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Terry J. Kirwan Jr

2.8
13 reviews
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Rating: 7.7

Licensed for 35 years

Business Lawyer at Syracuse, NY
Practice Areas: Business, Commercial, Construction & Development ... +9 more

250 S. Clinton Street, Suite 530, Syracuse, NY

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Practice Areas

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Practice Areas

Business 9%

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Commercial Real Estate 9%

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Construction and Development 9%

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Corporate and Incorporation 9%

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Employment and Labor 9%

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Estate Planning 9%

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Litigation 9%

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Personal Injury 9%

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Real Estate 9%

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Tax 9%

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Trusts 9%

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Other 1%

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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 35 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1991

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

Location

Kirwan Law Firm, P.C.

(315) 452-2443

Fax

250 S. Clinton Street, Suite 530, Syracuse, NY, 13202

kirwanlawpc.com
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Posted by anonymous | May 18, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Took my Civil Litigation case with no experience and abandoned my case

Terry J Kirwan took my Civil lawsuit for $ and had no experience in the field. He told me I could sue the Women my deceased former Husband gifted my family's money too (after paying him, he suddenly remembered I could not sue the Woman because she was "gifted". We also sued The Life Insurance Co. For... allowing my former Husband to withdraw the Life Insurance money. The Life Insurance Co. Had a Federal law protecting them called Erisa Law, Terry never even knew what that was nor did he research it? He just wanted me to accept the $10,000 offer from the Insurance company to settle it, I was disgusted. We also sued my Divorce attorneys for Legal Malpractice for not freezing the Policy so my X could not withdraw it. Terry used Insurance Law 3113...WRONG LAW, I needed a Qualified Domestic Relations Order to freeze my X Husband's Employee Welfare Benefits Plan! Terry didn't know! Not did he have me sign a Retainer until I ASKED FOR ONE. He called me to Wire him $3000 more and he hadn't even filed the case yet! I declined until complaint was filed. I lost on every matter while Terry did NOTHING. He never told me of communications from the Defendants or court dates! I fired him. He would not be fired so the Judge fired him on the record. I mediated against him to get my $ back, he brought a Lawyer to represent him against me, a lay person! I won more than 1/2 back. I later sued my Divorce attorneys Prose', as my own Attorney, for not providing the QDRO to lock the Policy in my Divorce and won a settlement! Oh, and the Woman who was "gifted" countersued my for $100,000 for Terry's mistakes. He had published her bank account #. She and I dropped our cases against each other, I had to handle that myself also...and Terry published my Social Security # and my X's in our complaint! I had to have it redacted! The people we were suing he gave my information too! What a cluster f#+k! I grieved him with the NYS Bar association and the Disciplined him "off the record"! BEWARE!

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Experience

Rating:  7.7 (Very Good)

Honors

2025

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Work Experience

1900 - Present

Member, Kirwan Law Firm, PC

Education

2021

Temple University Beasley School of Law

LLM

1990

Albany Law School of Union University

JD

1987

Syracuse University

BA

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