Ruth Ryan-Cruz

My wife and I hired Ruth to prepare our estate plan. I had requested referrals at the website of the San Diego County Bar Association and received 3: Ruth was the first to contact me, which she did promptly and professionally; a second attorney responded in a couple days with a terse and sloppy emai...l; and the third never reached out to me. We feel fortunate that Ruth was one of the referrals because we enjoyed working with her and are completely satisfied with the services she provided. I had worked with a trust attorney some years earlier when I served as trustee for my parent’s estate, an experience I’d found vexing because of the arrogant and unresponsive behavior of the attorney. My experience with Ruth was the polar opposite, and I am so appreciative of that.

My wife and I recently bought a condo in Mira Mesa. We were leasing the condo from the owner for over a year. One day, the owner told us that she was moving out of CA, and hence, she was selling the condo, so she was giving us our 30 days notice to leave, or an option to buy. Since my wife and I were... already considering buying, we started dealing directly with the purchase as a FSBO. It was our first time buying real estate, so we had tons of questions, we didn't understand how the escrow process worked, neither our rights as tenants of the soon to be sold property. So we decided to look for a real-estate attorney. After speaking with Ruth, both my wife and I felt very confident that she understood our needs, so we hired her, and that was one of the best decisions we took during our purchase. From the first call, Ruth was very patient, gave us very clear advise on how to proceed in our situation. Once hired, she immediately went over our purchase agreement, she was very thorough, pointed at errors and gave recommendations. On top of it, she had an amazing response time. A lot of people who have dealt with the escrow process have told us that you end up signing a lot of documents, that you don't have any idea what they meant. We didn't feel that way. Whatever document we sent to Ruth, she explained carefully what it was for, and gave recommendations on how to fill it out. She also guided us over what documents we had to ask the owner, the agents, escrow officer, etc. The purchase of the condo was finally successful, and we look forward to work with Ruth on our will. It goes without saying that we highly recommend her.

We hired Ruth because she was bilingual and my mom and I felt that she genuinely cared about our concerns. Ruth was always very patient to explain our options and kept us informed at all times. Although our case was lost in court their was not much resources available during COVID for event business ...like ours. We couldn't have gone through with the whole process on our own. I recommend Attorney Ruth Ryan-Cruz 100%. business lease. Although our case was lost in court it was not much resources and we couldn't of gone through the whole process on our own. I recommend attorney Ruth Ryan-Cruz 100%.

Ruth was fantastic, efficient, polite and got the job done to a high level. After contacting many lawyers on Avvo who were reluctant to take my case, Ruth responded with a clear outline on how she would tackle it, the possible responses and next steps on each outcome. She couldn't have been clearer, ...and to add she did it all by email as this was my preferred contact method! In the steps she took she went above and beyond in making sure everything was wrapped up as neatly and quickly as possible which showed an in-depth knowledge in her field. I would have absolutely no hesitation to ask Ruth for help in future.