frederick law group - what is going on with this law group?

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I've heard of Richard Brennan / Frederick Law Group, but have no experience with them. I'm sure others will be around shortly to give their feedback.

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well i did some digging on the company and i did find this posted on their site if it helps at all. Also they had some good info on debtors rights. This is what they say concerning those outside the maryland area. In this they do not claim to consolidate, but rather to negotiate with your creditors then you pay them.

For Those Outside Maryland:

Our skilled attorneys and paralegals negotiate settlements on your outstanding debt when you cannot afford to pay what is due each month, but do not want to file bankruptcy. For IRS tax actions, with proper documentation and payment we are typically able to remove levies and garnishments within 24 hours. In either situation we can get you back on track and eliminate your debts, legally and permanently.

We negotiate settlements on debt outside the bankruptcy context. The advantages are that you pay less than the face amount of your debt.
The negatives typically can include: negative marks on your credit, going through the collections process up to and including lawsuits, closing all your open accounts.

If you already are more than 60 days behind on your bills or are already in collections, typically settlements have very little impact upon your credit. The benefits of settlement over bankruptcy typically are: paying less than what you owe, no reporting to the court, not having to meet statutory minimum amounts of property to keep, not having to sell your assets, typically being completed in 36 months.

We encourage you to explore ALL your options before deciding what is best for your unique situation.

When you choose to settle your debt, we recommend you set up your own savings account to deposit a monthly amount as we have reviewed in your budget. Saving in this account lets you accumulate money for settlement. We may also be able to assist you in setting up a special purpose bank account that you own in order to better facilitate you saving for settlement. We then negotiate settlements on your accounts. Each settlement reached is reviewed with you to make sure you wish to accept that settlement and that you are able to meet its terms.
Dont know if this helps or not, hopefully I understood this right and it gives some insight.
Chin up

I don't understand why the phones are not working but the fax number is still accepting faxes.
I dont think the workers are dis honest as they have done a great job for me. I do think the main problem lies with the top officers of this company. :D

I was with Credicure who then was taken over by Richard Brennan who now has been taken over by the Frederick Law Group and unfortunately...NONE of my debts have been taken care of. I had two creditors sue me and garnish my wages and take my bank accounts. The sad thing is that one of my debts was for 5500 and I had 6500 in my "special account" and they STILL did nothing for me. They were "working on it". I can't get my paralegal or his assistant to call me back when I leave messages. I can't get anyone to e-mail me and they also IGNORE my faxes!!! I am now looking at bankruptcy!! I thought when the Frederick Law Group took over things would get better as far as communication but NO LUCK!!!! I can't even get my questions answered and am in the dark about my accounts! STAY AWAY FROM THEM!!!! The debt settlement they talk about only completely ruins your credit, gets your wages garnished and your accounts frozen (then subsequently taken in 90 days because they STILL couldn't settle your debt!). I have NOTHING good to say about them and advise you to RUN!!!!

Sad to say I was also hooked by them believing that it will solve my debt issues. Can we do anything to get our money back? I hope you keep me posted with whatever you guys are planning to do so we could join our forces.

I am going through the exact same thing with them.
I contacted CCC in October and first Capital Law Group had my accounts and now Frederick Law Group (Brennan) has it. Their phones don't work, they don't return emails, and they won't give me a balance. They also tried to take a double payment out of my account. So now what it going on with you and the contacts that you made. I contacted CCC of Pittsburgh when I first began this in October.
Thanks, Stacey

My name is Greg
I was a para legal for Richard Brennan
for the lase 2 years or so
I was layed off last month.
For clients that i have delt with in the past
that have my cell and e mail
Please stop e mailing and calling me
I cant help you I just worked for Mr Brennan
I can tell you e mail is the best way to reach them
again I wish i could do some thing moore for you
but due to the fact i and sevrel people were let go
there is nothing i can do

Good luck
Greg

It seems that we have all fallen victim to the same scam. I was assured that money was sent to creditors in a settlement agreement, but now it looks as though it never happened. I have been battling with company for some time now, I asked to have the balance of my account sent to help settle an account at that when it had been completed that I would sever all ties with them. Well guess what it never happened. Don't fall victim to this company no matter what they promise. There attorney Richard Brennan is to blame as is Dustin Harkness who likes to blow a huge smoke screen and do nothing.

