Remember Encinitas attorney Michael T. Pines, who gained TV fame as a foreclosure attorney with unconventional tactics such as encouraging clients to break in and squat in their former homes?
He's now representing himself in Atascadero State Hospital.
There's my write in candidate for council, he can't be worse than we have already......
ReplyDeleteOne flew into the cuckoo's nest!
ReplyDeleteYup, nothing like mental illness so we can all have a laugh. It's been said a million times, but let's hope the guy gets the help he needs.
ReplyDeleteMichael T. Pines will never get the help he needs. He thinks he's above the law and perfectly normal which is a lethal combination for those he preys upon.
ReplyDeleteMichael T. Pines continued to practice law without a license after he was disbarred by the State. He preys on people who are desperate to save their homes, mostly who are minorities or English is their second language. They trusted this incompetent fool.
Michael T. Pines lost 7 of his own properties in foreclosure. 7. He filed bankruptcy. If he can't save his own home and is a financial disaster, how can he save yours? He has never won a lawsuit. No one. Not ever. Never. Ever. Won.
Yet, he continues to call himself a "foreclosure defense expert" and a "hero" as if he is advocating for the blue collar person who can't get a break. He lures them in, like a child molester grooming their next kid. He tells them what they want to hear, that he can save their home and even get them their home for free. He told people not to pay their mortgage, but to pay him a $10K retainer and $650.00 an hour, and he did nothing. Nothing. They trusted him. They believed the self promotional hype. He never filed the paperwork. HE STOLE FROM THEM. ALL OF THEM.
All the while Pines was purporting himself as a Robin Hood hero. He knew what he was doing, yet hid behind mental illness to avoid jail time he wanted a cushier stay. He's been in out of jail and prisons for years. YEARS. He's a convicted felon. He's disbarred. He's a certified nutcase who attacks people, stalks people, and thinks he can get away with it. The San Diego DA's office is lazy, they do nothing to investigate hundreds of victims. HUNDREDS.
If Pines crosses your path be prepared for a crazed, irrational whacko who should stay in Atascadero Mental Hospital for the remainder of his life in order to protect the public, but in reality, this Bernie Madoff clone belongs in prison.