Hi- I need as much help and advice as I can get. Yesterday I found out that a lien had been put on my bank account for a judgement that had been passed against me that I didn't even know existed.
5 years ago I vacated an apartment 3 months prior to the end of lease, I was told by the management company that if they didn't find someone to move in I would be responsible for the rent. I didn't hear from them until a year later when a lawyer contacted me to say that I needed to call him back to prevent legal action. I left this lawyer several messages and never heard from him or anyone again until yesterday when I found out that my bank account was frozen. I never got summons or notice that I was being sued or sent anything about any court date or that a judgement had ever been passed against me. I immediately went to civil court and filed an Order to Show Cause, I have a court date next week for that any advice on how I should handle that date as well as what I should do about going up in court against the management company's lawyer. This all seems totally unlawful to me but I don't know anything about it. I have no paperwork or anything because I was never sent anything from the court or the lawyer. Also if I need to get my own lawyer if there are any legal aid groups or advocacy groups that could assist me. I am desperate and really need some advice
Thanks to anyone who can help