The entire process is designed to get you to settle. Therefore it is designed to get you to pay. Even though, “a suit brought to harass or to coerce a settlement may result in liability for malicious prosecution or abuse of process.” The lawyer will use an empathetic voice and tell you that you should settle. The law firm has the mediator, in their pocket. The judge will also intimidate you to settle.
There is no mediation and there is no negotiating. Silverman and Borenstein aka Silverman Law Firm will give you a settlement offer and basically you have to accept it. Aaorn Conrardy will tell you that he cannot contact his client, that the settlement is given to all the clients cases, that the settlement is written in New York City, etc. It is all lies. This violates Rule 8.4.
Do not use THEIR mediator. You pay for a part of him, but he is working for them. This is their Game Plan:
The whole mediation is all a rouse. Both the lawyer, Aaorn Conrardy, and the mediator, Lawrence Rider, both know going in what they each will say, what they each will do, and what the outcome has to be. Aaorn will ACT angry during the entire mediation. This violates Rule 4.4 (d)(a). He will then yell for a caucus. The caucus is so that the mediator will call each of you individually, and privately. Lawrence will then pressure you to settle. That you do not have a chance. That he has seen these before. That the only reason you are refusing to settle is because you are emotional.
During the caucus, I let Lawrence Rider flap his gums about the Hell Fire and Brimstone that will befall me if I do not accept Aaorn’s offer. Then I accidently said, “Sounds like scary stuff.” He figured out that I was not listening. I told him that, “(he had) been giving me legal advice and counsel, for six minutes, which is against (his) contract.” He promptly shut up and BEGAN mediating. I gave him a settlement offer. He called Aaorn Conrardy. Lawrence later called back saying Aaron was not interested in my offer. That I had time to accept Aaorn’s offer and call Lawernce back.
The judge will seem to be on the side of the law firm. My case sat asleep in the right to a speedy trial, for one year. I filed a motion to dismiss for failure to prosecute. Judge Galchinsky denied it, without giving a reason. The judge issued a delay prevention order, requiring the prosecution to prosecute this case or the judge would be dismiss the case. The prosecution did not comply. The case proceeded anyway.
A pre-trial hearing was scheduled. The prosecution was given one-month notice, I was given one week notice. I filed a motion for a continuance. The judge did not read it.
Think of the lawyers as car salesmen. They are trained to look you in the eye and lie to your face. On the courthouse steps Aaron Conrardy told me that the motions I filed were bogus because he said that there are different rules for District Court than there are for County Court rules; and that County Court rules start at number 300 and go up. He also said that Federal Court rules do not work in County Court. I asked Judge if this was true. Judge asked, “Did he (Aaron) tell me that?” I replied the that he had. The judge told me, “He would not steer me wrong.”
Apparently, Aaron Conrardy would and did steer me wrong. Aaron broke Rule 4.1(a) and (b).
During the pre-trial conference, the judge will intimidate you to settle. That you do not know the judicial process; that you will make a mistake, etc.
My advice, file motions early, file motions often. Particularly a Summary Judgment motion. The law firm will probably not fight your motions, because they are not paid enough to fight them. Do not sign anything that does not have the county court letterhead. The lawyer will slip a Side Agreement in front of you and get you to sign it.
Silverman Borenstein Law Firm Reviews
The entire process is designed to get you to settle. Therefore it is designed to get you to pay. Even though, “a suit brought to harass or to coerce a settlement may result in liability for malicious prosecution or abuse of process.” The lawyer will use an empathetic voice and tell you that you should settle. The law firm has the mediator, in their pocket. The judge will also intimidate you to settle.
There is no mediation and there is no negotiating. Silverman and Borenstein aka Silverman Law Firm will give you a settlement offer and basically you have to accept it. Aaorn Conrardy will tell you that he cannot contact his client, that the settlement is given to all the clients cases, that the settlement is written in New York City, etc. It is all lies. This violates Rule 8.4.
Do not use THEIR mediator. You pay for a part of him, but he is working for them. This is their Game Plan:
The whole mediation is all a rouse. Both the lawyer, Aaorn Conrardy, and the mediator, Lawrence Rider, both know going in what they each will say, what they each will do, and what the outcome has to be. Aaorn will ACT angry during the entire mediation. This violates Rule 4.4 (d)(a). He will then yell for a caucus. The caucus is so that the mediator will call each of you individually, and privately. Lawrence will then pressure you to settle. That you do not have a chance. That he has seen these before. That the only reason you are refusing to settle is because you are emotional.
During the caucus, I let Lawrence Rider flap his gums about the Hell Fire and Brimstone that will befall me if I do not accept Aaorn’s offer. Then I accidently said, “Sounds like scary stuff.” He figured out that I was not listening. I told him that, “(he had) been giving me legal advice and counsel, for six minutes, which is against (his) contract.” He promptly shut up and BEGAN mediating. I gave him a settlement offer. He called Aaorn Conrardy. Lawrence later called back saying Aaron was not interested in my offer. That I had time to accept Aaorn’s offer and call Lawernce back.
The judge will seem to be on the side of the law firm. My case sat asleep in the right to a speedy trial, for one year. I filed a motion to dismiss for failure to prosecute. Judge Galchinsky denied it, without giving a reason. The judge issued a delay prevention order, requiring the prosecution to prosecute this case or the judge would be dismiss the case. The prosecution did not comply. The case proceeded anyway.
A pre-trial hearing was scheduled. The prosecution was given one-month notice, I was given one week notice. I filed a motion for a continuance. The judge did not read it.
Think of the lawyers as car salesmen. They are trained to look you in the eye and lie to your face. On the courthouse steps Aaron Conrardy told me that the motions I filed were bogus because he said that there are different rules for District Court than there are for County Court rules; and that County Court rules start at number 300 and go up. He also said that Federal Court rules do not work in County Court. I asked Judge if this was true. Judge asked, “Did he (Aaron) tell me that?” I replied the that he had. The judge told me, “He would not steer me wrong.”
Apparently, Aaron Conrardy would and did steer me wrong. Aaron broke Rule 4.1(a) and (b).
During the pre-trial conference, the judge will intimidate you to settle. That you do not know the judicial process; that you will make a mistake, etc.
My advice, file motions early, file motions often. Particularly a Summary Judgment motion. The law firm will probably not fight your motions, because they are not paid enough to fight them. Do not sign anything that does not have the county court letterhead. The lawyer will slip a Side Agreement in front of you and get you to sign it.