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Allegro Law Firm reviews – has anyone worked with them?

Date: Wed, 04/23/2008 - 09:39

Submitted by anonymous
on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 09:39

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Allegro Law Firm reviews: Has anyone heard of them or worked with Allegro Law Firm. I have not seen anything on them and I am being pressed to make a decision. Just can't make up my mind if I should do debt settlement, or credit counseling. 4 of my cards have gone to collections and one, the largest is still willing to lower my interest or I could do Credit counseling. I am torn and don't know which is the best way to go. So much negative stuff on here about debt settlement that it has me scared to go that route.


Here is the Debt Settlement process as done by Allegro Law, Hess Kennedy and any other scam a person is referred to by The Credit Exchange.

You pay the company a huge upfront fee before they do anything they claim they are going to do for you. Then after you pay them this huge upfront fee, you are allegedly putting money into an escrow account that is to be used to settle your debt for less than you owe. What actually happens is you keep putting more and more money in and they never actually do anything for you. They also never do anything like an actual law firm does such as send you copies of any paperwork they have allegedly sent on your behalf.

After you get suspicious when you see nothing getting done they tell you that you are stupid and just don't understand how debt settlement works. Meanwhile they are doing nothing for you and taking large amounts of your money.

In the meantime your creditors are wondering why they are not getting paid and after they grow tired of it you get sued. Then when you contact the "Law Firm" you find out you are on your own and it is just too bad as you don't have enough in your escrow even though you have already sent them a huge amount of money.

Debt settlement as done by these companies is a scam. Do not sign up for it. Just save your own money and settle the debts yourself.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Sat, 08/01/2009 - 13:00

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Dont do it!!!!

I try to get out because I was able to get money on the side to pay all my debts....they are not processign any claims!!! and when I was with them they were not able to deal with 1 creditor!!!!

dot throw your money away!


lrhall41

Submitted by on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 06:48

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My payment was not taken out on 7/07, I called I was told that they were in the hands of recievership, I chose to opt out of the program on 07/17, I was told that everything was frozen & he? guaranteed me that the electronic payment from my account was cancelled. I wrote checks to the creditors on 07/21. On July20, Allegro had in the meantime taken an unauthorized amount from my bank account, this caused overdrafts with charges, etc. I called & spoke to Cathy Ryan at Allegro, she apologized & said that if I sent my bank statement, she would take care of it. I sent one fax & 2 certified letters (both rec'vd) on July 27th, As of 8/03 I called & was told they had rcvd no letters, there was nothing they could do. I called the company that signed me up, I am on a fixed income, & right now I am &538.00 down, not counting the $408 they kept for signing up, & $413 a month, after 5 months they did not sign up one of my creditors which increased that balance from $3100 to $3500, I have called the advertising station to complain I would hope that all of you do as well.
What a hard lesson to learn so late in life. I thought I could bypass all of the dishonest companies, not so! the are still here.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 11:51

