Mages & Price LLC CFPB Complaints

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Date Received Timely Response Product Issue State / Zip Submitted Via Tags
02/09/2017 Yes
  • Debt collection
  • Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
  • False statements or representation
  • Attempted to collect wrong amount
  • IL
  • 60613
Web Servicemember
Collection agency Mages & Price mailed a notice around XX/XX/XXXX that their client ( attorney XXXX of XXXX Law ) was requesting payment for legal services totaling {$680.00} or they would obtain a judgment against me. I found this a very strange & incorrect payment request since I had prepaid ( advance retainer ) over {$10000.00} for legal services. I notified XXXX and Mages & Price by voice, fax, & mail multiple times ( XX/XX/XXXX & XX/XX/XXXX & XX/XX/XXXX ) about the ongoing billing dispute and that : XXXX 's invoice balance was incorrect ; checks for {$3500.00} ( XX/XX/XXXX ) and {$1300.00} ( XX/XX/XXXX ) were not accounted for in the billing ; plus I was due a refund from the remaining balance of the client funds. Furthermore, XXXX charged me ~ {$9000.00} for reading case material After the case was closed. XXXX and Mages & Price refused to reply to my communications ; failed to validate the debt, ignored my requests for detailed invoices & Client Funds Trust Account reconciliation to find a solution. Our business relationship had been over for almost a year & XXXX had failed to return my moneys. In addition XXXX kept secret ( hidden ) from me that she received a refund of {$3500.00} for services performed by 3rd party vendor XXXX XXXX. The {$3500.00} was supposed to be returned to me but XXXX decided to stop sending account statements once she received the funds in XX/XX/XXXX ; less than one month prior Mages & Price 's collection letter. Mages & Price and XXXX XXXX refused to reply to my written disputes & requests for a review of the client fund account balance ; for the disclosure of what happened to the checks of {$3500.00} and {$1300.00} & for restatement of XXXX XXXX 's billing invoice. As an accountant, I even identified to them the booking errors XXXX had performed. In XX/XX/XXXX, prior to collection agency Mages & Price contacting me, I notified the attorney XXXX of her billing errors and asked her to review the billing fees she had invoiced me. In addition, I asked XXXX to reconcile my client account with the client funds she had received from me or in my behalf against her chargeable billing fees. Despite my requests for an account reconciliation and itemized statements, XXXX refused to provide me with such. This was an intentional deviation from her fiduciary duties to her client, the professional code of conduct, and from the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission ( ARDC ) Client Trust Account Handbook. Even after receiving the {$3500.00} that was public knowledge since XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX refused to update or review her billings. XXXX refused to search her records for ( XXXX ) unreported checks of {$3500.00} and {$1300.00} totaling {$4800.00}. XXXX deducted her {$1.00} fees from my funds ; in addition she received the {$1300.00} also as a duplicate payment via check in XX/XX/XXXX, she refused to properly process or acknowledge my client funds. Instead of seeking conclusion of this matter through the XXXX arbitration committee, XXXX via her collection agency filed a small claims court complaint that I owed her {$680.00}. Upon the first day of trial, XXXX disclosed that she failed to report checks totaling {$3500.00} and {$1300.00}. Although, I filed a counter-claim against XXXX 's original fraudulent and false claim, the court ruled that XXXX should deduct her attorney fees from the client 's funds trust account and refund me the remaining balance. Mages & Price was properly informed of the issues ; they intentionally continued to proceed without doing their due diligence or complying with their code of conduct, deliberately destroying my livelihood as a finance professional. This is like thieves getting mad because they got caught & you as the victim getting penalized for speaking up against
06/09/2017 Yes
  • Debt collection
  • Other debt
  • False statements or representation
  • Attempted to collect wrong amount
