Foreclosure Attorney Foreclosed From Practice

An attorney who was paid approximately $600,000 over a four-year period to front for an entity that “helped” people facing foreclosure has been suspended for six months without automatic reinstatement by the Indiana Supreme Court.

The attorney accepted a standard $150 fee to delay foreclosure for close to 4000 vulnerable clients and used a “one size its all” approach to the matters. He never met the clients or responded to their legal needs.

In one example cited in the court’s opinion, the attorney failed to pursue the fact that the clients were not, in fact, behind on their payments.

Rather than serve the particularized needs of his clients, the attorney merely served as a vehicle to allow the “foreclosure assistance” entities to engage in the unauthorized practice of law. (Mike Frisch)