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Legal representation redux... (by KC):
michaela848 wrote:The Finn Law Group in Florida is all over the internet as a time share lawyer "guaranteeing" that they will get you out of your time share and all future obligations with it. Opinions? Has anyone been successful with any time share attorney?
I personally met and spoke with attorney Mike Finn (03/20/2017) at a meeting during which he spoke to a timeshare owners group in Sarasota, Florida (he was NOT peddling legal services, by the way). With all due respect, I do NOT believe that Mr. Finn "guarantees" any such thing as you claim above. Can you cite any specific source or reference that we can independently view for ourselves that indicates otherwise and / or supports your claim of an alleged "guarantee"?
Finn's most recently initiated legal action is against Diamond, alleging in part that a portion of what is supposed to be "resort maintenance fees" is being siphoned off to / by "corporate" instead, at the expense of the property and the support of its' infrastructure (for which those funds are very specifically and solely earmarked and collected).
To the best of my knowledge and belief, not only does Mr. Finn NOT guarantee "successful exits", I don't believe that he even accepts all cases presented to him. My understanding is that he first requires (at no no cost to the prospective client) completion of a detailed questionnaire, in order to make an informed assessment as to whether or not there is even any potential basis for a "case" in the first place. (Neither "buyer's remorse" nor being "tired of paying maintenance fees" can even remotely begin to constitute a sound or legitimate basis for a "case", by the way). Unlike slimy Castle Law Group in Tennessee, Finn's office may very well DECLINE a case OR any retainer. I am frankly inclined to believe that Mr. Finn and his firm may have a lot more "juice and horsepower" WITHIN Florida than outside of it, but that's just a personal and anecdotal impression on my part.
It is my belief that NO attorney on earth (including Michael Finn) has any magic beans or secret processes by which to easily extricate someone from the (voluntarily accepted) contractual obligations of timeshare ownership. None. If there is a legal shortcoming or some other "opening" to potentially exploit, Mike Finn would certainly be my choice to represent me and my "case", but as far as any "magical escapes", neither he nor any other attorney can ever "guarantee" any such thing. You openly asked for opinions; that's mine.