batorideikou
Junior Member
I filed a chapter 7 a while back and when I met with the attorney initially it was like last year when the law was just being passed or whatever, and they basically said "we don't know what this will entail, we still have to get educated on it, etc etc." Flash forward to several months later, and the meeting/case was over, the lawyer and I went down in the elevator to the ground floor and talked for a solid 5 minutes or so on the way down, never not once ever, mentioned a certification or "exit" class having to be done. Flash forward to a few weeks back and I get a phone call saying that I have to have my certification from the class I took in 6 days. I fax the paper from the pre-bankruptcy class the same day, and they say, "No, the one from the class you took after the case." So, I ask if they can get the deadline extended after calling the place I went with for the pre-bankruptcy cert. and them telling me that the closest one they could even squeeze me into was 2 saturdays from then, and they say, sure, we'll put in for an extension, etc etc. The place that I went with (MMI) had also told me on the phone that they are to give at least a month's notice to me beforehand that this was due, and since I wasn't aware at all that it was due, I think that's pretty crappy. So I called back and was told that the attorney told me after the case was over the day of the hearing. If I was told this, I would have done it THE MINUTE that I got out of that courtroom. Why on the green earth would I pay $1200 to this attorney and then neglect to do this one last thing? Am I a massochist? Do I enjoy wasting money? No, I don't. So after calling them back and getting the runaround, I take the class, get the certificate, which I was assured was faxed to my attorney, and would get to the judge, I get no notification of anything. So I call again, the status of things is "unknown".... Then a week or two ago I get a letter via the attorney from the court saying the case has been overturned. I've called the attorney twice since then, once I got a recording saying to leave a message, I did, no return phone call, once I got a "we'll call you back" response. Now that this has been overturned what are my recourses? I mean, if I have to pay $1200 again, I will, I really just want this over and done with; but are there any other ways to, I don't know, appeal this? Can I even file again this soon, even though it didn't go through? Cause god knows this attorney is not going to admit he and his firm are idiots that don't tell people things and don't call people back, and then fib about stuff they do, do apparently. In addition, I've gotten solicitations from auto dealerships and such, listing a "discharge number" on them, what's up with that, if the case got overturned?
