Robin Abrahamson Masson

Robin Abrahamson Masson

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Rating: 7.5

Licensed for 47 years

Family Lawyer at Ithaca, NY
Practice Areas: Family, Adoption, Estate Planning ... +4 more

120 East Buffalo Street, Ithaca, NY

About Robin

Biography

Practice Areas

7

Practice Areas

Family 30%

I use collaborative law and mediation to help clients solve family legal problems outside court in a way that meets the most needs of each of the adults and the children in the family. Clients include gay and straight couples. I also assist couples in negotiating prenuptial and domestic partnership agreements.

48 years | 3,000 cases

30%
Adoption 20%

I represent adoptive parents as well as biological parents. My clients include foster parents adopting children out of foster care, as well as same-sex partners adopting each others' children. I counsel clients prior to the adoption and draft all legal documents, including post-adoption contact agreements.

40 years | 50 cases

20%
Estate Planning 15%

We help clients to decide how to leave their property after death; to minimize estate taxes; to make arrangements for the care of dependents; to designate proper beneficiaries of life insurance and retirement benefits; and to assure an orderly transmission of their property. We help clients explore options to structure their estates so that their loved ones can benefit from their estates, while still remaining eligible for governmental benefits.

40 years | 500 cases

15%
Business 10%

We help clients determine and create the right structure for their business entities, representing clients in the sale and purchase of businesses, negotiation and drafting partnership agreements, shareholders’ agreements and LLC operating agreements, and employment agreements. Our services include: employment issues; financing and asset protection; alternative dispute resolution; and commercial litigation.

40 years | 200 cases

10%
Elder Law 10%

48 years | 60 cases

10%
Real Estate 10%

40 years | 200 cases

10%
Probate 5%

40 years | 15 cases

5%

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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 47 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1978

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

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Robin Abrahamson Masson

120 East Buffalo Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850

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Posted by Jamie | March 29, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Botched separation agreement

My ex-wife and I enlisted Robin to assist with the dissolution of our marriage. We brought documentation that had been the result of our mediation and handed it over per the mediator's instructions. Robin was recommended to us as someone who would work efficiently and take care of the rest of the pro...cess for a flat fee. That was not the case. The paperwork returned to us was clearly not prepared by an attorney. We were billed at attorney's rates for barely paralegal work. As a layperson I was able to identify problems with the documents. Whole paragraphs started over mid-sentence. Negotiated provisions from our mediation were missing. It was a mess. Then she literally billed me for her time to answer the question "How much will the rest of this work cost?" We finally walked away and took what she had done to a _FAR_ more reputable firm in Ithaca. Our attorney at that firm initially resisted taking the work because Robin had done such a bad job. That firm required a separate agreement to take on our work that specifically held them harmless from any potential litigation arising from the enforcement of the horrible agreement Robin wrote up. That was nearly 14 years ago. I'm disappointed to see she's still practicing. Run, don't walk, to any other attorney in town.

Posted by Barb | August 29, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Residential

Terrible

Robin handled a possible home purchase. I was young, naive and inexperienced. She barely looked at the purchase agreement, allowed me to put a 5000$ deposit The deal eventually fell thorough and when I asked about the 5000 deposit she shrugged her shoulders. I learned later that if the deal f...alls through for lack of the ability to finance the deposit should be returned. But the worst part of all was that she and the sellers attorney kept arguing while myself and the seller actually got along. AND she charged me 3000$ for all the phone calls they had arguing about something that was not arguable- I couldn’t get the financing!!!!! Terrible!

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Carla McKain

Real estate lawyer | Sep 09

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"I endorse Robin; she is fair and trustworthy and understands the value of working together to achieve a common result that helps the clients on both sides. She is trained in and devoted to mediating problems as well, to reduce the costs and stresses of litigation. I am happy I can call her a colleague."

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Experience

Rating:  7.5 (Very Good)

Associations

Ithaca Area Collaborative Law Professionals

President

Community Dispute Resolution Center

Board of Directors, President, Volunteer

Tompkins County Bar Association

Education

1977

George Washington University National Law Center

JD - Juris Doctor

1974

Case Western Reserve University

B.A. Cum Laude

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