I found this law firm on a google search, and decided to use Mr. Katz' services for estate planning (POA, will, and trust) due to proximity since I was traveling with an elderly person. He charged over $9,000 in cash. (He literally would not accept a bank teller's check. I had to go BACK to the bank to deposit the check and request cash because he would not accept the check. His reason: he likes to donate money to people when necessary without going to the bank.) Additionally, he took much longer than initially promised. When I asked him about a time frame, he said he was working on much more important cases/with more important clients and wanted to charge even more for making him complete everything after I already waited 3 weeks when he said he would have everything done in 1 week. He said it would cost nothing to do a HCP and ended up charging another $300. (Mind you, a HCP can be done for free with a PCP or in a hospital. Just FYI before anyone else gets ripped off by this guy.) When I asked about the property that was supposed to be included in the trust, he wanted to charge another $1500-5000 CASH to forward the trust documents to the city which should have been done as part of the process. I noticed that he also gives very long-winded responses when he is making up an excuse or story when asking about his outrageous prices or to explain deceptive or manipulative practices. I ended up going to another lawyer who charged $4,500 (and at least accepted debit card, because again, this firm accepts CASH ONLY) to redo and COMPLETE everything in the appropriate and timely manner. I would strongly advise others to stay away from this firm unless you want to be deceived and ripped off. read more