Allegro Law Firm reviews – has anyone worked with them?

Want to know what else is funny. Allegro Law was incorporated on 4/26/07 in Alabama. LOL it's been a year and 7 months. There is NO WAY that anyone completed this program and can say it works. And how can anyone say they were most respected. THEY HAVE NO TRACK RECORD, ZIP, NADA,NOTHING...LOL

I love to laugh.

anyone still thinking about going with allegro?

How's this for customer service:

I googled their NY "payment" location by address, followed the links and called the phone number. Phone rang a few times, than an automated message informed me the estimated wait time was 99 minutes! LOL!

Hope nobody ever has a billing discrepency with Allegro!

sorry, make that "greater than 99 minutes" is exactly what the automated message says. Those wait times sound familiar to any of you HK victims out there?

Why would the number on allegrolaw.net listed for "debt management clients" be the same as the number I got when i googled the payment address? You mean to tell me that HUGE network of lawyers handle all their calls AND BILLING through the same phone number?! WOw! I guess that explains the "greater than 99 minutes" wait time!

Oh wait, that's just because waltj (aka ed cherry) is too busy posting in online forums to answer the phones!

Guys, please do not be taken by these scammers!

Does anybody know about this company and how they are?
More to follow depending on the response....

Just curious just read this thread if you want to know more about this company. But what exactly do you want to know?

Did you mean First consumer debt consolidation Just curious?

googled First consumer debt, it asks you to fill out a form, then someone is supposed to get in contact with you. The more important question is who do they put you in contact with? When you find that out, investigate whoever they put you in contact with.

This is much like, shudder, CCCOA, who put me in contact with HK. I'm not saying this is the same, but the M.O. is the same...

Always beware of any kind of company like this. They say they will drastically reduce your monthly payment, beware of that kind of talk. Remember, YOU can negotiate directly with your creditors/debt collectors. Believe me, if you really want to pay off your debt, they aren't going to refuse your money.

LOL.....First consumer debt consolidation says it's run by Jeff Gombos....LOL. On the BBB is says Jeff Gambos...LOL. HHHmmmm. That name sounds familiar doesn't it???? LOL....it's Jeff Gombos AKA Jeff Campos. Just go to sunbiz.org and put in Jeff Gombos and you will find that name associated with Hess Kennedy along with all his other shady companies.

They are still alive and kicking. This is so funny.

Jeff Gombos AKA Jeff Campos companies. Hess Kennedy scam continued.

MAXHEALTH, LLC
THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL NETWORK LC
ABSOLUTE HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES, LLC
THE CONSUMER LAW CENTER OF DELRAY BEACH FLORIDA, LLC
FIRST CONSUMER debt consolidation, INC.
INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORP OF THE PALM BEACHES
GLOBAL TRADING CORP OF THE PALM BEACHES
J J & J MANAGEMENT INC. OF SOUTH FLORIDA
FEDERAL CREDIT SOLUTIONS INC.
TRINITY DELRAY INC
MONSTER MEDIA DELRAY INC.
CARLSEN GOMBOS TRUST COMPANY
THE WHAT HAPPENED INVESTMENT COMPANY
TRENT WHO JKC INVESTMENT COMPANY
MAXHEALTH, LLC
ABSOLUTE HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES, LLC
FIRST CONSUMER DEBT CONSOLIDATION, INC.
INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORP OF THE PALM BEACHES
GLOBAL TRADING CORP OF THE PALM BEACHES
J J & J MANAGEMENT INC. OF SOUTH FLORIDA
TRINITY DELRAY INC
MONSTER MEDIA DELRAY INC.

All this can be found on sunbiz.org.

Well my more response was because I did sign up with Allegro Law. I did not do there debt settlement program but signed up with the debt management program. I recently found out about this site and have now seen things. Although i do not have anything bad at this point as it has been 3 months. I did notice that in my welcome packet from Allegro Law had me logging into a First Consumer debt consolidation site powered by Americorp. Tried to do my research and they were an A- in the BBB. Sooo????. But so far I have not seen anything go wrong as of yet. They sent my proposals out to the creditors and I have actually gotten responses back from my actual creditors accepting the proposals. Ok well one said that instead of the proposed $121 payment they wanted $126 (Capital One) a month and so I just responded as that being ok being I was paying them around 195 before. I have been watching my statements and the interest rates have changed as they said to keep an eye on along with seeing my payments showing posted on the statements. I dont know if there settlement program is any different. I don't know. So far though things have been OK. So that is my story I guess I am a guinea pig..lol but my eyes are watching my statements. So that is what i was curiuos about if anyone knew of them.

