Baker & Baker Attorneys

My wife and I went in for a 45-minute consultation, which seemed to have gone very well. The attorney explained the scope of work and the required fee, which was agreed upon. We were told we would receive an email with what was needed to move forward. After 2 weeks, I stopped by for an update, and the secretary took our email again. A month later.......nothing, cannot recommend them if you actually need something done.

Been clients a very long time. David and Laura are always there for us and never disappoint. Five stars!

Dishonest, unethical, unresponsive, SHADY are words to sum up my awful experience with this law firm that just cost me $8,000! On September 10th I went under contract to purchase a 1-acre lot, PID: 31526 in Lincoln County for $55k. My intention was to build a duplex there, turns out this was not possible. So, I listed the property on FB marketplace and some other sites but didn't get any serious buyers. A couple of weeks later I teamed up with Jimmond Thomas with EXP realty to list it on the MLS & hopefully find a buyer within the time necessary to close on this property, December 6th. I was VERY clear this MUST be an assignment, he agreed. I had a very standard, very simple assignment contract that's been used thousands of times around the Charlotte area. Jim found a buyer on October 25th, we went under contract for $67k. I was to be responsible for all closing costs along with paying Jim a commission. Jim said the buyer wanted to use him as the buyer agent and so he was going to be a dual agent. I was a little hesitant to agree to this but figured, hopefully Jim will take care of everything! When the buyer chose this law firm I confirmed with Jim multiple times that they are able to do this type of transaction and pay an assignment fee. I was told, "attorney is on board" & "everything looks good!" Fast forward to November 19th & I'm told that this attorney no longer will do an assignment, they are requiring that we do a double closing (likely so they can make double the closing costs). I said, I'm paying for all closing costs, I'm not paying for 2 closings, there's absolutely no reason to, furthermore I have no interest in wiring someone $55k only to hope that they wire me back $64k-ish a day or two later. If an attorney is going to lie about being able to do an assignment transaction and require a double close then how am I going to trust them enough to send them $55k? I called the attorney to try and discuss the situation, Laura doesn't feel the need to call me back. I ask Jim for help to try and facilitate this, Jim says, that's not his job! WOW, I'm in total shock & disbelieve at the low level of service I've been provided from both EXP Realty & the shady Baker law firm. I made every attempt to try and work this out and both Jim & Laura are no longer responding to me. I guess they think I'm just going to walk away from the $8k-ish assignment fee I was due in this transaction. Well, that's not going to happen! After further looking around I found out that the paralegal assigned to our case, Marcia Long is not even an NC certified paralegal. Again, I reached out to Laura, stated all the above information and asked her if she knew that she has a paralegal on staff who is not certified, she continues to ignore me. DO NOT TRUST THIS LAW FIRM! They blatantly lied, could have fixed it! Laura took it upon herself to have buyer & seller sign new contract removing me from the deal altogether! That's extremely shady, unethical and deceitful! Laura Baker should not be practicing real estate transactions in the state of NC. Obviously this is resulting in numerous complaints with; the BBB, DOJ, NCREC, NC Bar, Yelp, Google, and every other means of filing a complaint available. She can ignore me but she can't ignore NC Bar, she will be required to respond to my complaint there. We will take her response and add it to my lawsuit against her firm that will be filed shortly thereafter. I would strongly suggest avoiding this law firm at all costs!

Laura Baker was personable and professional. She knows her specialty and uses it to help her clients. I liked her immensely and wiuld highly recommend her.

Have had multiple real estate closings with Laura Baker. She is professional, thorough, and extremely nice to work with! Highly recommend!