The expression under attorney review is one real estate agents hear almost every day.  It has to do with the period after the buyer and seller agree to a contract where the attorneys get together to make certain their client is protected legally and where a lot of the negotiation takes place over when things will happen with the contract (escrow deposit dates, mortgage commitment dates, closing etc.), how things will happen (is the money going to be exchanged as cash, check, gold, etc.), who is involved (is it both spouses on the deed, is it a corporation buying the property, is the bank in control of the property) and getting both sides to a completed deal.

The State of New Jersey maintains a web site for a different kind of attorney review.  The site allows the user to find lawyers who’ve been accepted to the bar in the state and also to obtain details about the lawyers, for example date of admission, status to practice in New Jersey, and county and town information regarding where an attorney maintains their business office.

When using the site be certain to use the attorney’s Attorney ID Number to verify the information is applicable towards the correct individual. (I know of several real estate attorneys who have the same name as attorneys who practice in different specialties such as criminal law and antitrust law) There might be several attorneys in the state with similar title or the same county or city. The consumer should exercise care to be certain the information relates towards the same attorney the consumer is investigating.

Attorney address and many status details are refreshed semi-monthly, which means this information might not reflect recent changes status changes according to discipline or reinstatement to rehearse are up-to-date within 24 business hours after entry of the Top Court Order.

For more information or to use the site please go to:

http://njcourts.judiciary.state.nj.us/web10/AttyPAWeb/pages/home.faces.

If you would like any recomendations about the real estate attorneys we use in the Somerset and Middlesex County area please just drop us an email (mike@mikedowner.comand we will give you the names and contact information for the people we work with on a regular basis.