  • IL
  • 60613
Web Servicemember
Debt collecting law firm Mages & Price ( M & P ) is a repeat offender in CFPBs files. M & P is comparable to the defendant : CFPB v. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX , XXXX , N.D Ohio e.d. M & Ps website offers debt collector services ( Ex. 1-9 ) ; M & P, Price, Mages, XXXX XXXX failed to comply with the industry standards. M & P, attorneys XXXX XXXX & XXXX XXXX , mailed a notice with the XXXX date stamp XX/XX/XXXX that their client XXXX XXXX was requesting payment for legal services totaling {$3700.00} & if I didnt pay, M & P would obtain a judgment against me ( Ex. 10 ). I found this a very strange & incorrect payment request because I had prepaid ( paid for services in advance ) {$10000.00} for legal services. I notified XXXX & /or her collection agency M & P by voice, fax, and mail multiple times ( XX/XX/XXXX ; XX/XX/XXXX ; XX/XX/XXXX ) that the invoice balance was incorrect ( Ex.11-13 ) ; that a refund for XXXX XXXX .- by XXXX XXXX Talk Sense was not accounted for in the Client Funds Trust Account according to court records ; plus I was due a refund from the remaining balance of the client funds. I even identified to them the billing errors XXXX had performed. XXXX and M & P failed their fiduciary duty, refused to reply to my communications, failed to validate debt, ignored my requests for detailed invoices & Client Funds Trust Account reconciliation to find a solution. I immediately informed XXXX of the ongoing billing dispute since XXXX & requested accurate & complete statements that XXXX refused to provide. I also informed them that XXXX rendered false invoice balances & owed me a refund. M & P failed to confirm XXXX debt claim & filed a law suit without further notice. Hubbards invoices exclude my client funds but include inflated time charged & commingled charges for another client. XXXX started her collection efforts shortly after receipt of refund for me of {$3500.00} by 3rd party vendor XXXX XXXX Mediation services on XX/XX/XXXX ( court document, Ex.14-16 ), while hiding the refund from me & the court by rendering incomplete & inaccurate account statements with her claim. The declaration dtd. XX/XX/XXXX by attorneys XXXX XXXX & XXXX XXXX dispute receiving correspondence regarding the {$3500.00} refund from XXXX or XXXX ( Ex.17-18 ). XXXX is a scrupulous lawyer who abused me as a client & continued after the relationship had ended via a fraudulent claims lawsuit ( Ex.19 ). XXXX even made a fraudulent settlement offer that understated unaccounted client funds by {$1300.00} ( Ex.20 ). Upon the first day of trial, XXXX disclosed that she failed to account client funds : {$3500.00} and {$1300.00}. The court ruled that XXXX should deduct her attorney fees from the clients funds trust account & refund me the remaining balance ( Ex.21-22 ). Worst of all, a number of peer review articles cover XXXX sub-par legal services ( Ex.23-28 ) that included her forcing me to sign away my rights after a ~14 hour mediation marathon that failed to include agreed on contractual points that my > {$200000.00} legal costs would have been covered. This is like someone stealing money from you and the thieves getting mad because they got caught and you as the victim getting penalized for speaking out about it.
12/09/2016 Yes
  • Debt collection
  • Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
  • Disclosure verification of debt
  • Right to dispute notice not received
  • IL
  • 60189
Web
I was not advised this debt was in collections. No one called me and I did not receive anything in the mail. I do not feel I owe this to the provider.
10/03/2016 Yes
  • Debt collection
  • Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
  • Improper contact or sharing of info
  • Talked to a third party about my debt
  • CA
  • 95823
Web
11/11/2015 Yes
  • Debt collection
  • Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
  • Disclosure verification of debt
  • Right to dispute notice not received
  • TX
  • 78220
Web
10/05/2015 No
  • Debt collection
  • Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
  • Disclosure verification of debt
  • Right to dispute notice not received
  • TX
  • 78220
Web
02/25/2015 No
  • Consumer Loan
  • Installment loan
  • Taking out the loan or lease
  • IL
  • 60657
Web