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What part of ANDERSON NELMS IS BEING SUED BY THE STATE OF ALABAMA & SEVERAL OTHER STATES.....do some of you not get. Contact the receiver....appointed by the State of Alabama Attorney General and the Securities Commission of Alabama...... Louis Colley. No more money should be coming out of your accounts going to Allegro Law. If it is, it should be stopped. But, be assured, Anderson Nelms is NOT getting a dime from this point on. The accounts were frozen on July 1 & Allegro Law as well as his Law Firm Anderson Nelms and Associates, as well as a third firm Allegro Financial Services, were SHUT DOWN AND ALL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS WERE FROZEN!!!! Allegro Law is out of business as of July 1. Attorney General Cuomo out of New York got all this investigation started on May 7. TV's cannot help you. The Receiver may be able to. They are trying to get one innocent company of employees paid first. He had just bought into a franchise and had teams in two cities working this franchise. One of Anderson Nelms new companies....nothing to do with debt consolidation....had employees who worked for nearly a month that have not been paid. They are to be paid then the 39 Million worth of fraud and the 15,000 who have been duped by Allegro Law will have to be gone over with a fine tooth comb. GET YOUR COMPLAINTS TO LOUIS COLLEY and everyone else Alabama AG, BBB, Securities Commission, to help them sort out the mess more easily. Be at the front of the line in your complaints.....not the back. They are trying to get money back for everyone. But, these things take time and going to a TV station is frankly dumb at this point when every newspaper and TV station in Alabama has already picked up on it. IT WILL NOT MAKE A CASE ANY BETTER FOR YOU.....you simply have to now go through the proper protocol's according to the AG in Alabama. How this has not hit CNN or MSNBC yet is beyond all reasoning on my part. But, you can go to montgomeryadvertiser.com & type in Anderson Nelms & from there you can see the stories & updates listed there. That is a local paper in his hometown. Read all of these post and BELIEVE what it is telling you. Allegro Law is out of business and the best way to protect yourself at this point is to make contact with the Receiver. His phone number really is 334-365-1500. He is appointed to sort out all of this mess for the State of Alabama and ALL individuals duped by Allegro Law. Jeremy McIntire is really with the Alabama Bar Assoc, Mary McClintoc is really over the case at the Alabama Attorney General's office....334-242-7300 and Jane Brannon is over the case at the Securities Commission of Alabama.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 20:18

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allegro law did not help me at all as a matter of fact i ended up having to file bankruptcy because i was sued by the creditors i enrolled in the program i was with them a year and they wouldn't help me at all i paid them 2500 dollars they did nothing and are only giving me 800 dollars back which i still haven't recieved its been almost 8 weeks DO NOT USE THEM


lrhall41

Submitted by on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 13:13

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:x Allegro Law SUCKS.. Straight out. They have had all my money for 7 months and only took care of 2 out of 6 credit cards. Then when the 3rd tried to take me to court, they took care of it the morning of court. Now, they are telling me what I gave them (the amount they told me to give them) won't be anywhere near enough to pay for the last 3 credit cards. I have another credit card trying to take me to court and Allegro is changing hands or something, for the last month no transactions are being taken care of and no one can help me. "The accounts have been frozen till further notice." DON"T USE THIS COMPANY. :evil:


lrhall41

Submitted by on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 20:32

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PEOPLE WHY DON'T U READ AND I MEAN READ??? YOUR QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED A FEW PAGES BACK (20) BY TOM321, MGTC36 AND RIC! &RECENTLY A GUEST ON 8/4. SO WHY DO YOU GO ON POSTING THE SAME DUMB QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ALLEGRO LAW?" "THEY TOOK MY MONEY AND DID NOT PAY NOW I CAN'T GET INCONTACT WITH THEM." THIS POSTING SITE IS TO HELP EACH OTHER AND FIND OUT WHAT TO DO AND TO POST VITAL INFORMATION WHEN ONE OF US OBTAINS IT, SO THAT WE COULD ALL GET HELP. SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ AND DO WHAT OTHERS HAVE POSTED, THEN CONTINUE ON YOUR LA LA LAND AND YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR MONEY BACK FROM THE RECEIVER!! BY THE WAY WE HAVE ALL LOST LOTS OF MONEY TO ALLEGRO LAW I WAS ROBBED $6,000. IN 9 MONTHS. SO PEOPLE, STOP POSTING THE SAME OLD DUMB QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND READ!! CALL THE RECEIVER AND GET ON THE LIST OF NAMES THAT WILL BE GETTING SOME MONEY BACK FROM THESE CROOKS..


