Mark P. Stopa

As a Client of Mark Stopa he has always done the right thing for us. Unfortunately The Bar did not allow any leniency for what could be considered a Mental Health issue. I have experienced Mark when he is trying to get his point across and in certain situations on his part he couldn't explain an iss...ue clearly enough, I could tell he would get frustrated with himself and as a result he has lashed out. But he would always calm himself down in the moment or call back with an apology. I have seen his condition worsen over the years from when I first met with him from a separate case I had in 2005. The bar should have asked for a Mental Evaluation prior to making its decision.

I just came across an article written about Mark Stopa and his unethical practices. I have already contacted the writer of the article and will also contact The Bar Association. Long story short. Paid almost $3000 to a rep he send to my home in Miami. I never met Stopa nor anyone in his firm. The o...ffice that they allegedly had in Miami didn't exist. On my hearing Mr.Stopa didn't show up. I lost my apartment and all the money I paid him. I will do everything in my power to make sure I get Justice. Perhaps the Bar will tell me what he did because I was never told. I am disabled with PTSD and this ordeal caused me a great deal of grief. Stopa and his staff treated me like crap. This is only the tip of the iceberg with Stopa's unethical dealings.

We heard of Mark from a raving review in the paper in 2006 and heard of his heroics of helping the “the little guy” stopping the bank from robbing people. Well.... we did what anyone who was in our situation would do we called him! We never even met with him we bet his paralegal. He never met with us... once. Mark Stopas advice was to throw ourselves from a current mortgage payment (which we were) into foreclosure ensuring we could win against a 1500.00 fee placed on our mortgage from homeowners. Approximately 6 months later we were in foreclosure. Though this went against everything that seemed right we trusted him with our home and 8 years later we have finally gone to trial and lost. Our family of 6 have nothing left but bad credit and no home. We did however pay him yearly ($1200 which increased yearly and ended at $1575.00) for what we don’t know. Bank offered $7000 to settle and we were told the night before trial and had no time to think about it we were not explained anything and we felt pushed into a decision we didn’t understand. He claims we didn’t pay him for 2 years and so he is taking $5000 for back pay (we can’t prove it but we paid him) he and told us we would get $2500. We are yet to see that and bank foreclosured months ago. We contacted him and his firm No call back, No response. We are convinced we won’t see that money at all. They do not explain anything and in 8 years we called emailed facebooked messages and in that time they returned a TOTAL of 3 calls. He was rude and combative. He was condescending using foul language to my husband and was completely unprofessional. We feel completely duped by this lawyer and his firm. We have 4 small children and could have used the money spent to pay him for his services in a better way to benefit our family. Not to mention had we gone straight to bank we might not have been foreclosed on and if we had we might actually see some of the settlement money. When we reported him to our trial judge after many attempts to contact him with no avail for not responding to us for a year he called us (yay) but only to say “he was pissed at us for reporting him” Stay in your home? Stopa for the homeowner? Not in our case. He made a lot of money off us and we are still yet to see a Penny and we lost our home. He seems like such a good guy until you sign the contract and pay him. We were duped hook line and sinker. Now we have to rebuild in 4 years we can buy a home again. We are a cash only family with no other debt. Wish we had never hired him and his firm. Unfortunately we referred others and 3 other friends had same problem. We feel terrible we did now. Our advice...Run!

Most of the time as a law firm client you will be dealing with staff on routine mundane matters. Every single individual with whom I have come into contact with in Mark Stopa's office has been courteous, competent, and thorough. I am convinced that the staff reflects the qualities of Mark Stopa, and ...this firm deserves a five star rating.

My experience with the Stopa Law Firm was positive from the first moment I consulted with them. I would highly recommend them, and can’t say enough positive things about Mark Stopa. He was professional, prepared and very easy to work with. He answered all my questions in a way that was easy to und...erstand, and he demonstrated that not only is he extremely knowledgeable about case law in general, he was equally knowledgeable about my case and the complexities involved. Hiring him was the best decision I made regarding my case.