We've been "working" with FLG since Aug 2007. Reaching anyone via phone is a joke. I don't believe they respond to messages "in the order received." I think they delete them all. As far as email is concerned...what a joke. We will be sending a certified, registered letter to Brennan and if there is no response in a reasonable amount of time we will be reporting them to the BBB & MD AG office. In addition, we will be start the process to recoup monies sent to them in good faith. The only good thing that has come of working with FLG is that the calls have, for the most part, stopped, for now. If anyone is aware of a class action suit against FLG for clients outside MD, please post info.

I too, have been taken by FLG. Things were fine and dandy until I cancelled my account last week, as nothing was being done to my debts, but now they won't respond to any email and the phone number just rings and rings with no answer. Oh, and check out the BBB report on them...........not pretty at all. I am sorry I ever got involved with this, I thought I was doing the right thing...but now I am filing bankruptcy.

I would suggest everyone who was ripped off by the infamous Richard Brennan to please contact Maryland's State Attorney General.

Maryland Attorney General contact info

Consumer Protection Division
Consumer hotline:
(410) 528-8662
Mon-Fri 9 am-3 pm

Attorney General's
Main Switchboard
Toll-free 1-888-743-0023


File a complaint with the Attorney Grievance Commission: 410-514-7051
File a complaint with the Client Protection Fund Contact Information

Mailing & Shipping Address:
2011 Commerce Park Drive
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Phone & Fax Numbers:
410-260-3635 - Phone
410-260-3636 - Fax
MD AG 301-791-4780
301-722-2000

When one takes into account the amount of time these complaints have gone on, and one considers that the law office is still in business, I think it fair to say that perhaps alot of these claims are erroneous, at best, or just plain lies, at worst.

No , these people are correct. Frederick Law Group, LLC has a horrible track record. Richard Brennan ripped people of when he did credit counseling with CrediCure and he is ripping off people of now in debt settlement with Frederick Law Group, LLC. Look them up on the BBB and read for yourself his horrible track record.

It's possible. But, Credicure and the Frederick Law Group aren't the same company, are they?

I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING TO JOIN FORCES WITH OTHERS TO FIGHT AGAINST FLG. I WILL BE CHECKING THIS EVERYDAY! SO PLEASE POST IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND WE WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER OUTSIDE OF THIS!!!! STRONGER IN NUMBERS IS BEST. LETS FIGHT THIS!!!!

They are both affiliated with the most infamous rip off lawyer ever. That would the the wonderful Richard A Brennan

I've had settlements paid by Frederick Law Group. Why wasn't I ripped off?

There is a ton of complaints of this company.It used to be called Law offices of Richard A. Brennan .By the way Richard Brennan has a class action lawsuit against him and I can't wait to see him lose. Perhaps we will even get to see him disbarred.

What would Jesus do?

Sounds to me like someone has a bee in their bonnet and are just wanting to stir some shit. I hardly think that Richard A.Brennan has earned the rank of "most infamous" ever. What about Johnny Cochran or Robert Kardashian? They got a murderer off! Robert Kardashian made up for it though by making such hot daugters...

Yeah , but Johnny Cochran or Robert Kardashian didn`t take advantage of people desperate for help and defraud people of their hard earned money.

No, they did something worse. They helped to defraud America of it's values. You can't put a price on that.