lrhall41

Submitted by on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 23:13

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I have stop my payment and am very discourage. I have been with them for two months. All they where worried about is getting my money. I am a victim of allegro law. I know I won't get my money back they took me for $1010.00 but money is money when you work so hard for it.Thanks to all that responded


lrhall41

Submitted by on Fri, 08/07/2009 - 07:35

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BE AWARE OF DEBT COMPANIES....ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU TO STOP MAKING PAYMENTS TO THE PEOPLE YOU OWE AND TO ONLY PAY THEM IS A BIG NO NO.....THINK ABOUT IT....YOU ARE PAYING SOME PO BOX OUT OF STATE TO "SO CALL HANDLE YOUR FINANCES"...YOU WOULDNT DO YOUR MORTGAGE LIKE THAT?? AND YOU WOULDNT DO YOUR CAR NOTE??...ITS A SCAM...WHY WOULD YOU PAY FOR SERVICES UPFRONT??? WHEN YOU GO GET A HAIR CUT DO PAY BEFORE GETTING IT DONE? IT DOESNT TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO KNOW THAT YOUR CREDITORS HAVE THAT RIGHT TO GET THERE MONEY BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY....ITS IN THE CONTACT WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR THEM......CALL YOUR OWN CREDITORS AND WORK OUT A PAYMENT....THATS ALL WHAT YOU ARE PAYING FOR WHEN YOU DEAL WITH A DEBT COMPANY


lrhall41

Submitted by on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 16:01

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do I repeat DO NOT GO WITH ALLEGRO LAW
IT IS A RIP OFF ROYAL AND THEY ARE IN RECEIVERSHIP
I KNOW I AM ONE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS (WELL I AM NOT GOING TO BE FOR LONG) I SPENT 7,220 AND ONLY 1,2OO WENT TO ONE SETTLEMENT AND I HAVE STILL HAD TO GO TO COURT TWICE WITH NO REPRESENTATION DO NOT DO THIS


lrhall41

Submitted by on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 11:51

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Posted on page 20 on this thread by mgtc36 (reposted by Ric)

I called the Office of the Attorney General in Alabama and was tranfered to Mary Mcklintoc (334)353-1831 (a very nice lady) and she gave me the name and phone number of the Receiver apppointed to handled all the money from Allegro Law's account. His name, phone # and address are below:
Louis Colley, Receiver (334)365-1500 & fax (334) 365-1601
P.O. Box 680840, Prasttville, Alabama 36068
When you call his office his secretary will ask you to fax a brief description of your complaint along with a copy of your contract and a bank statement showing all the payments made to Allegro Law. She will also ask you to mail any additional information pertaining to your case. I called today and she told me that Mr. Colley was in court and that he was going to call me this afternoon. So people, call the Receiver's Office today and give his secreatry your name and fax your information as soon as possible. She told me that even if you have filed a complaint with the Attorney General and the BBB you need to get your information to the receiver beacuse all the infarmation you sent will be kept at those offices for their files and future references and will not be sent to the Receiver's Office due to privicy issues. I called Mary M at the Office of the Attorney General and she confirmed that what I was told was true. So again, I can not stress how important it is to call the Receiver's Office and identify yourself as a victim of Allegro Law. Also, if you have not filed a complaint with the Office of the Attorney General in Alabama, call Mary and she will send you a complaint form along with instructions.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Sat, 08/15/2009 - 03:12

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Post on page 18 of this thread by tom321 (reposted by Ric)


Debt Settlement Attorney Keith Nelms with Allegro Law Gets Sued in Alabama

Posted by Steve Rhode

Action by the Alabama Attorney General this week further highlights the tough stance that law enforcement is taking against debt settlement companies. In this case it is against a lawyer and his related professional companies. This suit might lead other debt settlement attorneys to exit the debt settlement business to prevent the loss of their professional license. The suits and actions we are currently seeing against debt settlement companies are just the tip of the iceberg I predict.

Here is the official press release from the Alabama Attorney General???s office.

The Attorney General???s Office and the Alabama Securities Commission are suing a Prattville attorney and the companies he is operating in what is alleged to be one of the largest debt settlement schemes in the nation involving approximately 15,000 customers and millions of dollars nationwide. Autauga County Circuit Judge Ben Fuller is considering a request to grant a preliminary injunction against defendants Allegro Law LLC, Allegro Financial Services LLC, and Keith Anderson Nelms.

