Alan L. Wittenberg

I had been calling various landlord/tenant attorneys to check their consultation fee. I called Attorney Alan Wittenberg who told me his fee was $100.00. He said he could schedule me for the next day at 10 am. He immediately asked for my credit card number and I provided it. He never told me that he w...ould charge me 'immediately' leaving me no room to cancel if I needed to. The call was made to the Attorney at 2:26 p.m. on 3/28. At 2:31 p.m. the Attorney charged my card. At 2:39 p.m. the Attorney sent me the Fee Consultation Form to Sign. At 3:13 p.m. I sent my first document to the attorney to review the next day which was the lease. At 4:54 p.m. I realized I would not need this attorney's consultation so I emailed him to cancel it. No response. At 6:33 p.m.I called the Attorney and advised him I no longer needed the consultation. He immediately told me that I would not get a refund. His stated that he had already begun reading my lease and that this was the 'only reason he charged me'. The Attorney, according to my records, WAS NOT HONEST. The Attorney charged me right after my call ended. I was charged the fee at 2:31 p.m. and my first document did not come over to him until 3:13 p.m. The Attorney did not even follow his own Fee Consultation form because the form stated that 'no professional services would be rendered until both the fee is paid and the form is signed'. The form was not signed or submitted. And he charged the fee as soon as I hung up with him. I believe this Attorney requests the credit card info up front on every call and people are charged immediately for services without the option to cancel and before the service is even rendered.