Mark D Lammers

I had already filed compliant myself with Financial Industry Regulatory Agency (FINRA) because no attorney would help me, as I was already past my statute of limitations, looking for legal representation with no luck, when I came across Mark. My cause of action was against Charles Schwab, on... a matter where there was already a Class Action suit filed, and also the SEC sued Schwab for the same causes of action as the Class. But I opted out of the Class, because my loss was so large. I had been looking for an attorney to take my case for over 2 years and blew my statute of limitations waiting for attorneys who did not return my query or would not take my case. Some responded with such scalding hurtful responses, it furthered my procrastination and avoidance in dealing with my case. But I could not move on in my life, letting this go, I felt I had to at least DO IT, even if I lost doing it, NOT doing anything would have caused me cancer! Mark responded to my contact thru Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), almost immediately, and ON A SUNDAY! This was so shocking to me because the other PIABA attorneys I had contacted months or years before, NEVER replied back, took a MONTH to reply, or I was told to send my story and I would receive an answer in 5 days, but I waited for a month, and after emailing and phone calls about not hearing back, was finally told they would not take my case for various reasons. They wasted my time. Mark was the ONLY attorney out of at least 15, who gave me hope, and said he may be able to help me and to come in for a consultation. After all that rejection from other attorneys, Mark's immediate emailed response ON A SUNDAY, almost brought tears to my eyes. Mark then took my case when no other attorney would. Mark was very, very responsive, always responded almost immediately to my emails, and carried my case to such a favorable settlement, he got me 95% of my net-out-of-pocket (NOP) loss, when attorneys who turned me down handled 75 of these same cases got only 15-65% (NOP) for their clients. For those of you who don’t know, NOP is not the same as “actual loss”, which is the price on your settlement statement the day you sold the securities, subtracted from the price you paid. NOP EXcludes all “reinvested dividends” you enjoyed while you held the securities. So my “NOP settlement” is only about 28% of my “actual loss” on my Schwab statement. I can only be elated that Mark got me 95% of what the litigation standard or practice allows plaintiffs to recover, when other attorneys who handled 70 more cases than what Mark did, got range of only 15-65 % of NOP back for their clients. Yes, they told me those %'s. And Mark did this for me when my statute of limitations was “years gone”. The other attorneys refused to even try for me. Mark also charged me by the hour, not on contingency.. In my case, by-the-hour was in my favor. He seemed to charge me only one 1/10th of an hour at a for a phone call or reading email or other work, which gave me no suspicions that he was “padding the bill”. So my total costs for my victory were less than the retainer I paid him, which was $2500. Mark is the BEST attorney I ever had in my life, and I had many, in commodities and real estate issues. Up until Mark came along, I always had this saying ….”If you think you have a PROBLEM and need to hire an attorney, WAIT TILL YOU HIRE THE ATTORNEY!!!” So many attorneys me and my friends hired, ruined their cases by accepting the case and then doing nothing, lying and stalling and not returning phone calls and emails from the client, till the statute of limitations was over, and eventually blowing their chances for any recovery. It touches my heart that there are ethical attorneys like Mark who takes the ball others throw back to you or ignore, and takes it running to make a touchdown, against the all odds that the other attorneys turned you down for.