Anyone have experience with Castle Law Group, PC out of Tennessee

DonP Thank you for stating the facts with such clarity. It is amazing how many timeshare owners continue to fall for these scams. Here is the law firm in Tennessee, then we have Mitchell Sussman & Co in Palm Springs, CA and Ken B Privett, PLC in Pawnee, OK doing the same. Most resorts warn their owners about these folks, yet, it continues to happen time and time again.

donp196 wrote:

I have trouble with your story because there are no mortgages on timeshares. The financing is done through independent companies. One has nothing to do with the other. To me it sounds like a shill promoting the unscrupulous law firm.

NEVER pay anyone money upfront that claims they can get you out of your contract. If you feel you want to consult an attorney find one where you live that you can actually walk into their office and speak with someone. There are a lot of attorney scams on the internet and this sounds like one to me. Ambulance chasers pose as satisfied customers on the internet. Why would anyone send thousands of hard earned money to someone they " heard about " on the internet ?

I worked hard for my money and I would never trust someone that I don't know who told me a story in the forum. As we know no one ever lies on the internet....... right !!

donp- yes, I know you don't believe me, you have said so before. Doesn't matter whether you believe me. We're out of our contract, that's what matters. As far as it not being a mortgage, We get a mortgage interest statement at the end of the year, same as we do for our home. Invoice number 61. paid Oct 19, 2015. $3450. We took out a loan to pay the attorney. We wanted out from under the timeshare. I read on the internet, how difficult it is to do, I had to trust somebody to help us. Why would an attorney do the work for free & hope to get paid afterward? It made sense to me, at the time, to pay them up front. It worked out for us.

lance- really?! Are you seriously saying I don't know what we paid or I'm an idiot for paying that rate? And how on earth, it is a disservice to the law firm, I don't know. But you're right, it was $3450. Since I have the receipt, I know what we paid. Nobody can dispute it.

I am not against using an attorney when someone needs one. What I am against is steering victims to an unscrupulous one. Any attorney that uses the internet to drum up business is a low life ambulance chaser. Who in their right mind would use an attorney they " heard about " on the internet. There are many competent attorneys right where people live. I use one for all my personal business and if I need an attorney for something he doesn't handle then he refers me to someone that can where I live.

Shills troll the forums for victims to steer to a particular attorney to get their upfront money. Then the excuses come until the period to dispute the charge on your credit card has expired. NEVER pay anyone money upfront that claims they can get you out of your contract especially one that someone tried to steer you to .

Hello , it sounds great that you have been able to get yourself free of your timeshare.

Is it possible for me to contact you by email to get some more information on how to do it?

Much appreciated ! My email dianap@rogers.com

No need to contact by email. I contacted my home resort. I made sure I talked to the person who handles the titles. I stated that I was going to get rid of my timeshare with or without their assistance. I explained that it was in their best interest to work with me. I let them know that I didn't care if the next owner stopped paying maintenance fees....that was their problem once I transferred it out of my name.

Apparently they realized through my tone and persistence that I was serious. They agreed to take it back through a " deed back " . I only had to pay a minimal fee for filing and it only took a few weeks to process. I had to be current in my fees and assessments . Some resorts require you to pay the next years maintenance fees to give them time to find a new owner but that is a small price to pay to rid yourself of a life time of fees and assessments.

You need to be firm but not demanding. Make sure you inform them that it's in their best interest to work with you. Don't be afraid to do something on your own. I made it my priority to get rid of the two timeshares in 2011 and now my bank account is very healthy not paying for a lifetime of ever increasing fees and assessments. If you follow through please come back in the forum and let us know how it worked out for you.

traudem wrote:

DonP Thank you for stating the facts with such clarity. It is amazing how many timeshare owners continue to fall for these scams. Here is the law firm in Tennessee, then we have Mitchell Sussman & Co in Palm Springs, CA and Ken B Privett, PLC in Pawnee, OK doing the same. Most resorts warn their owners about these folks, yet, it continues to happen time and time again.

donp196 wrote:

I have trouble with your story because there are no mortgages on timeshares. The financing is done through independent companies. One has nothing to do with the other. To me it sounds like a shill promoting the unscrupulous law firm.

