Alan Lawrence Finkel

I had the worst time dealing with Alan Finkel. I was convinced that I should start with a separation agreement instead of a divorce (Despite having no assets to split, no children, and everything being mostly amicable). I took his advice, and now am paying another attorney to undo all of the mistak...es that were made in the filing of my paperwork. I felt as though I was being condescended to with most communications, and what should've been a cut and dry separation agreement has been drawn out to a nearly two year fiasco. Six months after filing our initial paperwork, I received a phone call from Mr. Finkel stating that he "accidentally filed my paperwork as a divorce instead of a separation". For whatever reason, he needed me to sign paperwork undoing this. He blamed his office for the mix up, instead of owning up to any part of it being his fault. (For the record, both mine and my ex's packets of paperwork had to pass their hands at least twice, before and after notarizing, so it should've definitely been caught before sending to the courts). He was combative and lacked patience in explaining himself, so much so that myself and my ex were entirely hazy about what the process we had to go through even entailed, or what the next steps we needed to take were. He was obviously frustrated and annoyed at any questions that either of us had about the process, and has now put me in a situation where I am STILL working on clearing up these missteps. As a matrimonial lawyer, you'd hope that someone could be delicate about these things, and as someone who is licensed to practice, you'd hope that they would steer you in the right direction. Unfortunately, I had neither courtesy.