This preliminary injunction would prevent the defendants from continuing to engage in deceptive trade practices and to operate without a license. On June 30, the Attorney General???s Office and the Alabama Securities Commission obtained a temporary restraining order against the defendants??? that stopped the defendants??? conduct, appointed a receiver, and froze the defendants??? assets. A preliminary injunction would ensure that those consumer protections will remain in place.

Nelms is a resident of Montgomery whose law practice and financial services company are located in Prattville.

On its web site, the Allegro law firm offered to negotiate restructured debt plans for clients to pay off its debts, contending that such services provided through an attorney have superior results and are handled in a more ethical and professional manner.

The State???s civil complaint alleges that Allegro promoted a risky practice known as debt settlement, in which consumers stop making monthly payments hoping to encourage creditors to write off the debt, reclassify it as less collectible, and agree to settle for a greatly reduced payment. The complaint states that ???defendants are attempting to gain this benefit by purposefully and artificially lowering creditors??? assessments of the quality of the customer debt, thereby inducing creditors to accept less to settle accounts. The consequence of this lowered credit standing is a lower credit rating for the consumer, more fees for the service provider, less money to the creditor, and more overall problems for the consumer.???

Attorney General King said, ???Alabamians who are suffering hardship and distress during these severe financial times must be protected from exploitation and false solutions that may cause even greater harm. We contend that these defendants were operating a massive scheme that reached across our nation and unscrupulously targeted frightened and desperate consumers. With Alabama???s unemployment rate now at a record 25-year high of 9.8 percent, and many of our people struggling through no fault of their own, this is a particularly contemptible violation, and we will not tolerate it.???

Alabama Securities Director Joe Borg said, ???This is a prime example of the cooperative efforts of agencies to protect the public. It is imperative that we require all companies to abide by the law and do not allow them to take advantage of our citizens. In these hard economic times, with resources scarce, the leveraging of our efforts to help consumers is of the utmost importance.???

According to the complaint, Allegro and Nelms have solicited and obtained clients from all 50 states, many of whom made their selection believing they would be represented by a law firm. However, because Nelms is not licensed to practice law in any state other than Alabama, these consumers were deceived. Furthermore, Alabama consumers who believed they were hiring a law firm to represent them were also deceived, because Nelms and Allegro were actually serving merely as a conduit to refer cases that were handled by a third party, AMERICORP, which is not a law firm. In addition to these deceptive practices, Nelms and Allegro were not licensed by the Securities Commission, as required to conduct debt payment services in Alabama.

The complaint alleges that defendants have violated the Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the Sale of Checks Act. The Alabama Deceptive Trade Practices Act is designed to protect consumers by prohibiting business from committing a variety of deceptive practices including engaging in any ???unconscionable, false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce.??? The complaint alleges that the defendants violated the Deceptive Trade Practices Act as a result of various deceptive business practices and various false, misleading, and deceptive representations made to consumers. Under the Sale of Checks Act, any person engaging in a business that receives money as agent for obligors for the purpose of paying such obligors??? bills, invoices, or accounts must obtain a license from the Commission prior to conducting business in Alabama. The complaint alleges that defendants have breached their statutory duty to obtain a license pursuant to the Sale of Checks Act prior to engaging in the debt payment services business from their office.

The Attorney General???s Office and the Alabama Securities Commission are seeking a permanent injunction, civil penalties, and other relief. The Alabama Deceptive Trade Practices Act authorizes civil penalties of up to $2,000 for each act or practice found to be in violation of the Act.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Sat, 08/15/2009 - 03:15

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Posted by tom321 on page 17 of this thread (reposted by Ric)

State investigates debt payment company

PRATTVILLE -- The Alabama Securities Commission and the attorney general's office are investigating a debt payment company based in Prattville for alleged deceptive trade practices and operating without the proper license.

