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Did Attorneys “TURN BAD” in 2009? What… Is There Something in the Water?
According to the August issue of the California Bar Journal, as of late July 2009, the California Bar Association is officially investigating 391 complaints related to loan modifications against 140...
View ArticleMY SWAN’S SONG: Testimony Before the United States Senate on the State of...
Just under one month ago, on July 26, 2009, Diane Thompson testified in front of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs. Her written testimony, which included 79...
View ArticleA Bill in California Will Establish That Lawyers Cannot Be Trusted
What do you call 500 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start. Very funny stuff, right? Unless, of course, you’re being sued… or you’re charged with a crime… or you’ve just been fired...
View ArticleFOR THE IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION OF ATTORNEYS IN CALIFORNIA
Please Sign This Petition to Compel an Emergency Meeting of the California Bar Association to Reconsider Its Position on Senate Bill 94 and Assembly Bill 764 The California Bar Association is...
View ArticleCA SB 94 on Lawyers & Loan Modifications Passes Assembly… 62-10
The California Assembly has passed Senate Bill 94, a bill that seeks to protect homeowners from loan modification scammers, but could end up having the unintended consequence of eliminating a...
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If Governor Signs AB 764, Homeowners Won’t Be Able to Hire Attorneys When...
Assembly Bill 764 and Senate Bill 94 are two bills that passed through the legislature this past year and are now on the governor’s desk awaiting signature. The one that is signed last is the one...
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Returning Home From Speaking at the ABA’s Consumer Financial Services...
It’s only been a few days since I returned home from speaking at a conference held by the American Bar Association Consumer Financial Services Committee held in Park City, Utah. This year’s...
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MANDELMAN’S MONTHLY MUSELETTER – VERSION 8.0
Yes, it’s that time again… Okay, so I figure it’s been a month plus since the last Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter, but the last one was so darn long, mostly because I had so much fun writing the piece...
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Obama to Cut $100 Million from Federal Budget! Yahoo!
So, to you who claim that President Obama isn’t doing anything… well, now he says that his administration is going to come up with $100 MILLION DOLLARS in cuts from the Federal Budget in the next 90...
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Please Stop Bernanke’s Transparency – He’s Frightening the Children
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke did something the media is describing as being unprecedented… he held a televised meeting at which he read some Fed-type talking points and answered some...
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We’re Not Stopping the Foreclosure Crisis because it Affects Mostly Brown People
First posted in June of 2010, but every bit as relevant today and it was then. I was so relieved today when I read the results of a study published by the Center for Responsible Lending on the...
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Books I’ve Loved Reading… The Great Depression Diary
The Great Depression Diary By Benjamin Roth Benjamin Roth was born in the last years of the nineteenth century, passed the Bar Exam during the Roaring Twenties and was a practicing attorney in 1929...
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State of Washington Foreclosure Resource Links
This page sponsored by… John A. Long, Attorney at Law John Long Law PLLC 300 NE Gilman Blvd, Suite 100 Issaquah, Washington 98027 Telephone: (425) 427-9660 Facsimile: (888) 735-6513 Email:...
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Washington Foreclosure Laws
CLICK BELOW FOR: State of Washington Foreclosure Laws The link above will take you to the page dedicated to Washington’s foreclosure laws. But, always remember… often people have a hard time...
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WASHINGTON Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
You have found the Mandelman Matters state specific series of pages dedicated to homeowners at risk of foreclosure in Washington. On the pages in this section you’ll find accurate, straightforward...
View ArticleWashington Foreclosure Defense Attorney
John A. Long, Attorney at Law John Long Law PLLC 300 NE Gilman Blvd, Suite 100 Issaquah, Washington 98027 Telephone: (425) 427-9660 Facsimile: (888) 735-6513 Email: JAL@JohnLongLaw.com Website:...
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Books I’ve Loved Reading… The Great Depression Diary
The Great Depression Diary By Benjamin Roth Benjamin Roth was born in the last years of the nineteenth century, passed the Bar Exam during the Roaring Twenties and was a practicing attorney in 1929...
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BRINGING UP THE REAR: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Almost as soon as the polls had closed this past November and the midterm elections were behind us, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated that making sure that Obama is a one-term...
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Republicans Leap to the Aid of Banker-Servicers Over AG Settlement Proposal
Now this is really getting to be down right hysterical… or is surreal is a better word… no, maybe hysterical and surreal… along the lines of “Dr. Bailout… How I Learned to Stop Borrowing and Love the...
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The Stalinist Era of Consumer Protection
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a part of The October Revolution in 1917… or the Bolshevik Revolution, if you grew up during the Wonder Years here in the USA. Following the death of Vladimir Lenin...
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