James Joseph Symancyk

Hired Mr. Symancyk in Oct. 2022 for a house deed change from recently deceased Father to one of his daughters. The house was willed to myself and 3 sisters. Paid full fee upfront ( court fees and his his own fee ) as he requested and supplied all paperwork he said was needed ( original will, death ce...rt., Father's original house deed etc. He said he was sending out paperwork to my 3 sisters to be signed, notarized and returned. That was before Christmas last year. All 3 sisters never received it. Started trying to get in touch with him between Christmas and New Year's. Virtually impossible to get in touch with him. Did not return texts, phone messages left on cell or with his service, emails etc. Completely unresponsive. By the beginning of march it was close to 4 1/2 months from our initial meeting. Meanwhile nothing could be done with the house. I say this because my sister lost 4 1/2 months of ownership and what ever time the new lawyer needs. IRS states you have to "own" your primary residence for 2 years before selling to avoid taxes on sale. Also this produced much aggravation, a rift within my family etc. My one sister wrote a long email to him explaining our huge disappointment in how things were handled on his end with naturally no response from him. As far as we were concerned, nothing was accomplished. In the beginning of March I also wrote a long text reviewing the time frame, long process etc. and told him I wanted to terminate our verbal agreement asking for my fee and all paperwork to be returned. To his credit he did return everything back (reason I gave him 2 stars ) the following day leaving me to start over again with another lawyer. Would never use Mr. Symancyk again or recommend him. Like I said I gave him 2 stars because he did return fee and paperwork.

In a time where everyone is out for themselves, James went above and beyond to make my move to a new house a breeze. My wife and I recently moved and used James Symancyk as our attorney for both buying and selling.He stunned us with how fast and informative he was for any questions and concerns we ha...d along the way. The bottom line is my family has a lawyer I know I can rely on in the future