A civil complaint against Allegro Law LLC, Allegro Financial Services LLC and owner Keith Anderson Nelms was filed in Autauga County Circuit Court last week. Nelms is an attorney who has a law office in Prattville. He faces no criminal charges.

Circuit Judge Ben Fuller froze the as sets of the companies and Nelms' personal bank accounts last week, on the request of the state agencies.

Fuller heard more than five hours of testimony in a hearing Thursday afternoon and likely will decide today if all the assets will remain frozen.

The Securities Commission asserts that Nelms has to be licensed under that agency to handle debt payment activities in the state. Nelms' position is that the Alabama State Bar is the only agency that has the jurisdiction to license attorneys in the state, and the Securities Commission's license isn't necessary.

Nelms is dissolving Allegro Law LLC and attempting to form Allegro Financial LLC, another debt payment company, as its replacement, said his wife, Jennifer Jordan, who is also an attorney and is representing her husband in the matter.

"We applied for a license from the Securities Commission for Allegro Financial, but the process has been halted because of this complaint filed against us," she said. Nelms operated Allegro Law LLC out of his Cobbs Ford Road office in Prattville, the complaint states.

The Securities Commission and the attorney general's office say Allegro Law's clients include more than 15,000 people nationwide and "at least 175 Alabama citizens."

Nelms ran afoul of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act in dealing with his clients, the complaint alleges.

Customers of the business "do not understand how much they are charged in fees by Allegro and do not realize that no payments will be made to the creditors by Allegro until those fees are paid in full," the complaint reads. The complaint continues with "Allegro customers do not understand that they will pay a $25 non-legal set-up fee, a $59 monthly fee and a fee of 16 percent of their total debt enrolled in the program up front, before any payments are made to the creditors by Allegro Law." (THIS BUSINESS MODEL IS JUST INSANE)


According to Jordan, customers were informed of how the debt payment plan works through several sources, including phone calls, letters and a contract they are required to sign before entering the program.

Customers would pay Allegro Law a certain amount each month, and the company would negotiate with creditors on their debt. The money would go into an escrow account until enough funds were accumulated to pay the creditors.

"The attorney general's office is basically saying that Allegro Law isn't a viable business," Nelms said after the hearing. "We performed valuable services for our customers. Many of their accounts were settled for half to 30 percent of what their original debt load was. I say that's a very valuable service for our customers."

In a matter unrelated to the civil complaint, Nelms has agreed to a three-year suspension of his license to practice law in the wake of a complaint filed against him by Chase Financial in New York, based on the activities of Allegro Law. He entered the conditional guilty plea before the Alabama State Bar's disciplinary board June 29, records at the bar show. The board is responsible for regulating actions of attorneys licensed to practice in the state. The Alabama Supreme Court accepted the plea Thursday morning, court documents show.

The suspension goes into effect after the high court's acceptance of the plea, said Jeremy McIntire, assistant general counsel of the Alabama State Bar.

The plea states that Nelms represented himself as an attorney to customers in the debt payment business but is only licensed to practice law in the state of Alabama. The plea also states that Nelms took the 16 percent fee up front, before doing any work on behalf of his customers. Lawyers in Alabama can't accept fees unless they do something to earn them, McIntire said.

Nelms also owns two Steak-Out restaurant franchises in the tri-county area. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the District 7 Montgomery City Council seat in 2003.

The accounts for the restaurants and his law firm also have been frozen. Fuller said he wants to release those accounts as soon as possible, if it is proved that there is no co-mingling of money with the debt payment company accounts. Fuller appointed a receiver to handle the frozen accounts.

"The restaurants and law office have employees who rely on those businesses for a paycheck so they can pay their bills and feed their families," Fuller said at the end of the hearing Thursday. "My position is we need to get the auditing of those accounts completed as quickly as possible, so we can have an absolute minimum impact on the folks who rely on these businesses for their livelihood."

