TALLAHASSEE — Scores of low-income Floridians have unjustly lost court battles — and their homes — because they could not afford lawyers to fight often baseless legal actions, a top aide to Attorney General Pam Bonditold a special panel Monday.
“The lack of individual representation in foreclosure actions is one reason we have seen systemic abuses of the legal system by lenders and debt collectors,” Martin J. Mack, the state’s executive deputy attorney general, testified to the Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services, headed by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman.
You didn’t really believe that quote did you? You didn’t really expect to hear any elected official in Florida…especially Florida’s Attorney General stand up and make any defense of consumers in this state….did you? That’s not what this state is about. This state is about turning everything over to the banks, selling our state and everyone and everything in it to the corporations or the highest bidder. Until that changes, we’ll just have to keep looking at how the battle is shaping up in other states to see what consumer protection looks like…..Here’s the actual quote…..
ALBANY — Scores of low-income New Yorkers have unjustly lost court battles — and their homes — because they could not afford lawyers to fight often baseless legal actions, a top aide to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman told a special panel Monday.
“The lack of individual representation in foreclosure actions is one reason we have seen systemic abuses of the legal system by lenders and debt collectors,” Martin J. Mack, the state’s executive deputy attorney general, testified to the Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services, headed by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman.
And even homeowners WITH representation are being abused if one considers fraud on the courts and abuse of process as forms of abuse. I personally have experienced the following abuse by Florida mill attorneys:
1- Attempted sewer service in a newspaper, in another country, far from my residence.
2- The associated lie and fraud on the courts regarding the affidavit of diligent service.
3- Sham pleadings
4- Bogus affidavits
5- Forged attorney signatures
6- Lies to the Judge regarding attempt at modification – no record anywhere of this.
7- Lack of prosecution and evasion of prosecution.
8- Opposing counsel not showing up for hearings.
9- Involvement of over 14 mill attorneys – plausible deniability?
4 years, and opposing counsels are not any closer to foreclosing – because they can’t!