Armstrong & Lamberti, PLLC

They refer to themselves as a "full service estate planning law firm." While this suggests convenience, do not be fooled-- they are incompetent crooks. More than half the legal documents and trusts they created for my family were done incorrectly, revocable trusts were used in cases where irrevocable trusts should have been (note that this reset the five year look back required by Federal law for Medicaid planning, and it was discovered by a second set of attorneys we hired several years after the original documents were written), and you will be charged an exorbitant "one time fee" for these services which can be done at much lower expense by a competent law firm. The so called "full service" includes Medicaid planning (community or Federal) via a social worker and the use of insurance brokers who pay a nice kick back to the law firm to have the opportunity to rob you blind. Shockingly as well as shamelessly, Lance's own wife works for the insurance firm and is herself the agent who sells policies to her husband's legal clients (this is illegal in many states for obvious reasons and should be outlawed in NY). Insurance brokers in the very same firm will also try and convince you that you need to purchase an annuity regardless of your financial situation-- this is a one size fits all fast money scam. If you ask too many questions these brokers will try and pressure you into making a fast purchase (tactics include guilting you into believing you're wasting their time by asking too many questions about the product they want to force down your throat, how they know so much and you know so little that you absolutely must trust them with all your money, etc.). For those lacking knowledge or experience in this area, you rarely ever need an annuity-- it's useful only in very specialized situations. You are much safer seeking the guidance of an independent fee based financial advisor. I will add that as you pick up various errors and mistakes made by the law firm, or if you try to contact them to ask questions or complain about their business associates (i.e., social worker, insurance brokers, etc.), you will never get to speak with an attorney. After you pay that one time fee you become a persona non grata--don't let the door hit you back. My family signed on with this law firm in a rush during an emergency and, after discovering our mistake, has heard endless complains about it from dozens of other former clients, all of them with very similar stories and experiences. In fact, we've never met anyone-- even other attorneys-- who has anything positive to say about this law firm. Instead of helping us during a difficult situation, they actually created a mountain of more stress and problems. I could go on, but suffice it to say that there are plenty of good elder care and estate planning attorneys out there--use one of them and stay away from this firm; it's nothing but bad news.

If you want to rip off your relatives or your step relatives on any type of inheritance, this is the lawfirm to use. They know all the scams and tricks in the book and use them. They will have you scamming and cheating your relatives out of everything and on their way to the bank. Its a shame this lawfirm is not looked into to see how they have cheated innocent people, but then again, the people who use this lawfirm are big scam artist too. This is a disgrace. And too bad Mr. Armstrong was not disbarred before he passed away, but I am sure he is giving good legal advice to his partners in hell