Frego & Associates, Bankruptcy Attorneys - Dearborn Heights, MI

This office dropped the ball/failed to inform a client the actions needed to be taken, you cannot run a law office on the assumptions that your client's know what to do. If that were the case why would i hire you? Now i have an appointment to dissolve my chapter 13 a year & a half in to start a new one & as a client i have lost all trust., This office was really going to let me sit & pay 8 grand over 5 years to them to payoff 8 grand in debt and be left with 18 grand afterwards. Work smarter not harder, and in this case there was no care or evaluation i am just a dollar sign. I began working with Frego and associates in September of 2020, everything was fine until today, my case was supposed to have been refiled in June of 2021 and had been discussed with multiple team members as they were the ones who made the plan because I didn't even know you could refile a bankruptcy after filing initially. Fast forward to February 21st 2022 I had a meeting to discuss taxes and a recent bonus with Jay who is the partner at Frego & associates in Dearborn. During the discussion I learned that it was my responsibility to contact them in June to initiate the refiling of a new chapter 13 bankruptcy & that the bankruptcy was never refiled and I was paying almost $8,000 in fees to pay off $8,000 in taxes that I had added to the case in December of 2020 after the initial filing of all of my unsecured debts. Not a single penny has went towards any of my debts only taxes owed that were added in December of 2020 and had I been advised correctly things would have been handled a lot differently I would have made a payment arrangement with the IRS and had the bankruptcy handle my unsecured debts that I had originally filed for. Or better yet I would have contacted them in June to initiate a refiling. I advised him that every employee that I spoke to advised me that if we ever need anything we will contact you I had no clue I needed to contact them in June 2021 to initiate a new case and they couldn't even do so much is give me a courtesy text message email phone call to say hey we initially plan to refile your case so you could have a discharge date and wouldn't be left with $18,000 hanging over after paying for 5 years. Jay told me he was going to research my concerns with his partner and call back and he had a very rude woman named Danielle who didn't even care to really hear what I was telling her call me back. Every action I've made with this bankruptcy has been based on reassurance from employees and if action is needed from a client you need to let them know that that is the whole purpose of somebody hiring a lawyer so that they are informed. I had multiple appointments in between December of 2020 and June of 2021 I reviewed every document and spoke to Andrea multiple times along with a few other associates to answer my questions. I specifically panicked when I received the trustees report of receipts and disbursements because I realized that no money was going towards any of my debts and that only the taxes were being paid well this was in early 2021, the only things being paid were the internal revenue service state of Michigan and Frego & associates & again was reassured by team members that everything was fine as the case would be refiled in June. Which did not happen, in the future don't assume your clients know what they are doing, that is why they are coming to you to begin with. Thank you for the headache, you clearly did not have my best interests at heart. The picture i attached shows almost 7 grand going to Frego & Associates over 5 years and 8 grand in taxes, after that 5 years all those not filed debts would have came after me and i would have no clue till the end because in early 2021 i was assured not to worry many times. Clearly i needed to worry.

Love the staff here. So professional. Thank you!