Complaint Review: Kazlow & Kazlow Attorneys - New York New York

Back in 1986 when I did not know much about the collection business Mr. Kazlow offered me a job as an outside contractor serving summonses for his law firm. Subsequently when I found out how much he was paying others and that I was earning about a quarter of that ($4.00 per service!) I quit and he offered me a "partnership" in a collection agency. I opened an agency inside his office (which I had no idea was actually illegal) and after he abused me the way he abused everyone in his office; he threw a paper document at me and I rolled it up into a ball and at close range threw it in his face. That night I removed all my belongings and set up an office from my den at home. I grew that business to the point where we collected for the largest law firms on the planet. After a falling out with my partner, Kazlow and his cronies (including attorneys working for him and Steven Rosenblatt his henchman) worked with me to collect moneys which I NEVER SAW. Wall Street law firms paid him directly while he told everyone my company had gone out of business. He pocketed all the money and stole at least $23,400 that I know about and all the clients he could get his hands on including a firm in Houston, Texas -- a major international law firm. I cannot name those firms but will gladly do so for people who also were robbed by Kazlow. The reason I opened my complaint telling you about the collection agency starting in his office is this: when I confronted Gene Kazlow with the fact that the Marshal (local enforcement constable) was collecting for my clients the initial claim amount plus interest, Kazlow told me he "kept" the interest all the time. He told me: "What is the difference? The client gets what they claimed and we keep the interest -- they will never know". In those days (1986 up to about 1989) the Marshals used to send a letter to the lawyers on the collection cases blacking out the actual amount they were pursuing to enforce. In effect, the Marshal was in cohoots with the attorneys who hired them for a commission on the actual amount collected. Kazlow told me to my face so this is not hearsay. I sued him for one of the two cases I found out he collected behind my back, he went to court and told the judge that I was out of business and that he found out I was stealing from my clients. Both lies, but since he also knew that when I broke up with my partner many of my paper files were lost in the shuffle, despite showing the court that I had written for many years to Kazlow about the particular file in question he brought the client (who had faxed me many times) and had him say he did not even know me. I still have those letters to prove my involvement in every step of the collection process! Be careful with this guy he is a master crook and knows the ropes well. Write or call me if you wish and I will evidence what he did. He is also a pathological liar on top of all this, so just like every master evil person, those who know him may think he is a saintly man. I know better! The statute of limitations has run out on my claims and the Supreme Court of the State of New York's disciplinary committe would not do anything for me when the statute was still in effect telling me my company was a forwarder NOT the actual client. So I got screwed and could do nothing despite letters from Wall St. law firms telling me they paid all commissions to Kazlow. See this:

Re: 10/11/01 - [UREC] UREC defamation lawyer, Gene Kazlow, "permanently barred from practicing law before the SEC"

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Here is an article on Gene Kazlow.

"MANHATTAN LAWYER BARRED FROM SEC PRACTICE IN "BLIND POOL" CASE

Gene Kazlow, a lawyer with the New York firm of Kazlow & Kazlow, has agreed to be permanently barred from practicing law before the SEC, as part of a settlement with the Commission of civil charges relating to his role in two "blind pool" securities offerings. Kazlow could not be reached for comment and his attorney declined to comment.

Without admitting or denying the allegations, Kazlow consented to the settlement order that also permanently enjoined him from further violations of the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. The case is somewhat unusual because the SEC does not often bring injunctive actions against lawyers, a Commission attorney said. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) will seek a ban on blank check "blind pool" offerings in a penny stock fraud bill that he plans to introduce soon.

The SEC alleged that Kazlow represented Green Mountain Venture Corp. and Monvert Financial Corp. in the registration of separate "blind pool" offerings in 1986. The firms were fraudulently organized and the stock was manipulated in after-market trading, the SEC charged in its civil lawsuit.

The registration statements identified the officers and directors as the control persons who had provided the issuers with the initial capitalization for Green Mountain's $ 150,000 offering and Monvert's $ 200,000 offering. However, the SEC alleged that Kazlow solicited three friends to become the officers and directors of Green Mountain and persuaded three other individuals to serve in the same roles for Monvert. He assured the six individuals that they would not have to do anything in connection with either the offerings or the operation of the firms, the Commission charged. Kazlow and other undisclosed individuals controlled the issuers and provided the initial capitalization, the SEC's lawsuit said."

Securities Week Copyright 1990 McGraw-Hill, Inc.

March 19, 1990 , Pg. 10

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Richard

Rego Park, New York
U.S.A.