Smith and Messina, LLP

Chris Smith was extremely friendly, personable, and very knowledgeable! They absolutely mean it when they offer a "FREE telephone consultation" that will leave you in a good position to move forward with your case. A pleasure to speak with, highly recommend reaching out.

Never dealt with such a rude lawyer ever!! Made me feel like i was a liar and a criminal free advice is exactly that ! You get whay you pay for. Have a little compassion about people is all i can say the world is already not nice. Christopher Smith if you don't want to provide free legal advice maybe you should not!

First and foremost, I owe Mr. Messina my utmost gratitude. In a FREE 30 minute consultation, Chuck heard my story, analyzed the situation, and then gave me answers to questions (questions I wanted to ask) that I hadn't even presented to him yet. He is knowledgeable when it comes to family court. It is evident that this is his specialty. Empathy comes to mind, in more ways than one, when describing Chuck's character. He kept my son's best interest in mind when discussing what would be the best approach to family court. He then described to me what the financial obligation would be while working with him, which he wanted to give context for up front so not to be blind sided after entering a working contract with him. This had an impact on the conversation because he would be trying my case an hour away from his normal jurisdiction. In all of this, he recommended two lawyers which he respects deeply, closer to the county in which my case will be tried. I respect this decision to tell me this, as it would be financially less burdensome. My takeaway from this free consult, is that I would pay Chuck to work anywhere in the state of NY, just to know that he would have my son's best interest at heart.

Mr. Smith gave a great free consultation, and referred me to a lawyer that practices the law I needed.

I looked around for a long time to find a good lawyer someone with some integrity that was going to treat their clients fairly. Chuck Messina was that guy, if you want someone that's honest and going to listen and make sure they help you with what you need I would personally recommend Mr.Messina and this law firm they do great work.