Steve E Moody

I have known and worked with Steve Moody and his law firm for many years mainly with real estate and contract matters, but also many of our general law needs. He and his firm have been excellent, responsive, and upfront. Most recently, he reviewed and advised us on a complex real estate issue that wa...s causing us great anxiety. All was settled to all parties' satisfaction with logic, knowledge, good communication, pleasant demeanor to all including adversaries, we were able to avoid a plethora of significant problems.Everybody was happy. And that's the key. I have come to take his availability and excellence for granted. I would heartily recommend this past President of the Broward County Bar Association Steve Moody and his firm without reservation.

S.Moody created an LLC between myself and two out of state partners each represented by their attorney's. This was a complex document and Steve managed the development and other attorneys to create the LLC in a timely and efficient manner exceeding my expectations. We had several meetings at his off...ice to define our goals and from these meetings he created the LLC doc working with the other attorney's via telephone. Steve was very knowledgable in all legal and regulatory issues and was complimented by the other attorney's. He kept all parties informed and was very responsive to each party involved.

I hired Steve Moody to represent me for my recent divorce. Steve was extremely helpful to me from first meeting to final hearing with Judge. Most attorney's I've dealt with don't listen to what you're trying to accomlish and try to drag things along racking up more fees. Steve wasn't like this at ...all. Steve got my case finalized as quickly as possible and kept fees to a minimum. Steve was always easy for me to reach and did a great job of keeping me informed throughout the process. I would highly recommend Steve Moody.

Attorney failed to read the info presented to him that were extremely pertinent to my case. As a result I lost overall approximately $30,000.00. I was also overly upset, even though I remained calm, when the opposing party's attorney asked if he had gone over the info he forward to him with me. Hi...s reply was that he did not get a chance to. (We were at a meeting to conclude matters!). To top it off, he was having papers typed up and relevant information was left out. I pointed it out to him and he jumped up and went to out of the room to talk to the other attorney and his client. He then returned only to say that the reason the wording was written the way it did was that the other attorney's client had problem with his English. (The man has an excellent command of English). I also could not understand why he believed that I should be paying liens on a property that I do not even own yet. There was no such agreement. He also listened to the other attorney instead of me when I told him I did not agree to certain amount of payment. He convinced me that I did, even though I told him I did not, and could not remember doing so. I later found an email I wrote that proved that I did not. It goes on and, and on. I kept asking him how do I become responsible for liens on a property that I don't own or can't even use to conduct my business. Supposedly, because I should have owned it from last year but did not close on it. I sent him email requesting to have the closing last May, yet he bought the other attorney's story from his client. Incidentally, the other attorney is a friend of his, who had collected money from me to close on the same property in question, but is actually representing the seller now. (This payment came about because the owner states that in order to show good faith I should cover the cost of the foreclosure). (I thought that attorney was my attorney at one point). I cannot understand how there is a lien on the property from 5 years ago that did not get taken care of during the foreclosure process. I guess I am missing something here. I wish I had someone to explain this and a million other related concerns to me. I don't know law but something just doesn't seem right. I wrote an email to him telling him that I can't afford him but he continues to receive my emails from the other attorney. I wrote to the attorney telling him that the attorney is no longer representing me, but he continues to send him my emails, which he then forward to me. I called the opposing attorney to inquire as to whether he had received my email which stated that that attorney is no longer representing me and that he should forward my emails directly to me. He (the opposing attorney) states he cannot stop sending the emails to him until this attorney tells him that he is no longer representing me. P.S. At my first meeting with this attorney, I presented him with a list of all the things I hope to accomplish. I am trying to think which might have been accomplished. I can't think of any, at least not any of the significant ones. I am extremely disappointed with this attorney. I actually am feeling that there is some sort of unethical behaviors going on. I also forgot to mention this. I requested that I review all papers before any deals are confirmed. I received a paper among what seem to be a little book, that states that I am agreeing to put up all my equipment, machinery, etc as collateral. There was absolutely no discussion with me regarding that. I brought it to the opposing party's attention, and he stated he had no idea that this his attorney included that. Thank God I caught that. I also noticed that the opposing party's attorney that is doing the closing papers added an attorney's fee for over $4000.00 for services by this attorney, thereby increasing the principal of my repayment to the seller who is also the mortgage company financing my loan.