Keep in mind Just curious that Allegro Law IS HESS KENNEDY as is Americorp so be careful. You are taking a chance with SCAM artists. Make no mistake with that important fact so maybe you should rethink your position. In the end you could lose big.

What are the fees that you are paying?

they really screwed my bank account up. i have 300.00 dollars worth of bank nsf charges because they took out the wrong amount. i would be very afraid.

just curious, you are beign scammed. What are they charging you for their "debt management"? What are their fees? How much interest are they taking? Can you even answer these questions?

Don't be fooled by their pretty websites either. Ed knows his stuff in web development, he got his start at iBill, he was their internet guy there, until they fired him. He knows how to put up forms for you to enter your personal information, he does it in his sleep.

You want to know what else is fishy? Allegro only corresponds with you over the phone. Why? Why can't they disclose any information (their terms, their contract, their fees) PUBLICLY? WHY? WHY? WHY?

I'll tell you why: because there's NO ACCOUNTABILITY once they get you on the phone! This is exactly what happened to me with Hess Kennedy.

My Story:

I enrolled with HK (Hess Kennedy) in the summer of 2005. My debt was one creidt card to the tune of ~$4500. I went with the first decent looking website I found on the internet (CCCOA), and filled out my info. I was contacted by phone that day by a guy who asked me how much debt I had and told me I could pay it off for $120. He also told me the ONLY FEES would be the first month's payment I made...

He (can't remeber his name now) always contacted me from a CT phone number. I called him on a few occaisions whenever a new debt collector would call me. He would always assure me that, "Hess Kennedy chews up debt collectors, and spits them out! You tell them you're with Hess Kennedy, an international law firm!"

Well I did that for about a year and a half. All the while the calls from the debt collector kept coming, and I kept ignoring.

After having paid HK for two years, I called to find out the status of my account/settlement/whatever. Now in the mean time, I was notified that my "account executor" had changed, to a Sierra F. (I'll be curtious and not post her last name). So I called her, she reviewed my records and said that I had plenty of money in escro, and that she was going to settle my account within the next couple of weeks.

I was very glad to hear that. Well, that same week, a debt collector contacted me, saying they would settle my debt for 33% of what I owed! So I called Sierra back, thinking she would appreciate the offer...

Sierra yelled at me. Told me she never said she was going to settle my account, that I STILL hadn't paid all the FEES to HK. blah blah blah. It was the ugliest phone conversation I ever had.

A few weeks later, I got a letter. My "executor" was once again switched to an Alexandra. lol. Funny, alexandra sounded exactly like sierra on the phone.

By this time, I emailed alexandra, sierra, and every other HK email address I could get. I asked them to show me the account where my money was. I asked them to furnish me a copy of my contract. I asked them to only reply to me by email since there was no accountability of their employees once they got on the phone.

Their reply was always, "Please call (XXX)XXX-XXXX, and we will gladly assist you."

If any of this rings a bell with any of you, perhaps similar things are happening, going on right now with you and the company you chose to deal with. Stop paying them immediately! They are doing NOTHING for you! Please, please, please, I beg you to do the smart thing, do what your gut is telling you, BREAK ALL TIES WITH THESE SCAMMERS!

You know why they always have a lawyer attached to their scam? Because they feed on your feelings toward the debt collectors. Oh yea, the debt collectors are bad, they're violating your rights, blah blah blah. You know what? It only pisses debt collectors off most of the time!

Why bother with a lwayer? Their disclaimers on their websites say plain as day, not to take what's on their site as "legal advice" or "legal cousel". Why? Becasue they're doing NOTHING for you!

Their layers sometimes send out the smoke and mirror letters (at best), to your creditors/collectors with the same consumer rights crap. Big whoop! You don't need some scammer of a lawyer to tell you that! That information is freely available! Yes, you have rights! Yes, you can negotiate directly with your creditors/collectors!

You're better off going to see a fincancial advisor, pay a small consultation fee and have them help you with a budget. That $100 or so would probably go a lot further, and you won't be pissing your creditors off in the process!

