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  • Report:  #494176

Complaint Review: Norton Law Group - CENTRAL iSLIP New York

Reported By:
badluck - Baldwin, New York, USA
Submitted:
Updated:

Norton Law Group
68 E SUFFORK AVE CENTRAL iSLIP, 11722 New York, United States of America
Phone:
6313285040
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My husband and I went to this lawyer as we were thinking about filing bankruptcy. My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in November and was undergoing chemo making it very difficult to work. We could manage the mortgage and monthly bills on my salary but since he is self employed, if he doesn't work he brings home no money so paying off the credit cards became very difficult and we went to this attorney for advice and help.



His recommendation was to first file for a home modification. Our mortgage payment was very high and due to the economy, our mortgage was upside down. We owed more than the home was worth. Seemed like a good idea since he was saying how the mortgage companies were encouraged by Obama to save homes and do modifications. He told us not to pay our mortgage and to save our money since my husband future was so unclear. He told us the modification would take 3 months and once that was complete we could then file bankruptcy. He asked for $3000.00 which we paid in full and supplied him all the paperwork he requested just for the modification and an additional 3000.00 for the bankruptcy.



Four months later our home is in foreclosure, no closer to a modification, he never returns ANY calls, faxes or letters. I go to his office and he's not there. Our credit is ruined. Then someone from his office calls to say we received a forbearance of 3 months from the bank with a balloon payment of 23,000.00 at the end. They then tell me since they got me the forbearance they are through with my case - BUT if I want to go further I can pay an additional $5000.00. Kyle Norton took my money and said he would do a modification that would reduce my payments at least a 1000.00 a month getting me a 2 or 3 % rate instead of the 5.9 I was now paying.  I was not a day late on my mortgage or bills till I went to them. They are the ones that put me in foreclosure when they advised me not to pay my mortgage and then think they did me a FAVOR by getting me out of foreclosure when they are the ones that put me INTO foreclosure to begin with. They take advantage of people when they are in desperate need of help, promise you the world and a solution when they do absolutely nothing for you but make things worse !! A law degree does not entitle you to take advantage of venerable people simply to make money.



At this point we will probably be loosing our home, we have no credit and no money since in April I lost my job and we are living on unemployment and will have no where to go. If you hear the name Norton Law Group on TV or radio, which is where he advertises - RUN DON'T WALK AWAY. He will ruin your life as he has ruined ours.



6 Updates & Rebuttals

badluck

Baldwin,
New York,
USA
Nice try Kevin

#2Author of original report

Wed, May 19, 2010

The only good responses you will ever see here are from the staff themselves. All the decent people that have ever worked for this firm have left long ago. Even the remaining staff will tell you what a rip off this attorney is. One year ago I made one of the biggest mistakes by hiring them. A year later I am worse off than before. File anything you can with the attorney generals office and get this man shut down before he can ruin the life of others. He preys on people at the worse time in their lifes and promises the world but delivers nothing. Do it yourself. Save the money. All he does is file the paper work YOU fill out but does no negotiation with the bank for you. You're paying thousands for a glorified mail man . One of these reports actually claims they got a modification in 3 weeks. Anyone going through this knows that is impossible. The banks are so far behind they can't even review the paper work in that time. Then the picture with the foreclosure sign on it . Wonder how much it cost to print that up? No bank puts that on your lawn.  I got duped by him but I will fight back. And with any luck no one else will fall prey to him.


Spellcheck

Freeport,
New York,
United States of America
Spell Check?

#3UPDATE Employee

Fri, February 12, 2010

Some of these people have the nerve to make a series of complaints that are more like excuses for their own failures and shortcomings in life. not to mention not even having the simple decency to run a SPELL CHECK before they publish their opinions and comments on this forum. They came to the Norton Law Firm for help, and THEY WERE ALL LATE WITH MORTGAGE PAYMENTS BEFORE THEY set appointments for the FREE advice they received. They decided by themselves to retain a LAW FIRM to start the renegotiation of their Binding Mortgage contract. They also on their own could not and ultimately FAILED TO pay their legal fees/retainers within the agreed upon time frames, and refused to provide the firm with the necessary documentation required,  and ultimately failed to make negotiated trial mortgage payments, and found themselves right back where they started IN FORECLOSURE..... and if they asked "ever heard of Spell Check?" they would probably say "Spell Check, Whats that?"  just like my mortgage payment? Whats that? my legal fees/Retainer whats that? Maybe there should be a Spell Check button for them to press so that they can run a Spell check on THEIR LIVES.......or maybe it will be another "Spell Check............... Whats that?"


JR

United States of America
I worked for HIM

#4UPDATE EX-employee responds

Tue, January 19, 2010

Honestly i think the only person reporting that they had a different outcome with this law office has to be his butt sucking assistant Kevin. I worked for them for couple of months and left because i saw all the terrible stuff that was beggining to happen. First of all KYLE does not even contact the banks himself. He has nothing to do with a modification process. The only thing he does is make you believe he can lower your mortgage, and make you seem like he has the power because he's an attorney. With files that are not paid in full if the homeowner doesnt pay every 30 days he wont let his loan processors work in the file, until they pay something. He does not see any of his clients after the 1st meeting. ALL he cares about is ripping people off. After he gets the money from the desperate homeowner. PLEASE DO NOT USE HIM, you will loose your money, his staff has no clue what they are doing.  


olymvocon

Freeport,
New York,
United States of America
We disagree here, because we had quite a different outcome with Norton Law Group and Kyle Nortons Legal Services

#5Consumer Comment

Fri, November 20, 2009

     We were in a lot of trouble with a 7.25% Mortgage interest rate even after we refinanced, which only acted as a Band Aid for our financial struggles. We got into this situation when I lost quite a bit of the side work that I was doing to make ends meet, and my wifes hours at the department store where she worked were also cut, and our troubles just s****.>


Jabberwhacky

USA
A Satisfied Client of Kyle Norton Law Group who has loads of patience in these economically trying times

#6Consumer Comment

Fri, November 20, 2009

A little over 1.5 years ago, after enduring a lengthy medical hardship, I found myself not able to make my mortgage payments, and faced losing my home to an embarrassing foreclosure sale at public auction. I met with Kyle Eric Norton ESQ and he advised me that He would mount a Foreclosure defense on my behalf, and that he would also renegotiate my mortgage terms directly with my lender, which would result in me paying a more affordable monthly mortgage payment, and putting the tens of thousands dollars of missed payments to the back of the loan. Well after numerous Foreclosure Defense appearances by Mr. Norton, and a lengthy renegotiation process with my Lender, Mr. Norton was able to vacate the Foreclosure Proceedings, and get me a permanently reduced monthly mortgage payment, saving me over $600 per month for the life of the loan. I highly recommend this considerate and caring Attorney if you ever finding yourself in need of Mortgage and/or Foreclosure help.

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Bunny13

wading river,
New York,
U.S.A.
WANT TO SEEK JUSTICE?

#7Consumer Comment

Tue, September 29, 2009

I too have been ripped off by a fraudulent attorney doing loan modifications, bankrputcy and debt settlement work.  Coincidently his name is John Norton, I wonder if these two scam artists are related.  Anyway, so you know, if you want to recover the money that this man stole from you, and if you want to make sure he stops this terrible business practice, contact the following:

Nassau and Suffolk Counties
Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District
150 Motor Parkway, Suite 102
Hauppauge, NY 11788
(631) 231-3775

 

GOOD LUCK AND I HOPE THIS SCUM BAG IS DISBARRED!

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