This is all I could find on this. I looked yesterday for Keith Anderson Nelms name in the Alabama Bar association site. His name was there. TODAY it is not there anymore.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Sat, 08/15/2009 - 03:21

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Ric
I spoke to the receiver's office today and was advised to go to Allegrolawclaims.com and scroll down to the bottom find the claims botton and fill out a claim's form and submit it as soon as possible. This form with be sent to the receiver's office. Who is in the prossess of reviewing and determining who and how much the clients of Allegro will be getting. So go to the website, fill out the form and good luck. The secretary also mentioned that they were having trouble with the sent botton, if you don't see one, she said to keep trying, don't give up.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 14:46

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just found out that the only way to file a claim with allegrolawcalims.com is to go to the website and click on contact us and submit your claim. There is no claims form or send botton on the bottom of the site. Also, you can get all the up to date infromation regarding the proceedings.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 15:22

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I went into the 1st American Debt Relief program with Allegro Law Firm over a year ago. It is a NIGHTMARE!!!!!
They took over $6500.00 in fees up front, which I found out is illegal. They have only settled 3 small credit cards. My wages are being garnished with creditors that were supposed to be in my program. Allegro has a law suit against them now with the attorney general, including unlawful acts against citizens. I am trying now to get out of this program. Good luck! :evil:


lrhall41

Submitted by on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 01:13

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becaerfull with allegro law firm they are fishy company that will take your money and lie to you. they already took $300.00 dollars away from me.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:20

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becaerfull with allegro law firm they are fishy company that will take your money and lie to you. they already took $300.00 dollars away from me.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:20

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I really sided up for dept conseling with Allegro law in May09 and they have only made one payment on my credit cards for me. They made my first months payment to my credit cards and the second month, they are subpose to electronicly take out the money from my bank account on the 5th of the month. Well around the 9th they still had not takin the money out of my account so I called and they told me they were under investigation so they weren't making any payments for their clients at this time. They had no clue when they would be able to take things back over. Then the third month, they did take the money out of my accout, but have no made any of my credit card payment and its about time to pay then again. I feel so much more stress being signed up for this program, then I did before! I wouldn't recemend them to anybody!


lrhall41

Submitted by on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 22:05

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Was just informed by the receiver in Prattville Alabama that was appointed by the Alabama Attorney General to take over the
Allegro Law that there will be 2 web sites that will need to be
visited and have your complaint logged. The first one is by the
receiver that is up "allegrolawclaims.com" and there will
be one up soon by the Alabama Court System. Was informed by
the receiver to monitor theirs first to look for the link for the court. Allegro Law is still in litigation until the end of August so keep monitoring this site and the receivers site because it will
be necessary for all parties involved to register on both sites.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 09:02

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DON'T DO IT! Particularly if you're big on customer service or talking to an associate about your account. I can never get ahold of a person. You will be on hold forever and probably not talk to a person.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Thu, 08/27/2009 - 14:51

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Allegro has been taking $ from me for their services, I'm going to stop the withdraws, but how do I get the $ back they already took??


lrhall41

Submitted by on Sat, 08/29/2009 - 08:04

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Anonymous
I am going to go for it. I am currently with a debt company and all they did was lower my interest rate a little. I understand the debt counseling that is out there work with the creditors and not for you. You still have to pay all the interest. With Allegro Law Firm you don't pay the interest just the principal. I will let you know how it works for me.


Anyone that has questions on settlement or debt mangagement needs to research both programs. Many do not realize the damage they are doing to their credit reports by taking the settlement route and can not recover from that decision for years and years to come IF EVER...

The most unbiast advise you'er going to get is from the creditors themselves and would they would be happy to offer their oppinion to help guide you. I can tell you this much, if you have everything you want in life home, car, good paying job and you don't need to rely on your credit score any longer than settle your debt but if you need that good credit score to open new charge cards refinance your home or buy a home and expect to get a anywhere using you credit score and "Settlement" appears on that report or you can forget about it... You're no longer a good risk.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 12:26

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I'm very concerned. Waited on hold for 35 minutes to talk to someone that i find out is only a rep from their processing center, (whatever that is). I currently have 2 summonses against me. When i asked what the status of these summonses were with my creditors, the rep could provide me with no info. lack of info from them is very frustrating!

