Joseph Ross Locascio Jr.

I was overall, very disappointed by my experience as a client of Mr. Locascio, who represented me in the purchase of real estate in the state of New York. While Mr. Locascio, who has several decades of experience in representing clients in real estate transactions, was clearly quite knowledgeable in ...his field, I found the level of client service and transparency provided by him and his office to be unacceptable. As an example, Mr. Locascio was generally extremely difficult to get a hold of throughout the entire process, leaving his relatively untrained staff to answer all but the most pressing questions. On the off chance that I was able to speak with Joe directly, his primary objective was to get me off the phone as quickly as possible. Furthermore, when I requested that Joe get in touch with the attorney representing the other party to my transaction and relay specific messages or requests, he would typically tell me that he would call them as I had requested and then call me back once he had the conversation. However, 9 times out of 10, I would never receive a call back. When I would eventually call Mr. Locascio again to follow up, and he would either a) not remember what we had initially discussed and what I had asked him to do, or b) literally fabricate a story about a fictitious conversation he had had on my behalf (I once caught him contradicting himself over the course of a conversation, unearthing the fact that he was simply lying about a 'call' he had made for me.) As is the case with many real estate lawyers, Joe charged a flat fee to represent me in my transaction. Given this fee structure, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to understand that he had no incentive to advocate for me in any way that would delay or potentially jeopardize the deal, or require him to spend any additional time with me. It's clear that Joe's singular objective was to close the deal as quickly as possible, collect his flat fee, and move on to the next transaction with the minimum amount of effort, irrespective of what would have been in his client's best interest. I appreciate that the real estate market in Westchester County doesn't exactly have a reputation for transparency and honesty, but I found my experience with Mr. Locascio to be particularly and surprisingly lacking. While I can't accuse Mr. Locascio of any wrongdoing or legal misconduct, I would certainly characterize his style as terse, opaque, and borderline dishonest, and would have guessed that someone with such extensive experience would at least have been able to humor his clients and give the impression that he was working hard on their behalf and looking out for their best interests. I unfortunately cannot recommend working with Mr. Locascio.