Legal Question in Legal Ethics in California
My mother was a victim of a loan modification scam. She paid $2,586.00 to �The Parman Law Group� and was strung along for about 6 or 7 months, while these people did absolutely nothing but tell her lies and keep her money. We finally realized they were not doing anything when we started getting notices from our lender saying they were going ahead with the foreclosure. We had been told to not have any communication with our lender and to forward anything we received in the mail from them. They gave us the runaround WHEN we were able to get a hold of them, which wasn�t often. Finally, after living with the stress of not knowing what going to happen and having our worst fears confirmed by accepting that this company basically ripped us off, money that we did not have, and now we were back where we started. We eventually got help from LANHS (Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Services) in which Parman tried to take credit for. When I told them we no longer wanted their services and that we wanted our money back, they told me we probably won�t get it back because the loan had gone through. We recently decided to take them to small claims court, but the company is �no longer� in business. I have been trying, for months now, to serve Maryam Parman, but to no avail. I have had to postpone the court date about 4 times already, and I�m worried that with everything I�ve read/learned about this woman, I think there is a huge coverup going on. I can�t even begin to know how to explain it to anyone except to say, just google her name and you will know what Im talking about. My question is this: I have tried every way I can think of to serve her, doesn�t it reach a point where the court, or someone says �okay, you have tried very hard to find this woman to serve her, lets go to plan B� Isn�t there a plan B, or do I have to keep trying forever , because she�s a lawyer, she knows how to hide, and she has others helping her. What should I do? What can I do?
1 Answer from Attorneys
First off, file a complaint with the State Bar. As for serving her, yes, if you have tried everything to serve a defendant, you can ask the court for permission to serve by publication. That is not, however, something I would try without some guidance from an attorney. You don't have to hire them to represent you, but you'll need some in-person guidance.
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