They helped to defraud America of it's values. Sean , I hardly think they defrauded American values. That is completely different. Cochran or Robert Kardashian didn't commit fraud. Even scum bag murders like OJ are allowed legal representation . You may not like it but thats how our judicial system works dude. Read the US Bill of Rights. Its not a perfect system but thats how our system works and its the best system being used right now. Richard A Brennan knowingly defrauded people needing debt help. He offered them hope and instead he gave them misery .They trusted him with their hard earned money and he took their money with no intentions of helping them. Thats called fraud and that is why he is having a class action law suite against him. Cochran or Robert Kardashian didn`t have legal trouble with the Maryland state attorney general or any attorney general for that matter. Also they have never had to worry about being disbarred unlike Brennan. That the difference , Brennan broke the law where as Cochran or Robert Kardashian didn`t.

How did he defraud people? If people cancel a program before paying the fees they contracted for, how is that a fraud? What about the people who just signed things without reading them first? Is that his fault? I think alot of people are just mad because their debt didn't disappear, and they're impatient. It took me 4 years for my debt to get settled, and I had to pay $5,000 up front, $500 a month until it was paid off. I didn't whine or complain. I read the contract, asked the right questions, and knew what I was getting into. Maybe that's why it worked for me? The real frauds are the credit card companies who loan millions of dollars in bad debt to people that they know can never repay it. It's coming home to roost now, and it'd not bother me to see a few of these holier than thou companies get their whatfer.

More shills to argue with! :lol: :lol: This person has too many complaints to bother counting.

how long before mr brennan moves on to another
debtsettlement scam company?

In response to "CommonSense".........you must work for Brennan and/or Frederick Law Group. If you don't work for them, just try them out for debt relief and see how far you get! You will be singing a different tune, I guarentee!!

I use to work for FLG a while back. Whats good Greg! I must say they are some crooks and if you sign with them its your loss. Richard and Ryan can kiss my ass.

Has anyone who has had dealings with FLG and tried to cancell there contract,been told that you will have to pay for services they say they have already done?

Don't pay them squat.
Frederick Law Group, LLC or AKA Law Office of Richard A. Brennan
is a rip off. They have a class action law suit against them and has the Maryland AG coming after them.

Do you think they can help me clear up some back child support?

WOW! It's all the same story we have. I finally decided to see if there were any complaints against this horrible company and found plenty that match us exactly. The double bank drafts, phones that don't work, acct transferred to top firm paralegal Dustin Harkness. No one responding to my emails and when they do, they never give me an answer. They just say they will review the account and get back with me next week and they are sorry about the inconvience. I am so frustrated. How do these people sleep at night knowing what they are doing to families. They have emailed our personal info to another client in error and they even sent me a "please come back" package last week and charged me $0.59 postage that I had to pay the post office. Charles Bridges was our assigned paralegal and never responds to our emails. I would love to actually get to speak with someone there to tell them exactly what I think but no one ever answers the phone. Not a big suprise to anyone else I guess. And what is with the message from Greg. Shouldn't a paralegal know how to spell. Maybe he was laid off for actually helping people. I hope the Frederick Law Group is in a Class Action Suit and I hope I am front and center to get my money and to spit in the face of everyone that works there. Lets watch them crumble as they have watched us. It would be an awsome bonus to see a little jail time for them too. Thanks for your helpful info. I will now be emailing my "paralegal Dustin Harkness" to cancel.

I've worked with Mr.Harkness in the past and never had any problems. I also worked with Greg Pierce, who crude though he was, was helpful as well.

I worked with Greg too! Though his spelling was kind of bad, he was good at making me feel better when I called and he did settle a Chase account while he was assigned to me.

After closing our account with Fredericks because the creditors they were supposed to be helping with garnished my wages, I closed the account. They told me it would take 14 days to issue my refund check. After a month of threatening them, I got a check. IT BOUNCED!!!!!!!

I was a client of Capital Law & now Frederick's Law Group. They have more than 1,000 of my money & never paid off my debts! They never return my calls or emails. Has anyone ever gotten their money back?

