Complaint Review: Lawrence Pew

A former employee Lawrence Pew (Pew Law Center) recently reported to the State Bar of Arizona that Mr. Pew is engaging in unethical predatory activities bringing inevitable harm to his clients. 

The employee, who wishes to remain anonymous, attests to witnessing, on many occasions, Mr. Pew selling personal client information regarding their bankruptcy filings, to Tucson bankruptcy attorney Matt Foley.  Homeowners filing for bankruptcy and struggling financially are the preferred prey of Mr. Pew and Mr. Foley; a client’s information is purchased by Mr. Foley and often results in the client’s home being purchased by Mr. Foley or one of his personal acquaintances.  The former employee has witnessed several of these transactions as they occur and states that this information commands a minimum selling price $500.00 !!

Selling and otherwise transferring a client’s personal bankruptcy information is not only unethical, it is a willful violation of attorney-client trust.  The State Bar of Arizona needs to stop this unscrupulous behavior and make the offending attorneys accountable for their immoral, disgraceful acts perpetrated against the clients who trust them.

If you or anyone you know has a complaint or report to make regarding Lawrence Pew or Pew law Center, please contact the Arizona State Bar at 602-252-4804 (from within Maricopa County); 866-482-9227 (outside Maricopa County).  You can also send your report in writing to Arizona State Bar Association, Ethics Regulation, 4201 North 24^th Street, Suite 200, Phoenix, AZ 85016.