And yes, it pisses creditors off. They pissed Chase off so bad, Chase sued them, and won!

Your creditors are just as likely to sue you, keep calling you, etc. They do NOTHING for you!

just curious, you say they negotiated your capitol one down from 195 to 126? You couldv'e done that yourself! You didn't need a "lawyer" to do that for you. So again, how much is allegro charging you to do something you can do yourself?

Debt 101:

Q. If your accounts have gone to collections, what exactly does that mean?

A. It means your original creditor cut their losses by selling off the account to a "collection farm" likely for a 1/3 of the original debt owed.

Q. What is a "collection farm"?

A. A collection farm is the greater network of "collection agencies." A collection farm is the company who purchased your account from your original collector. The idea is that if you had a card from XYZ Bank, XYZ Bank got some money from the collection farm, thus minimizing what they had to write off at the end of the year. Now the collection farm may have 1 or many "collection agencies" contact you in attempts to collect the debt. These collection agencies work on commision. Remember, your debt was purchased for about 1/3 of the original debt, so anything they get over that is just bonus for them. Different collection agencies have different guidelines that they will follow. One collection agency might only settle for 25% more than the 1/3 of the original debt, another might settle for 10% more. It's up to them.

Q. What effect does this have on my credit rating?

A. It has very real and very negative effects on your credit rating.

Q. What should I do?

A. If you're debt has gone to collections, let 1/3 the debt owed be your starting point for negotiations. It's a lot like buying a car at this point. You might not be able to negotiate down to 1/3. These collection agencies want to take a payment, often, they'll take anything, because it's better than nothing, and also it depends on their commission, guidelines, etc. You know how much you can afford. Budget yourself. Paying off your debt should be a top priority, but you can't go broke in the process. Take all your bills into account, what you need to live on, and paying about 1/3 of the original debt owed. Once you have that figure, talk to your creditors/collectors, they will work with you!

This is more sound advice than you will ever get with any debt management/settlement/negotiation company, guranteed!

...and it was free!

Tom321, did you happen to see my post on John Leaberry of Consel for debt solutions?

Check this out:
wvbar.org/barinfo/general/law%20firm%20pllc%20app.doc

Why would John Leaberry, attorney from West Virginia and attorney for Counsel for Debt Solutions, have a PLLC request notarized in none other than Broward County, FL?

What is the deal with Broward County? It is like the Las Vegas of debt scams?

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thanks nascar devil, i admittedly know little more than what i posted on these matters.

I think that's what i was trying to say here though, if you look at your credit report you know the difference, right?

I was contacted by multiple collection agencies, but only one company was listed on my credit report. that being the company who bought the account sold by the OC.

Well guys I am keeping a close eye on my accounts and watching my statements each month which are so far showing that my interest rates have adjusted to what the program said they would and also that my payments are being made.

soHappyNow- I have seen most everything on here about HessKennedy and Tom321 I am keeping a watchful eye on everything and so far things are being paid. Trust me that I am keeping my eyes open. Is is possible though that the debt management is OK? And everyones problems are stemming from the settlement side which is crazy in itself. Alls i know is that i see things ok right now and i have even gotten response letters from My actual creditors letting me know that my proposals have been accepted by my debt management company(have them in a file). I guess i will be a guinea pig until i see things change because i am already signed up. Thank you guys for your thoughts and i will keep you posted.

Trust me i am not trying to turn around what you all are saying. I am just saying that so far things are going as they said they would and sorry i forgot to mention that they are charging a 59 monthly fee and which even with the fee my monthly payments dropped about a month which was enough help for me. I didnt research before i signed up and now that i am and proposals have been accepted i would hate to redo everything. I will like i said keep my eye open. I mean i dont expect to just stop looking at my statements. Nothing is just a walk away system.
Thanks guys i will keep you posted. I am just hoping that there is some good.

I truly hope for your sake that everything is fine. Keep records of EVERYTHING! Your initial contract, welcome packet, anything and everything you've been sent in the mail, email correspondance, keep track of your phone calls to these guys (write down the date, time, and summary of what was discussed). That way if anything does go wrong, you have everything you need. Then take your info to the BBB and the AG's office.

Will Do and i am doing that as you mentioned anyway. I just like to believe that maybe somethings work ok and that people and companies learn there lessons. You can do much better being a good company versus a bad one and get shut down. Like i said though from someone that is currently enrolled with them if anything changes or goes array i will update all this and let everyone know. Until then though everything is going as explained. Keep you updated and once again thanks for insight.

