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For over three decades, the Law Offices of Leslie Richards has provided experienced counsel to both business owners and individuals in need of legal help.
After several years as a corporate attorney, Leslie Richards opened her own practice and began assisting people and small businesses with diverse legal needs.
After many years of providing winning legal services in varied areas of law, Attorney Richards saw the growing need for assisting her current clients with their mortgages and with the problems they were having with their lenders due to the impact of the banking crisis.
Her firm successfully assisted current clients with their needs through loan modifications, litigation or a combination of both. In turn, her clients began to refer more clients, and soon the entire practice shifted until the firm's main area of practice was assisting homeowners in keeping their homes.
Today, the Law Offices of Leslie Richards is a firm that knows how to slug it out in the trenches with Big Banking despite the fact that we reside in a state with rules that are stacked against the home owner. Through skillful negotiation, Attorney Richards is able to effect compromises that give homeowners who have repeatedly been turned down a real chance in modifying their mortgages, often obtaining reductions of the principal.
This is no small feat, as a long-standing issue with the mortgage industry is that it does not seem to be bound by law or agreement.
For example, in April of 2012, the Big Five banks signed consent agreements with the US government in which they agreed not to foreclose on property owners in over 49 states without first taking certain preventative measure. They also agreed to pay out a $25 billion dollar settlement to those states. Unfortunately, even as the ink was drying, the banks had resumed "business as usual."
When the Home Affordable Modification Program bill known as HAMP came into effect, Attorney Leslie Richards was one of the first people to speak out against its biased nature. It was, “Banks 99, owners 1--if they were lucky,” she stated.
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Chat withState: Arizona
Acquired: 1996
State: California
Acquired: 1980
Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2023
17337 Ventura Blvd Ste 228, Encino, CA, 91316
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Posted by Sarah | May 22, 2014 | Bankruptcy & Debt
Leslie Richards Saved My family!
I didnt qualify for any programs with the bank. Then they offered me a short sale of dee-in-leu options only. After hiring Leslie Richards they were able to keep me the modification in under 90 days and bring my payments from $2642 down to $1620. She saved me familiy! Thanks
Posted by Sara T | May 22, 2014 | Foreclosure
This firm saved my home
I came to this firm by chance. When my home went into foreclosure Leslie had a team of paralegals negotiating with my bank on my behalf. I got a great deal and IM still in my and and I am current on my payments Thank you
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This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2023.
Disbarment issued in CA, 2023
updated on 01/30/2024Disbarment is the most serious penalty for a lawyer. If this attorney is currently practicing law, you should contact the California State Bar to understand the reasons for disbarment.
Discipline with Actual Suspension issued in CA, 2019
updated on 05/04/2019This sanction means the attorney lost his or her license to practice law for a period of time. The attorney typically returns to practicing law when the suspension expires.
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