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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Hi Ron,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>This sounds like a familiar theme. I had this happen to a client 2 years ago, but fortunately she got to me 2 days before the Trustee’s sale and I stopped the sale and then we negotiated a new loan modification. Wonder why PC didn’t get notices of default, foreclosure and trustee’s sale. I deal with this stuff all the time. Be happy to have an initial consult and see if we can help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Thomas J. Westbrook<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><img width=170 height=67 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D21FD2.1F1133E0" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CFC835.0D3988D0"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Rodgers, Kee & Card<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>324 West Bay Drive NW, Suite 201<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Olympia, Washington 98502<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Phone: 360-352-8311<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Facsimile: 360-352-8501<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Email: tjw@buddbaylaw.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Skype: thomas.westbrook<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>www.buddbaylaw.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>The information contained in this email and attachment(s) are for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain private, privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the addressee, you are strictly prohibited from reading, photocopying, distributing or otherwise using this email or its contents in any way. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone at 360-352-8311 or by e-mail to <a href="mailto:reception@buddbaylaw.com">reception@buddbaylaw.com</a>, and destroy the original message from your electronic files.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ronald L. Coleman<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 06, 2016 12:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'WSBA Real Property Listserv'<br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Off topic referral needed<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Potential client hired and paid a law firm$3,800 to file a bankruptcy in June 2015, after receiving a notice of foreclosure on his house. Firm assured him it would be filed, but the filing never occurred. When he contacted the firm in around April 2016, initially they said it was done, but when he explained to them he had just had someone knock on his door saying “I just bought your house at a foreclosure sale”, they said they needed to look into it. They have refused to return his calls and did not refund any money. Wants to talk to an attorney to about his claim.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Potential client in Tacoma; law firm in Bellevue.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Ronald L. Coleman<br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Direct 253-238-5129 - <a href="mailto:rcoleman@dpearson.com">rcoleman@dpearson.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#5A647F'>Davies Pearson, </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#5A647F'>P.C.</span></b><span style='color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A647F'>ATTORNEYS AT LAW</span><span style='color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>920 Fawcett Avenue / PO Box 1657, Tacoma, WA 98401<br>253-620-1500 | Fax 253-238-5158 | </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.dpearson.com"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>www.dpearson.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:gray'>This e-mail is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. secs. 2510-2521, and is legally privileged and confidential. 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