Anonymous
map-marker White Plains, New York

RUN don't walk away from Skoloff & Wolf

The Divorce was the easy part compared to dealing with the profoundly incompetent lawyers at Skoloffe. They cannot possibly cut you a worse deal against your adversary. They trip over themselves to give away every asset you have. When you beg, implore and plead with Gary Skoloffe to remove the incompetent Jr. Attornies--- who can't keep simple facts straight---Gary won't even return your call. When you threaten to sue if he doesn't improve the quality of the jr lawyer, he provides an even more incompetent --veteran lawyer Grant Watterson---the dumbest man ever to hold a legal degree in the US. Gary Skoloffe is a man who should be in jail.
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Anonymous
map-marker Hopatcong, New Jersey

What a shame.

Well maybe this is a lesson to the firm. His assistant is questionable with her immigration status and it makes you wonder since your financial and personal information is not protected. There is no expection of privacy, you have staff talking about cases to other firms. The legal community in NJ isnt that large so gossip, lies and the like are rampant. They are not the only firm in town you know...there are other excellent attorneys out there..some are trapped here..they condone gossip, lies and they will be sued one day soon for slander. Good luck with everything
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Raela Cao
map-marker Phoenix, Arizona

Incompetent and unethical attorney - Patrick W. Harrington

I hired Patrick Harrington, Esq. of Skoloff & Wolfe, P.C. in Livingston, NJ to represent me in a child support modification case in 2008. After initial meetings, he processed the motion papers, however, at the last meeting before the court date, not only did he rushed me out of the meeting just because he has to do something else, and gave me only 6 minutes to prep for the court hearing. Then at the court hearing, he fumbled and mislocate one of my crucial documents to present to the judge, and the judge would not even allow this to be evidence due to his disorganization. I ended up losing the case plus more. So I found another attorney to represent me in the motion for reconsideration before the same judge, and the judge overturned his original decision and eventually I won. Now Patrick Harrington insisted to collect his undeserved attorney fee from me in full. Upon a fee arbitration hearing, which is another joke, the fee arbitration committee consists of a panel of 3 lawyers, including a prosecutor of Caldwell, NJ, sided with Patrick Harrington, despite the fact that I have the court transcript on cassette tape to prove how Mr. Harrington fumbled in court. Where is the objective jury? Please think twice before you utilize this law firm in New Jersey. There is no justice but a bunch of money-grubbers who are incompetent to do their work but won't fail to collect money from their clients. Somehow the legal system is so flawed that even when the customer can prove their incompetence, you still have to pay for their mistakes. Unlike other services, there is no law to protect the consumer.
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Guest

I happen to work for 3 Attorney's as a receptionist and no matter what you think about a particular Attorney they work very hard to help their clients. But they are like anyone else.

They make mistakes too. However if you made an agreement for services then you are bound by that agreement. There are no Attorneys that don't want to win.

You should realize that just because he didn't spend much time with you doesn't mean he didn't do work for you. He probably has more important cases to deal with besides someone who doesn't want to pay child support.

Guest

HE SCREWED ME AND MY AUTISTIC KIDS ROYALLY. HE IS THE WORST.

Guest

I encourage you to keep at them. Trust me you will find it..they are corrupt & shady like you wouldn't believe.

Guest

Good for you...we are glad someone finally stood up for their rights. In addition, none of the personal and financial information is secure and you hear more and more employees are stealing information to obtain goods and services.

His secretary's INS status is questionable and her past is nothing but roadblocks which leads everyone to believe that she will one day take your information and leave the country. She has managed to stay under the radar and only in NY did they start to question her status and she left.

Guaranteed your business will be talked about like a newspaper headline; there are several girls - two in particular that discuss confidential information with their families, other law firms and friends. Good luck.

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