Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California
If I'm writing a letter to a former mortgage lender that I may sue later (depending on their response to my letter), should I include the company's general counsel in my (very polite, carefully worded and unemotional) letter? On one hand, I think it's a good idea to include him, because he would recognize that the company did break the law. But on the other hand, I don't want to "tip my hand" or come across as if I am threatening legal action... although that is, again, something I am weighing.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Good question. I'd say it depends in large degree upon your strategy. Is your letter to the former lender intended to gather more information, or to make a threat or demand? If it's the former, I'd leave the law department out of it. On the other hand, I'd suggest that you direct your inquiry to a level of management that's high enough so that it gets read and considered by officers with an ability to respond personally and intelligently, rather than engendering a form letter response from a clerk with 18 months' experience.
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