Moore & Woodhouse LLP

Lawyers
John Veeder Moore
Real Estate, General Practice,
150 Lake St
Elmira, NY 14901
Reviews

We worked with Attorney Hoffman and his staff on the recent sale of our home. The office is fast with their own actionable items, but holds the position that they do not ask for updates or more narrow timelines from vendors. Their policy is that vendors will get information back to them as soon as possible. Ironically, the office also does not like to be bothered with questions about timelines. I feel that a timeline of 2-4 weeks to receive information back from a vendor could be significantly narrowed by asking the right questions. In my case, it was the expected timeline on getting updated survey and abstract information. While Hoffman's offices refused to check in on vendors for the timeline, and called me a bother in the process, I took 15 minutes to call the vendors and gained clarity on the timeline. Narrowing the 2-4 week window down to the day they got the paperwork to the office. Once all the paperwork was received, the office worked very quickly to get us closed and sorted out some survey issues for us outside of their business hours. It's just unfortunate they are lacking so much in this one piece I find very important. If you are a person who asks questions and likes to have a clear understanding of what to expect, this office may not be right for you. Maybe that type of lawyers office doesn't exist locally- but we'll keep looking!
Lawyer at this practice named Stephen Hoffman is representing my landlord in a holdover eviction case. My landlord provided him the wrong information so when he realized he wasn’t getting an eviction that day because I was correct about how ERAP works and he was not, he threw a tantrum like a small child and started a yelling match with me. He was angry that I didn’t call him when I got served and tell him about all the repairs the landlord hasn’t made. He then proceeded to make a very inappropriate jab at me in reference to a brain injury I had mentioned to the court. I’ve never seen anything like it. Unbelievable. I’m not sure but I don’t think lawyers are supposed to be mocking or making discriminatory comments to disabled people before the court.
Called a few weeks ago to schedule a consultation and the person who took the call couldn't answer if they were taking consultations or how much the charge would be. On top of that, I never heard back from them. The lack of professionalism will lead me to never deal with this firm and not recommend to anyone I know.
The reception is unprofessional. They lost the deed to my house that they never sent to me. Then reception gave me the run around. I have never received this deed from them to this date. They are negligent with documents and can’t be trusted. We had another made by a different lawyer. Wouldn’t recomend.
A very nice, professional group of people. I would highly recommend them!