Wayne Howard Spector

Wayne Howard Spector

3.0
Rating: 7.6

Licensed for 40 years

Real estate Lawyer at White Plains, NY
Practice Areas: Real Estate, Personal Injury, Litigation ... +4 more

34 S. Broadway Suite 714, White Plains, NY

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Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 15 minutes


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check

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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 40 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1985

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

Location

Cohn & Spector

34 S. Broadway Suite 714, White Plains, NY, 10601-4959

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Wayne Howard Spector's Reviews

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3.0 /5.0

2 Client Reviews

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Posted by Emma | March 2, 2021 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Very kind, very efficient, very thorough

My husband and I have relied upon Wayne's expert legal help as he represented us in three separate real estate transactions over ten years. He's top-notch! He takes time to explain contracts well, he's patient, and he answers all of our questions in a timely manner. Because of his thoughtful interven...tion a few times, he improved the terms of the deals we've done to our benefit. In other words, he takes an pro-active and protective approach to his clients, like the best lawyers do. I would highly recommend Wayne Spector to my friends and family. In fact, I have!

Posted by anonymous | December 20, 2016 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Very disappointed !

We hired Mr. Spector in March of 2016 . My fiancé and I were told he would be able to help us with the issues we stated. It involved the rights of a father giving substantial child support for 18 years. We needed to know our responsibilities regarding a child moving out of state to attend college tha...t was twice the amount of a SUNY Cooke he without the discussion between the two parents (which was agreed upon in their divorce pspers) The large sum of the college tuition exceeded what was affordable and feasible. We also questioned that once the ex-wife received her share of a pension (that she chose to finally take after almost 11 years, her choice) would the child support be lowered since my fiancées salary would decrease by almost $20,000. Me Spector took a $3000 binder and said he would go over the paperwork and contact us. To make a very long story short, after almost 8 1/2 months and absolutely no bills/correspondences,2 phone calls from him(due to our constant correspondence during that duration of time pleading with him to help us with situations that kept arising with no avail, only false promises. Calls, letters via emails and text messsges. Nothing was done. Nothing. Finally after dismissing him via letters and texts he responded telling us he had some issues going on and he would help us snd for us to reconsider and use his services. We agreed, and low and behold, nothing.. we contacted him again and told him he didn't keep his word and we wanted paperwork and bills from him since he told us things he did and was still doing. The only thing Nr Dpector did during the 8 1/2 months was get a tax sheet from the ex which seemed ludicrous. Long story short Mr Spector told us his fee was half of the large retainer we gave him and sadly never gave us one bill of his "services". Nothing. We received a check after about one month without any explanation or breakdown of services. Sadly the initial contract said any and every correspondence he did would have also been cc'd to us as well. Was not so. Very disappointed. Very disillusioned. We are now without a large sum of monies, without an attorney, have a court date out of state and will be handling on our own. Thank you

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Experience

Rating:  7.6 (Very Good)

Honors

2019

Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell

Work Experience

1987 - Present

Partner, Cohn & Spector

2010 - 2014

General Counsel, Ossining Matters Education Foundation

2009 - 2015

Town Attorney, Town of Ossining

Associations

Westchester County Bar Association

Member

New York State Bar Association

Member

1992 - 1992

Ossining Bar Associations.

President

Education

1984

New York Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

1981

State University of New York, Binghamton

BA - Bachelor of Arts

N/A

New York

Languages

English

Spanish

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