Michael N. Connors

I used Mr. Connors firm, Connors & Sullivan about 5 years ago. I never met Mr. Connors himself, rather dealt with several lawyers and paralegals at his firm. The reason that I needed a lawyer was for an elder care issue for a relative that was in failing health. We needed a power of attorney, estate... planning, and medicaid assistance, so I went to an established office, Connors & Sullivan, at their Middle Village, Queens location. The services that the firm would provide to us were typed out, along with a bill for around $7,000.The power of attorney part went smoothly, but that's about all that did. Most of the estate planning I did all the work on myself. The medicaid was a disaster. Due to our relative's failing health, this was a time sensitive issue for us, yet it was of no importance to this office. I was incorrectly advised by a paralegal to cancel a medical policy. Shortly after, our elderly relative went in the hospital for 3 days and we were billed $15,000!!! When I received this bill I immediately called Mr. Connors office and the attorney handling my case, along with the paralegal, were not available...every day for a week! I had to threaten to grieve the law firm before the attorney would discuss things with me over the phone. I was told to bring any documents I now had to the office in Brooklyn. When I went to the Brooklyn office I met with yet another attorney who did her best to resolve the situation. After speaking to her, Medicaid was approved within a week. Unfortunately our relative passed away within a month. I now had to deal with the $15,000 medical bill. ( I used a totally different lawyer from another office who thankfully corrected that error for me ). A few weeks later, I was contacted by the office of Connors and Sullivan...they were offering their assistance to probate my relative's will; at a cost of about $5,000. I not so politely declined their service, and have not spoken to nor dealt with this office since. As I said in the beginning of my review, I never met with or dealt with Mr. Connors. He is well known for a weekly radio show, and he does regular legal seminars. Maybe he can give a bit less attention to those things and involve himself more in the goings on withing his office and his staff. The reason I am writing this review now, 5 years later, is simply because I did not know this site existed....or I would have written the same review back then.