Florida Foreclosure Law Firm Fires 14 For Wearing Orange

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/03/20/448192/florida-foreclosure-law-firm-fires-14-for-wearing-orange/

By Josh Israel posted from ThinkProgress Justice on Mar 20, 2012 at 6:00 pm

Fourteen employees of a Florida law firm that specializes in foreclosure were summarily fired Friday for showing up to work wearing orange shirts. The law offices of Elizabeth R. Wellborn, P.A dismissed the employees even though several said their choice of attire was an innocent plan to match at a planned happy hour.

The law firm represents “institutional and private lenders in the reclamation of titled assets” — working to represent the mortgage lenders who are foreclosing on the homes of Floridians. The Sunshine State has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation.

The firm’s website boasts that its “Eviction Department has established key relationships with a network of attorneys that, collectively, expedite processes and keep costs as low as possible” for lenders.

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