Scott Adam Miller

Scott Adam Miller

4.7
Rating: 7.6

Licensed for 38 years

Real estate Lawyer at Kingston, NY
Practice Areas: Real Estate, Landlord & Tenant, Family, Criminal Defense

39 North Front Street, Kingston, NY

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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 38 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1988

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Miller & Kahn

39 North Front Street, Kingston, NY, 12401

Law Offices of Miller & Kahn

14 Wall Street, Suite 4-B, New York, NY, 10005

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Scott Adam Miller's Reviews

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4.7 /5.0

57 Client Reviews

Showing 16 - 20 of 20 reviews | Recommendation

Posted by I.K. | December 07, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Landlord & Tenant

Great lawyer

Scott Miller represented me in an illegal lock out. My landlord signed the lease and later didnt let me use the space. I hired Scott to help me get my space back. On our first meeting he explained to me what my case was and what steps I should take. He got me into court within a week. Scott did ...a great job. We won the case. Scott is professional, knowledgable, supportive, understanding and always available via email or phone. He defended my rights genuinely. I was very happy to have him on my side. If you have landlord-tenant problems, Scott is the lawyer! I would highly recommend him.

Posted by Robert | July 24, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Landlord & Tenant

Great Lawyer for Landlord Tenant

Scott Miller is a terrific lawyer. I am an owner of several multi family buildings in Brooklyn and have used his services for a few years to evict non paying tenants, tenants that are nuisances and tenants that were not actually living in their apartments. Scott is extremely detailed, knowledgable an...d knows the ins and outs of housing court. I have used others before but since I started using Scott the others have been forgotten. In my opinion one of the best... I will say his services don't come cheaply but the old adage you get what you pay for rings true here. Highly recommend.

Posted by Theresa N. | April 26, 2016 | Landlord & Tenant

Choose Better For Better Results!

Scott Represented me in a Landlord Tenant Case in September 2012 & I would not recommend him for services. 1st off he makes it clear that payment is more important than case details and what you should expect. 2nd Don't expect updates or consistent communication: He will use his secretary as a dive...rsion even when he is in the office and called you less than 2 mins prior! 3rd what he says verbally is not what will be put on paper! He leaves you stranded on the details of your case and when you try to get clarity will find many contradictions between what he initially told you and what ended up actually happening! He's no different than any other lawyer looking to get paid for doing next to nothing, stay away from him!

Posted by susan | April 13, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Landlord & Tenant

$3000 retainer

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!!!!!

Scott Miller

Replied last April 13, 2016

Susan Ruddie was a tenant client of mine 3 years ago. She was being evicted based upon a claim that she was not occupying her rent stabilized apartment as her primary residence. The landlord had ample evidence that Ms. Ruddie was spending significant amounts of time out of state. I filed the necessary motions and defended the case using my skills and expertise and attended all required court appearances. Ms. Ruddie was unhappy about the situation in general and took out her frustrations on me, fired me and hired another attorney. Ms. Ruddie's allegations about my unpreparedness, not working on her case, and not consenting to her new lawyer are simply false. Ms. Ruddie's claim that I testified against her is shocking and outrageous; an attorney could be sanctioned or perhaps even lose their license and face a lawsuit by their former client in the situation that Ms. Ruddie describes. Because I was curious why Susan Ruddie would write this negative review about me more than 3 years after our professional relationship ended, I did some digging as to the outcome of her case. As it turns out, Ms. Ruddie lost her case and was forced to leave the apartment. Perhaps her disappointment in the negative outcome of her case has caused her to circle back and blame me and to write this terrible and untrue review. In response to this false and malicious review, I attempted to reach Susan Ruddie but she has failed to contact me.

Posted by Gary | April 13, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Landlord & Tenant

Best Housing Court Lawyer in Brooklyn!

Scott Miller was hired by me to defend a baseless eviction proceeding brought by my greedy landlord to throw me out of my rent stabilized apartment so that she could jack up the rent. The claim was that I was illegally subletting my apartment and that I was not living there. Scott told me what docume...nts I needed to gather which I got together and made a motion to the judge to have the case thrown out. Not only did Scott win the motion he got the greedy landlord to pay for some of the fees that I paid Scott. Great result and great lawyer. Would recommend his office to any tenant in a similar situation as mine.

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Scott Adam Miller's Lawyer Endorsements

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Somair Alam

Criminal defense lawyer | Feb 11

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Mr. Miller is an extremely capable attorney committed to providing highest quality representation to his clients. I endorse him without reservation."

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Dennis Herman

Landlord or tenant lawyer | Apr 13

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Cary London

Real estate lawyer | Apr 13

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Scott is one of the best and brightest that Brooklyn Housing Court lawyers have to offer. His dedication to his trade, advocacy in the courtroom, and persistence on every single legal issue may him a serious force in the courtroom. Highly Recommend. His partner also compliments him well."

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Experience

Rating:  7.6 (Very Good)

Honors

2018

AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Work Experience

2001 - Present

Founder, Law Offices of Miller & Kahn

Associations

2020 - Present

Ulster County Bar Association

Member

2006 - Present

Association of the Bar of New York City

Member

2000 - Present

Kings County Housing Court Bar Association

Member

1990 - Present

Brooklyn Bar Association

Member

1990 - Present

New York State Bar Association

Member

Education

1987

Brooklyn Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

1984

State University of New York, College at Oneonta

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Languages

Spanish

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