Philip Saul Klatchko

I am a private-practice physician in Southern California, and Mr. Klatchko has been my personal and business attorney for almost 20 years. He has assisted me in every significant legal matter of my business and personal life, and I know his office phone number by heart. I would be quite lost witho...ut Mr. Klatchko’s astute guidance on matters ranging from every conceivable business aspect of my medical practice, to the ups and downs of my other small businesses, to all of my real estate matters, all of my professional legal matters, and all of my personal legal matters ranging from wills and trusts for my parents, to neighborhood dog noise nuisance. This website only allows one option selection for "type of cases handled" but Mr. Klatchko has masterfully handled almost everything I have ever come up with. Only occasionally during all that time, and only when necessary, he has referred me to very good sub-specialists. Mr. Klatchko has successfully appeared in court for me before, but that has almost never been necessary, especially if I bring him in early enough-- his legal letters are the best I have ever seen from any attorney, and get results. Mr. Klatchko is very respectful of my funds, and strives to resolve legal conflicts in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible, often by giving me the proper guidance to do much of the more basic things on my own, which obviously saves on legal fees. In no way does he ever pad his billable hours at my expense. Just like there are good doctors and bad doctors, and a whole lot of really mediocre doctors, the same is true for attorneys. Early in my career, I was fairly heavily involved in the business side of medicine, which can be extremely contentious. Prior to the happy day when I was referred to Mr. Klatchko, I had already hired and fired about 6 lawyers. Some of them were corporate, and others were in private practice—but none were satisfactory, and most accomplished little to nothing, while racking up huge fees. I certainly never intend to use another lawyer than Mr. Klatchko, unless he retires before I meet my maker. So here’s to good long lives and careers for us both.

Mr. Klatchko has been my lawyer for the last 27 years. He has handled my commercial and residential real estate in an excellent fashion. He has handled all my tenants in a way that my other lawyers in New York were unable to do. He was able to communicate with my tenants in a way where He received t...he best results. Mr. Klatchko is very understanding and knowledgeable about real estate, bussiness and family law. I would highly recommend him to anyone that has any of these issues.