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Initial Complaint
03/13/2023
- Complaint Type:
- Service or Repair Issues
- Status:
- Answered
MEZHER LAW WILL STEAL YOUR MONEY!!! I signed a client representation agreement in July 2022 and retained Mezher Law on an hourly basis. The case was settled early December and when the settlement check was sent to Mezher Law's office on January 17th I then received an incorrect bloated bill on January 31st for additional charges of $5,180.00 and Mezher Law is refusing to provide proof of additional charges and refuse to release my settlement from our agreement of paying them hourly. I spoke with Mike over the phone and he refused to provide details that my settlement is in the proper trust account and I informed Mike I would be moving forward with filing a grievance with the court and he said "Good Luck" and hung up the phone. I am truly disturbed by how I've been treated and the failure of Mezher Law to provide accurate billing and STEALING CLIENT FUNDS!!!Business response
03/27/2023
*** ******** Complaint is false, intentionally misleading, and libelous. Our firm associate, Alex M*****, defended *** ****** against an eviction Complaint filed against her on July 6, 2022. Attached is a copy of the Eviction Complaint. Attorney M***** filed an Answer and Counterclaim. Attached is a copy of the Answer and Counterclaim. As a result of our representation, *** ****** was not evicted and continued to live in her unit until a very favorable Agreement resolving the matter was filed with the Court. Attached is an Agreed Entry. The Agreement clearly benefitted *** ****** with monetary compensation totaling $17,000.00.
*** ****** agreed to a fee agreement with an hourly rate of $250 an hour for work provided by Attorney M***** and $300 an hour for work provided by Attorney Michael B. M***** *** Attached is the Fee Agreement. Invoices were sent to *** ****** on a regular basis. Attached is a complete itemization of time spent representing *** ****** and payments made by Ms. Carter. *** ****** has a balance due to our firm in the amount of $3,876.20. Mezher Law and *** ****** both endorsed a refund check from the Court refunding rent escrow per the Agreed Entry. Said funds are being held in the Firm’s ***** trust account. The balance due in fees is outstanding.
*** ****** has been provided this information and settlement statement. See attached. Additionally, *** ****** repeatedly demanded and insisted that the Firm endorse the entire check to her. The firm has repeatedly advised *** ****** to retrieve her funds minus the outstanding balance. Simply stated, *** ****** refuses to pay the balance owed in attorney fees. Now, *** ****** makes false statements that are intended to hurt the law firm’s reputation after having provided excellent representation.Thank you for allowing our Firm an opportunity to respond.
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Customer Complaints Summary
1 total complaints in the last 3 years.
0 complaints closed in the last 12 months.