Budget Legal Center (s) advertise on net and in telephone directory as in Seal Beach, CA, no street address, telephone (562) 430-3553. When one calls, one is transferred to Mr. Phillip W. Harris who represents himself as an attorney and schedules a free consultation to determine which legal path to pursue.
The office is in Los Alamitos, CA, is not ADA accessible, so meeting takes place in Washington Mutual Bank office downstairs.
Mr. Harris alleges good working relationship with the bank, and it appears so as bank staff uses phone to call upstairs and provides office for consultation with Mr. Harris.
At two meetings under same arrangements with the bank, one is given significant and various types of legal advice. I was required to sign a retainer form and pay $709.00. Mr. Harris requested that payment be made in two separate checks, one in the amount of $355.00 and both were courtesy checks (credit cards) that he knew would not be paid as the accounts in question were being bankrupted. This was in July. Second meeting was Sept.
Third meeting was same meeting arrangements with bank. This was another day in Sept. Mr. Harris and Mr. James D. Lia met with me. No explanation was given as to why Mr. Lia was taking over the case.
23 November via third party sources I learned that Mr. Harris is not licensed to practice law, and Mr. Lia is currently on probation for "splitting fees and aiding a non-attorney in the practice of law"
My case was sent back by Carolyn A. Dye, trustee, and Mr. Lia is not available by telephone and refuses to answer email to him.
Mr. Harris intercepts my calls and says all mail for Mr. Lia comes to him. I have no idea what will happen regardng this case but fraud is on the part of attorney and associates, not me.
I will testify against both of them and provide relevant evidence. Is there a prosecutor who will come to my aid? Is there a gutsy licensed attorney that will sue the pants off of them? Criminal law, and elder abuse laws could be utilized as I am 70 years old.
Additionally, Mr. Harris is a ham operator, and he admits to being so for forty years. As he practices law without a license, one would think he may also use WB6MYL for illegal activity as well.
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