Steve told me to bring any documents, letters, anything that would show the grantor & I were domestic partners. I remitted greeting cards from various holidays as well as bills I had paid off after the grantor passed. The county refused to recognize any of the items I gave to Steve. In December 2021 I called Steve and told him I had become very depressed & wasn't getting sleep & wanted to know EXACTLY how A1 intended on me being awarded the estate since the county refused to recognize the TOD beneficiary and refused the grantor & I were domestic partners.
Steve replied I shouldn't worry about getting the estate my concern should be IF I would be able to make the payments since the mortgage company would require I make three [3] times the mortgage payment. Throughout our attorney/client relationship I had been asking Steve if I was indeed getting the property since I was upgrading the property and purchasing new appliances and making repairs on the estate.
Steve repeated that I was getting the property on many occasions that it was a given & to not worry about it. He stated I should be concerned with my credit score and to work on my credit lines to ensure the mortgage company would accept me as the new owner so I could continue making the mortgage payments. When I pressed him as to HOW A1 intended on getting the estate in my name Steve replied ADVERSE POSSESSION.
I researched adverse possession and one of the requirements was to pay the taxes on the estate. I had no capitol to pay the taxes so I asked a friend if she could help me pay the taxes. She stated she could so she took out five money orders totaling $4,270 & change and requested to speak to Steve to assure paying the taxes was a condition to get the estate through adverse possession.
Steve Thompson told her to send the money orders & leave them blank and leave the stubs on the money orders and he would remit the property tax money to the property tax board since A1 was representing me. Unfortunately my friend did send Steve Thompson the money orders blank & with the stubs still attached via second day mail to his Bakersfield office on December 30th 2021. Steve did NOT give her any receipt whatsoever for receiving the money orders.
I told her to demand a receipt & when she did, Steve Thompson stated that the receipt would be on the accounting once my case was terminated. On January 31st I received a NOTICE TO VACATE the property on Feburary 2nd from the San Diego Sheriffs Department. I immediately called Steve to which Steve replied " how did they get that over on us?".
The next day Steve called me stating that I had to vacate the property but he would try and get me two weeks to vacate. I was livid & asked him what happened to me getting the property like he stated from our initial consultation when he stated A1 Mediation & Attorney Services didn't take retainer fees unless they knew they could win. He stated that the countys actions were implemented long before A1 & I had met. That was the last time I ever heard from Steve Thompson.
On Feburary 16th I was forced out of the estate. Steve Thompson refuses to answer any of my emails or phone calls, will not respond to my friends phone calls or emails and has never returned any of the documentation I submitted to him so I could continue fighting my case with another estate attorney nor will he provide me with any documentation of services rendered.
I want to sue this company but don't know how to go about accomplishing this. A1 has all my records from Chase Bank pertaining to me being the beneficiary to the estate.
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Steve told me to bring any documents, letters, anything that would show the grantor & I were domestic partners. I remitted greeting cards from various holidays as well as bills I had paid off after the grantor passed. The county refused to recognize any of the items I gave to Steve. In December 2021 I called Steve and told him I had become very depressed & wasn't getting sleep & wanted to know EXACTLY how A1 intended on me being awarded the estate since the county refused to recognize the TOD beneficiary and refused the grantor & I were domestic partners.
Steve replied I shouldn't worry about getting the estate my concern should be IF I would be able to make the payments since the mortgage company would require I make three [3] times the mortgage payment. Throughout our attorney/client relationship I had been asking Steve if I was indeed getting the property since I was upgrading the property and purchasing new appliances and making repairs on the estate.
Steve repeated that I was getting the property on many occasions that it was a given & to not worry about it. He stated I should be concerned with my credit score and to work on my credit lines to ensure the mortgage company would accept me as the new owner so I could continue making the mortgage payments. When I pressed him as to HOW A1 intended on getting the estate in my name Steve replied ADVERSE POSSESSION.
I researched adverse possession and one of the requirements was to pay the taxes on the estate. I had no capitol to pay the taxes so I asked a friend if she could help me pay the taxes. She stated she could so she took out five money orders totaling $4,270 & change and requested to speak to Steve to assure paying the taxes was a condition to get the estate through adverse possession.
Steve Thompson told her to send the money orders & leave them blank and leave the stubs on the money orders and he would remit the property tax money to the property tax board since A1 was representing me. Unfortunately my friend did send Steve Thompson the money orders blank & with the stubs still attached via second day mail to his Bakersfield office on December 30th 2021. Steve did NOT give her any receipt whatsoever for receiving the money orders.
I told her to demand a receipt & when she did, Steve Thompson stated that the receipt would be on the accounting once my case was terminated. On January 31st I received a NOTICE TO VACATE the property on Feburary 2nd from the San Diego Sheriffs Department. I immediately called Steve to which Steve replied " how did they get that over on us?".
The next day Steve called me stating that I had to vacate the property but he would try and get me two weeks to vacate. I was livid & asked him what happened to me getting the property like he stated from our initial consultation when he stated A1 Mediation & Attorney Services didn't take retainer fees unless they knew they could win. He stated that the countys actions were implemented long before A1 & I had met. That was the last time I ever heard from Steve Thompson.
On Feburary 16th I was forced out of the estate. Steve Thompson refuses to answer any of my emails or phone calls, will not respond to my friends phone calls or emails and has never returned any of the documentation I submitted to him so I could continue fighting my case with another estate attorney nor will he provide me with any documentation of services rendered.
I want to sue this company but don't know how to go about accomplishing this. A1 has all my records from Chase Bank pertaining to me being the beneficiary to the estate.