Who is John Leaberry?

And Just Curious who are you paying? Allegro or the CC itself?

John Leaberry is the attorney for Counsel for debt solutions. COunsel for Debt Solutions is eerily similar to Hess Kennedy and Allegro in the way their business is set up.

1. Leaberry was taking money from Paul Kizer (back in the mid 80's) who owned like 40 or so coal mining operations in West Virginia. LEaberry at the time sat on the tax, and workers comp boards for coalminers at the time. WEll, Governor Moore was also taking money from Kizer. When a federal investigation started, leaberry sqealed on Moore who served jail time and was disgraced.

2. No record of leaberry between 1990 and 2000.

3. A Daniel Mahanger is listed as the registered agent on Leaberry's new Law Firm (which back Cousnel for Debt Solutions) Leaberry's law firm supposedly operates out of WV, but there is no registered law firm with leaberry's name on it registered in WV.

4. Mahanger registerd leaberry's law firm out of none other than Broward County FL. But there's absolutely no leaberry law firm address in FL either.

5. Just like all of Cherry's business which have an address listed at some apartment complex, Mahanger's LLCs have addresses all listed at private homes.

6. Another name on the registered agent for these guys is a Guy E. Whitesman. Whitesman and Mahanger seem to have some vested interest in real estate and land aquistion in FL. Which makes me wonder how they have time to be involved in debt management.

They are a very strange company, and obviously leaberry is scum. People are complaining about these guys in these forums too. It just has HK written all over it...

This thread is now the first google hit when you google "Allegro Law", sucks for Allegro! LOL!

Holy crap soHappyNow, you are digging deep bro......LOL. What did Mr. Cherry have for dinner last night.....LOL.

What else do you have bro?

KENNETH BYRNES IS $6.00 AN HOUR TELEMARKETER NOW UNEMPLOYED LOOKING FOR WORK. CAN ANYBODY HELP?

Who is KENNETH BYRNES and what does he have to do with this topic?

Dude - Don't you have a Life? Your comments are soooooooo stupid and irrelevant. BARACK OBAMA IS AN ALIEN! LETS BLOOOOOOG ABOUT IT EVERY DAY. That????????s what you sound like with you writings with the different user names you use. I swear, you must be like 15 years old. Allegro has NOTHING to do with CAMPOS or HESS FIRM. Those companies are in a Receivership. They are out of business. Do you know what that means? I'll tell you. That????????s means they have forensic accountants and other officials hired by the Attorney General IN THEIR OFFICE to babysit them. Put in plain English, Allegro has NOTHING to DO with CAMPOS or HESS FIRM. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. Get a life dude.

For the love of god...go away until you have something of substance to say.......please. Your killing us all with your stupidity.

"killing us all with your stupidity. " hahahahahahahahahaha

For the love of god... You're an I-D-I-O-T!

Go get you GED - I-D-I-O-T!

LOL....14585 is a true scholar folks and a master with words. This is my last time addressing you because it's painfully obvious that you are beneath me. In fact you are beneath a teenager. You debate like an adolescent. Unless you have something of value to say, it would be in your best interest to just shut up. My god man are you reading your posts....LOL. You never say anything at all except for your tacky verbiage.

I am so curious to know what women in their right mind would take the time to be with you. Really EDWARD I would love to meet that person. You are a disturbed guy bro...really..LOL. And you clearly don't have ANY language skills to save your life. Rich and dumb.......Mommy and Daddy must be so proud that their little boy grew up to be so stupid....LOL. You better thank god everyday that you are rich because you would not last a day in the real world. Oh wait you didn't last. You're a criminal I forgot. No law degree because you are a screw up....LOL.

You are too stupid to realize that everyone in this forum is laughing at you.

Sorry to everyone for the personal attacks on this genius. He had it coming.

Who's Edward Dummy?

CAMPOS+HESS+MEZEY+ALLEGRO=AMERICORP

That is the indisputable math. The same system, same actors, same stage. So I guess they are the same.

What you have here folks is a classic Ponzi scheme. Keep moving the money & clients around between companies.

The stink is still the same @ the end of the day.