NEVER pay anyone money upfront that claims they can get you out of your contract. If you feel you want to consult an attorney find one where you live that you can actually walk into their office and speak with someone. There are a lot of attorney scams on the internet and this sounds like one to me. Ambulance chasers pose as satisfied customers on the internet. Why would anyone send thousands of hard earned money to someone they " heard about " on the internet ?

I worked hard for my money and I would never trust someone that I don't know who told me a story in the forum. As we know no one ever lies on the internet....... right !!

Can you tell me more of what you know about Mitchell Reed sussman? I've contacted this company too. Originally, I contact a Susan budowski and she referred me to him because she didn't handle my Resort (welks). He charges $2500.

NEVER pay anyone money upfront that claims they can get you out of your contract. Phony attorney scams are rampant in this industry .

This is Mary Woodruff . I need an update on my law suit against Windom. Kathy's has not returned my calls.

heidil105 wrote:

lance- really?! Are you seriously saying I don't know what we paid or I'm an idiot for paying that rate? And how on earth, it is a disservice to the law firm, I don't know. But you're right, it was $3450. Since I have the receipt, I know what we paid. Nobody can dispute it.

I didn't say that "[you] don't know what [you] paid" because you said it right there in your post that you paid $3450. I'm saying that instead of paying a law firm over $3000, an owner like yourself can accomplish the same thing that this law firm did for a lot less money if an owner is willing to put forth a little time and effort.

Oh, and BTW, nowhere did I call you (or anyone else for that matter) an idiot.

We went to a free consultation and told us if we hire their firm which is Castle Law Group based in TN to get rid of our Timeshare, the upfront fee is $6,000.00. And the consultant also told us not to mention Castle Law Group to anybody, don't refer to any friends because they don't have "referral program." And so we asked where and how they got our name & address, the consultant said they got it from the court. I am beginning to be so skeptical about this firm...

I am happy for you to be able to get rid of your timeshare. We are still wishing we could ours. We are now confused on how to get out of this timeshare. Should we hire Castle Law Group? They asked us $6.000.00 upfront . Or should we go to Silverleaf and ask for deed back. Please advise.

ashl6 wrote:

Or should we go to Silverleaf and ask for deed back. Please advise.

That is definitely the better option. Silverleaf might ask you to pay closing costs and maybe even the next maintenance fee. But that is still way less than $6000.

The other option would be to list your unit for giveaway here on RedWeek. You can also try Craigslist or Timeshare Users Group (aka "TUG"; tugbbs.com) where they have a Bargain Deals section that allows you to advertise for free that you want to give your unit away. If you offer to pay the closing costs and even the next maintenance fee for the taker, that would still come out to a lot less than $6000.

NEVER pay anyone money upfront that claims they can get you out of your contract. Contact the resort yourself and ask then to take it back. I got rid of two timeshares in 2011 by contacting them myself. I made numerous calls until I got through to the person that handles the titles. I stated that I was going to get rid of them with or without their help and it was in their best interest to work with me.

I was current in my fees and assessments. It took only a few weeks and all I had to pay was a minimal filing fee. I have certified copies of all the paperwork and I have been free from maintenance fees for almost six years now. These attorney scams are all over the internet. Don't give them a penny. Some of them string you along with excuses until the period to dispute the charges on your credit card have expired. What do you know about them other than you saw them on the internet. Six thousand dollars is a lot of money to risk on something you " heard about " on the internet.

auriannap wrote:

traudem wrote:

DonP Thank you for stating the facts with such clarity. It is amazing how many timeshare owners continue to fall for these scams. Here is the law firm in Tennessee, then we have Mitchell Sussman & Co in Palm Springs, CA and Ken B Privett, PLC in Pawnee, OK doing the same. Most resorts warn their owners about these folks, yet, it continues to happen time and time again.

donp196 wrote:

I have trouble with your story because there are no mortgages on timeshares. The financing is done through independent companies. One has nothing to do with the other. To me it sounds like a shill promoting the unscrupulous law firm.

