Lawyer at fault in lender case
Regarding “Case Turns on True Lender’s Identity” by Robert J. Bruss (Feb. 9) on Miguel vs. Countrywide: The plaintiff is not without a remedy. She could sue her lawyer. Too many lawyers take on representation of cases in areas of the law they know little about. In the Miguel case, the lawyer should have known that most lenders do not keep their loans but sell them, especially after so much time has passed. The lawyer should have investigated who the players were to ensure the proper parties are named. A 30-second call to a title company would have revealed that the original lender sold the loan -- not to Countrywide, who was merely servicing the loan, but to Bank of New York.
Stephany Yablow
Sherman Oaks
Yablow is an attorney.
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