A successful but impersonal experience that took longer than expected:
I had an okay experience with Kelley & Grant P.A. After many mishaps, delays and mistakes by their firm, it took 72 days for my eviction and legal services to be completed. I first contacted them on May 27, 2019 and the eviction date with the local Sherriff officers to get my tenants out was on August 7, 2019 – that’s 72 days later, and this was an uncontested eviction.
Here is the breakdown of what I paid Kelley & Grant, P.A. for a 2-tenant, Possession-Only eviction.
Attorney Fees $195 (advertised)
Court Filing Fee $190
Summons $10
Process Server $40
Additional Tenant $50
3-Day Notice $80
Writ of Possession $95
TOTAL AMOUNT $660
Also, here are a few things that were not disclosed to me before paying their attorney’s fees from the beginning:
• Their $195 attorney’s fees amount is for their legal services and communications exclusively via email only. You don’t speak with any attorney. Throughout the entire eviction process, you are communicating with a paralegal all of the time. And for repeated calls they will charge you $150 per half-hour.
• If you use a PO BOX address in the notice that will be served to the tenants, it is an additional 5 days
• They provided me with 2 forms to complete on my own, with email instructions: Notice of Intention to Impose Claim on Security Deposit & Notice of Right to Reclaim Abandoned Property – so, no personal service to help me complete what I should put or not put.
• When the eviction was completed, they put my email in a marketing mailing list (without asking me) to try and sell me a “Property Management Package” and other legal forms.
Overall, it was a successful but impersonal experience that took longer than expected.
by DaveGarcia on August 12, 2019