I take all matters based on my case load and whether the case resonates with me. A meeting alone does not establish an attorney-client relationship. That relationship begins only after I have accepted the case and we have both signed a written retainer agreement.
The package
Six months of attorney review letters. One closing.
$2,0006 months of attorney review letters and 1 New Jersey residential closing
This is for a buyer or a seller of a New Jersey home, condo, or townhouse. House hunting does not always work on the first offer. The package lets you sign more than one contract over 6 months without paying a new lawyer fee every time, and then I represent you at the closing on the deal that goes through.
Included
- Attorney review of the New Jersey residential contracts of sale you sign as buyer or seller during the six months, starting when we sign the written retainer
- An attorney review letter on each of those contracts, sent within the three-business-day attorney review period once you send me the signed contract, approving the contract, disapproving it, or proposing changes
- The back-and-forth attorney-review correspondence on those contracts with the other side's attorney or the realtors, until the contract is final or ends in attorney review
- Representation of you at one New Jersey residential closing, on a contract I reviewed in the package: reviewing the closing documents and settlement statement with you and attending the closing
Not included
- A second closing. Another closing is quoted separately or billed hourly
- Commercial property, investment portfolios, or a refinance with no purchase or sale
- Representing both the buyer and the seller in the same deal
- Litigation, a contested deposit dispute, or a deal that becomes a lawsuit
- Third-party costs: title search and title insurance, survey, municipal and lien searches, recording fees, New Jersey realty transfer fee, lender fees, inspections, condominium or homeowners-association fees, and similar charges. These are paid to the county, the title company, the lender, or the provider, not to me
The $2,000 is my attorney fee for that scope, and it binds for that scope. If your matter would entail more than this flat fee, I tell you in writing before any added work, and nothing changes unless you agree. Work outside the package is hourly at $275/hour through December 8, 2026 ($350/hour thereafter).
See the package on the fees page →
What “attorney review” means
Three business days to make the contract right.
In New Jersey, when a realtor prepares the contract for a home sale, the contract usually says the buyer and the seller each get three business days to have a lawyer review it. That window is called attorney review.
An attorney review letter is the letter your lawyer sends during that window. It approves the contract, disapproves it, or proposes changes — things like the inspection terms, the mortgage contingency, the deposit, the closing date, or what stays with the house. Often the other side’s lawyer writes back, and the letters go back and forth until the contract is final. In this package, that whole exchange on each contract is part of the review.
If the contract does not survive attorney review and you sign a new one on another home inside the 6 months, I review that one too, at no new fee.
The closing
One residential closing, with me there for you.
The closing is where the deed, the money, and the keys change hands. The package includes my representation of you at one New Jersey residential closing on a contract I reviewed in the package. I go over the closing documents and the settlement statement with you before the day, and I attend the closing.
A title company, a lender, a surveyor, and the county all charge their own fees in a real estate deal. Those are not my fees and they are not in the $2,000. They show up on your settlement statement.
Just one contract?
A $150 real estate review letter.
If you only need one document set read — one contract of sale, or a condominium or homeowners-association package — and one letter back, that is the $150 review letter. It is a letter, not a closing, and not representation of the transaction.
See the review-letter scope →
Limits
What I do not take as real estate work.
- Commercial closings and commercial leases (a shop-lease review can be a letter — see Small business)
- Representing both sides of the same deal
- Foreclosure defense or real estate litigation as part of this package
Residential leases are on the Housing page.
How it starts
Call before you sign, if you can.
Attorney review is short. If you are about to make an offer or list your home, reach out first so we can have the retainer signed before the clock starts. A free 30-minute phone consultation is available by appointment at 732-606-4516. A call does not establish an attorney-client relationship.
Published discounts apply to this attorney fee the same as other published flat fees. They do not apply to title, recording, transfer, lender, or other third-party costs.
Writing this office, filling out a form, sending documents, or meeting with me does not create an attorney-client relationship and does not mean I have accepted your matter. A meeting alone does not establish an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship begins only after I have accepted the case and we have both signed a written retainer agreement. Until then, do not send confidential information you need protected. This website is not the contract.
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