# Uhh... is Celino and Barnes no more? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 30, 2005, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/uhh-is-celino-and-barnes-no-more/496 "2005-06-30T11:10:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![Helidrop](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/helidrop/32/7583_2.png) [@Helidrop](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Helidrop)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/uhh-is-celino-and-barnes-no-more/496/20 "2005-06-30T22:07:26Z")
BAsically …Cellino and Barnes were lending money to their clients in-house, and then charging insane interest at ~35% which is illegal…they were supposed to refer low income clients/or clients that would be unable to pay their fees to places like Plantiff Support Services, which is a group of disbarred lawyers who lend money to plantiffs…Cellino and Barnes(the firm) had a total of 18 counts against them. Cellino is suspended for 6 months and his name and picture had to be removed from all advertisements, hence ‘The Barnes Firm’ billboards plastered all over… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/uhh-is-celino-and-barnes-no-more/496)._