my documents. He responds, "I had which is why we had scheduled the last call time." (We had no call time scheduled). What is texted after was disturbing which. He texted first, "I was contemplating your request to take the matter on contingency basis." Then, "I'm unable todo that at the moment." Then, "I don't work on Contingency. My fee for Article 78 is $5k & 25%." Followed by, "My fees are set & there are many people happy to pay them for my work. I urge you to read my Yelp reviews." ( Yes he actually wrote this!) Then he went on sending 5 more babbling text to me and then a last one that stated, "I had asked a few of my colleagues if they were interested in picking up your matter on contingency & I had no response btw." It was coo coo crazy, mean, and creepy all at the same time. Do you think his reviews are real? My opinion is NO. The fact is that attorney don't usually get many reviews. Maybe 1-3 at the most over a period of 10 years. This guy is wet behind the years, just 4 years out of school and can't make a phone call. There are many great attorneys with long careers and absolutely no reviews, because an attorney is not the sort of business that most people write reviews about. I certainly wouldn't have thought to do it if he hadn't texted my about Yelp.

I hired him for a difficult case and he did very little work and was impossible to get in touch with. I also had to remind of basic information about my case. The few times I met with him he was late and unorganized. I know that lawyers are very busy and I never expected him to be perfect. He wou...ld disappear for weeks / months at a time, I literally had to contact him several times in order to get a response… Things also because very difficult with him, when l I started to ask questions about the status of my case and the financial status. He then became difficult, nasty and aggressive towards me. He is not a litigator, has very little court room experience (and it shows) and if you need someone that can work with more complex situations he is not for you. I think he is fine for easy cases that require very little work. If you do hire him, get everything in writing… And make sure you have an ironclad agreement…