Jeffrey DeRoberts

When I first began my case, I live in California and was mainly working with him over the phone and email before I met him in the courtroom, we immediately connected, he had an amazing follow-up time and great paralegal staff. I was getting in contact with many attorneys in the area to handle my case..., but when I spoke with Jeffrey, he was confident, knew what he was talking about, and he really cared about my case. He is a family man himself and understood the circumstances of my particular case, he was always more than willing to answer any questions I had regarding the legal jargon. During the trial, he ran the courtroom and it showed- he was incredibly knowledgeable about family law and this case in particular. Anything the opposition had to bring up that was remotely straying from the main portion of the case, he objected, got the courtroom back in order. Jeffrey cares about his clients and he was able to settle this case and stopped the other party from unnecessarily dragging out the case longer than it needed to be. I would recommend Jeffrey to anyone in need of a family law specialist, he has a great reputation in the community and other fields.

I hired Jeff to handle my custody case and child support proceeding. From the start I realized that Jeff was a poor listener, but the A-hole I needed to get things done. He’s amazingly cocky, but he has the ability to be a pitbull in court—if you provide him with the right tools. He will rarely have ...time to speak to you, which is in your best interest…because speaking to him is billed by 15 minute increments, which can be pretty costly when you’re speaking to someone like Jeff who loves to hear himself talk (the money is subtracted from your retainer. Syracuse is so small, all of the lawyers and judges know each other, so I don’t/didn’t take it personal when I heard them trying to make deals with my ex’s attorney. I spoke mainly to his assistant and strategically set up how I wanted things to go through her. She was amazingly competent and she is billed at a lower rate than Jeff. In all do fairness, I think most lawyers are horrible listeners and ALWAYS think they are right. But one shouldn’t be surprised by that because they take classes on persuasiveness and believing in the impossible. Plus I have several close friends who are lawyers and they validate this perception. In all, I think Jeff is a guy who can get the job done. He was my fourth lawyer and after spending upwards of 15K, I was pretty clear as to what I needed and how to get this accomplished. Is he warm and fuzzy? NO! Does He listen well? Only when it has a benefit for him or something he’s doing. But if you write out your expectations and communicate with his assistant, you will be fine. Good luck!