Scott Adam Miller

I have a case in housing court that has perhaps a few more layers of complexity than the usual landlord-tenant dispute. My landlord filed a completely specious petition alleging that I owe him upwards of $20,000 in back rent and $4K in unspecified "maintenance" charges. I provided documentation of... payment for the months specified in the petition. The twist here is that in June, my landlord stole checks from my mail, then forged my signature and deposited them in his own account in PA. That's at least three felonies in two different states. Further, he has repeatedly verbally harassed me both in person and to my neighbors, and falsely certified to HPD that he has corrected lead violations in my apartment. So getting him to back off and settle this absurdity should be a no-brainer, right? That's what Mr. Miller indicated when I hired him, but since that time he has been entirely unresponsive to my repeated, specific requests that he do what is necessary to force a settlement. Instead he has suggested that I cooperate with the court appearances necessitated by the landlord's further specious allegations-- a list of 6 other months I allegedly didn't pay rent, hastily scribbled on a yellow legal pad in the waiting room at housing court after the original petition was exposed as nonsense. A list that he and his attorney refused to even show me-- and this is a "petition" that I have to disprove in court? Absurd. I vehemently and repeatedly disagreed that spending my time and money playing the game on my landlord's terms was in my interests, or even necessary at all given all the facts. But Mr. Miller ignored my objections and kept scheduling court appearances as if he was taking my landlord seriously-- as if he was working for someone other than me. When I asked Mr. Miller yesterday what his plan was for bringing this matter to a speedy conclusion in a way that serves my interests, he quit. A $1500 retainer, and nothing to show for it but Mr. Miller's next ski weekend paid for and another nail in the coffin of my trust of members of the legal profession.

I retained him to represent me in a landlord/tenant case. He took my money and did nothing to prepare for my case. He never gathered any evidence or filed any subpoenas. Scott said there would be time to do that after the trial started. He showed up unprepared to hearings and lost every motion to t...he opposing lawyer. He literally did nothing but bill me hours every week. WHEN I CALLED HIS OFFICE 2 WEEKS BEFORE MY TRIAL TO ASK FOR A MEETING TO PREPARE I LEARNED HE HAD GONE ON A SKI VACATION AND WOULD NOT BE BACK UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE MY TRIAL While Scott was on vacation I found a new lawyer. I had to go before a judge to get permission to change lawyers. Somehow Scott found out I was changing lawyers - he was still holding my $3000 retainer I was not going to get that back . Scott showed up at my hearing and TESTIFIED AGAINST ME. He tried to get the judge not to allow me to have a new lawyer. Then he billed me for his time. AVOID THIS LAWYER AT ALL COSTS!!!!!

Wow! I couldn't disagree more with the earlier review. I had a completely different experience using Mr. Miller. I was brought to court by my landlord under a false claim that I wasn't occupying the apartment as my primary residence. With the courteous and professional assistance of Mr. Miller and h...is partner, Ms. Kahn, I was able to demonstrate the landlord's claims were baseless and simply brought with financial motives. Mr. Miller was attentive, assertive in court and always returned my phone calls and emails throughout the entire case. The end result completely justified the fees I paid. I was able to keep my rent stabilized, low rent apartment. Thank you Mr. Miller.