Steven Wayne Lazarus

I worked with Steven Lazarus' law firm & hired Amanda Troxler to represent me for a surrogacy contract & journey. Amanda's ability to communicate contracts to someone who was very unfamiliar was incredibly helpful. She was patient and thorough. She took time to explain stipulations and I never felt r...ushed or unimportant. Sadly, the end of my journey came with complications from the parents I carried the child for. Less than 48 hours after delivering the baby, I was in emotional distress late at night. I called Steven Lazarus' line and took down the emergency number he had listed. I didn't expect a person to answer, but he did. He was incredibly kind, listened to me and promised to send a note to Amanda and ask for her to reach me. At 8pm that night (only an hour later) I received a text from Amanda informing me she would call that evening - INCREDIBLE! She did call and listened and guided me through what I needed to do. She easily could have called me the next morning, but she showed that she is compassionate, empathetic and incredibly kind. When you're being represented for an adoption, surrogacy or family matter, these are characteristics that are important. It reminds us of our humanity and why we enter the line of work that we do. This is not a law firm interested in only monetary value, they are interested in helping others and making a difference in people's lives. Without ANY hesitation, I would recommend this firm to anyone I loved and cared for.

Steven was referred to me. Initially he seemed nice and extremely knowledgeable/professional. Charged a fixed fee, which I thought was a good thing. But when I had questions about a cookie cutter/template contract he provided to me he was short with answers and not very helpful. I had to push for rev...isions that seemed reasonable and in line with what any reasonable person in my situation would ask for. Then he simply passed me off to an associate and his administrative assistant to finish the contract and I never heard from him again. I understand his time is important and may be costly but I'd rather pay his hourly rate for legal services that I need then to pay a flat/fixed fee for a template contract that doesn't work for me. Rude and unprofessional is the best way to sum this up. Definitely don't recommend.