Richard R Rodriguez

Richard was my attorney when I purchased my home about a year ago. He was incredibly hard to reach throughout the entire process, and I mostly only dealt with his aid. He waited to tell me that his fee would be higher until closing. But the worst part is that he never actually gave me any real legal ...counsel before closing. Now that I've closed and have on going issue with how the heating/cooling system was improperly installed by the developer, he tells me there is no recourse except small claims court. He could have given me a lot of advice prior to closing, including checking with the Department of Buildings on the specifics of the installation and making sure that I would be protected after closing for things like this. If you want to have a lawyer that is on your side, do not hire Richard.

Just terrible. Our closing in Brooklyn went as poorly as I, or anyone I've told the story to, has ever heard of. The fact that my own lawyers, Richard's team, missed the fact that we'd have to file for non-resident NY taxes and that we had to come up with an unexpected $8,000 on the spot, discovered ...at the closing table by attorneys representing the other parties, is amazing. But that is only part of what went wrong with the process. For sure do yourself a favor and go with someone else.