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Showing 6 - 10 of 14 reviews | Real Estate

Posted by Mary Flowers | October 13, 2015

won my real estae case but charged exorbitant fees and wanted to change deed of trust with his name

This lawyer won my real estate case but charged exorbitant fees over $300,000.00 and tried to concince me to change the deed of trust on my home to include him. He also threatened liens and to lock down all my assets knowing that I had a lot of equity in my home. He hired 4 different lawyers while ex...panding his law practice during my case(Rachael Shinoskie , Michael Ouizel, stephanie Goldstein, Mina Kim ) who charged exorbitant fees using "Block billing" raking in thousands of dollars daily even after the trial was over. Many of these fees were redundant,unneccessary like charging for witnesses when there were none, jury phone calls to court when this was not a jury case.. !

Zachary Schorr

Replied last October 13, 2015

Both the underlying court and a panel of three binding arbitrators appointed to review this matter have declared this former client to be not credible. This review is untrue and we encourage potential clients to look at the numerous other positive reviews on this site. We regrettably took this client's case after she had fired or had been fired by five other attorneys. We won her case and got her a judgment valued at approximately $2 million, which she, her five prior attorneys and even the judge thought was impossible. Our fees are more than reasonable and have been declared the same by an independent review. And, although many firms would have charged far more than $300,000 for the amount and complexity of work involved in this case, we did not charge anywhere close to that amount. Our attorneys spent countless, nights, weekends and holidays working on this case to obtain results so remarkable that the Judge stated, “I have been incredibly impressed with the amount of work and the quality of work that has been done. I think the [client] would have been well-served had Mr. Schorr been her counsel [since the beginning].” The judge further stated to Mr. Schorr, “[y]ou were so good in this trial that you convinced me that the law requires that your client win. And, so, I struggled and kicked and fought because it wasn’t particularly the outcome I wanted to have.” This review is particularly upsetting because (despite the tremendous results we obtained for this client), she refuses to pay us, which has resulted in Schorr Law coming out of pocket to pay outside vendors over $10,000 on her behalf. Her refusal to pay her bills was the subject of a binding arbitration which we won and have since converted to a binding judgment against her. The Arbitration Panel ordered her to pay our fees and costs and said that it "does not find [the client's] testimony credible." Her allegations regarding the deed of trust to her home are also untrue. Quite the opposite, as a courtesy, we looked for creative ways to extend her credit during the litigation. Unfortunately, our acts of kindness backfired, and once we won her case, she refused pay the line of credit that we had extended her during the litigation. After our unfortunate experience with this client, we screen our prospective client more carefully and are far more selective in the clients we agree to work with. Schorr law has now been around for almost 10 years and our employees and growth have everything to do with the success we constantly achieve for our many client and the strong relationships we build. Our hard work and creative arguments have resulted in millions of dollars in client awards and savings.

Posted by Suzanne | July 31, 2015

Outstanding attorney

Zachary Schorr is an excellent attorney. He has successfully represented my family in many aspects of litigation and complex property issues for the past seven years. Every single legal matter that Zachary has represented us on, we have won! He has worked diligently to clear up numerous legal issues ...on over ten properties. He is extremely professional and confident in the court room as well as arbitrating. He has handled each and every case with great care and always takes the time to explain all aspects of our legal options. I highly recommend hiring attorney Zachary Schorr if you are looking for a confident and experienced law firm with very reasonable rates. He's a winner!

Posted by Terry | June 15, 2015

Smart, competent and personable attorney

Zach has handled numerous real estate matters for me. Some were simple and some very complex. I found him to be very efficient, competent and personable lawyer. He knows when to be aggressive with the opposing side. He is very knowledgeable about real estate and procedural law. He has very good ...litigation skills. Zach is creative in his approach to solving the problems. He is a strategic thinker as well as one who knows the procedural details. I would highly recommend him and his firm.

Posted by anonymous | May 22, 2015

You want him on your team!

My 82 year old client, the seller of her residence for over 40 years, was being taken advantage of by a buyer who was requesting an enormous price reduction siting bogus repairs. When the seller wouldn't agree, the buyer wouldn't sign the cancellation of contract, and attempted to strong arm her int...o accepting his reduction. The seller moved forward with the back-up offer, as was her right per the purchase agreement, and the buyer and his "attorney" filed a law suit against the seller impeding the sale of her property to another buyer. We talked with several attorneys after which the client selected Attorney Schorr to represent her. He immediately sent an aggressive letter to the buyer's attorney stating the frivolous nature of their law suit and the sellers pending action to file a counter one, which would include charges of elder abuse, if they did not dismiss their suit post haste. After his tough negotiations he drew up an agreement which the seller agreed to sell the property to the buyer and the the buyer agreed to pay his FULL offer price. We were able to close escrow on our original close date and at the price the seller wanted! Attorney Schorr worked swiftly and deliberately to resolve this issue and save my client money on legal fees. He was compassionate about what was obviously senior citizen abuse on the part of the buyer. His office kept us informed and he made himself available to speak with us as needed. I would recommend him to everyone who needs a real estate attorney. As a realtor for over 10 years I had never had a transaction where it was necessary to hire an attorney, while I hope I never do again. if I do, It's comforting to know that Attorney Zach Schorr is on my team.

Posted by anonymous | May 21, 2015

Best real estate lawyer in LA

Zach is a brilliant lawyer and litigator. He has represented me in several real estate transactions and disputes, and as a lawyer myself, I am blown away by his strategic thinking, his knowledge of real estate and procedural law and his litigation skills. He strikes the perfect balance between being ...an aggressive advocate and "playing nice" with his opponents when appropriate. Litigation is inherently expensive, but Zach's rates are far better than other lawyers of his caliber and he goes out of his way to resolve or litigate issues efficiently.

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