Dickler, Kahn, Slowikowski & Zavell, Ltd.

Sandra Kahn from Dickler, Kahn, Slowikowski & Zavell, Ltd is our HOA attorney on retainer. She is involved in unlawful and unethical practices. She not only allowed the Board to change bylaws without the knowledge or vote from homeowners, but she also engaged in scare tactics, and extortion along side them. She never answers appropriate questions, doesn't catch on to the pattern of The Board "that cries wolf". She allowed a Board member to engage in activities that answers a cease and desist and rather that appropriately handling the situation, she she allowed him to stay on the Board and sent cease and desist to the owner. She is supposed to be watching our annual elections, but allows the Board to chose their vote counters, the votes counters come in opened and go e through and she continually leaves the room. She allows them to not follow the rules, regulations, governing documents, and laws. And she never gets the whole story. She responds to Board correspondence and sighs 'The Board'. I would steer clear of any and all handlings with this office!!!

Edit Oct 16, 2025 The lawsuit stated in reply has nothing to do with the review. It was over a contractor violating a contract. The hoa had to have 2 different contractors work on my home and multiple inspections, so the case was not merely dismissed on prejudice. The property manager was found to have not properly counted our votes per the bylaws by IDFPR. I'm not doing this because I'm disgruntled. I'm stating the truth. I have the documents. Be careful if your hoa is looking to hire this firm. All the 1 star reviews can't be wrong. End of edit I could not agree more with the 1 star reviews. Be concerned if your HOA hired them. They told our board they didn't have to count our cumulative votes because we haven't exercised that law in over 40 years. How ridiculous! We didn't need to until we had a self serving president. They came up with lame excuses and definitions for cumulative. There's one definition. We now have a board president that was not duly elected and complaints were filed with the IDFPR. They need to be held accountable. The next year they did an illegal bylaw change, changing the way votes are counted without a homeowner vote. Told us they were clarifying cumulative (????) They bullied and tried to intimidate homeowners with ridiculous cease and desist letters telling us we couldn't talk about what is happening with our property and board. They tried to order me out of my home during the winter and pandemic when a contractor came to work on MY home. They need to be disciplined for all the illegal advice they give, in my opinion. Know your rights and take action.

Jim Slowikowski is a God Send doe advise for our HOA. We are so glad that we have him on retainer.

If I could give zero stars I would. This law firm represents the condo association that I live in. They have aligned themselves with a rogue board member and refuse to answer any questions. They write sub-par legal opinions with no citations to back them up. They don't print these opinions on letterhead because, "they don't want board members or owners contacting them." As if we couldn't just do a simple GOOGLE search. I'm an attorney myself and would never NEVER hire this incompetent and disgraceful law firm.

Look further. The reviews don't lie. This firm represents our condo association yet refuses to engage any board members other than our president and hides behind a cloak of anonymity when it comes to any of their rulings or opinions. Refuses to communicate to the association on letterhead because they don't want their firm information disclosed.... Really?