Credit Partnership

I talked to the Security Fund Office today. They said as long as I can prove that he had the money (ledgers, bank statements), then I can get it back, it just takes time.

In regards to your question Susie-he took our money when he was in good standing with the CA Bar. Don't think for a second the State is going to let him go with nothing. Anything he owns (house, cars, etc) will be leined and eventually repossesed. Any money that comes out of the fund, the State Bar can go after the personal property of the lawyer in question to pay back the fund. I'm getting everything together, and I'm mailing it out by wednesday.

PS-The address for the client security fund is the same as the state bar intake.

this situation is a sad one for sure. i work in the collections industry and have dealt with credit partnership unsuccesfully for almost 4 years now. in that time, i was only successful in settling one account with them and that was only after the firm i worked for had obtained a judgment against the consumer and began a wage garnishment. Unfortunately for everyone who signed up with credit partnership, they were unaware of the ultimate scam that company manifested. ANYONE CAN SETTLE THEIR OWN DEBT, you do not need a company to do it for you. its as easy as a phone call to the creditor. too many people have paid this company to negotiate on their behalf and in turn, generating even more costs to the consumer. i strongly urge all of you to not sign up with another company as this seems to be the norm in the negotiation industry.

They paid off all of my debts, and sent me a check for the remainder of what was left in my account. Up until now i haven't called them. But all of there numbers have been disconnected. They did okay buy me, but i was a little sceptic at first when i asked to come to there office, and my rep said he was working out of his home. He said it was more easier for him instead of going to the office to work. But thank god it was all taking care of. I am worried about fraudlent transactions done in my name by someone that used to work with this company that had access to all of my personal info. If we as clients have no numbers or address to get in contact with someone.(mr troy hall).

Hi everyone.. the site is back up so for those of you who haven't had a chance to print anything off... do it now!!!!

You know, this might sound really bad, but after what this guy has done to all of us I really wish him to end up divorced, penniless, living on the streets having to beg for spare change. I really think this guy should have a criminal record that will follow him around for the rest of his life.

Susie, I agree with Ryno, the way that I read it sounds like they just had to be active when the misconduct occurred, I hope that I am not wrong. I hope we all get out money back so that we can move on and settle our debts by ourselves. I went through this company because I was too timid to call and settle things myself, but I've come to realize that even over the phone, the most the creditor can do is be rude and all I have to do is hang up on them. . .it's that simple, it's what they do when we are rude with them.

I just went on the State Bar website...and looked up the status of Mr. Hall...it state NOT ELIGIBLE TO PRACTICE LAW all over his search site.

I just went on the CP website today and was able to print out my debits and account information. I have been with CP since 2003 and really didn't feel like collecting all of my bank statements to prove the debits. I have been checking the webiste regularly praying that it would come up so I could get my information and it is up.

Ryno and heatherperez, I hope you are right regarding the Client Security Fund, and I appreciate the positive spirit you bestow. I too am usually a very positive person, but this thing has just worn me down. Especially when I received the letter saying "sorry, can't help you". But we'll see. I've already written off the $2900 that I invested with CP, so if it ever comes back to me then it will just be a nice surprise.

Anon, you are correct in stating that debt settlement companies like CP only make things worse for consumer costs, and you are right that most debts can be settled by ones self. However, after dealing with several of my creditors on my own, I eventually had to turn them over to CP, because they were never willing to settle anything with me. In fact they were just down right rude, harassing, and judgmental. They would agree to some repayment term with me, but then turn around in a month or two and change the rules in the middle of the game. They would want to renegotiate some other term, or accuse me of not paying a payment on time (even though they were debiting my checking account. How does that make me at fault?) and the late/over the limit fees just kept adding up to the point where it was no longer feasable for me to negotiate anything further with them. I too once worked in the collection field, and I know from experience that being mean to the consumer is not the way to get them to react to a positive outcome. Companies like CP are a necessary evil, and it's unfortunate that CP did what they did. But not all of them are like that. In most cases, they really do help the consumer get out of overwhelming debt situations (and avoid bankruptcy as in my case) that most creditors are not responsive to when dealing with the consumer.

I went to court in downtown LA on 9/13/05 and did my bankruptcy hearing through Credit Partnership, and though I have moved, I have not received my final letter of dissolution from the court in LA. Who do i contact about that...I'm not sure how long it takes to get the final letter once the 3 months are up.

Anyone out there with similar situation?

Corrine Petteys

I'm having the same problem

Anybody heard from the State Bar's Security Fund? I mailed my application in about a month ago, and have yet to hear anything. I'd like to see how many of us would think about persuing a civil/ criminal lawsuit for fraud, against Mr. Hall. I think if we did a class action, maybe we could recover our losses faster than a state fund.

I have not heard anything from the State Bar Security Fund either, however, I only sent my paperwork to them on Feb 6th (I overnighted it and they received it on the 7th).

As I recall it could take some time to hear back from them, and even longer to get results. Perhaps we should call them and follow up on our claims beore we file a class action? Because I also recall that only one or the other can be done: We either wait for the Security Fund to accept or deny our claims, OR we file suit. We cannot do both according to the information on the application. Anyone have any suggestions?

i have filled out my paperwork to get a rienbersment... and i have creditors calling me all the time... i dont have the money to give them obviously since i went through a consolidation agency.... wat do i tell theses creditors... they are harrassing me for the money... threatning me... an i dont know wat to say or do... it was so much easier when all i had to say "here's the number to the firm i go through you deal with them

I recived my acknowlegement letter today from the client security fund with a case number and a pamphlet(entitled how is your csf request handled?). I have yet to read it but at least ive heard something.

Kelly, when did you first submit your application to the Security Fund? This will give us some sort of turn around time frame from them.

lvlyhawaiiangrl, if I were you I would either hire another debt reduction company (which one, I don't know), or simply go to your local Consumer credit counseling service and apply with them to put you on a debt repayment program. At least this will get you back on the path to paying off your debts and at the same time, will more than likely stop your creditors from harrassing you.

But most importantly, do not negotiate with your creditors on any type of payment terms (you also have the power to hang up on these people). There is a statute in each state in which a debt will be written off (usually 7 years). If you negotiate with them each time they call you, this will start the clock of the statute over again.

Let someone else handle all of that for you. At least if you are on a repayment plan with consumer credit counseling, you will also be on the road to becoming debt free. And when you do receive your refund from the State Client Fund, you can also apply that to your current debt program. Whatever money you were paying monthly to CP, you could pay the same to Consumer Credit. It's a longer process sometimes, but at least you'll be protected.

Hope this helps!

Susie and others i sent my application on febuary 2-06 regular us mail.