John R. Tatone & Associates PLC

I am an attorney, but not a probate attorney. I had a friend with probate issues and I referred her to a large probate law firm. After many months of large bills but not much progress, I called John. He stepped in and finished the case quickly, successfully and for a lot less than the other firm was charging. The other firm was busy making money, John was busy resolving the case. John is everything you want in an attorney. He works hard, he keeps you informed and he gets great results. And John does all that at a very fair price. I am very glad I found John and I strongly recommend him for your legal needs. Reviewed by: Michael Heck attorneyheck@gmail.com

John has been our family attorney since around 2005 and my business attorney for 10 plus years as well. We have butted heads on things before but I can assure you that he has your best interests at heart and that he is there to represent you throughout entire case. John is a consummate professional and I would recommend him to anyone seeking legal council for any matters that you have. Myself and my family highly recommend john and as far as I’m concerned I never need to look for another attorney since john is mine for life!

It was a total learning experience under the circumstances of the loss of a parent, and all that encompassed taking care of their last wishes/details, having and understanding a living trust or will, setting up an estate, and the legal/personal issues that effect the families on moving forward and settling the estate for the good of all involved, and John was able to go into detail and clarify EVERYTHING that was important to the family members and how we should approach those issues, what we should be looking for, and how to make it a smooth transition! He went far and above to make sure we understood everything! John and his staff was always easy to get a hold of, they returned calls in a timely manner, and when not in court, always had the time to talk to us and make us feel like he had our interest at heart! Much appreciated! Lastly, even though certain topics were hard to discuss and/or accept, I always appreciated John’s blunt honesty, which helped me many times over to move ahead in a positive direction! Thank you John! Brian Hood

Never in my life have I met a more condescending person, or one with such little regard for ethics. When my dad passed away after a battle with cancer, we met with Mr. Tatone and hired him based on a positive first meeting where he promised a smooth process and a low, one-time retainer. Over the following 18 months, he has charged us thousands of dollars more. A large part of that is his refusal to answer basic questions via email, and then in turn billing for each email he had to read and respond to as time and time again we tried to seek very simple answers he refused to answer off the bat. He has also been extremely disrespectful to me and my grieving family. He has called me names and on countless occasions accused my mother of negligence. He showed no compassion as during our time as clients, our lives all were flipped upside down. For someone who is a probate attorney, he seemed shocked and even flippant when we tried to explain to him that we are all moving, starting new jobs and uprooting our lives because our family’s provider died and that it was sometimes difficult to do the many, many tasks required in this process. He implied many times that our situation was unique in this regard, which I find very hard to believe. Lastly, this man is a liar who attempted to manipulate us many times. He promised that after billing us thousands of dollars over the retainer, that he would bill no more. Then when he did, I had him provide notice in writing that we would place a spending cap on expenses related to closing the estate. He said anything over the cap, he would eat the cost. THEN he had the nerve to ask us for a check to cover court fees when up until that point, he had always covered the court fees and billed us for them later. Do not hire this man. He is a snake and has made our lives a living hell.

John Tatone is an outstanding attorney who has done an exceptional job with our Association.