Complaint Review: Macey & Alleman

Over two and a half years ago we entered into a contract with LegalHelpers in Phoenix, AZ, in order for the law firm, whose managing attorney was Carlene Simmons and her underling, Elizabeth Kamper, to initiate bankruptcy proceedings.  We paid them over $2,400 dollars and they never did anything.  We were never called by the firm at anytime except when we asked for our refund.  They did send us an email every year at tax time urging us to take our tax return and turn it over to them towards fees due.  

We were never advised of a need to get a "certificate of eligibility" or that there was a "means test" that had to be completed.  When we asked for our money back because they had done nothing towards the filing of our case they became quite defensive and ended up refunding less than half the money we had paid them.  We were charged over $475 for the junk emails they sent us that had nothing to do with our individual case.

We reported the problem to the State Bar of Arizona and the State Bar decided the report wasn't worth filing a complaint and never called us back.  This is quite typical of the Arizona State Bar.  They are lawyers protecting lawyers and it's obvious they don't consider this sort of fraud anything but ordinary and proper.

Stay away from Legal Helpers!  It is intuitively obvious to the most casual observer that this type of practice will not be addressed by those who are supposed to protect you and there is no reason for Macey & Alleman, or any of the other aliases they use, to stop their fraudulent activity.  It's quite a lucrative means of public theft that keep them in business.