I purchased a property in February 2025 and was referred to this law firm by my real estate agent…read moreto handle the closing. By the end of February 2026 -- a full year later -- I still never received any physical closing documents from this firm.Looking at the tax card on the county website it still shows the builder as the owner.
After closing, they only sent me a perfunctory set of digital documents via email, which contained serious issues:
1. The electronic signatures were not my actual signatures and did not match my real signature at all.I wanted to be at the law firm in person to sign the documents; after all, real estate transactions are not small matters, and I really didn't feel safe if I didn't even know where their office was located.
2. In the documents, each page requires both the buyer's signature and the seller's signature. However, signatures from both parties are missing on every page--either the seller's signature is missing, or the buyer's signature is missing., making the documents incomplete.
Over the past year, I repeatedly followed up through my agent, but the issues were never resolved.
Worse still, this law firm failed to record the deed and ownership with the county government in a timely manner. As a result, the property is still legally under the previous owner's name today. I have never received a tax bill for this property, and the county tax office confirmed there is no tax record under my name for this address.
The firm's excuse was that Pasquotank County government is too slow.
However, facts prove this is not true.
I purchased a second property in the exact same neighborhood, same county, and processed by the exact same government office just one month later in same year. That closing was handled by Thomas Law Firm, who was professional, responsive, and responsible. They provided me with a complete, organized physical folder with all closing documents, properly recorded the deed promptly Approximately 50 -60 pages of documents, and I received my tax bill on time and paid it without issue.
If the county was truly the cause of the year-long delay, the second property should have been delayed as well. The huge difference in service proves the problem was the law firm's failure to perform its basic duties, not the county.
I am deeply concerned about potential late fees, penalties, or legal issues caused by this ongoing negligence. I have formally stated in writing that any fines or liabilities resulting from the firm's inaction and failure to fulfill its responsibilities as closing attorneys must be borne by the law firm, not me.