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Since we have a large ad in the yellow pages, we get a lot of phone calls with people looking for an attorney to help them with their particular legal situation. I received a call this morning from a person that had purchased spoiled chicken from a store and they wanted to see what they could do about it. I’m sure there is some attorney out there that would go after the store’s insurance company to get a small settlement out of it but we aren’t in the business of encouraging lawsuits when there doesn’t need to be one. She didn’t get violently ill, she didn’t go to the hospital or have outrageous medical bills. She said she spit out the chicken as soon as she realized it was spoiled. I told her that I didn’t think it was worth it for her to contact an attorney and at this point she still might do it but I hope that at the very least she thinks about it. We normally receive requests that are very legitimate and that actually require the legal expertise of an attorney. I’m happy to give those referrals to our Certified Ethical attorneys. All I ask is that you think about your situation before thinking that you’re going to get some money out of a store just because someone didn’t check the expiration date. I’ll bet that you could easily go down to the store, show them the spoiled chicken and they would most likely give you your money back and a free chicken. That sounds like a good deal to me. Please contact AttorneyGuide.com, LLC (www.attorneyguide.com), the only resource that provides Certified Ethical Attorneys to the public.

I’m not even going to say the name of the firm that is advertising this on their tv spots. I’m personally disgusted by this. Supposedly the law firm is bringing in tons of new clients as a result of their claim that they will help you with your mortgage. I personally have experienced hardships with work and had to make some sacrifices in order to pay my mortgage. I didn’t go out looking for a handout and I certainly didn’t try to find a way to screw my bank. “But the banks have so much money”, I hear people saying. Guess what, it hurts you and I far more than it hurts the bank. When I went to refinance my home and try to take advantage of the historically low interest rates, the comparisons used for my appraisals were homes that people were walking away from and that brought the values down by another 15%. I had to come up with another 15% just to be able to refinance. Are there some people that need to walk away from their homes because of a lost job or misfortune? Of course there are. The troubling thing is that Las Vegas attorneys are taking advantage of this and encouraging others that are able to pay their mortgages to also walk away from their home. When you sign the papers on your home you are expected to pay for that loan, plain and simple. It’s a moral requirement for you to do so. That may mean you don’t go out to fancy restaurants every weekend. You may actually have to budget or make some sacrifices. That’s what you’re supposed to do when things get tight around the home. Please, if you’re considering not paying your mortgage but you have the ability to do so with some financial maneuvering, think twice about it. You aren’t just hurting the banks, you’re hurting your neighbors, your family and your friends. Don’t let this firm benefit from their deceit.