I am a senior citizen who hired Zachary Schorr of Schorr Law of Los Angeles, California in March 2013 to handle a real estate matter to quiet the title on my home in Hancock Park. Between March and July I had paid close to $100,000.00 in legal fees thinking my account was current . Moments before my trial began  while I was   sitting outside of judge's chambers I was handed an invoice for an additional $103,000.00 from attorney Schorr along with a fistful of invoices from various vendors totaling $203,000.00 on the very morning  BEFORE THE TRIAL BEGAN. I spent my entire trial in utter fear of being abandoned by my lawyer  and I  exhausted every credit card, retirement plan, savings, grandchildren's piggybanks trying to pay that huge and unexpected  bill.  Then when the trial was over the bills kept coming and coming and coming! Thousands of dollars were  generated on a  daily basis  by 5 different lawyers  hired by Schorr Law when I only retained  Zachary Schorr to work as my lawyer. Five different lawyers created  redundant work and  unnecessary motions, charged for redundant  research, and "further research" , e-mails, expert witnesses who never participated in my trial. It was a scheme similar to "CIRCLE THE WAGON".( One motion  and 5 different  attorneys sucked it until it was dry: then another motion and the  5 attorneys would circle around it until the motion was lifeless). Recently l Zachary Schorr presented the courts with an invoice of $362,000.00 worth of lawyer fees and the court found them unreasoanble. In an overzealous attempt to collect  these huge fees generated by these lawyers SHORR LAW resorted to coercive intimidation, name calling and threats.  I was called unimaginable names and  unscrupulous, not credible, untruthful and SCHORR LAW  threatened to have all  my assets "locked down" using his superior knowledge of the law and  legal skills .SHORR LAW attempted to persuade me to give him a trust deed on the very  property  that I had hired him to clear the deed for.  When attempts to place  a lien on my property were unsuccessful a lien was placed on my CASE . This lawyer realized that there was a huge amount of equity in my home which will be paid off in one year. This is the case with many senior citizens who have lived in their homes for  many years. This equity in property and accumulated wealth leaves many elderly citizens vulnerable to  abuse and mistreatment by the very people that they trust to help such as financial  advisers, lawyers, caregivers, even family members. 

Never in a million years did I think that the very person that I hired to clear the title on my home  in which I have lived in for over 26 years would be the lawyer  who would threaten to steal the equity in my home through charging  exorbitant and unconscionable fees.

 When  I sought help at the Senior Citizen facility my financial advisor advised me to stop paying that law firm and ask the Los Angeles Bar for help. I petitioned the BAR for fee arbitration to investigate why the fees were so high and was advised by my lawyer, Schorr Law,  that we did not have a fee arbitration agreement in my retainer. and he attempted to obstruct my rights to arbitration using the California Bar Abitration and mediation services . Well., our retainer agreement did not contain a clause where 5 different lawyers would be used to create thousands of dollars in charges on a daily basis either!

 Senior citizens should not have to lose everything they have worked hard for just to get  fair, ethical legal representation.

No one should have to lose their home because of exorbitant , unconscionabe , unexpected and unethical fees.

No lawyer's name should  replace the name of another person on the client's  deed simply because there is a large amount of equity in their home.

No person should become homeless  after working all their lives  because of unfair , trumped up fees created to steal their home  equity.

Lawyers  deserve to be paid a fair and honest fee which is known upfront so that all clients can know up front what is to be paid from their hard earned cash and they should  not be allowed to design charges to enrich themselves.

No lawyer should create charges to transfer wealth from a client's pockets or estate to enrich themselves or to move to a bigger suite or  buy a new Porsche leaving their client homeless and riding the bus to work to pay for unexpected( and in my opinion unethical legal fees).

A fair, flat fee for a fair and transparent  legal representation would negate abuse from that minority of lawyers who are unethical and greedy. The current system leaves the "FOX GUARDING THE HENHOUSE" and any lawyer can make up any charges they wish to hustle his clients.

A fair and flat fee structure would restore the public's trust in the legal profession; protect clients as well as the legal profession!