Gene Wook Choe

Gene Wook Choe

also known as ChoiceLawLA.org

3.9
Rating: 1.0

Licensed for 29 years

Foreclosure Lawyer at San Jose, CA
Practice Areas: Foreclosure, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

560 S. Winchester, San Jose, CA

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2016
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About Gene

Biography

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Foreclosure 50%

We stop foreclosures and obtain reasonable loan modifications for distressed homeowners.

19 years | 800 cases

50%
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy 20%

A Chapter 13 specialist oversees administration and plan confirmation

30 years | 50 cases

20%
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy 20%

The firm has a bankruptcy specialist division. On average the firm files 40 to 60 Ch. 7 cases per month. All cases have concluded successfully.

30 years | 500 cases

20%
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy 10%

It is a fact, Filing Chapter 11 can be very tricky. We can help - Call for free consultation.

30 years | 100 cases

10%

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 29 years

State: California

Acquired: 1997

Disbarred

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2016

Location

Law Offices of Gene W. Choe

560 S. Winchester, San Jose, CA

Law Offices of Gene W. Choe

P.O. Box. 70057, Los Angeles, CA, 90070

Law Offices of Gene W. Choe

560 S. Winchester, San Jose, CA

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Gene Wook Choe's Reviews

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3.9 /5.0

11 Client Reviews

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Posted by TS | July 19, 2013 | Foreclosure

A man should be allowed to be redeemed, especially when all the facts are known

My wife and I actually retained Mr. Choe through his office in San Jose in about April 2012 for the purpose of saving our home which had been placed in foreclosure unlawfully. The manager of his office took our information, and our money, and assured us that he would be able to help us. We specific...ally asked how long the process would take to secure our home. The office manager/lawyer said about 3 months, and also assured us that we would be able to recoup the retainer fee and monthly payments at the end of the process. Neither was done. In addition, this manager/lawyer committed a number of unethical acts in the process - one of which has lead to the need to file criminal charges against him. I realize this doesn't sound flattering at all for Mr. Choe, but I want to make the point that in actuality my wife and I were dealing with a lawyer Mr. Choe entrusted to manage his Bay Area office. I cannot judge whether Mr. Choe had good reason to choose this lawyer to manage his office. In my opinion, Mr. Choe simply made a bad hire. After communicating all that had transpired with this attorney to Mr. Choe, my wife and I were pleasantly surprised by how quickly and well Mr. Choe took over the reins of our case. We are very close to hopefully resolving things with the bank, and I need to credit Mr. Choe's efforts in allowing us to get to this point. Yes, I realize that Mr. Choe has been disciplined by the State Bar. However, based on my personal experiences with Mr. Choe he has demonstrated all the qualities that a lawyer should. I believe he has redeemed himself, and I hope the best for him moving forward. I think he is still an excellent lawyer!

Posted by Amy | February 19, 2013 | Foreclosure

Thank you!!!!!

When i came to Gene Choe's law office, i was desperate to save my home from foreclosure and from being sold at auction. I had received numerous mailings from various law offices, but decided to call his as i had just received a notice that day. It took a little over a year and a half to come to a r...esolution on a home loan modification after being lied to and basically taken for a ride by other organizations over the past 4 years. Everyone at this firm was compassionate, encouraging, supportive and empathetic to my plight. They all were extremely professional and provided excellent quality service. Not only did they diligently return my phone calls and ease my fears (which were constant), but they were able to reduce my principle mortgage balance by almost $200K and helped get me back on track financially by attaining a more manageable monthly mortgage payment. Constantly receiving notices on my door that my home would be sold at auction month after month was demoralizing and humiliating. I have completed my trial period payments and have now been approved to pay a more manageable monthly payment. I am forever grateful to Gene Choe and his highly capable staff for their achievements in saving my home and assisting me with my bankruptcy and foreclosure issues.

Posted by anonymous | September 10, 2012 | Debt Settlement

RIPP OFF LAWFIRM

This Guy will do anything for money including rip his clients off. He files phoney loan modification. He used JAY to draw you in for the kill. He allowed our house to be foreclosed on and the WANTS MONEY TO RESEND THE FORECLOSURE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE BEGINNING. He MUST constantly ...change Attorneys which is why he uses Attorney's fresh out of school. do not trust him!

Posted by anonymous | August 06, 2012 | Foreclosure

TRUE SALES MAN WITH A LICENSE! BE CAREFUL!!!

*True story with all the documents, vmails, emails and cashed checks to prove my story, next up State Bar* Client of this firm for 2 1/2 years with zero results and a lot of headache. This firm has had so many employees go in and out that they do NOT even know what is going on with their clients h...omes until the client calls them to let them know there's a sale date posted on the door. Long story short, went to this sales man to save my home. Paid upfront 7k, paid in three installments. Started working on my loan mod got a trial plan within 6 months. My trial payments last 11 months, in that time I called them almost everyday after the last trial payment was sent to follow up on my loan mod. They were all over the place, I worked with about 4 different lawyers from that firm cause they all end up leaving. No one knew what was going on, I had to call them almost everyday for 1.5 years to get them to call the bank and finish my case. At the end the bank denied my permanent mod and refunded my trial payments. This salesman took the check, deposited into his trust account, took out about another 7k to sue the bank. His jr attorney loses the case in court and basically tells my family he will buy us another 6 months after filing bk. But this great guy said BK's on him. *joy* It took my wife three months to save our home with all the missed payments added to our loan and got us a loan mod. We suspected this law firm dropped the ball on our case with missed documents and lack of follow up with the bank. We were right the bank sent us detailed analysis o f why we never got our permanent loan mod. This firm is incompotent and needs to concentrate more on the clients than their marketing. Every time we went in to complain this sales mans answer to everything is "well you lived for free!" Mr Gene W. Choe, I never hired you to live for free. I don't think that is the service you provide, if so, you will be in alot of trouble.

Posted by Graciela | May 10, 2012 | Real Estate

unsatisfactory

February 2012 I did talk to Eugene he told me how woderful this office was and how they can help with my invested property, I feld gave him $3600.00 and so on. On march 30, 2012 my husband and I went to mr choe office Where 4 atty.s advsed us to let our property go. On 4/6/12 went back and mr. choe... adv. me to let him to help me I said I need to talk to my husband and if he said no, is no he said ok, if you desided not to continue with us we refund your money, a lot of calls till now they haven't refund my money. Mrs Garcia

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Experience

Rating:  1.0 (Extreme Caution)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2016.

Disbarment issued in CA, 2016

updated on 10/05/2016

Disbarment 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.

Inactive - Irreparable injury issued in CA, 2013

updated on 06/22/2013

This means the attorney's conduct has posed harm to the community or to clients. The attorney is not allowed to practice law until the problem gets resolved.

Education

N/A

Univ of West Los Angeles

law

N/A

Occidental Coll

undergraduate

Speaking Engagements

2011

Radio Korea Foreclosure Law

Languages

English

Japanese

Korean

Mandarin

Spanish

Tagalog

Chinese, Gan

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