Platinum Law Group Overview
Platinum Law Group has a 0-star rating, derived from feedback provided by 33 customers. In the Lawyers and Legal Services category, it secures the 24th position out of 698 companies.
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Contact Information
Website
www.platinumlawgroup.com
Phone
(877) 734-3033
Address
9595 Wilshire Blvd Suite 900, Beverly Hills, CA, 90212
Platinum Law Group Reviews
Anonim
Terrible
I was in a car accident in February & the lawyer we had passed our case to another lawyer because he couldn't represent us & the driver & that lawyer dropped our case too. My niece did find Platinum & they took her son case & then mine a week later. So I have a case going on now with Platinum & my lawyer NEVER communicates with me but he'll communicate with my niece who wasn't even there or in the car at the time of the accident her 10 yr old son was in the car with me. I call my lawyer leave messages & he never return my calls. I find out about my case through other family members because my niece & her three kids moved out of my one bedroom apt & we don't speak no more. So she telling everybody what the lawyer says I call him & the *** she be saying is true, AFTER I already called & asked him not to discuss my part of the case with nobody but me, cause I know they not making the same offer to me as they making to my nephew. How he calling my niece with an offer but not me?????? & I went to the Er & finished therapy & I don't eant to keep changing lawyers.
Melanie
Platinum Law Group - Criminals
I too was taken by the scam that Platinum Law group promises to modify your loan throught the Making Homes afforable program. They take your money upfront (should have been my first warning) and then don't do anything, they won't answer your emails, phone calls and if they do they tell you that you have to request a refund by letter, I did and no repsonse what so ever. The take innocent people for alot of money, they need to be held accountable we work hard for our money and they take it and do absoltuely nothing. Criminals!
Callan
Platinum law group scammed my money for loan modification
Jerry Stevenson has already been taken to court by California State Bar Association. To include your complaint/claim check their web site, type in Jerry Stevenson name and you can read entire 20 page hearing report. I am going to send an additional complaint to Jean Cha, the counsel for the State Bar, and hope they will consider additional charges against him. He has been suspended from practicing law in Calif for six (6) months but I don't think that is enough. I'm guessing that won't stop him from continuing to take advantage of others. He has been forced by the court to repay some of his other "clients" and been credited with being remorseful. If he is truly remorseful he will return everyone's money to them. Maybe more of us need to join together and demand our money back, additionally he should also pay any court and attorney costs. I hope Jean Cha will be the person to open the door to a refund.
reydelro
Total scam for loan modification took $1980.00 from me.
PLG DID NOT RETURN MY $1980.00 FEES FOR LOAN MODIFICATION WITH PROVIDENT FUNDING, I WAS DENIED TWICE ALREADY. ACCORDING TO THEIR CONTRACT GUARANTEED TO GET MY MONEY BACK. I TRIED TO CALL THEIR JAY JACKSON DOESN'T REPLIED TO MY CALL. I REPORTED TO FTC ALREADY. I DON'T WHY THEY STILL EXISTING I READ SO MANY COMPLAINTS ALREADY AND I AM ONE OF THOSE *** GUT SCAMED BY THEM . NOW I'LL TRY TO GO ATTY. GENERAL OFFICE IF THEY CAN SHUT DOWN THE PLACE .I READ SO MANY COMPLAINTS I'LL TRY IF I CAN SUE THEM IN SMALL CLAIM COURT TO GET MY MONEY BACK.
Brandan
Scam outfit took $2500and did not try and help me
The law firm contact me and said they could reduce my morage interest they said for sure I would get bit. Sent then a check as they had ask and ALL THE PAPER WORT THEY REQUESTED. They cash the check as soon as I had enough money in my account. The would email me and say they are working on it. Every week I got the same info. We are working on it. Then the emails stop coming in . I ask what's up and never heard from them again. I have put them on face book that they are scamers.
Jim
Platinum Law Group is Non-Responsive
I signed a contract with Platinum Law Group on July 15, 2011 which provided for a 100% refund of the $2,250.00 fee if they were unable to offer a loan modification through Chase after 365 days. As of July 15, 2012, they have not presented me with any form of loan modification or mortgage assistance, so I sent a certified, Return Receipt Requested letter to Mr. Jerry A. Stevenson requesting the refund o my $2,250.00 fee. I have not yet received a response and my attempts to reach them via email or telephone have been unsuccessful. There is no answer or voicemail for their main contact number: (877) 734-****. My next step is to file a claim in Smal Claims Court. Has anyone else had any success in contacting Platinum law Group or Jerry A. Stevenson?
