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A WOMAN has lost $7,000 while grieving the death of her mother after she failed to verify the legitimacy of a lawyer she worked with.
The woman revealed that she had been contacted by a lawyer who wanted to represent her following her mother’s wrongful death.
The woman shared that the lawyer who called her ultimately wasn’t a lawyer at all.
He ended up scamming her for $7,000.
“We were in a time of grief and he knew how to play on that,” she said, per Fox affiliate WTVT.
The man who contacted her was called Glenis Campbell.
He reached out to her and charged her for various things, including legal fees, a medical examiner’s report, and more.
After paying various fees, the woman began to suspect him and reached out to The Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee to verify his legal status.
She learned that Campbell was never registered as a lawyer and that she should have looked him up before making any payments.
“We thought we could trust him,” she said.
“Eventually, we looked him up and realized that he was not a lawyer.”
The woman revealed that after paying him, Campbell became hard to reach.
He never returned her money.
Verifying a lawyer is the first thing you should do before deciding to work with them.
Checking their credentials can be done simply by looking for their certification online.
To practice law, lawyers must be registered in their state.
These databases are available after a quick Google search and can save you thousands of dollars.
“You want to deal with somebody who is licensed, period,” said Memphis lawyer and former president of the Tennessee Bar Association Lucian Pera.
“You want competent representation.”
Campbell has been previously linked with numerous examples of illegal activity, having various charges against him over the years.
In 2008, he was charged with impersonating a lawyer.
He has three open cases against him for impersonating a licensed professional, property theft, and more.
He was also accused of stealing $28,000 from victims of a workman’s comp case that never occurred.