NEVER pay anyone money upfront that claims they can get you out of your contract. If you feel you want to consult an attorney find one where you live that you can actually walk into their office and speak with someone. There are a lot of attorney scams on the internet and this sounds like one to me. Ambulance chasers pose as satisfied customers on the internet. Why would anyone send thousands of hard earned money to someone they " heard about " on the internet ?

I worked hard for my money and I would never trust someone that I don't know who told me a story in the forum. As we know no one ever lies on the internet....... right !!

Can you tell me more of what you know about Mitchell Reed sussman? I've contacted this company too. Originally, I contact a Susan budowski and she referred me to him because she didn't handle my Resort (welks). He charges $2500.

Mitchell Reed Sussman - this law firm has been around for almost 2 years and their reputation is such that the National Timeshare Owners Association has filed several complaints and as far as I know, put their illegal activities on HOLD. Who does Susan Budowski work for? I assume she works for a scam outfit such as TIMESHARE EXIT TEAM? It continues to amaze how gullible people have become, why on earth would anyone pay "anything" upfront or otherwise to a resale scammer or shady lawfirms.

Just got free consultation here in Texas on getting rid of timeshare. The consultant said if we hire them, Castle Law Group in TN will handle our case. Since we wanted to get rid of our timeshare for so long we signed up the agreement between us and Castle Group. After a week from consultation we decided to back out after we got a bill of $6,000.00 or $299.00 monthly. We were refer to one phone number to another until we got back to the phone number of the consultant only to hear that we cannot back out. And the consultant is the only one who can cancel our agreement. He said to us over the phone that we cannot cancel the agreement since we signed up already that Castle Law Group in TN will handle our case even we haven't submitted to them any of our timeshare papers, not even one page of it yet. But the consultant said to us that they have our information thru the driver's license, SSN and that they will sue us if we break the agreement and that would cost us a lot of money to hire a lawyer. But even though if we hire a lawyer to cancel this agreement, the payment of $6,000.00 will not be cancelled because they already paid the lawyer to handle our case even we haven't submitted our papers yet. We asked why would you fund a lawyer when we haven't submitted any of our papers, the consultant said, because you already signed the agreement. Please, anybody, enlightened me of this issue....

They sound like a bunch of bottom feeders. I would walk away and tell them to sue me. I'll bet you get a lot of threatening letters from them but I doubt they will go any further than that. This is a perfect example of what low lives these people really are. Anyone out there thinking about using these bottom feeders take notice.

Please don't think of the consultant as a "missionary." He is only a paid "salesman." He gets a commission for signing you up. He does not want to lose a paycheck. You might consider drafting a letter to both the law firm and the "consultant." Tell both that you have reconsidered your position and you don't want to continue with the transaction. Since no details of your ownership have been submitted, they can't possibly have incurred any expenses on your behalf. Hence, you want to negate the initial agreement and be held harmless. You might also continue that if they are adamant in pursuing you that you will take to the internet to let everyone know their greedy tactics. You will go to all the complaint sites and describe the way you were treated by the company and their paid "consultant." Simple reason would dictate that they don't want to poke an angry bees nest.

Before doing this, I would read your contract in full to make sure you haven't signed some clause that limits you right to back out. Good luck.

I contacted Castle Law group and ended up sending them 5K (4K to sue and 1K extra to recover my legal fees!) on April 26 of 2016. Almost six months passed, and I finally called. Turns out the guy handling our case is no longer there and a new representative had not yet looked into our case!! He was supposed to get "right to work" , but I've not heard anything one way or the other since then, and it is almost impossible to reach him by phone. A REAL person NEVER answers the line, and having his "assistants" name is worthless, since I can't reach here We are planning a trip to Nashville tomorrow, and will call PERSONALLY on this gentleman to discuss our case. At this point I am still optimistic that Castle will help me. I'll return back to this website 6 months from now with my results....

I'm glad you're going to their office. Could you take a photo of the outside, showing their sign ? It will help those that don't believe they have an actual office. I haven't been there. Thank you.