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Voir Dire wrote:
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> What do you think?
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> It would be worth looking into. In AZ some of the county recorders
> bury the info to protect the scam and might require the jaws-of-life to
> get it, but I am confident it could be obtained...besides, bounty
> hunting always has a certain sex appeal- women love "the Dog" ...kind
> of like "the Duke" with a mullet.
>
> On a related matter, an attorney out of Florida was telling me about a
> cottage industry of young aggressive, entrepreneurial law firms going
> after boards, managers, etc. involved in fraud/mismanagement and
> collecting on the association's D&O policies and whatever they take
> from the defendants personally. Makes sense- a CAI trade lawyer
> doesn't stand a chance against a smash-mouth trial lawyer.
>
Well, in California there is a statute, I believe section 1700 Business
Code, under which any attorney can prosecute any business for any
violation as if prosecuted by state attorney general.
Unfortunately these young lawyers descended on mama/papa businesses and
got clobbered by big public outcry.
> A HOA law practice is a hybrid- a blend of landlord-tenant and
> collection law with a little token corporate law thrown in for
> gravitas. Might be a big deal to some HOA toady or at a CAI "eat till
> you drop" awards banquet, but boring as hell in the big scheme of
> things. Most of them are so dumb they have to farm out the big-buck
> construction defect claims.
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