Consumer complaint received 2017-06-09 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other debt
Issue: False statements or representation — Attempted to collect wrong amount
Company: Mages & Price LLC
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
Debt collecting law firm Mages & Price ( M & P ) is a repeat offender in CFPBs files. M & P is comparable to the defendant : CFPB v.   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX  ,  XXXX , N.D Ohio e.d.
M & Ps website offers debt collector services ( Ex. 1-9 ) ; M & P, Price, Mages,   XXXX   XXXX   failed to comply with the industry standards.
M & P, attorneys   XXXX   XXXX   &   XXXX   XXXX  , mailed a notice with the   XXXX   date stamp  XX/XX/XXXX that their client   XXXX   XXXX   was requesting payment for legal services totaling {$3700.00} & if I didnt pay, M & P would obtain a judgment against me ( Ex. 10 ).
I found this a very strange & incorrect payment request because I had prepaid ( paid for services in advance ) {$10000.00} for legal services. I notified   XXXX   & /or her collection agency M & P by voice, fax, and mail multiple times ( XX/XX/XXXX  ;  XX/XX/XXXX  ;  XX/XX/XXXX  ) that the invoice balance was incorrect ( Ex.11-13 ) ; that a refund for   XXXX   XXXX   .- by    XXXX   XXXX   Talk Sense was not accounted for in the Client Funds Trust Account according to court records ; plus I was due a refund from the remaining balance of the client funds. I even identified to them the billing errors   XXXX    had performed.  XXXX  and M & P failed their fiduciary duty, refused to reply to my communications, failed to validate debt, ignored my requests for detailed invoices & Client Funds Trust Account reconciliation to find a solution.
I immediately informed   XXXX    of the ongoing billing dispute since  XXXX  & requested accurate & complete statements that  XXXX  refused to provide. I also informed them that  XXXX  rendered false invoice balances & owed me a refund. M & P failed to confirm  XXXX  debt claim & filed a law suit without further notice.
Hubbards invoices exclude my client funds but include inflated time charged & commingled charges for another client.
 XXXX  started her collection efforts shortly after receipt of refund for me of {$3500.00} by 3rd party vendor   XXXX   XXXX   Mediation services on  XX/XX/XXXX  ( court document, Ex.14-16 ), while hiding the refund from me & the court by rendering incomplete & inaccurate account statements with her claim.
The declaration dtd.  XX/XX/XXXX  by attorneys   XXXX   XXXX   &   XXXX   XXXX   dispute receiving correspondence regarding the {$3500.00} refund from   XXXX   or  XXXX  ( Ex.17-18 ).
 XXXX  is a scrupulous lawyer who abused me as a client & continued after the relationship had ended via a fraudulent claims lawsuit ( Ex.19 ).  XXXX  even made a fraudulent settlement offer that understated unaccounted client funds by {$1300.00} ( Ex.20 ).
Upon the first day of trial,  XXXX  disclosed that she failed to account client funds : {$3500.00} and {$1300.00}. The court ruled that  XXXX  should deduct her attorney fees from the clients funds trust account & refund me the remaining balance ( Ex.21-22 ).
Worst of all, a number of peer review articles cover  XXXX  sub-par legal services ( Ex.23-28 ) that included her forcing me to sign away my rights after a ~14 hour mediation marathon that failed to include agreed on contractual points that my > {$200000.00} legal costs would have been covered.
This is like someone stealing money from you and the thieves getting mad because they got caught and you as the victim getting penalized for speaking out about it.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation