Susan Marie Betzjitomir

I hired Susan who said ohh we have a great case blah blah we will fight it all the way. Went to the first hearing, " I think we should settle, we do not have as big of a smoking gun as we had thought." Well Susan was the one that said we did! So we settle and Susan has less than an hour in time inv...ested but the entire Retainer is hers?! which means she was worth $750.00 an hour? no way!!! Unethical and Dishonest!! Stay away!!

I would not recommend Susan to anyone. Susan's law firm was very unprofessional and unresponsive to my needs. She was always unavailable and very rarely returned phones calls. We were not informed of all aspects of the case to make a intelligent informed decision. She did not even sit with her cl...ient in court on occasions. We were told one thing and when the plea deal was done my family member was behind bars for 1 to 3 years, instead of what she said would happen. This is the same result as if there was no plea bargain. If we had to do all over again we would take our chances and go to trial ALONE.

Having her as a lawyer has been a nightmare. I was very innocent before taking her as my attorney. After dealing with Ms. Betzjitomir for 6 to 12 months, I start to realize what a terrible attorney she was. Of the many instances of incompetence, the most stand out was she spent a total of 3-5 mins... (that is minutes) in a private room in the court to "prepare me" before I take the stand in front of the jury. The 3-5 mins was all she ever talked to me regarding the preparation for my case. She did not beforehand prepared me to take the stand. Her example just tell you that just because you have an Ivy Leage education will make you a good lawyer or even just an average one.

The purpose of me writing this review is to save other people the unfortunate behavior that I received from this lawyer & her staff. I terminated services & submitted a grievance to the Grievance Committee regarding Susan Betzjitomer’s unethical behavior regarding my case, due to their lack of respo...nse. She did not uphold the Code of Professional Responsibility as an attorney. She & her staff (Karen & Pam) would not always explain nor show proof of services rendered, when I had an inquiry. Ms. Betzjitomer is unprofessional, unpleasant, not detail oriented, does not follow up, tardy in completing work, rude, sarcastic, treats you disrespectfully & had no concern for my case. Thirty days went by before I finally received a response regarding a document that was supposed to have been completed weeks ago. This is just one example of why my case was delayed. They were negligent in not including important information in some of my legal documents, especially, when we had literally just discussed them. They did not take the least expensive path, though indicated in their retainer. The paralegal should have done all the documentation, not the lawyer, who charges a higher rate. When I inquired, I received no response. When I first became her client, everything was fine. Toward the middle & end, she & her staff became unresponsive. They did not return my phone calls. When they did respond, they would not fully answer my questions, therefore, having to ask over & over which they charged me for. I felt they had no concern for my case, therefore, not putting any effort into it. I have more examples of Ms. Betzjitomer & her staff’s incompetence & hope this is enough to inform people not to use her services.