Law Offices Of Comstock & Sharpe Inc.

Beware: Sharpe is a crook and a liar! He ran up $ 40,000 in excess fees by lying to the court repeatedly. He repeatedly harrased a beneficiary of the estate because she brought to light that the executor who he represented had stolen over 80,000 dollars from the estate. No tax returns for the decedent were ever filed resulting in numerous penalties being assessed by the Internal Revenue Service. Also, none of the probate documents were filed timely, the inventory was inaccurate, he ignored court orders and was absolutely incompetent. We also had the same problem that another reviewer had on here re: a simple estate tax return. Last year, this attorney asked to keep $ 20,000 to file the estate tax return. The remaining balance was going to be distributed to us February of this year. He Is now claiming that he needs another 18 months to file a 1041 ret to report a minimal interest amount. He is sued a ltr to a beneficiary inviting him to amend his tax return sonce the atty failed to report something accurately. This attorney seriously needs to get disbarred. He’s an idiot!

The office staff is friendly and always available to answer questions — even after the probate case has been settled. Very commendable.

Watch out for this attorney. We used him to complete a Probate that was pretty simple. We had sold our moms house and distributed most of the cash already. Richard seemed rather old but seemed capable. First thing you notice is his office. It’s a pig sty. Stacks of documents everywhere. Fire Marshall might be interested. It’s almost that bad. The few times I have been in his office you hear clients calling him and not leaving messages. They are obviously tired of trying to contact him. This attorney NEVER returns your calls. You need to make written demands to get a response days later. You will be hard pressed to contact him once he has control of your money. Richard also has an attitude. You will hear him mention. «I been doing this for 40 years «anytime you ask him a question. He had a tax preparation company prepare a final couple returns for our estate. He spent way way too much without consulting us on what my regular tax preparation guy says he didn’t even need to file. PAGES OF ZEROS. His tax guy charged $ 350 financial review as well as aboug 3 times the traditional rates. The estate had no income except for a tiny interest amount. Well under the threshold to file a return. Mr. Sharpe without consulting with us wasted money that was not his to waste. And now he wants to wait 18 months to make sure the estate does not get audited on a return of less than $ 100 dollars. When confronted he just ignores your demands and gets nasty. I would go elswhere for your legal needs. Mr. Sharp it’s time to retire sir.