After further investigation into Moss, Codilis, "Moss Pite & Duncan, "Codilis & Stawairski and all the other monikers this supposed law firm has used, I have some interesting news.
It seems that the attorney's listed on the letterhead do not work for the law firm they claim to work for! I do not know if they made a rental agreement with legitimate firms to use those names or if they appropriated them without the knowledge of the firms. I am sure that will be sorted out in due time.
What they have done illegally is practice law in states where they are NOT licensed, (a felony unauthorized practice of law in many states). Since these lawyers were simply masquerading as a law firm they are not entitled to legal fees at all!
By charging legal fees when it is simply a collection agency owned by lawyers, it has broken criminal codes as well as Rules of Professional Conduct/Responsibility sections: Rule 5.5 {Unauthorized practice of law].
The individual lawyers and the real law firms listed in the margin of the Moss Codilis letterhead have each broken the following:
Rule 1.2 (d) [Fraudulent advice to client OCWEN];
Rule 1.8 (a) [Entering into business with client OCWEN];
Rule 1.16 (a) 1; Rule 1.16 (b) (1) and (b) (2) [Using lawyer's services to perpetrate a crime or fraud];
Rule 3.3 [False Statement to Court];
Rule 4.1 [False statement to third party];
Rule 4.2 [Communication with a person known to be represented by a lawyer];
Rule 4.4 [Respect for rights of other persons]; Rule 5.3 [Supervision of nonlawyers];
Rule 5.4 (a) [Sharing legal fees with nonlawyer];
Rule 5.4 (b) [Forming partnership with nonlawyer i.E. Ocwen & Moss];
Rule 5.4 (d) (3) [Illegal to form partnership where nonlawyer controls lawyer, i. E Ocwen controling Moss];
Rule 7.1 [False comunication about lawyer's services];
Rule 7.5 (b) and (d) [Firm Names and Letterheads];
Rule 8.4 (a), (b) and (c) [Misconduct].
(This info can be found using a Google search under "Rules of Professional Conduct".)
Anyone who has gotten a letter from these sharks needs to immediately write a LETTER (no phone calls, no emails, must be US Postal Service.) back to this purported law firm.
In this letter REFUSE to pay Moss Codilis illegal attorneys fees. Point out in this letter to Moss Codilis that it is NOT a real law firm and that bar complaints are being filed with each of the courts and district attorneys in each state listed in the margin on its letterhead regarding the misconduct of the listed attorneys to ask that they lose their licenses for unethical and criminal violations. (I would use certified mail, return receipt requested. You may use your own judgment as to mailing).
File written complaints to all the entities listed on the letter you have received. Write, write, write; annoying, I know. But completely necessary. All legal business is done in writing. Keep all letters you have received from this bunch in case you need copies later.
DO NOT, now or EVER, pay the scum-suckers a red cent! They are practicing fraudulently! If Ocwen or Moss continues to harass you by phone, tell them that you know of this secondary scam they are using to try to get your homes. Tell them to never call you again!
Heads are gonna' roll and these attorneys' licenses might as well be hanging in the outhouse. That is the only place those licenses will have any value!
I hope Ocwen holds the note on the outhouses, too!
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