The Roth Law Firm

These lawyers are consistently strategic and effective and I have seen them outclass their opposing counsel in three different matters, one of which was concluded with a seven figure settlement for my company. I work for a major corporation and Richard Roth has represented us through two matters, both with tremendous success. On a third matter, my husband and I engaged The Roth Law Firm to resolve a small business dispute, and Richard handled the matter with sensitivity and strategic thinking. His overall track record speaks for itself anyway but I wanted to put up a much-​deserved review.

My partner and I had a very complicated dispute that resulted from the sale of our business to volatile, unscrupulous businessmen. Richard Roth and his team navigated through the very lengthy, confusing and, at times, inconsistent documents and throughout the hotly contested ordeal that we found to be a very difficult business time in our lives, he helped us understand the strengths and weaknesses of the matter. He was also unbelievably effective in communicating our side in a convincing manner, resulting in a successful outcome. His knowledge of the law and the nuances as well as the human side really created an environment for settlement that was exactly what was needed. We were most impressed by Mr. Roth’s negotiating skills, which were incredible. That is, on the one hand, he was a killer shark, letting the other side know that we would eat them for lunch. As important, from our perspective, Mr. Roth was caring, concerned and understood the difficulty of our situation. He also listened intensely, trying to not only understand what we wanted, but making sure we develop the right approach to get there. Also, his availability ²⁴⁄₇ was so appreciated, treating us as if we were his only client. His team was very professional and helpful as well. Mr. Roth took the time to really understand our extremely difficult predicament and his approach was thought out and executed flawlessly. We were thrilled with the results and would highly recommend The Roth Law Firm to anyone who has a sticky business dispute to resolve.

In 25 plus years of business occasionally you come across a lawyer who truly puts his clients first. Richard has done that on several difficult cases and has shown his true colors. He has been a tremendous lawyers with a keen sense of how to best address VERY difficult situation. It’s nice to be able to say «Thanks»!

Richard has advised me on numerous occasions, and got a substantial settlement for me in a complicated contract and securities dispute. I highly recommend contacting the Roth Law Firm if you have a litigation issue, or even think you may have one.

The very definition of horrible. Another instance where negative stars are warranted here if Unilocal!would allow it. I’m not sure this guy even knows the law. I should have seen this from a mile away since the firm’s website lists all the people they’ve successfully sued and when, in our initial meeting, I asked Richard Roth about some of the bigger names on the list, he was more than happy to discuss with me (brag is more like it) what I thought should have been confidential details of some of these cases. Anyway, without getting into the confidential details of MY case, it all comes down to this: I had hired Richard to represent me in a case which should have resulted in an easy negotiation of a settlement over the phone, without any courtroom litigation. Apparently Richard thought it was going to be SO easy that he just assumed the mere mention of his name would put fear in the hearts of these lawyers we were negotiating with (it didn’t), and that he didn’t even have to familiarize himself with my case or consider the actual LAWS that applied. But when one little ‘curveball’- an important detail that I made him aware of from the beginning– was thrown his way by one of the opposing lawyers, he began YELLING AT ME LIKE HE WAS MY DAD, telling me that I would be lucky if I settled for even a very low sum. Well, I ended up settling the case, dealing with these lawyers MYSELF and settling for a sum that exceeded his prediction. Furthermore, had Richard observed the law and actually READ all of the documents I gave him concerning my case instead of just telling me he was going to read them over the weekend as ‘part of his homework’ prior to negotiations (he didn’t), he would’ve realized that we could have settled for much more, but since he dilly-​dallied, yessed me to death, and seemingly jerked me around for months, every applicable statute of limitations involving my case had EXPIRED. Real smooth. I unfortunately found this out after the fact from real lawyers who use the LAW to settle cases, the kind of lawyers who don’t just assume that people will throw money at them after seeing their talking heads on Fox News discussing important things like Michael Jackson’s doctor’s case. At least I got to keep the whole settlement myself without having to give Richard his ‘fee’… a fee which gradually became a bigger percentage than what he had promised at the outset as my case dragged on and he realized that he might actually have to work for the money. I understand that once he realized my case wasn’t worth enough to his ’boutique’ firm, he figured he could just shluff through it all and make a little pocket change on the side with a phone call and NO preparation. You know what a real lawyer does in these situations? They refer you to ANOTHER lawyer who not only will take on this type of case properly but will maybe even specialize in the specific area of law you need them to specialize in. The Roth Law Firm: greed, lack of ethics, total incompetence, rudeness, etc, etc, etc: Unilocal!ers, you’ve been warned.

Hands down this is the BEST Law Firm in NYC!
I came to the Roth Law Firm back in 2007 after a family member died and my family needed the autopsy report released from the state so that we could conduct an independent autopsy.
The state would not release the forms so we contacted The Roth Law firm and the documents were released that very same day!
My family and I are so grateful for the sense of urgency and professionalism they demonstrated on our behalf.
I have since used them many times and continue to refer them to friends, family and clients.
Thanks Again
Selena D. Valentine
Certified Hypnotist