Jill M. Tritt

I shopped around and decided on Jill because she seemed to really know estate planning, even though she was more expensive. She educated me in every step of the process. I've told several friends about her and some have also used her services with great comments about how down to earth she is, and ...she always returns phone calls, unlike many other lawyers.

We had a wonderful experience with Jill, and would use her services again. She did our estate plan from her home office. Everything went smoothly, and our plan was completed in the time frame given and for the cost quoted - we paid half up front and the balance when we met to sign our documents, wh...ich seemed a reasonable approach. Jill even spoke with our financial advisor after the fact, to make sure our accounts were titled for our trusts. She was always professional with us!

I found it interesting reading another review, because I found my experience to be very similiar. I met with her at her home office and she seemed knowledgeable. A fee was agreed upon and gave her money to start- up front, the rest due upon completion. Left the office and did not here from her for... weeks- said she was going on vacation (out of town), very busy. Anyway, received the work that needed to be completed and she wanted the other half of the money before we even looked at the work that was done. I felt that if I wanted to change anything there would be additional fees and it already was costing double what I thought it should cost. I paid the the bill and went to another attorney for final adjustments. I will use an attorney that is "less" out for the money and "there" for the client.

In her first interview, conducted in her home using only a pad and pencil, she came across as friendly and competent, taking copious notes. In her follow-up emails (she was out of town for several weeks after the first meeting), she was quite sharp and aggressive, accusing me of not responding to her... emails pronto. I decided to do some comparison shopping, which irritated her. She wanted me to meet with her asap with family members present because she felt that I was not mentally competent. So I dropped her. She insisted that I pay her the remaining half of her total fee of $700, which I did. So, I would not recommend her.