Farleigh Wada & Witt PC

Steve’s follow through is questionable, seemed to do least required and easily billable.

I have worked with Mark McCulloch and Steve Bennett at the Farleigh Wada Witt firm. Both are exceptional attorneys. Mark McCulloch might be the most knowledgeable and creative litigation attorney in Oregon. Steve Bennett is a superb business and estates attorney who is capable of handling very complex matters. Both of these attorneys are extraordinarily skilled, and I would not hesitate to refer business to them.

I have known Steve Bennett for over 30 years, during which he has served the public with legal council. Both in his professional and personal life he embodies a high level of integrity and compassion. Steve is extremely knowledgeable about many areas of legislation and regulations, most notably real estate law, estate planning, business formations, trusts and tax planning. On numerous occasions, Steve and I have discussed and analyzed the Internal Revenue Code and as an accountant I am very impressed with Steve’s understanding and breadth of knowledge on the subject of tax and regulation.

We dealt with Mr. Bennett for some estate planning. My mother is 72 and needed a Healthcare Power of Attorney, Financial Power of Attorney, Healthcare Directive & Trust.
Mr. Bennett met with her on ⁹⁄₅ and never followed up with the documents until I called him on ¹²⁄₅. He mistook her for another client and gave me wrong information. He told me he didn’t charge us for the work and then promptly sent a bill. Bills are fine, just don’t tell me you’re not charging me and then charge me. He billed us for reviewing the documents but they contained several errors. He didn’t prepare the Healthcare Power of Attorney. He created some kind of trust that I don’t think we need. In the event my mother and I both pass away, my will will determine how the estate is handled. We don’t need to pay a trust 1%.
My mother also asked him to find information on my brother. He probably did a 10 minute internet search and actually found out less then I did. Then he billed us for it but never sent a report.
Honestly, was he just taking advantage of her? I dunno, but I would call my experience with him unprofessional and his work sloppy.