Consumer complaint received 04-05-2016 about Debt collection (Mortgage) with BWW Law Group, LLC (MD).
Issue: False statements or representation
Sub-issue: Attempted to collect wrong amount

Complaint: common denominator USE THE SAME AFFIDAVIT OF LOST NOTE format With these XXXX LAW FIRM FORECLOSURE LAW FIRM fraud document, affidavit, forge note. Robo signing law firm BWW aka XXXX co conspiracy XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXX, XXXX XXXX. 
1, Law firm BWW aka XXXX XXXX, XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX. 
-- use the same fraud affidavit lost note format ( attached ) 2.XXXX XXXX -- use the same fraud affidavit lost note format ( attached 3. XXXX XXXX -- use the same fraud affidavit lost note format ( attached ). Law firm BWW aka XXXX XXXX, XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX. 
-- use the same fraud affidavit lost note format ( attached ) 1.XXXX XXXX XXXX ( XXXX XXXX '' ), Respondent, a member of the Bar of XXXX, routinely authorized XXXX non-lawyer members of the staff of what is now BWW Law Group , LLC ( `` BWW Law '' ) to sign his name on documents-including affidavits-in foreclosure filings. XXXX instructed the staff members ( who were also notaries public ) to notarize the affidavits, even though he had not signed them. After learning of allegations that the affidavits had been falsely notarized, XXXX reported himself to the Attorney Grievance Commission of XXXX ( " the Commission '' ), Petitioner. 
On XXXX XXXX, XXXX, in this Court, Bar Counsel filed a " Petition for Disciplinary or Remedial Action '' against XXXX, charging him with violating XXXX XXXX ' Rules of Professional Conduct ( " MLRPC '' ) 3.3 ( Candor Toward the Tribunal ), 5.1 ( Responsibilities of Partners, Managers, and Supervisory Lawyers ), 5.3 ( Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants ), and 8.4 ( Misconduct ). 

1 '' 'Robo-signing '... most often refers to the process of mass-producing affidavits for foreclosures without having knowledge of or verifying the facts. '' Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. XXXX, XXXX XXXX. XXXX, XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX ( XXXX ). " Robosigning '' may also refer to the mass-production of affidavits that the affiant did not sign. See id. at XXXX, XXXX XXXX at XXXX. As discussed below, this attorney discipline proceeding involves the latter type of " robo-signing. " On XXXX XXXX, XXXX, XXXX e-mailed every member of XXXX XXXX 's staff, stating that he would no longer robo-sign, i.e., authorize others to sign and notarize his name on documents in foreclosure filings. Since then, BWW Law has banned robosigning, as stated in BWW Law 's current employee handbook.XXXX XXXX Foreclosure Mill Shut Down After Guilty Plea And Consent to Judgment, Changes Name to XXXX XXXX XXXX foreclosure mill, Law Firm of XXXX XXXX, has been shut down after the owner, XXXX XXXX, pled guilty to unlawful and unethical practices at his firm. It appears that the firm hopes to have a smooth transition to a new law office, XXXX XXXX, headed by XXXX XXXX 's brother, XXXX XXXX. In XXXX, XXXX XXXX, apparently playing both sides of the crisis, in more than XXXX instancerepresented a property owner against the very same financial institution that he also represented, in at least some capacity, in other foreclosure cases.In XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX paid XXXX dollars to settle a XXXX Attorney General investigation into questionable foreclosure practices and suspicious document. massive foreclosure fraud on part of XXXX may ..XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX - XXXX XXXX, XXXX. XXXX XXXX, XXXX. has been approached by several homeowners who were the victims of fraudulent foreclosure actions filed by the ... XXXX XXXX has been requested to file an action naming the XXXX XXXX, its employees who manufactured the fraudulent documents and foreclosure foreclosure papers, and the banks and servicer who used the XXXX XXXX to perpetrate the fraudulent foreclosures which numbered XXXX.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation