shocktroop
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A finance company won a judgment in the amount of $5,306 against me regarding an old unpaid debt. Unfortunately I was the victim of a loan scam and got held responsible for the debt. Regardless, they won, I lost, let's move on.
After unsuccessful attempts to make an arrangement with the plaintiffs lawyer, I contacted plaintiff directly. To make a long story short; the law firm lost the case documents during a breakup of the partners. I got sick of waiting around to get this debt paid so I contacted the plaintiff directly and made arrangements.
As of NOV 06 I have been making monthly payments to the plaintiff per a written agreement. I have done so diligently.
Just recently I received an "Information Subpoena with Restraining Notice". The document is not signed by a court or even the lawyer who sent it. It's demanding financial information from me, which I don't feel comfortable providing for privacy reasons. I also don't like the idea of being forced to what is the equivalent of testifying against myself. Frankly I don't trust this law firm. It's more like a collection agency masked as a law firm. They're scum of the industry and give lawyers a bad reputation, if you catch my drift?
I contacted the plaintiff directly and I was informed by them that the lawyer is no longer retained by them and they have no idea what the lawyer is doing.
I get the feeling that the lawyer hasn't been paid their legal fees by their former client, which was included into the final judgment amount. Also the amount shown owed is the original judgment, void of any payments I've made. The subpoena lists the plaintiff's name as if the lawyer is still working for the plaintiff, which is obviously false. Something just seems suspicious about this whole thing.
1) Must I comply with this?
2) Is this ethical? If not, can I contact some type of ethical board regarding this mater?
Note that this judgment occurred in NY. I am now stationed in Texas serving in the Army. I don't know what implications exist because of the different states.
Thank you for your advice...
After unsuccessful attempts to make an arrangement with the plaintiffs lawyer, I contacted plaintiff directly. To make a long story short; the law firm lost the case documents during a breakup of the partners. I got sick of waiting around to get this debt paid so I contacted the plaintiff directly and made arrangements.
As of NOV 06 I have been making monthly payments to the plaintiff per a written agreement. I have done so diligently.
Just recently I received an "Information Subpoena with Restraining Notice". The document is not signed by a court or even the lawyer who sent it. It's demanding financial information from me, which I don't feel comfortable providing for privacy reasons. I also don't like the idea of being forced to what is the equivalent of testifying against myself. Frankly I don't trust this law firm. It's more like a collection agency masked as a law firm. They're scum of the industry and give lawyers a bad reputation, if you catch my drift?
I contacted the plaintiff directly and I was informed by them that the lawyer is no longer retained by them and they have no idea what the lawyer is doing.
I get the feeling that the lawyer hasn't been paid their legal fees by their former client, which was included into the final judgment amount. Also the amount shown owed is the original judgment, void of any payments I've made. The subpoena lists the plaintiff's name as if the lawyer is still working for the plaintiff, which is obviously false. Something just seems suspicious about this whole thing.
1) Must I comply with this?
2) Is this ethical? If not, can I contact some type of ethical board regarding this mater?
Note that this judgment occurred in NY. I am now stationed in Texas serving in the Army. I don't know what implications exist because of the different states.
Thank you for your advice...
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