Marc Aronson

He will lie and mislead you; yell at you and insult you. He will intentionally misrepresent the law, deceive you, and ill advise you if he bothers to advise you at all. He will intentionally put you in a precarious position to manipulate you to do whatever is easiest for him. He is really a landlord... attorney, and will sabotage a tenant's case. You cannot call him or ask questions. If you do, he will berate you.  He will not do anything he says he will do before you give him money. He will take a tenant case if he thinks he can make a quick buck, but he really supports landlords. If you check his cases on line they are 90% landlord. If I could give him no stars I would. Buyer beware!

If you are living in a loft building which your landlord illegally converted from a factory, Mr. Aronson's retainer ($2,500) will buy you about one year of rent-free living. On the other hand, a more competent and interested attorney (as well as probably slightly more expensive) could keep you there... for much longer, although the services would probably cost a bit more. Basically, he knows all the judges and all the landlords in the Brooklyn Housing Court, and when your landlord finally moves to evict you, he negotiates a sort of standard settlement instead of investing real time or effort in your case. A worthwhile investment (we lived 13 months rent-free), but if we had it to do over again (and had a similarly unethical, slimy landlord), we would do better research and pay a better attorney to be more interested in our case.