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Shocker, another Vegas Attorney is in trouble for stealing money from their clients. Las Vegas lawyer Lynn Shoen is the one being referenced here today.  How many articles do we need to reference before the public understands that there are shady lawyers out there that are willing to throw away their career because of greed and their inability to control themselves.  It makes me sick that the State Bar of Nevada isn’t doing more to educate the public about unscrupulous attorneys in Nevada.  This again is the reason why AttorneyGuide.com was created.  The term Ethical actually means something when you practice law and I implore each and every one of you to ask your attorney if they have proof of their ethical standing.  If not, choose someone else.  We have many attorney on our website that have gone through the process and allowed us to do a very thorough background check on their firm.  Please go to www.attorneyguide.com and do a search for an attorney today.  Check to see if your current lawyer is Certified Ethical.  If they aren’t, tell them that they need to contact us right away.  Thanks very much.

Here’s the link to the article.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/mar/22/court-wants-stiffer-penalty/

I ask that I remain anonymous but I wanted to share my experiences with Haines and Kreiger in Las Vegas. Here’s the e-mail that was sent to AttorneyGuide.com.

Thank you for your prompt response. I went to Haines & Kreiger when working with Citi Mortgage trying to get my mortgage payment reduced. They were supposedly working with me and then one day after I spoke to someone there and was gathering more information they slapped foreclosure paper on me.
When going to Haines & Krieger I was informed that the only way to stop this was to go into Chapter 13. I did so. Since I have retained them I have been misinformed frequently and it is a constant battle to get anyone on the phone or to return an e-mail or phone message. I have in writing things that I was told to do and then out of no where no warning I would get documents from the courts. For example: I was told by David Kreiger that my first payment to the trustee was Sept 8th I made the payment and continued making payments. I was late on making one of my payments and all of a sudden I get a notice of a hearing and my Chapter 13 was being dismissed, once again getting no cooperation from my attorneys, I did some research and found out the reason was because of non-payment of August payment. I have in writing from Haines & Kreiger that I was not to worry about the payment they would take care of it. There are 3 or 4 more things that follow this.
The problem right now that I am having is that financial problems have caused me not to be able to make my June payment and there was a hearing last week. I have left e-mails and phone messages regarding what will happen and if I can make the payments this week can I get reinstated. NOTHING, not a return message no response. The only time I ever get anything out of them is when I get angry and then very little. My future is on the line here and I need to know if I have any grounds for malpractice. I have paid them $2000.00 up front and they take the balance in the payments. If you need more information please let me know.