Kenneth, The Key, Tom321 or whatever other PUNK names you use. You DON'T KNOW SHIIT. YOU ARE SUCH A LOOOOOOSER. YOU LIKE A RETARDED PAUL REVERE:THE FRENCH ARE COMING? HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHA- IDIOT!

Allegro law is the best company to go for debt settlement. Don't be afraid to give out information. They just want to put you in the right program. Allegro law been in the debt settlement program for 22yrs, they have over 40,000 clients and about half are debt settlement; estimated-800 million. They can and do practice in all 50 states; they are qualified debt negotiation attorneys that leverage federal and state consumer laws, as well as their existing relationships with major creditors, to negotiate the repayment of the consumer's unsecured debts for significantly less than the full amount. They continue to negotiate a settlement even if a lawsuit is filed. I got a summons letter in the mail too, I sent it out to allegro law already. So, I'm just waiting for my lawyer to call me for an interview regarding the summons. I hope this will help those of you, who are confused and undecided which debt settlement company to go to. Look them up on the website and read about their company. Bye now.

Allegro law is the best company to go for debt settlement. Don't be afraid to give out information. They just want to put you in the right program. Allegro law been in the debt settlement program for 22yrs, they have over 40,000 clients and about half are debt settlement; estimated-800 million. They can and do practice in all 50 states; they are qualified debt negotiation attorneys that leverage federal and state consumer laws, as well as their existing relationships with major creditors, to negotiate the repayment of the consumer's unsecured debts for significantly less than the full amount. They continue to negotiate a settlement even if a lawsuit is filed. I got a summons letter in the mail too, I sent it out to allegro law already. So, I'm just waiting for my lawyer to call me for an interview regarding the summons. I hope this will help those of you, who are confused and undecided which debt settlement company to go to. Look them up on the website and read about their company. Bye now.

22 years.....LOL. More like one and a half. Stop the BS please. When did Nelms get his law license? Sept. 29, 1995. He is the founding partner of Allegro Law. Allegro's own site says so. THAT is not 22 years ago. Can you count? Can you screw up anymore than you already have on this blog?????

I know you'll try....LOL.

Allegro Law being sued by chase bank. At Justia.com

Chase Bank USA, N.A. v. Allegro Law, LLC et al

Plaintiff: Chase Bank USA, N.A.
Defendant: Allegro Law, LLC, Keith Anderson Nelms and Americorp, Inc.

Case Number: 2:2008cv04039
Filed: October 3, 2008

Court: New York Eastern District Court
Office: Banks and Banking Office [ Court Info ]
County: Suffolk
Presiding Judge: Senior Judge Denis R. Hurley
Referring Judge: Magistrate Judge William D. Wall

Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Banks and Banking
Cause: Federal Question
Jurisdiction: Federal Question
Jury Demanded By: 28:1332 Diversity-Injunctive & Declaratory Relief
Amount Demanded: $75,000.00

false article deleted.i for one have had enough of you and others like you.post more falsehoods and they will be zapped too...paulmergel.

What did the article say?

that chase settled for 16.1 million for a class action suite.also just filabustering around that.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh and I missed it...LOL. I hate it when that happens. All because of my passion for sleep. I love comedy too....LOL. Let's see what else they try.

don't know tom,but since these bobo's started posting false articles.it has made me a little wiser as to what is fake and what is real.

Paul educate me on what's going on here because I'm REALLY confused.

First what does this article have to do with anything? Why are they using it? It's two years old.

Second, how do you know it's a fake? I've been trying to figure it out but I can't find anything. Maybe I'm missing it or I'm looking in the wrong places. Help me out here.

Oh....is this the article you referred to before?

that is the article i pointed out before.never heard of a 16.1 million settlement from chase.that is why you can't find it.it doesn't exist.

I was a client of Allegro Law and when I initially searched for info on them I could find nothing negative. I have recently found out that they are under investigation by the federal government, are being sued by Chase bank, are in litigation with NY for illegally practicing law, as well as them not being liscensed to practice law in my state which they had told me they were able to do before I even signed up for the company. As a few have stated above Allegro is the same as Campos and Hess Kennedy. I have found out that they have changed their names several times so that negative feedback to the better business bureau would not be linked when people looked up their business.

If you want to settle, your best bet is to settle on your own. You can get estimates of how much that will be from your creditors. If you don't want to go that route, I would look in to debt counseling becase they will lower your interests rates and work out a lower payment.

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