Law Offices of Kristen R Gross, PC

First, I want to say that if you’re thinking about retaining a lawyer, think twice. You know the saying «No one wins but the lawyers»? Turns out that was definitely the case here. I hesitated for several months before calling the Law Offices of Kristen R. Gross, after finding her here on Unilocal.I wanted someone to help me with the probate of my late Mother’s Estate and she initially seemed very pleasant on the phone and as a woman in business, I also felt good about supporting the same. My Mother, after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, had disinherited my sister and I, changing her will to make her brother and his wife the beneficiary. Of course, my intent was to prove this in court, which I thought would be easier than it was. The estate was only worth an estimated 54K at the time (to be split with my sister so my share was less than 26K, best case scenario). My Mom had received very poor care at the end of her life because my Uncle had mismanaged her money, so I was suing in part on principal. Long story short, I gave Kristin a $ 5500 retainer and that’s when the invoices started coming… and coming… and coming. Not only that, she had a very condescending way about her and was difficult to deal with, all the while collecting my money. I hated to make a phone call to her because she rounds her bills up to the nearest 15 minutes and it was only going to add to my ongoing bills so I tried to email as much as possible. Before long, she was asking me for more money than I even had to spare in a month. Once, when I didn’t pay her invoice within a few days, she sent me an email with an official «Resignation as Counsel» notice attached. Wow. I was surprised she took the time to fill out the form rather than making a friendly phone call, asking when she could expect a payment. I guess that’s one way to handle things. By then, I was then 10K in and still hopeful that the outcome would be favorable but in hindsight, I should have pulled out then and saved myself the stress of dealing with Kristen any longer. Once, she filed a paper with the court with my «words» before I had the chance to review it. They were not the words I would have used but I was afraid to have her refile it because alas, I’d get another bill for doing so. I spent lots of time gathering papers that were not even relevant to the case, because they didn’t know their «angle» in this case till the end. Of course, they’ll take anything and everything I could gather up and then charge me to review them. I was shocked at her attitude towards me even when I was paying her thousands per month.
Eventually, she had to bring in another lawyer to assist her, so I ran up some more bills there. Finally, she and I parted ways but not before she ran up charges of over 20K (plus those bills from the other lawyer, which put me at over 24K). I’m still shocked that someone would take on a case and run up bills almost as high as the amount you could collect even if you prevail. Ridiculous. I’d say an ethical lawyer should decline the case but of course, that’s just my opinion. Now I’m out all that money and I lost the case, too. My money would have been better spent if I had placed it on a hand of blackjack and had a grand time in Vegas. I could have saved the eighty plus hours I invested in this case and avoided the whole mess. I have huge regrets that I chose someone based on one Unilocal review. Big lesson learned. At least I never have to deal with Kristen Gross again.

The ladies here are excellent in what they do!
We, (I and my brother) with the help of other family members had to get a lawyer who can handle probate issues, and she was referred by a cousin’s friend.
We all showed up for our first interview and we were ushered into this side conference room. In 15 minutes, Ms. Gross walks in and sat down. Within a few questions, she immediately had all our attentions. My brother was the deciding factor, and he wanted to retain her.
So began our journey into probate hearings and proceedings led by this beautiful young lady who showed us that she knew her stuff. In less than one year from the date of retain-​ship, she has done all that needs to be done to bring the probate proceedings to my brother’s favor, and all is good now.
We had originally assumed that this will drag on and on, but NO! Less than a year later, I hold in my hand the letter of termination of our Attorney and Client relationship.
Thank you very much to all the ladies at KRG Legal, specially Kristen and Alana for making this swift and worry free for us and not charging us an arm and a leg.
If we ever need future legal services, we will be sure to recommend you to our friends and or family. So again, Thank you!