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.

James Symancyk assisted me with a DWI matter I had last year and he was able to get the charges reduced down to a speeding ticket. I was able to keep my license and still have a clean record. I have since referred several personal friends and family members over to James at Bryan L. Salamone and As...sociates. James is an extremely competent lawyer that handles himself very well in court. I highly recommend this firm.

James handled my divorce matter and I highly recommend him. I ended up getting custody of the kids, child support and was able to continue to live in the house my kids grew up in. James is an aggressive attorney but also was very understanding of my situation in going through a very difficult divorce... that I did not want but knew I needed.