TAMPA – A former employee of a major foreclosure law firm in Tampa says she and others were forced to work “off the clock” to keep up with a flood of cases over the past three years.
Denise Vasquez has filed a lawsuit against Florida Default Law Group, alleging employees were regularly allowed five hours per week of overtime, but were also routinely required to work extra hours without pay.
This is the latest setback for a firm entrenched in the mortgage foreclosure meltdown involving law firms that handled hundreds of thousands of suits on behalf of lenders. The firm is among four under state investigation for rushing through paperwork and filing misleading documents.
The Florida Attorney General’s Office calls these firms “foreclosure mills” because of the large volume of cases they handle. Critics say the firms got so big that they fostered an atmosphere for sloppiness.
“Thousands of emails from all over the country would come in every day requiring action in the Florida Courts,” Vasquez’ suit says.
However, the law firm says the overtime case is unrelated.
“We treat our employees fairly, and in complete compliance with all standards and regulations,” said Ronald R. Wolfe, managing partner Florida Default. “We are confident that no wrong doing occurred in this case.”
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Vasquez v. Florida Default Law Group, PL
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