There’s an outfit called “We The People” that touts itself as an cost effective alternative to hiring attorneys to assist consumers with that they claim is merely “document preparation.” According to a franchise website, “[f]or the last 10 years, We The People has invited entrepreneurs to reach out to their communities by offering an efficient, affordable, and convenient alternative to the high cost of attorneys’ legal services.” Unfortunately, WTP has developed quite the reputation among consumer bankruptcy attorneys for providing substandard and grossly incompetent bankruptcy services to consumers, and in some cases, engaging in the unlawful practice of law. Thus, you can imagine my shock during a recent stroll through Boston’s City Hall Plaza when I noticed that WTP has set up shop here.
Bankruptcy courts from around the country have caught onto WTP’s practices when it provides bankruptcy services to customers. However, their customers have not been so lucky.
