3 /5 Gabby Mott: While the overall bankruptcy process was OK, i learned a lot with my experience with this firm.
#1 Communication was my biggest pain point and it needs to be worked on throughout the firm - I called on multiple occasions & the front desk stated they didn’t have access to Ms. Robert’s schedule, just that she was currently on the phone and would notate that i requested a callback. To add to that, i understand that my case is not the one and only & Ms. Roberts works on many simultaneously, but there was one instance where a call was setup for reaffirmation questions, within the first 5 minutes the call dropped - i immediately called back, but per front desk she was already on the phone, they notated my file - and i also wrote on the portal stating i had questions on the process and never heard back to address my questions, only received the document a few weeks later.
#2 Expectations regarding payment - when we did our consultation, we were told there would be a retainer fee + 3 installments. The only way we were ever notified to pay was via LawPay, where the link to pay the retainer came from, and the link to pay the first installment came from. After that, we never received another link to pay until closer to our “expected discharge” date, and while we agreed to make these installments, the expectation was set in the way we received these emails and were never told otherwise. I thought perhaps it was only when she was in our file that she would send an invoice, or whenever they were ready for payment. So we ended up “missing” a deadline for our certificates and our date got pushed back because they didn’t receive the certificates in time even though they were submitted 2 months in advance. However, the legal assistant told me that they were not filed by the deadline because we had a balance at the deadline date - so my advice MAKE. SURE. That you have clear understanding and what the expectations are of you on your end before assuming. - advice for the customer, but also advice for the firm - to make it more clear for young, first timers experiencing this like me.
We are now discharged & i do not regret the experience, but i wish that the communication and expectations were more firm than what they were.