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Richard T. Kerins

Licensed for 38 years

Estate planning Lawyer at Garden City, NY
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Real Estate, Wills & Living Wills

254 Nassau Blvd, Garden City, NY

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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 38 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1987

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Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O'Brien, LLC

254 Nassau Blvd, Garden City, NY, 11530-5535

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Posted by anonymous | February 26, 2022 | Consulted Attorney

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Crooked lawyer for the Public Administator

He unjustly lquidates properties for the Public Administrator at the expense of natural heirs, and for the financial benefit of "trustees" which have been removed for cause. You can guess the rest! He is a nasty arrogant man. And unjust to the core. Should be removed from any position of power ov...er others, such as attorney for the Public Administrator.

Posted by anonymous | June 16, 2021 | Hired Attorney

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Avoid

Attorney had mislead me by taking a retainer fee and proceeded not to do a single action. Please see the other reviews besides mine as it appears 3 other people had similar issues.

Posted by anonymous | July 29, 2019 | Hired Attorney

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Arrogant and Shocking Treatment From A Lawyer!

If you are okay with paying an exorbitant hourly fee, extremely lousy communication, and then having an attorney tell you that he can't or won't help you after he has taken a lot of your money, hire Richard Kerins. The way this man treats his clients is a shock! You can go for weeks without hearing f...rom this law firm about your case, leaving message after message for Kerins' legal assistant, Lisa Burgraff, who will completely ignore you or, if by some stroke of weakness on her part or "luck" on your part, you might reach her but then get treated with a condescending attitude and/or a lecture. If you still don't have any answers about your case or have a request and try to reach Kerins, he may very well yell at you if you were even "lucky" enough that he called you back. You will be in shock from beginning to end with the treatment that you receive from this law firm. Read all the negative reviews about them carefully, including others from his clients who say that he yelled at them, too.

Posted by anonymous | June 17, 2016 | Hired Attorney

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Rude, insensitive and obnoxious

I don't know why it took me over 9 years to write this review, but after reading that last review I had too because Richard Kerins did the exact same thing to me! I called him for clarification on a matter regarding my deceased fathers estate. He yelled at me, said he didn't have time, I was harassi...ng him, and then he hung up on me. I was in utter shock. What made it so shocking was Richard Kerins was a good friend of my father, who had just passed away the month before. My father had hired Kerins to write up his will. A month earlier we were all sitting in Kerins office together (with my dad) and Kerins was acting so sympathetic, telling us if we need anything at all he is here for us! Really!!! The minute my father passed, if we called to ask a question, apparently we were wasting his time! I remember the day he hung up on me so vividly because I broke down in tears. Yes, I was hurt by Kerins actions, but I was really mourning the loss of my father. It was at that moment that it hit me, my dad would never be able to protect me again. Richard Kerins is a father himself. I wanted to call him back and ask him how he would feel I my father treated his child like that. I decided not to. Maybe he can answer that question for himself if her ever reads this review. If not, hopefully I can help someone who maybe looking for a trustworthy, reliable estate lawyer.

Posted by anonymous | August 5, 2014

Rude, insensitive and obnoxious

Mr. Kerins was not amendable to answer my questions. He was insensitive and would not consider my case that was assigned to him by a court of law. He was annoyed by simple questions of clarification and hung up on me. I would not recommend him!!!

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