Lilliemae
they took 10.000.00 from us
ive truned them over to the fbi i found jerry a. stevenson address under the state bar going to give it to all feds gov. he is in san diego.daniel ardon was helping us then he left said he was on sick leave .idont think we well get our money back. hope they all go to jail.for what theyve done.jail is to good for them. or they well change there name and get a way with it. still do the samething to another people just like us poor suckers.its pretty bad we need help and we get taken and lose our homes cant pay our bills
jcbalonie
Update on Platinum Law Group
Updated by user Oct 19, 2012
For those of you that think the PLG will respond to your emails, phone calls ect. are dreaming.
This is run by a crook, Jerry Alonzo Stevenson and he never had intentions of honoring a contract or refunding money. Report him to The Ca. State Asttorneys Office( on the internet), the Ca. Bar Association and the BBB.
The Bar Association has him on probation and not allowed to practice law. I just won my case in small claims court and now I am trying to collect.
I believe he will be disbarred and be sentenced to jail. If you are not pro-active you won\'t get any satisfaction.
Updated by user Jul 29, 2012
I postponed my court date until August 31 because of paperwork I was waiting for to put the nail in this coffin. I had \"Rapid Legal\" serve his house and he is hiding out inside but he could be heard by the server.
If you serve outside the 30 days from your court date another person in the house over the age of 18 can be served the papers. This is called a subserve. I am encouraging everyone scammed by this guy to take all the steps I have so we can put him where he belongs and that is not practicing his kind of law.
All for now and I will be giving out his address soon. For those of you that want to be pro-active just type in Jerry Alonzo Stevenson in San Diego and you will find him.
Original review Jun 28, 2012
This is my third post and an update to help others with more to come. I am in communication with the Bar Association and they are investigating Jerry Stevenson on several complaints. If you have not reported him to the Bar and the Calif. State Attorney you should. I believe at this time he is on probation and cannot practice what he calls law. I have a court date of August 3 and after that date I will be posting his home address so you can have him served. He seems to have no entity and this is the best way to serve him. If he is a no show I will be putting a lean on his house and encourage everyone to do the same.
left
Platinum Law group need to be reported to the Federal trade commission and Better Business Bureau.
Platinum Law group need to be reported to the Federal trade commission and Better Business Bureau. I have USAA and they have told me that they would help assist me in turning this company in for breeching their contract with me. I sujjest we all do the same so we can get justice! Platinum Law group should not be allowed to get away with this! I have been working with Emmanuel since last year and my credit cards have not been settled and they left me hanging. I sent a letter to the accounting department to get my retainer fee back and they have not sent it yet!
jcbalonie
What to do with Platinum Law Group
I am one of you that posted a complaint tiltled " left us hanging". I have a friend that is an attorney and he suggested that I notify the Ca Attorney General and this can be done on the internet and is a simple page to fill out, Ca. State Bar Assoc. and this can be found on the web but a good deal of paperwork goes to them. Basically everything you sent(copies) to PLG and some pages of what they are asking you about the group and I also notified the BBB just because anybody poking around in the PLG business is good. I wrote a letter to the PLG demanding a full refund of my money since the failed to do the job. WHO EVER GETS PAID NOT TO DO THE JOB THEY CONTRACTED TO DO? A law was passed in 2006 that states it is unlawful to charge money upfront for services rendered concerning real estate. I am taking them to small claims court and then probably to superior court if need be. I recommend all of you do what I am doing and we will get this group disbarred and better yet they belong in jail. Joan
Anonim
Platinum Law Group are crooks!
Finally convinced to try this group because of Brian Gorman, company representative. Promised results and returned fee if unsuccessful. I tried to change wording in their contract but had to sign it as is. They have had 8 months to do their claims and have failed. $2,000 later no return calls, messages, e-mails and Brian Gorman, who I believed in, is supposedly on leave of absence. I can't afford to lose 2,000 dollars. I want to form a class action suit against this company for the fees all of us have lost. Anyone interested in pursuing, e-mail me. e-mail: brobertson1230@***.com. We can beat them together. Bill Robertson
Alma
I lost my house to foreclosure for misrepresentation
Me and my spouse hired the Platinum Law Group to represent us with our mortgage modification . They claimed to be HUD approved so we trusted in them. They did ask for partial payment upfront of $1,200.00 which we paid. Two weeks later they tried to withdraw money again. Luckily we no funds in the account so there request was rejected. They apologized and said it was an error in there part and that there was no money due at the time. After that incident they did not try to get anymore money from us. We did confirm with our bank that they were working with the Platinum law group. After 6 months of getting information back and forth to the rep John Romero.This March he would not return calls . We always had to be the ones calling every month to get status report. We left him messages telling him that the bank had put our house to auction. He called back assured us that they would stop it in which they had before. We believed him, but after the auction date we received many calls and even an eviction notice. We immediately called John Romero and asked him to give us an answer if we had lost our home. He called 3 days after that fact to tell us that "there is nothing they the Platinum Law Group could do anymore and that we lost the house sorry and that we never even paid them in full anyway and bye. So now we are out of $1,200.00 and our house, and fighting back on our own. The Platinum will not contact us back to refund or give a report in what they did and didn't do to save our home. The bank did tell us that the lawyer failed to reply to there request,resulting in foreclosure.
