Complaints

• Initial Complaint

  09/06/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Customer Service Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I contacted ********************* in January of this year 2023 to help me with foreclosure issues and I paid him $800 to start representing me and take the house out of foreclosure, I originally introduced to this Lawyer by ***** ***** to be a good lawyer even after another bad review from another person about him and that was misleading on their part. This lawyer ********************* did not help me he waited for a day before Sheriff Sale before running to court to move the date which was granted and he did that because of many calls from me and ***** ***** to do his job. I was put through **** and he did nothing for me again and this time he withdrew from the case few days before the next Sheriffs Sale because he said me and ***** ***** that send him my way was calling too much and I am making it too personal and that’s a joke because it is personal if my property is going to sheriff sale and he’s doing nothing about it even the ***** ***** told me to report him to lawyer review board but he’s still on their site smh. I need my money back my $800 and maybe compensation too for the hell he put me through and ***** ***** **** is my witness to all the hell I went through because I called her every time and she called **** ****** each time too but they did nothing to get my money back from him, I need to use that money for another lawyer because all lawyers told me he did nothing for me but to move dates of the sheriffs sale and that’s not what he was hired to do and I need my money ASAP I am not his first victim and will not be the last either that he’s going to scam and take advantage of in the time of stress of losing a house.

  Business response

  10/02/2023

  September 28, 2023

  Dear *** *****: 
  

  I am responding to the above referenced file. I have performed substantial work on behalf of the client. In total I worked on three matters. The initial retainer for all three matters was supposed to be $1,600.00. I worked with the client and accepted an $800.00 payment which quickly was exhausted. I also reduced my hourly rate to $200.00 from my normal rate of $300.00 recognizing the client's limited funds. One issue involved a time share for which the result was what she wanted. The client refused to pay for any of this work. 

  The second issue involved a commercial property for which a notice of a loan default was received by the client. Extensive communications were made on the client's behalf and an offer of settlement was made through the lender's attorney. The lender never replied nor took further action. I stopped working on the file as the client was upset that the attorney would never respond to the offer. I told the client that they did not have to respond. I stopped work on this matter as well due to non-payment of my fees. 

  The third matter was one with which I spent much time and effort attempting to communicate with the bank in order to achieve a modified loan. The bank would not cooperate and I filed a petition to delist the property from the Sheriff Sale. This required time to prepare and travel time from Quakertown to Philadelphia City Hall along with two hours in Court. This was successful and I worked hard to have my client get through the modification process. The Court granted a sixty-day period before the next Sheriff's Sale. We met in my office at least three times for over an hour each time communicating with the assigned bank representative. The client refused to pay for any of these activities and many hours of time.

  The bank in the end refused to grant new terms to the loan. What is owed on the property is more than what the property is worth. Secondly, the requested mortgage statements on her own residence (a different property) which were requested by the bank as part of the client's financials were slow to coming. Only the client could acquire these documents. This matters little as the amount put on the back of the mortgage was excessive the client showed insufficient income. 

  The client was angry and disrespectful to me and my time. She was also disrespectful to the bank representatives (which did not help her cause). I made a demand for payment and for respect. The client provided neither. I filed a motion asking for the Court to allow me to withdraw my appearance and representation which has cost me more time and yet another filing fee of nearly $75.00. My outstanding invoice of $1,180.00 was ignored (and was not even up to date). The client owes significantly more. 

  The client never had the ability for financing. The building in question has one tenant and in Court she stated that this rent was her only income. This is why the bank did not agree to new terms of a loan. 

  I do not expect further payment from the client. The $800.00 paid in no manner compensates for the time and effort expended. I am awaiting the final Court Order granting my withdrawal of appearance. 
  

  Very truly yours, 
  **** ** ******, Esq
  

  Customer response

  10/02/2023

  [To assist us in bringing this matter to a close, you must give us a reason why you are rejecting the response. If no reason is received your complaint will be closed as Answered]
  
   Complaint: ********
  
  I am rejecting this response because:
  
  This lawyer is a liar and I have documents  that shows he’s lying and did nothing for me he makes few calls and refuses to file in court he even refuses the advice given by legal match and legal match saw his lack of care and what I went through and  advised me to report him to lawyer review board, he did this to another person that gave him a bad review he just goes around collecting retainer fees from unsuspected clients and nobody knows how many people out there he took money from. He was hired to take my property off foreclosure not to make few calls, he’s a liar and a fraud and he’s now trying to look clean and that’s why he’s now lying about what he did for me .Why would legal match tell me to report him to lawyer review board and I got him from them and the answer to that is that they know everything that went on because I called them to report him often and he hates that fact,****** at legal match call **** ****** all the time to do his job but  this **** ****** did not listen and got mad at her. This **** ****** took on more than he can handle he’s a one man business no secretary or staff and his clients suffers and he will tell me I am only one person when he’s asked why he’s lacking in doing his lawyer duties he lied in court when he finally filed to remove himself from the case that he did nothing because I was uncooperative but here he’s saying he did work for the money so which one to believe the court version or the BBB version of his lies ?
  

  ****

  
  Regards,
  
  *************************

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