Complaint Review: Christine Marshall - Chicago Illinois

Ms. Marshall responds that she has only recently learned of this website and the negative information it contains. She reports having seen somebody named Sabrina in 2005. "She came to me about a phony landlord who ripped her off to the tune of thousands of dollars. She paid me $250.00 in expenses for filing the case. I paid a filing fee to the clerk of court to file the case and two fees to the sheriff who attempted to serve her (once on . . . (a) place of business and once on the same person's supposed residence). There is no way to get money back from either the clerk of court no from the sheriff, both of whom did their job and it is not their fault there was not a favorable result. I never got a dime. The expenses cost more than the $250.00 paid." "I was considering investing my own money in hiring a private process server when I learned that Sabrina had filed an ARDC complaint against me. That turned my heart to steel and I promptly had the case dismissed. The ARDC completely cleared me. Later, when I attempted to send a certified letter to Sabrina at the only address I had for her, it came back to me marked that she had moved without a forwarding address." Ms. Marshall goes on by saying that Sabrina could have saved herself trouble and expense by checking out the purported landlord. The unfortunate result was that Sabrina paid rent, a deposit, and moving expenses for an apartment from which she had to move within a week. It is not Ms. Marshall's fault that the defendant in this case could not be served, probably because that person used phony addresses. Had this client not been so impatient, the defendant might have been found at some point. Angry, near-desperate people invariably underestimate the time it takes to pursue a lawsuit. The law moves slowly! Don't blame your lawyer for that. And of course, in any type of business transaction, it is important to check out the people you are dealing with. In this case, all of the money paid by the client went to non-refundable court fees and not into Ms. Marshall's accounts.

Ms. Marshall responds that she has only recently learned of this website and the negative information it contains. She reports having seen somebody named Sabrina in 2005. "She came to me about a phony landlord who ripped her off to the tune of thousands of dollars. She paid me $250.00 in expenses for filing the case. I paid a filing fee to the clerk of court to file the case and two fees to the sheriff who attempted to serve her (once on . . . (a) place of business and once on the same person's supposed residence). There is no way to get money back from either the clerk of court no from the sheriff, both of whom did their job and it is not their fault there was not a favorable result. I never got a dime. The expenses cost more than the $250.00 paid." "I was considering investing my own money in hiring a private process server when I learned that Sabrina had filed an ARDC complaint against me. That turned my heart to steel and I promptly had the case dismissed. The ARDC completely cleared me. Later, when I attempted to send a certified letter to Sabrina at the only address I had for her, it came back to me marked that she had moved without a forwarding address." Ms. Marshall goes on by saying that Sabrina could have saved herself trouble and expense by checking out the purported landlord. The unfortunate result was that Sabrina paid rent, a deposit, and moving expenses for an apartment from which she had to move within a week. It is not Ms. Marshall's fault that the defendant in this case could not be served, probably because that person used phony addresses. Had this client not been so impatient, the defendant might have been found at some point. Angry, near-desperate people invariably underestimate the time it takes to pursue a lawsuit. The law moves slowly! Don't blame your lawyer for that. And of course, in any type of business transaction, it is important to check out the people you are dealing with. In this case, all of the money paid by the client went to non-refundable court fees and not into Ms. Marshall's accounts.

Ms. Marshall responds that she has only recently learned of this website and the negative information it contains. She reports having seen somebody named Sabrina in 2005. "She came to me about a phony landlord who ripped her off to the tune of thousands of dollars. She paid me $250.00 in expenses for filing the case. I paid a filing fee to the clerk of court to file the case and two fees to the sheriff who attempted to serve her (once on . . . (a) place of business and once on the same person's supposed residence). There is no way to get money back from either the clerk of court no from the sheriff, both of whom did their job and it is not their fault there was not a favorable result. I never got a dime. The expenses cost more than the $250.00 paid." "I was considering investing my own money in hiring a private process server when I learned that Sabrina had filed an ARDC complaint against me. That turned my heart to steel and I promptly had the case dismissed. The ARDC completely cleared me. Later, when I attempted to send a certified letter to Sabrina at the only address I had for her, it came back to me marked that she had moved without a forwarding address." Ms. Marshall goes on by saying that Sabrina could have saved herself trouble and expense by checking out the purported landlord. The unfortunate result was that Sabrina paid rent, a deposit, and moving expenses for an apartment from which she had to move within a week. It is not Ms. Marshall's fault that the defendant in this case could not be served, probably because that person used phony addresses. Had this client not been so impatient, the defendant might have been found at some point. Angry, near-desperate people invariably underestimate the time it takes to pursue a lawsuit. The law moves slowly! Don't blame your lawyer for that. And of course, in any type of business transaction, it is important to check out the people you are dealing with. In this case, all of the money paid by the client went to non-refundable court fees and not into Ms. Marshall's accounts.

Call the Illinois State Bar Association and file a complaint against her.