Lenore LuAnn Albert

After four years of my family and I being subjected to uninhabitable conditions in our apartment, enduring severe tenant harassment, and numerous other constructive eviction actions, by our former landlord and his agents, we hired attorneys to represent us in a civil lawsuit. The attorneys we ini...tially hired took our case on contingency fee and filed a complaint against the owner of the property in January of 2019. The complaint includes 12 causes of action such as breach of contract, breach of implied warranty of habitability, fraud, and constructive eviction, among others. Our former attorneys started out strong assuring us that they would fight all the way to trial. Sadly, after six months of pumping us up about the case, our attorneys tried to get a quick couple of settlements out of it and then withdrew after we said we did not agree to a very bad faith settlement offer from the insurance company. It appears that our former attorneys never intended to do much on our case. They never responded to Notices of Depositions, or Discovery Requests, and left to defend ourselves In Pro Per with very little knowledge on how to respond to the Discovery Requests. Ultimately, opposing counsel filed Motions to Compel Discovery, and my family and I were facing $22k in sanctions. The court gave us 30 days to comply with the Discovery Requests but we were still so lost until Lenore Albert came to the rescue. Lenore Albert quickly came to our rescue after being left to figure out how to go forward unrepresented. Lenore is a highly-skilled, knowledgeable, and competent attorney, who has the expertise and experience to assist in a David vs. Goliath case like ours. Lenore thoroughly reviewed the issues in our case, reviewed all the documents, then immediately lept into action for my family and me. It was such a crucial moment in our case when legal expertise was desperately needed. After being abandoned by our former counsel, I had nearly given up hope. Once I contacted Lenore, she not only reassured me that everything would be okay, but actually explained what we needed to do to avoid being sanctioned $22k for not providing proper discovery responses. Our former counsel never bothered to explain anything. Lenore went through every part of the discovery with us and helped us to understand the proper way to answer the interrogatories. Lenore gave us simple examples that made the process less daunting and helped us to stop stressing and to systematically prepare our documents. Lenore assisted us in making sure the discovery responses were code compliant, with proper verifications, and then served them on opposing counsel. Lenore helped us prepare a declaration of compliance to file with the court to notify the court that we had complied with the order in a timely manner. Lenore advised us on every issue we would be facing with discovery and discussed several strategies on how to move forward in our case. We have received far more value working with Lenore on a Limited Scope basis than we received with attorneys who took the case on a contingency fee. I cannot think of a legal service that is more valuable than Limited Scope representation when Plaintiffs find themselves in a situation like ours. We reached out to at least 40 attorneys/law firms after our attorneys abandoned our case. Nobody wanted to take it because of liens that would be filed by our former counsel and because they knew it would be more complicated after being represented previously and left to figure it out on our own. Lenore offered her services at a reasonable price, has been fantastic in leading us forward with confidence, and real strategies that could bring us a much better outcome than what our former lawyers tried to force us into. In fact, because of Lenore’s help on our discovery, the court didn’t sanction us today! I am a Paralegal, I know many attorneys but I can only recommend Lenore!