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Complaint Review: Dorian B LaSaine & Associates - Peoria Illinois

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  • Dorian B LaSaine & Associates 456 Fulton St Suite 210 Peoria, Illinois USA

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I was off work on disability and I had a back operation. The bills piled up and I've been struggling to pay them.

I recieved a notice from this attorney concerning 5 of the bills totalling $756.48. I am not a deadbeat who never pays their bills. I try as hard as I can to meet my obligations with what I make. We do not receive nor ask for any type of public aid/assistance.

I didnt have all of the money but I managed to borrow enough from a relative to pay 3 of the bills in full and paid 1/2 of the remaining 2 accounts. The payments totalled $378.18 which should leave me oweing $378.30.

Rather than acknowledge the payments and the fact that 3 of the accounts were settled IN FULL, (I have the cancelled checks) this attorney (Dorian B LaSaine) went ahead and filed court papers against me for the full amount. No only that but they want to pile on additional court cost's and fee's making the total $979.48!

I was under the impression that once a creditor accepted payment on a debt, all collection activity must cease. So, I didn't think appearing in court would be necessary.

He went ahead with the judgement anyway and now I've received notice in the mail that they intend to garnish my wages again for the FULL amount rather than deducting what I've already paid.

I live a humble life in a low income neighborhood and support 3 people on what I make (Me, my disabled husband and our son who is in school) and so we basically live check to check.

We dont have fancy clothes nor a fancy, new, shiny car. I drive an old beater we were lucky to get for $400.00 (a 1999 Cavalier) and wear clothes bought on clearance/sale at walmart or bought at thrift shops.

Thus we have no savings or surplus of funds to speak of. I have a small amount in a 401k account but was forced to take out a loan against that to keep the lights on and food on the table during the times of my medical care and I've also had 8 weeks of layoff time this year.

At this point, I dont know what to do or who to turn to for help against this unfair and unjust situation.

I don't understand how this man can do this to an already struggling family all to enrich his own life. I suppose the payment on his Lexus or fancy house is coming due.

Before you respond with idiotic comments like "pay your bills", I DO pay my bills to the best of my ability with what I have. Unfortunately, circumstances like needing Shelter, FOOD and things like WATER are the 1st priority and anything left after those go to old bills. So, I DO pay whatever I can towards them. I'm NOT trying to "get out" of paying anything. But, I also dont want to be forced to pay DOUBLE/TWICE for the same bill either! Again, we receive no food stamps or public aid nor do we wish to ask for any.

In addition, hiring a laywer to help is financially impossible for me at this time. If I could do that, I would have just paid the darn bills in full. So please dont respond with that either. It seems like they specifically target low-income people beacuse they know it will be impossible to afford a laywer to represent us.

I am submitting this report only as a public service so that everyone can see the morals and ethics of this person who seems hell-bent on taking advantage of the system to RIP-OFF struggling people. I do not know if this has happened to anyone else who may have been victimized by this person in this manner. Hopefully not.

This situation may be something people may want to consider before hiring this person for services.

Thank you

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#4 Consumer Comment

Dorian B. LaSaine & Associates. this attorney. is the worst. most unethical. lazy lowlife.

AUTHOR: brett - (United States)

POSTED: Thursday, June 07, 2018

Dorian B Lasaine #Associates this guy is a joke the worst most unethical lazy lowlife attorney. 2016 right now he is being sued for malpractice. fraudulent concealment . as well as other chargers in a peoria ill civil court 2018 ' this attorney went in to a court of law 17 years ago. get this. not only did he tell the court that he was my attorney representing me butt he told opposing consul i would be filing bankruptcy. He walk out and left the case with out telling me . a judgement was entered against me for over $100.000 dollars . 17 years ago / this one will blow you away / I never had one conversation. with Dorian Lasaine ever. never hired him to represent me . never gave him permission to tell apposing consul i would be filing bankruptcy i never met the man . ever . 2016 I had to pay out over a $100.000 dollars for a judgment that he walked out of the case 17 years ago . and i never met him or hired him to represent me in court .He went in to court told the court he was my attorney left the case with out notifying me . and left the case in such bad shape . i could not build a defense to fight a 17 year old case . so i had to pay out over $100.000 dollars in 2016 for the mistake of this lowlife attorney . and his lies and malpractice in this case. what a joke the case file is 16L00022 2018 PEORIA IL CIVIL COURT Dorian B Lasaine #Associates 2016 right now he is being sued for malpractice fraudulent concealment as well as other chargers in a peoria ill civil court 2018 .this attorney is a joke. a real lowlife scumbag also he does not carry malpractice insurance. to protect his clients from his lazy lowlife fraud .I will have my day in court against this lowlife attorney

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#3 Consumer Comment

My family has hired Dorian Lasain as our attorney for over 40 years. He Knows the law better than Any lawyer Ive known.

AUTHOR: Bruce - (United States)

POSTED: Monday, December 18, 2017

My family has hired Dorian Lasain for over 40+ years. And never once was any one in my family "ripped off". In fact he has won case after case for my erntire family telling us what he will make happen before giving a price. Not only do you get what you paid him for, but got a little extra from it. Dorian never once tried to charge me for anything extra. All my life we have hired Dorian and always, and i mean always have been more than satisfied with his work. This man knows the law and performs his job at the top notch level that any lawyer ever could. With that being said,... you dont want to be on the negative side of his work because again, he knows the law and did his job that the client hired him to do. If you dont even show up for the court date, what did you think was going to happen? A total amount of nearly $400 was still owed, you have to pay court cost and Attorneys fees, so i see the price right around what it is supposed to be. He cant be held accountable for youur neglegence to pay your bills. Im not just a reader of this report, I actually hire Dorian Lasain for any thing i need a lawyer for because he is the best around by far! I am actually Quite shocked to even be reading a bad review on this man.

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#2 Consumer Comment

dorian lasaine is a crook

AUTHOR: Tyler - (USA)

POSTED: Wednesday, July 26, 2017

  dorian lasaine is a crook. He preys on low income families so that he can get even fatter. He ATTEMPTED to sue me over a bill from a heating and cooling company that fixed a furnace in a house I was RENTING. I called him to inform him that I was the tenant, not the owner of the property and according to Illinois law, I am not responsible for repairs to a home that I am renting. Despite not returning my phone calls (3 of then) after I left very clear messages, I went in person to his office. I told the receptionist why I was there and she told me that he was not in the office... funny thing is, two minutes earlier, he walked in right in front of me. What a p.o.s. anyway, a week later, I got a notice to appear on court, I went, I signed in, went to the case review and told them why I was there and they told me that because I was the renter, not the landlord, that I was NOT liable for the bill. I was pleased, and went home. I actually feel bad for the guy that fixed my furnace because this "man", dorian lasaine, probably still charged him for a case he knew he would lose. DORIAN LASAINE is a crook, and dishonest. Stay away from him, don't enable him to enrich his own life at there expense of others or the expense to you.

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#1 REBUTTAL Individual responds

Hard Luck NOT a defense to legit bills, especially when you don"t even try to make arrangements!

AUTHOR: Dorian LaSaine - (USA)

POSTED: Saturday, March 18, 2017

This debtor received notice BEFORE any legal action was taken against her to pay 7 legit bills-she never contacted my office or even attempted to make arrangements, even though she had income. Also she ignored all seven providers when they billed her. She received 100% credit for ALL payments she made after legal action taken against her. Since she still owed money after lawsuit filed, she had to pay court costs (as the law allows).

Does the world owe her the right to avoid paying her fair share of the bills she voluntarily incurred?

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