This company didn't live up to what it told me it could do. All they wanted after bugging us on the phone about hiring them was the money. After they received the money the phone calls stopped and we haven't heard a thing since. And that has been about 8 months now.

EDWARD H. TOOK OUR MONEY, PROMISED US RESULTS AND DELIVERED NOTHING TO US!! ACTUALLY MISSED OUR COURT DATE AND WE REPRESENTED OURSELVES!!! DO NOT USE THIS GROUP! THEY TOOK $750.00 FROM US LAST SEPT. AND HAVE NOT REFUNDED US!!! WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK EDWARD AND NADIA!! REFUND US!!!
JAMES AND HEATHER MILLER

We need everyone to send information to Aj Rotella ...they are investigation this co... Edward Maddison AKA Edward Herzstock needs to be stopped this punk is only 24 years old and has taken advantage of all of us please help the sheriffs department get him he will do it again...Ms. Jenkins, Ms. Glessner, and Ms. Wiechec:

Thank you all for the recent emails regarding the Affordable Legal Help company and your suspicion that they may be operating a fraudulent business. I can sense and understand the frustration that you have with the process and the lack of assistance that you have received from the various agencies that you have contacted in the past. As you are now contacting the City of Santa Clarita and its Sheriff's station, please know that we will do review this matter and see if resources can be found or applied to resolve the problem.

As I mentioned on the telephone to you, what I need to begin this process is an actual police report filed by a law enforcement agency by you relating to this case. This will mean that each victim will have to go to their various local agency and report this incident and the loss that each incurred.

To make this process and the potential investigation smoother, I would like you to mail me a packet of the following documents to my attention at the address provided below:

1. Copy of police report
2. Copy of any contracts between Affordable Legal Help and you (or your family member)
3. Any information that you received from the company (brochures, information, advertisements, etc.)
4. Copies of any email correspondence, letters of demand, written responses from the company to you.
5. A brief summary with dates and facts related to your specific case (when you first contacted them, how you found them in the first place, what services were they to provide, how do you feel that you were defrauded, what did or did they not do for the money that you paid, what phone calls did you make, who did you speak to, what was their response, etc.)

I hope that you understand that this case is quite complicated, as each of you resides in different states. The additional 20-30 victims that you have indicated that you are in contact with must each do the same process to truly get an understanding as to what this company is doing and to proceed with any investigation.

As these packets might be quite large in size (based on the number of documents), I would like each to be mailed rather than emailed to my attention.

I have already been in contact with the California Attorney General's office as well as the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office to see if either agency would be able to provide resources or investigation into this matter. As with us, no agency can determine the level of resources needed or whether this is in fact a criminal matter versus a civil matter without first seeing a criminal complaint report -- which begins with you reporting this in person to a law enforcement agency.

As this is a complicated matter, we would not be able to take a telephonic report, nor an email report of the case -- as we need all of the documents associated with the case to review and prepare an investigation.

Any additional victims that you find or are in contact with do not need to personally contact me. If they follow the steps in this email and send their information to my attention, they will be included in the review and possible investigation.

I hope that this email at least provides each of you with a level of comfort that someone is going to review this case to see if it meets the criteria for a criminal complaint. The City of Santa Clarita is diligent in its efforts to keep crime at a minimum and we appreciate that you each have brought this matter to our attention.

A.J. Rotella, Sergeant
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department - Santa Clarita Valley Station
City of Santa Clarita Sheriff's Business Alliance
23740 Magic Mountain Parkway
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
(661) 255-4990 office

you call them and describe your legal matter and they promise you the world. they took my 1500.00 by credit card right away and said they would start my case and get back to me with info. no one calls back and than they don't answer phone calls or emails. when you finally do get a hold of someone they give all kinds of excuses (apparentally everyone gets sick around there ALOT) you than request a refund and get nothing. this goes on for months and nothing is resolved. no services are performed(i mean nothing) and they keep your money.

Well I wanted to post a positive response on here about this legal group, as they did file the first set of divorce paperwork for my son, but not now as it's in limbo again. This has been the most awful experience for My Son that I could ever imagine for him. A divorce and lack of visitation for his Son and My grandson is hard enough. But when you are on a limit income and people like this take advantage of this situation is just wrong. Ed Maddison and Nicole will not response to us at all now, and I know its because we have been angry with the lack of there communication and following through with there word to do what they said they will do. Ed Maddison says, "well this is the process, " but we called the courts and my sons paperwork is just sitting there waiting for paperwork to be filed for a court date. Oh yeah affordable said they would call and send the proper paperwork to set the date. But they again, stop corresponsing to us at all now. I am going to gather all the emails of complaints and through the BBB and send it on to all who will listen, I am not stopping here now, I am making up packets and sending them to BBB in california, and to the governor of california, and going to JAG as my husband is retired military. I will keep going until someone will listen. I also have messages on my machine that I will send as well.
I believe in the beginning maybe they meant will, but now I am so tried of fighting with them to get this done for my son, it seems like the only response you get it when you post a complaint on here, and then they act shock that you feel this way.
Lack of communication, lack of concern for anyone's situation is just wrong, and I am going to take the steps I can to make sure others don't suffer any more than they have all ready.
This is just so wrong, when good people with limited income, and they say they provide a affordable opition for legal help, and then they take your money and that's the end of that.
If you need to add any complaints or information, please contact me through my normal email, and I will send it on this week.
[email protected]