Shawn Richard Kassman

Buyer be aware! Shawn is happy to take a retainer but he failed to follow though on his commitments. He was late to our first proceeding and I felt he was unprepared and extremely disorganized. I decided to retain another attorney and Shawn not only refused to credit me back any portion of my reta...iner but then decided to create a factious bill. I have filed a complaint with the NY Bar Association

I called him in regards to a civil case, his assistant had a very thick Spanish accent and had no idea what I speaking of. If I'm asking for an attorney or what. He then transferred me to Shawn directly I gave him an oversight of my case. Shawn was completely rude and apathetic to my case. Lack of ...professionalism to say the least. I hung up I couldn't believe it.

I paid Shawn Kassman $1300 dollars upfront to evict a tenant from beginning to end of the legal process. The day of court Shawn never showed up, instead he sent an assistant who I believe was an attorney. We came to a stipulation settlement with the tenant which was worked out over a painful period o...f time because the assistant couldn't comprehend what was going on. In the end the tenant didn't keep to the agreement and part of my agreement with Shawn was that he would finish it from beginning to end. So now months later he has to submit affidavit of non-compliance. Which he does but its incoherent, illegible, and his math in the figures do not add up correctly. So being, the court rejects it. When I explained to Shawn what he did wrong he became belligerent and defensive. In our texts he refused to re-do the affidavit and and he threatened me with arrest saying I was harassing him when all I wanted him to do was comply with our agreement. This kind of behavior should not come from a person who is supposed to be an officer of the court. I don't believe anyone should have to go through this. My advice to everyone reading this is steer clear from this man. The final result of all this was that I had to retain another attorney.

Our consultation was 35 minutes. We were interested in evicting a problem tenant. He demanded cash as payment. We went from his office to subway for lunch during which time our tenant agreed to our terms. We were back in his office in less than two hours for a refund and that's when the fun started. ...He first said he would keep 100, we reminded him of the free consultation then he switched and said he'll give us back 150. He then said to leave and come back tomorrow and proceeded to call the cops. We worked with the police to recover 250 of our stolen money. Shawn did not render any service other than having his secretary print out one form. Bottom line. Steer away...