Lara is an AMAZING attorney for family court! She has been our attorney for several years! She is…read morean aggressive attorney that fights for us and for what is BEST for the child. She fights for what is right and proves the facts, but fights legally and professionally! Living out of state and going through family court virtually has not been an easy task, but Lara always makes herself available to speak to us! Lara, we can never thank you for all that you have done and continue to do for us! We truly appreciate you!

From the owner: Call Today! Attorney…read moreLara Barnett has been in practice since 1994. Areas practiced include Child Support, Criminal and traffic, Custody, Divorce, Family, Paternity, Separation Agreements, Visitation. Lara is a former District Attorney and serves all of Schenectady County.

Dear Greg, I wanted…read moreto thank you for the tremendous support and legal guidance provided by your firm through our Son's dis-enrollment board and subsequent appeal. From the very first phone call with you, and after several interviews with other military law firms, it was clear that you and your team were truly our best course to arrive at a positive outcome. We had the great pleasure to work with Wayne Roberts who immediately created a strong rapport with my Son and our family. His legal expertise and calming demeanor brought great confidence and reassurance as we navigated through the initial board hearing. Even though we received a favorable recommendation from board, it was not accepted by the PMS nor the Brigade. We were left with one final appeal if we chose to continue the fight to allow our son his dream of obtaining an Army Commission. Our second consultation, you presented the opportunities and hope we could successfully overturn the initial denial and arrive with a recommendation to commission. I am happy to say, I am glad we stayed with it and worked with your team. I am confident your preparation and presentation of all the facts, allowed the careful consideration and ultimate commission by the Department of Army Headquarters. Thank you again for your fairness throughout and great legal representation to arrive at this outcome.

My husband is a combat Veteran 82nd airborne with two tours in Somalia. We purchased our NNY…read moreproperty with a VA loan. We experienced immediate issues with a property easement where we are the servient estate. The dominant estate was/is creating an undue burden with an out-of-code hazardous utility panel. Not only is there a burden to the property owners (the Veteran family), there is also an infringement on the property title. We hired the Latham NY office of Tully Rinckey and they gave our case to Carol Crossett (Partner, Manhattan) who is perhaps the most obnoxiously arrogant, rude, unethical, shrew on the face of this planet. In addition to her terrible demeanor, she was lazy and her grasp of property law is apparently so piss poor that she tried to convince us, her client, the Veteran family, to pay for all of the costs to resolve the overburdened easement and infringement. Opposing counsel admitted in court documents that she told him that we didn't have a case. Further, she drained the $15k retainer by pretending that she couldn't understand the difference between a utility panel, a utility meter, and a utility pole. She feined ignorance to elicit explanation emails so she then bill us for responses to her nonsensical questions. It was one big grift. Luckily, another firm stepped in at no cost to us to resolve the civil dispute, and at no expense to us. Tully Rinckey doesn't support Veterans, they exploit them.

John was amazing. He puts in the time to make sure that no stone is left unturned. No matter what…read morethe case John will shoot you straight and delivers a quality personal, legal experience. I highly recommend calling John first for any legal issues you may run into.

I want to thank the Della Ratta Law Firm for their excellent legal advice and service. I hired John…read moreDella Ratta and his team to assist me with personal and business matters. The outcome was a success, and I highly recommend his legal services.

I formerly worked as a Paralegal, and engaged We The People for services for myself, and for family…read moremembers. They were very patient working through the issues, and answering all of my questions. I recommend them and will use them again.

You get what you pay for. Anything involving children in a legal separation or divorce should have…read moreadvice of an attorney. Financially, you can be worse off in the long run, or not have your interests represented appropriately should you go it without legal counsel. I'm all for uncontested proceedings and amicable parties so not a bad place to start. Any questions should be addressed with attorney. Search for an attorney who will assist without taking high cost retainers. This service would fair better to provide or suggest these additional legal services.

Never hire him. I fired him because he became aggressive towards me and was talking over me when…read moredemanding him to negotiate a settlement. I then negotiated my own settlement and when I get to the settlement hearing James shows up and the system allowed him to steal $3000 dollars of my settlement. Disgusting and I advise that you should just represent yourself, you can do a better job.

Great experience with this office. Even with Mr. Trauring was so responsive and helped me win my…read morecase! Would absolutely recommend his services to anyone in the capital district.

Excellent! Margaret was incredibly knowledgeable, kind, took the time and genuine interest in my…read morecase and did not charge me as much as other quotes I previously received. I was very impressed and would recommend to anyone seeking a family law lawyer in Albany NY.

I could not receive a response from this law firm. I would not recommend them. It seems that they…read morework specifically for the landlord NOT THE TENANTS!

I first started to use Max when I bought my first house and found that the previous owner lied on…read moredisclosures. Max patiently reviewed the case, and explained that between his costs, and the net worth of the seller, I was unlikely to ever collect a judgement, and to best walk away. This earned me instant respect because Max chose the path that was best for me instead of the path that would have earned him the most money. I then used the law firm again when I was going to have a tenant move into our house, and Max patiently went over all of the legal requirements to be a landlord. Most recently, I used the law firm for selling a property, after I spent hours reading the forms and instructions myself. Max was able to do everything in 15 minutes. Sometimes, it's worthwhile to pay a professional, and Max is someone I've learned to trust.

I would highly recommend Jean and Ashley if you want to come out winning. They were on top of…read moreeverything in my case, very knowledgable and skilled with navigating a difficult situation. They always returned my calls and emails, the entire team was empathetic and on point thruout my entire case. Before deciding on this firm I did do a consultation and asked all the questions which you do need to pay for (which was fine) and all my questions were answered before proceeding. I do feel in any case you do need to be on top of things yourself and help them help you. Being prepared and giving your attorney what they need in a timely manner will allow them to do their job with excellence.

very thorough explanations. she is very personable and listens well to the clients. She makes you…read morefeel like she is there just for you

This practice took advantage of our family when we were dealing with a crisis. Charged us an…read moreoutrageous amount of money to read 11 pages of paper, meet once for an hour and one 5 minute phone call. Never did anything more for us but charge a ton to tell us nothing more than we knew when we walked into their office! Find an attorney that cares and wants to do the work!

Years ago (in the 80's), he represented my husband in a very nasty divorce after representing us in…read moreour home closing in Niscayuna. So as far as financials go, he knew exactly what I was worth. After reading his terrible reviews, I guess some things never change....especially in small towns.