Unregistered
04-13-2016, 11:57 PM
Recently I had an incident that the BSO Membership should be made aware of:
During all of the unrest with our Union Situation I decided to join PLEA. I recently got a notice to provide a statement for a PII which is no big deal and when I attempted contact PLEA several days before the statement no one answered the phone. I left numerous voice-mails, left a message with their service, emailed them multiple times through their website, and sent them a request for legal assistance all to no avail. I finally got a live human being to answer the day before the statement at 430pm and they claimed they never received any messages, voicemails, emails or request from legal assistance and attempted to blame their answering service and website which Elena their Office Manager said must be down, but seemed to working fine. She then told me not to worry and they would send representation to the statement. When I asked the name of the attorney who they would be sending she hesitantly told me the President of PLEA would come. I asked if he was an attorney and she said no, but he has done this a million times. When I told her that I wanted an attorney due to Union Reps lack of privilege, she immediately transferred me to the PLEA President Orlando Montague (I beleive) and he immediately began to yell at me and told me he has 20 plus years of experience, I didn't need an attorney for administrative hearing and he is running a business and he decided when an attorney was necessary. I told him I wouldn't except anything other then an attorney and he became irate and told me that if I didn't agree to have him represent in lieu of an attorney he would cancel my membership. I told him that was fine and he said "I want to hear you quit". I said ok I quit and he hung up on me. I then called back and spoke to the secretary who canceled my membership. Please learn from my mistake and don't give this organization any of your money they are not who or what they say they are and will not provide you with the legal representation you deserve.
During all of the unrest with our Union Situation I decided to join PLEA. I recently got a notice to provide a statement for a PII which is no big deal and when I attempted contact PLEA several days before the statement no one answered the phone. I left numerous voice-mails, left a message with their service, emailed them multiple times through their website, and sent them a request for legal assistance all to no avail. I finally got a live human being to answer the day before the statement at 430pm and they claimed they never received any messages, voicemails, emails or request from legal assistance and attempted to blame their answering service and website which Elena their Office Manager said must be down, but seemed to working fine. She then told me not to worry and they would send representation to the statement. When I asked the name of the attorney who they would be sending she hesitantly told me the President of PLEA would come. I asked if he was an attorney and she said no, but he has done this a million times. When I told her that I wanted an attorney due to Union Reps lack of privilege, she immediately transferred me to the PLEA President Orlando Montague (I beleive) and he immediately began to yell at me and told me he has 20 plus years of experience, I didn't need an attorney for administrative hearing and he is running a business and he decided when an attorney was necessary. I told him I wouldn't except anything other then an attorney and he became irate and told me that if I didn't agree to have him represent in lieu of an attorney he would cancel my membership. I told him that was fine and he said "I want to hear you quit". I said ok I quit and he hung up on me. I then called back and spoke to the secretary who canceled my membership. Please learn from my mistake and don't give this organization any of your money they are not who or what they say they are and will not provide you with the legal representation you deserve.