Craig R McLaurin

I contacted Mr McLaurin about possibly representing me in a Chapter 13 I filed in Maryland. This was then in order to save my house. Mr McLaurin charged me $1500 for the retainer. He suggested that since all of my other payments were current that he would help me get a modification on my home loan. ... When I went to the Bankruptcy hearing with the court, nobody from Mr McLaurins firm showed up. That was the first issue. The courts eventually dismissed the case without prejudice. The second issue was I wrote a letter as instructed my Mr McLaurin informing them he was representing him and any attempts to collect a debt would go thru him. The bank tried for MONTHS to contact Mr McLaurin and never had a call returned, all the while making attempts to foreclose on my house. I called me Mr McLaurin to no avail so I went and dropped in. This man acted like he had never seen me in my life. Luckily for me I had the retainer saying he represented me. Mr McLaurin then placed a call to the bank in front of me. This guy is a charlatan at best. He began talking some mumbo jumbo about the president created programs to help homeowners. The representative for my lender informed him they were trying to call him for 3 months and received no response thereby putting my home in danger of foreclosure. He claimed someone contacted him about saving my home "a Caucasian lady" and could not provide a name. The representative told me as he was talking that they would deal directly with me and not him and hung up the phone. Now here is where it gets REALLY interesting. Mr McLaurin fixed his mouth to tell me that in order to continue representing me that he would require another $1500 retainer to "continue on with my case". My mouth dropped. This man had done NOTHING on my case. So I asked him to give me the billable hours related to my case and he HAND WROTE IT. This guy should not be allowed to practice. I would not suggest him to anyone.