Jill J Smith

Jill is the real truth - not your typical layer. When you sit and meet with Jill (doesn't act above you) she will put you at ease and a lot of your stresses will be eliminated once you leave her office. She has studied the mortgage industry thoroughly from many angles and knows exactly what she is... doing. She plans careful strategies for each individual case. Jill has integrity and shows compassion for her clients, she's clear with her fee structure and keeps you in the loop when new things happen in your case. She will tell you the good and the bad and educate you along the journey. For example, I had no idea what MERS was, not a typical discussion for the average homeowner. I understand now that many home owners have been improperly foreclosed on and no one seems to care. If you want to keep our home you've got to make the decision to fight for it. You need good representation to be successful. Jill gives you hope and assures you she will fight for you from the beginning to he end. She won't drop you if things get tough. It's unfortunate you need legal representation to save your home. Many lawyers want to much and do 'nothing' - it's just a pay check for them and they are too expensive for ordinary/middle class people to afford. I've talked and met with a few lawyers and I was the most comfortable with Jill. Once you confirm her representing you she will put on her boxing gloves and step right in to the ring on your behalf. She has no fear of her opponents. I've also learned that most of the mortgage help programs out their are just smoke screens. Organizations are screening folks, going through the motions and in the end the companies get paid and then it's suggested to home owners to sell and just bow out gracefully and go for a new start. Easier said then done. What banks are doing to people is a disgrace. Jill understands this. Excuse my expression here; what the 'big dogs' don't get is this - homes are family history: marriages, births, graduations, celebrations, home goings, efforts it took to purchase homes, memories, sacrifices etc. Jill understands the principals of life and what's important to people. If there were an army of Jills, things would change in the mortgage industry and our economy would get a real boost. If you don't believer me, check her out if you can get in. As I said earlier, she is the truth!

Jill is one of very few attorneys in Washington and from my research the US, that understands the mad and sad science that the banks and their predatory lending products have cost our country so much. Jill stays in the "pit" with her clients, and plans strategically for your case. She will not bac...k down, and adheres to providing the best defense against the egregious conduct of banks, trustee companies, and all entities who are/were involved in strategic foreclosure methods (all planned due to predatory lending) against home owners because of their greed. The home owners, me being one of them, did what was asked of me, and I was totally mislead, lied to, and almost destroyed by these institutions who operate from a position of superiority and their enormous wealth, that we by the way, have helped to make them become so. These institutions think they are untouchable, and what Jill has done for me, is to give me my self worth back and have helped me to see and understand that I too am entitled. I am worthy of having the home I purchased and have given my life's savings to keep. She has given my voice a legal platform, and she stands with me and they now have to listen. They have had to "deal" with me against their will and it has cost them to do so, because they can no longer bully me around according to their will, I am not going away until it is over! Thanks to Jill, she has guided and directed my case in a way that most attorneys won't even touch because they don't think they can win against these institutions, some don't know how to fight them, and quite a few don't have a clue! Jill is not in that catagory. Using the law, she is wiling to stand toe to toe with all they can muster, and use the law for the people, who also have rights. Is it easy, no it isn't, but anything that is your life's mission, is worth fighting for, it is not like we get to come back to this planet for a do over! Justice is not justice unless we stand and fight for it. I am not willing to follow the carrot until it is too late to see that they have led me to a cliff that guarantees I won't be coming back anytime soon! There are very few attorneys who even know what to do, or know how to apply the law in this area of expertise. With Jill, it is not a guessing game, an attorney must know the game and the rules in order to win, and so far, I am winning. No one said justice would be swift, it is taking a while, but well worth it. Jill is willing to go the distance. She takes her work seriously, she cares about her clients because she knows that most of them now have PTSD from the experience, there are internal emotions of highs and lows, because the foreclosure experience is serious and can take the joy out of your life and anyone in it. It wasn't until I left her office after having fought alone for a minimum of 5 years (because I couldn't find an attorney who knew more than I did), that I was able to breathe! I actually remember the moment as if it were yesterday, what she said made sense, she assured me of what I could and could not expect, and she gave me security in knowing that she is in this until the end, and that her knowledge and those of her colleagues were going to be used to the greatest extent to fight for me. She also told me if she didn't think we had a good case, she wouldn't even take it, and would share with me her opinion as to what I should or should not do. However, I knew I had a good case, I was looking for someone who had as much dedication and fortitude as I did against this injustice! Well, Jill was and is, the "it" factor. I appreciate her knowledge, strategy, and patience. There are many steps in this process, not all of the judges know about this area of expertise, you can't count on all rulings to be right, you just have to stay in the fight! Jill will stay in the fight with you, so that for you and those coming afterwards have hope, right can win! "Never, never, never, quit!" Quote by Winston Churchill