I was client of Capitol as well & now Frederick. They have scammed me out of $2300. I spoke with a Charmaine Palmer when I called never to speak with her again & not to mention my emails go unanswered. I wonder if the employees know whats going on in this company? I'm sure they receive calls nonstop & to think they don't ask questions, how dumb can one be. It seems like all the people working there are in on it also. I hope they know they do not have stable position within this company, all good things will come to a end. Dustin's voicemail says he is on a extended leave, REALLY?!. This is BS!

You need to file a complaint with the Maryland Attorney General.

Quest Debt Negotiators...it says it on the voicemail when you call Frederick Law Group!email deleted per TOS rules paulmergel

stop giving out your email.i for one am sickened that this is happening.maybe everyone who filed a complaint and suit should inform the authorities of this.just a thought.

it was a link actually. I have filed the proper complaints, now I have to wait like the rest.

really?that is unfortunate.if you could post it again i will leave it.i actually thought you were that man.sorry.

Brennan took $7,000.00 of my money. I thought he was paying my debts, but now my credit it ruined. After almost two years, I finally got someone to send me a 600.00 check from some office that claimed to be part of his practice...but it bounced!! I found out it is a felony to bounce a check of this amount. Anybody heard anything about the law suit against him? I have filed complaints with everyone I can think of in Maryland. I have hired a lawyer to sue him.

Just checked the BBB and FLG is not currently rated.
I have been served with a summons which is a total surprise since I have been paying FLG for almost 2 years and have FAXed all current copies. Oh Boy.
Now you say say the AG is going after him, Richard A. Brennan.
I haven't received a statement from Bank of America either. Everyone I know has been telling me this is a scam. I was hoping, after 18 months it wasn't. Why isn't Consumer credit counseling responisble. THEY sent me to this guy!

My story is just like everyone elses. Started with CrediCure, then transfered to Brennan and now fighting iwth Fredrick Law Group. I have continously asked them to pay accounts with the money that they have in my so called trust account. They will not return my call, and the one they did try to settle they bounced the check and the account has almost doubled because of it. These people need to be stoped. I have contacted the attorney general, Better Business Bureau.
I contaccted the Maryland Bar Associationa and OAG.
I feel really sorry for anyone that is involved with this Law Group. They collect your money and then never call you or your cerditors.

THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME TO METRO LAW GROUP...

metrolawinc.com :shock:

They are still allowed to take clients?!?! WOW!!! I am one of the plaintiffs in the class action against Brennan, his malpractice insurance is paying a settlement of 215,000 to be split between WELL OVER 600 plaintiffs, which means that no one will be getting what Brennan owes them. I can't even fathom how it is that this guy still has his law license, is still accepting clients, and is still ripping people off!! The lawsuit started two years ago, the Maryland AG is well aware of this guy's track record (the AG's Consumer Protection Division is in charge of paying the plaintiffs in the class action suit), and yet Brennan still hasn't been disbarred? This isn't going to end until everyone who has been screwed over by Brennan and his cronies throws a great big fit. If you've been robbed by this guy, as I have, tell everyone who will listen. File a complaint with the Maryland AG, with the state's attorney grievance board, with the BBB, call the AG in your own state, and then call CNN and your local news media to see if they will cover this. I have already done so, and I think the only reason this guy is still tricking people into giving him their money is because this scam artist hasn't been covered in the media. This is a matter of interest to any American who has any debt at all, and in these rough economic times that is just about everyone. Kick, scream and throw a fit until this matter gets the national attention it deserves!! This guy needs not only to be disbarred, he needs to be in PRISON!!!

Effective January 28, 2009, Brennan no longer gets to pretend to be an attorney!!!! I hope they throw him in prison too. And just so you know, he was not the only attorney at fault here, so now they need to nail his partners. I read on another thread here that Michael Metzner is also associated with Brennan and may be running the same sort of scam. I just talked to Metzner's office last week looking for help with the debt Brennan left me with... so glad I checked it out first. He's actually listed in our PHONE BOOK under CCCS!!!!

Contact:

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