jcbalonie
Scam that keeps people hanging on with hope
Updated by user Jun 28, 2012
I reported them to the Bar Association, California State Attorneys Office and the BBB. I received post cards back from all that they were investigating PLG which is actually Jerry Alonzo Stevenson of San Diego.
If he took money upfront from you, I am here to tell you that a law passed in 2009 that says you may not take money upfront for a job that is not complete.So what he did was illegal, not that this would stop him from breaking the law. I was told he is on probation at this time and may not practice law at all. I have been in communication with the Bar Association and gave them my information. They are currently investigating him and he will be going before the Bar when they have completed the investigation.
I am taking him to small claims court in Napa, where I signed the papers and if he is a no show I will be putting a lean on his house. I will be giving out his home address when my court date is passed.
He doesn\'t seem to have an entity for his business, just people answering the phone on his behalf. So let\'s close in on him people and get our money back and get this crook disbarred!
Original review Apr 26, 2012
I paid this group $5000 to modify two home loans 11 months ago. They have kept me hanging on and blaming the banks on the length of time this has taken. I called the banks this morning to find out the status. Wells Fargo said my modification process expired last July 2011 and hasn't spoken to anyone at the law group since December 2011. My Chase loan expired in February 2012 and no communication has been had by this law group since. Diana at the loan group asked me for a P&L just two weeks ago. I am furious to say the least.
Chante
Yes, Platinum Law Group is a Scam
I made the most *** mistake in my life when it comes to finances - paid the Platinum Law Group lots of money to help me renegotiate my mortgage because I didn't have time. After almost a year and no results, I canceled the contract and requested the refund as per agreement and Richard Casteneda who helped me sign up. They told me I am not entitled to a refund. I can't let them go easy. I am looking into ways to recover my money and more importantly, stop them from doing this to others. If anyone has any advice, please let me know.
James
Platinum Law Group--AVOID
Updated by user Jan 06, 2012
Per the message below, I\'d very much like to chat with you about my experience. If you don\'t already know who this is, which I would expect you to, as Daniel can surely recall my name based on this experience, then let me know how to contact you and I will do that.
Thank you
NOTE: The message I quoted below, which was dated DECEMBER 10, 2010, said, \"I will contact you THIS WEEK\" [empahsis added].
This is PRECISELY the nonsense that I\'m talking about. Has he contacted me? *** NO...
More empty promises...
It\'s a *** shame that people like this are in business.
\"4. Written by PLG on December 10, 2011
I am the owner of Platinum Law Group. I am very sorry you had this experience with us. It should not have happened and I take great pride in working to ensure my clients get the best service possible.
