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Michele E. Chess

2.3
Rating: 6.8

Licensed for 36 years

Debt collection Lawyer at Honolulu, HI
Practice Areas: Debt Collection, Adoption, Debt Settlement

900 Fort Street Mall Ste 810, Pioneer Plaza,, Honolulu, HI

About Michele

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Debt Collection 75%

CURRENTLY REPRESENT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, INSURANCE AND CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; CONSUMER COLLECTION FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS AND BENEFICIAL FINANCE

34 years | 10,000 cases

75%
Adoption 15%

STEP PARENT ADOPTION and NON LOCATED PARENT ADOPTION

32 years | 3 cases

15%
Debt Settlement 10%

ASSIST CLIENTS IN RESOLVING THEIR UNSECURED DEBT AND MOVE ON TO FINANCIAL SOLVENCY WITHOUT BANKRUPTCY

15 years | 25 cases

10%

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Licenses

Licensed in Hawaii for 36 years

State: Hawaii

Acquired: 1989

Suspended - Administrative

No misconduct found

Location

Michele Chess, LLLC.

900 Fort Street Mall Ste 810, Pioneer Plaza,, Honolulu, HI, 96813-3707

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2.3 /5.0

3 Client Reviews

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Posted by anonymous | August 06, 2014 | Litigation

Do not hire her for your own good!

My children and I had the most Horrible Experience hiring Michele Chess/McCoy. We were enthusiastically asked for a Large Retainer and Payments, while she deceptively lied to us about how she would do her best for us! Michele Chess/McCoy failed to: 1. Provide copy of Retainer Agreement 2. Provid...e ANY Detailed Billing Explanations on a monthly basis. We signed on with her in Feb. 2014, received Final and Only Bill in August 2014 3. Commiserated with Opposing Party for hours in person and via phone calls, while charging us. Showing Sympathy for Opposing Party due to her Laziness and lack of Ethics! 4. We signed a Motion on June 3rd 2014 to be filed in Court, Michele Chess/McCoy DID NOT FILE it until JULY 22, 2014! TOTAL Disregard for doing her sworn DUTY! TOTAl INCOMPETENCE! 5. Does not COMMUNICATE! RARELY , RARELY received call backs when we tried to get a hold of her! 6. Total lack of following through with anything regarding the job she was hired for. 7. Total Lack of Attention to Any Detail! Too busy Stealing Honest People's Hard Earned Money. 8. Never went to a SINGLE COURT HEARING! That's what we hired her for and where she said she would represent us to her full ability. 9. Dropped us Flat on our faces at a most Critical Time in our case. Professional, Ethical Lawyers complete their ongoing cases, they do not run away in the middle if it. 10. Low Scope and Level of legal Expertise! 11. Did not return any MONEY OR RETAINER for Work she did not do! 12. She did not earn the MONEY SHE TOOK ITfrom us! We were, Taken to the Cleaners, Raked over the Coals, Run through the Wringer, And Left out in the Cold to Dry!

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Debt settlement lawyer | Mar 24

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"Michele is a lawyer with a strong sense of justice and uses her considerable legal experience and skills to help people who are being wronged. She is easy to talk to and a great person as well as a great lawyer."

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Experience

Rating:  6.8 (Good)

Education

1989

Gonzaga U.

JD - Juris Doctor

Languages

English

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