If i have to find my own lawyer to battle these summons' then what am i paying Allegro for?



Now i find out that there's an action against them, and everything is basically on hold. Funny, they're still taking my $ though. I stopped this months payment and am ready to ask for my $ back. Not even sure if i can get it back from what i read. Starting to feel sorry i ever went with this program. please read updates at allegrolawrecievership.com


lrhall41

Submitted by on Tue, 09/01/2009 - 16:19

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!!!!!!READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ!!!

I believe I just got scamed by Allegro Law. On August 25th I sent in a payment. The monies have not been dispursed. I cannot contact Allegro Law.
At first it was working perfect. They were working back and forth with my creditors. My first payment was dispursed among them. However, now they seem to have disapered


lrhall41

Submitted by on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 12:15

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I am going throught the samething. I dicided to stop payment with my bank and cut my losses. I know it's frustating but allegro law cares about know one but their selfish needs. They tried to take more money from my bank account but I put a stop payment. They will not complain because they know their wrong. I read the papers so I know what going on. if you keep pushing for them to take out money, they will. All their assets are frozzen. so they will take any money they can get. you all must put your foot down and stop this madness. Any money you give them will just deeper in debt. We must stick together.
Sorry
marylou


lrhall41

Submitted by on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 13:46

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DO NOT GO WITH ALLEGRO LAW FIRM!!!! I repeat DO NOT! They are being sued by the state that they are in (ALABAMA) and have been taking money from thousands of people and NOT settling their debts. I am now a year behind on my credit cards and Allegro Law has done nothing the whole year that I have been with them except take 200.00 a month from me. Look them up on line and read all about what a fraud they are.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 08:11

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrys Henderson
Then you are one of the lucky ones. They were put out of business. If you were ripped off by them, file a claim with the Receivership so you can get your money back.
"http://allegrolawreceivership.com/"


Where's the website Chrys? Help


lrhall41

Submitted by on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 16:15

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrys Henderson
Then you are one of the lucky ones. They were put out of business. If you were ripped off by them, file a claim with the Receivership so you can get your money back.
"http://allegrolawreceivership.com/"


Chrys, where do you get your information. The receivership is still running the business as usual. Read the information at the receiverships website. Get you facts straight before you post.

Concerned


lrhall41

Submitted by on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 16:47

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DO NOT USE ALLEGRO LAW!!!!!! They are crooks they have huge fees and did nothing for us, we in fact had to file bankrupcy b/c of them. Never received statements. They took the money out of our account every month but did nothing with it. Creditors were still calling and in fact one file a law suit and the lawyers did nothing. Again DO NOT USE ALLEGRO LAW FIRM FOR ANY REASON


lrhall41

Submitted by on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 18:22

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I was a client of allegro law firm in hopes of getting resolution of debt. First of all credit counseling is the better way to go. With debt settlement your credit score will suffer because you are told not to make any payments to those companies. With counseling you work out a payment plan- with debt settlement you pay into escrow and when you have reached a certain amount then they negotiate terms which may or may not saye you money.
allegro law is in receivership- i have been trying to get out of my contract - my credit has been badly damaged and I do not recommend going this route at all.... By the way did you know you can negotiate terms with the credit card companies yourself? Give it a try- i did- i did better than Allegro did. Best of luck


lrhall41

Submitted by on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 07:57

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Anonymous
Does anyone have a copy of the complaint that was filed against them.


You can get one at the Alabama AG's website.

To the poster who said they were on hold for two hours before talking with a live person at Allegro, try reading the rest of the thread and see if that explains it.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Sun, 09/20/2009 - 18:02

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