Unbelievable1000 - I will contact you personally this week to discuss your experience.\"
Original review Dec 06, 2011
If you read this message and still opt to deal with Platinum Law Group (PLG), no one, especially me, will say you weren't warned and my sympathy will be reduced to zero. And, MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, I HAVE SPECIFIC DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT MY CLAIMS, the most damning of which are emails directly from Daniel Ardon, Account Executive at PLG, which confirms substantially all of my comments/experience. If anyone desires them, please let me know. The truth is always a complete defense. Don't EVER let Daniel or any other person over there tell you that comments on here don't mean anything. WHAT I STATE BELOW IS NO LIE AND I WILL BE REPORTING THEM TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE BAR. In an attempt to summarize... Back in October 2011, I received one of their official looking re-finance notices in the mail. It appeared I met all of the requirements to have my loan modified, so I proceeded cautiously and entered into negotiations with them. At the beginning, I actually liked what they had to say and the proposed loan reduction amount seemed very intriguing. I opted to move forward. The next step was to begin sending PLG backup to support the amounts I verbally told Daniel about, including tax returns, pay stubs, VOIDED CHECK, etc. I capitalized "voided check" in the previous sentence to highlight my ERROR... In any case, this was all just part of the evaluation process--to get all of the documentation together and confirm that the proposed re-finance would work as we believed it would. Then, it starts to become REALLY INTERESTING... Firstly, BEFORE I EVEN HAD A SIGNED AGREEMENT, they wanted to charge me, UP FRONT, $2,790. I even got transferred to some "manager" gentlemen named John. I had to slow them down and simply asked "Uh, shouldn't we have an agreement in place before funds exchange hands? Further, why am I paying you money up front, prior to services being performed?" Well, I got kicked back to good old Daniel and we began working on a contract. He sends me a contract with verbage that I will pay the fee up front. I absolutely rejected that & this begain the back-and-forth before he finally got the hint that I wasn't going to do business with them unless I got to pay them AFTER ALL SERVICES HAVE BEEN RENDERED. He finally agrees to this, but never sent me a "final" contract with wording that I agreed with because... OUT OF NOWHERE, as I'm checking my account balance online, PLG DEBITED MY BANK ACCOUNT DIRECLTY FOR THE FEE!!! I discovered it ~2 business days later and immediately contacted Daniel, telling him that I NEVER authorized PLG to do this and that I wanted my money back immediately. THIS THEN BEGINS THE PLG *** FOR OVER A MONTH, PLG MADE UP VARIOUS LIES AS TO WHERE AND WHY I WASN'T GETTING MY MONEY BACK. Some of the lies included: 1) We mailed the check, but it got returned to our business (what a rrock of *** this is. Seriously? People still use this? Note that he NEVER provided me with a copy of the so-called check that was issued...) 2) (This is a quote from one of Daniel's *** emails to me) "[MY BANK] called us [PLG] and asked if the draft of funds was valid, and which we responded no. That they were for legal services, but were not performed so they said that if we didn't authorize those drafts them would reverse the charges back into your account" (LOL--like the BANK would reverse the charge? WTF??) 3) My bank wouldn't authorize a credit into my account (This was one of my favorites...I conference called the branch manager of my local bank and she told him, "Sir, we would never do that...") 4) OUR INTERNAL ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES DON'T ALLOW FOR THAT... (okay, this is almost better than #3. Oh, but your *** procedures are okay to take someone's money?? Ohhh, okay, gotcha...) IT WAS A JOKE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS... The ONLY reason this matter is SOMEWHAT resolved is because I got my bank's fraud department involved and, apparantly, they were able to reverse the *** charge, for even Daniel's emails specifically stated that PLG should NOT have taken my money, but they NEVER gave it back to me, Chase did. It is my belief that this is a SCAM and I will be reporting them to the California State Bar for disciplinary action. PLG will argue it was an accounting accident. As such, it becomes difficult to prove fraud. However, it is my belief that I can prove it by simply using hindsight and demonstrating that they had no intention of returning my money and will let the Bar do their own investigation. Based on the comments I read online about them, this should be pretty EASY to do. I even mentioned some negative comments that I found to Daniel and his reply was this: "...I attached the official state of California attorney page Which in there proves that we are fully licensed and active by the California state bar? So in other words, any REAL disciplinary complaints or actions taken against would be posted there. All these Google type links and complaints, anyone can write Jason, I can write that about you and your business Without any real proof or consequence. We are a very clean and straight edge firm that would not risk losing our license Or being de-bared for a complaint or not following through with our services. If those were real actual complaints through The state bar we would no longer be in business. Any type of document that you need I am more then happy to provide for you" The *** even screwed up my name, for it ISN'T Jason... AVOID PLG LIKE THE PLAGUE, UNLESS YOU WANT TO GIVE YOU MONEY TO SCAM ARTISTS...
Michael
Platinum Law Group- Total Scam!!!!
I hope what I am writing will save many struggling and stressed families the pain and suffering they will be put threw if they use Platinum Law Group, not to mention the total loss of money that is promised to be refunded but never is. This company promises to take you threw the paperwork process to get you approved for re modification with your home lender, but shortly after receiving your money they disappear!!! You end up doing everything mainly because they never, never, never, never return your call. This is the worst company I have ever dealt with. The managers there are completely incompetent, and it is evident that this is now only a scam. My family lost 2400.00. We have turned in our detailed case to the Federal Trade Commission, Los Angeles Business Licensing Commission, KABC Channel 7 Consumer Complaints, and will be naming every individual that did nothing on our file in a law suit against their company. We are also suing the owner himself. The real person I feel sorry for is the poor secretary who told me that she receives complaint calls from customers who get nothing but voice mail and no return calls, all day. Please reply if you need further info, or would like info on how you can submit your name and file to the FTC and LA Business Commission. I would be happy to give that to you, as there are hundreds of us out there.