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cent, and if they have done nothing for you and you paid them a substantial fee upfront, you may want to request a refund of those fees. Some states have made it illegal to charge an upfront fee for loan modification services.

You can see if your former state has passed a law like that and investigate what work your attorneys actually performed. If they didn’t do much and they don’t want to refund you money that you paid them, you should contact the New Jersey office that licenses and disciplines attorneys and file a complaint.

Good luck.

Contact Glink through her website, www.thinkglink.com.