Mark D. Freeman

I hired Mark D. Freeman of Media, PA as my attorney. Since I was a recent widow and had no family I made him my POWER OF ATTORNEY only in the event that I became incapacitated He had been referred to me with very high recommendations. I was in a difficult situation and didn't know what to do. I ma...de the mistake of signing before the documents were completed. I knew that there wasn't time while I was in the office for the document to be typed and completed and I trusted what he said. Attorney Mark Freeman added ADDITIONAL POWERS to the Power Of Attorney that we had NEVER discussed nor had I agreed upon the things that he wrote in as additional powers. Some of the things that were written into the POWER OF ATTORNEY without my consent :1. Make a gift 2. Create or change rights of surviorship. 3. Create or change a beneficiary designation. There were several other powers added under additional powers. When I first e-mailed him about this I did not receive a response. After e-mailing him a few times he eventually e-mailed me back and said that these were hot spots and I could have them removed if I wanted to. I told him that I wanted to have these things removed and I also wanted to talk to him about why he added these additional powers without first discussing them with me and without my approval. I told him that I wanted to set a time that we could talk about this on the phone. I gave him some options of time. He said that we could discuss them but didn't respond when I tried to set up a time. These things were never discussed. I told him that I was moving to FL and time was of the essence. These things were still not discussed. Once I moved to FL I expressed the fact that I was disappointed in him and asked him just to mail back to me all of the legal documents. To his credit he did mail everything back to me. I have relocated to Boca Raton, FL and I am in a retirement home. I am in the process of looking for another attorney. I do not have family or next of kin so I am greatly concerned about the issue of POWER OF ATTORNEY. I feel that I was taken advantage of because of my circumstances of being a recent widow without family and next of kin.