Although I am done with this company, the warning bears repeating. I recieved a notice from the Law Center regarding a debt that was five years old. The credit card was my ex-husbands and I was never a co-signer.in CA a spouse can have their own credit cards and not have their spouse on it. I was however an authorized user.
The notice came to my new address with my ex-husbands name on it. My ex does not have my current address so the information was obviously obtained through a credit check. I told them the debt was not mine and that they needed to contact him. They gave me a line of bull about community property and my responsibility and not recognizing court orders from other states.
I did some research on this company. The name on the top of the notice was Harry Cohn. I found out on the internet that this attorney was dead. So I called back and asked to speak to the dead attorney. THey claimed he was in court all day. SO I asked if he was the only attorney in the office. She said yes.
I then asked her when Mr. Cohn would be back. She said she didn't know that he was in court. I thien told her tha I knew that Harry Cohn was DEAD.
I got another notice a week letter offering me a settlement. If I paid 5000 of the allefed 9000 my ex husband owed, they would consider it settled. The letter was signed "Harry Cohn, Esq." The date was obviosly after his death.
I called the office again, and asked for Mr. Cohn. I was forwarded to an "associate" who admitted they had no practicing attorney in the office, that Harry Cohn was indeed dead. I told them that firstly the debt was time-barred in California, secondly, was not mine as I was not a co-signer, and thridly, that I would be forwarding the notice with Harry Cohns posthumous signature to the Virgina State Bar authorities for practicing law without a license. And I did. They were investigated and apparantly they have a new attorney whose defrauding the public.
The young man asked what I wanted. I told him I did not want to receive any more correspondences from him or phone calls. I haven't heard a peep since.
These people are dangerous and will do anything to get money you probably don't owe them. If you get a letter from Harry Cohn, call them on it. He died in October. If you get letters with his signature dated after that, report it to the Virginia State Bar. They have a unit for Unauthorized Practice of Law.
Take the time to do the research. The Federal Trade Bureau has wonderful information on time-barred debts. Contact your state officials. Don't take it from them. Fight back like I did.
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