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Posted by LINA | January 22, 2013 | Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

FOREVER GRATEFUL!

The story below explained our experience in modification with CAFA OFFICE. As a discouraged homeowner, we've been through a lot, but because of friendship with one of their associate at CAFA, we were encouraged to take another chance, and maybe CAFA is the answer. On the day of trustee sale last ...August 30, all our hope were gone, bank will not cancel the sale, no freinds, no CAFA, nothing else. I called an Attorney Arasto Farzad who was referred by a friend and maybe he could help. In short, I talk to him, and he said he will try but the fee is high and we agreed that we will not pay until we get a modification. The Trustee sale was cancelled on that day. Our hope was alive that we can still save the house. On October 4, we received a call from our lawyer that we are approved of trial modification and the next day, we received a letter from Bank of America that the trial modification will start next month. It was a torture from December-August with our experience with CAFA, first they just give us a computation on a sheet of paper that they said that will qualify us in modification. And every Trustee sale, they will just say file a bankruptcy, fill up this paper, go to Bankruptcy Court, pay the fee. As a homeowner, never had a background of bankruptcy and hoping to save the house, I follow. Again, the next month of Trustee sale, we need to buy more time, so, go tho this person, he prepares a Chapter 13 paperworks, pay $350.00 and then go to Bankruptcy court then pay. You know what, I did my part and my very best on this modification. I call the bank to follow up the status of my application. The bank said, no documents submitted. So the contact person in BofA which is my primary contact always email or call me to submit this and this and this and this. I was fast in submitting all paperworks, but at the end nothing happened. and I don't know, I did not really get the help I needed from CAFA. My concern right now is: CAFA DID NOT RENDERED ANY SERVICE FOR ME. THEIR PROMISE IS TO SAVE EVERY HOME. IT'S AN UPFRONT FEE OF $3300 THAT THEY COLLECTED FROM US. THE BILL SAID THAT PROVIDERS SHOULD NOT BE COMPENSATED UNTIL THE CONTRACTED SERVICE HAVE BEEN PERFORMED. May you understand our concern as a homeowner, thanks and please we need the refund money soonest possible time. Email is my best contact. thank you so much in advance. __________________________________ January 6, 2013, I got my permanent modification from my bank. Thank you so much Atty Farzad.

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Experience

Rating: 8.4 (Excellent)

Honors

2010

Class Valedictorian, Lincoln Law School

2010

James F. Boccardo Award -- Distinction in Professionalism, Lincoln Law School

2010

Dean's List (2006 to 2010), Lincoln Law School

2009

Dean Joseph V. Thibodeaux Award -- Highest 3rd Year GPA, Lincoln Law School

2009

CALI award for Highest Course Grade -- Real Property II, Lincoln Law School

2009

CALI award for Highest Course Grade -- Evidence, Lincoln Law School

2008

CALI award for Highest Course Grade -- Real Property I, Lincoln Law School

2008

CALI award for Highest Course Grade -- Community Property, Lincoln Law School

2007

CALI award for Highest Course Grade -- Torts, Lincoln Law School

2006

Dean Jerome Sack Award -- Highest 1st Year GPA, Lincoln Law School

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Work Experience

2010 - Present

Managing Attorney, Farsad Law Office, P.C.

2006 - 2010

Felony Team Trial Clerk, Santa Clara County Public Defender's Office

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Associations

2010 - 2010

Lincoln Law Review

Editor-in-Chief

2009 - 2009

Lincoln Law Review

Associate Editor-in-Chief

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Sample of Legal Cases

Carino v. Bank of America N.A.

Stopped the eviction, reversed the foreclosure sale/auction, and obtained a 2% HAMP loan modification for the client.

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Education

2010

Lincoln Law Sch of San Jose

Juris Doctorate

2006

San Francisco State University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

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Speaking Engagements

2013

Homeowner's Bill of Rights Seminar October 2013 (Fairway Realty of Santa Clara County)

2013 Real Estate Law

2012

Protecting Your Home November 2012 (IBIS Universal Real Estate / Cyberlink)

Predatory Lending and Foreclosure Defense

2012

Home Preservation Seminar, August 2012 (National Asian American Coalition)

Foreclosure Defense

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Publications

2008

Lincoln Law Review, Volume 35 Utilizing the Charging Order

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Languages

English

Tagalog

Farsi

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