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Screwed again.

by KimW
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Any suggestions on how to proceed against a shady lawyer?
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    Asking one lawyer to act against another is a rather futile exercise - and extremely costly.
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      Originally Posted by artwebster View Post

      Asking one lawyer to act against another is a rather futile exercise - and extremely costly.

      Absolutely correct Art. What I want to find out is the least expensive way to extricate myself from the current lawyer so I can engage a different one. (and no, I am not one of those that think ALL lawyers are dishonest).
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        Originally Posted by KimW View Post

        Absolutely correct Art. What I want to find out is the least expensive way to extricate myself from the current lawyer so I can engage a different one. (and no, I am not one of those that think ALL lawyers are dishonest).
        Why can't you simply say: "I no longer require your services."?
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Try contacting your state's Bar Assoc.
      We had an issue once with a divorce lawyer who keep stalling with filing the final divorce papers so he could get more $.
      One call to the county bar assoc. was all it took to straighten it out.
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        Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

        Try contacting your state's Bar Assoc.
        We had an issue once with a divorce lawyer who keep stalling with filing the final divorce papers so he could get more $.
        One call to the county bar assoc. was all it took to straighten it out.
        What Thom said.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    yeh, and the state attorney general. I know at least in Texas there is an organization apart from the Bar or AG that investigates complaints against lawyers. I will look for it but I am pretty sure it is just for Texas...

    http://research.lawyers.com/Complain...t-Lawyers.html

    http://www.lawyers-complaint.com/

    Here is Texas Grievances: http://www.texasbar.com/Template.cfm...ContentID=7034
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    • Profile picture of the author KimW
      Originally Posted by Kim Davis View Post

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      Kim , tried the site, got some good leads on what to do.The only problem was they took the money out of my account twice. If Paypal hadn't come out with a new version of their browser plug in and I had to upgrade it, I wouldn't have found out for quite a while. I did dispute it immediately and I've been told it will be put back in.

      Originally Posted by Thomas View Post

      Why can't you simply say: "I no longer require your services."?
      Thomas, it's complicated but that's exactly what I'm trying to do without getted screwed even more by the lawyer and the courts.

      Originally Posted by Arthur Rich View Post

      Kim, When I no longer want a lawyers service I simply stop paying them.
      Authur, For my kind of case the lawyers get paid up front. Granted, part of my problem/complaint about my lawyer is that here we are in the middle of the situation and she is asking for almost double of what we agreed upon as far as fees go to do something previously discussed.There is no way I can come up with what she is saying it is going to cost me.

      Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

      Try contacting your state's Bar Assoc.
      We had an issue once with a divorce lawyer who keep stalling with filing the final divorce papers so he could get more $.
      One call to the county bar assoc. was all it took to straighten it out.
      ThomM, The info I got at the site above basically said the same thing,the problem is we are in the middle of the case and consider her previous actions, I am very concerned she could and possibly would jeapordize the outcome of my case when I do that.

      Originally Posted by Patrician View Post

      yeh, and the state attorney general. I know at least in Texas there is an organization apart from the Bar or AG that investigates complaints against lawyers. I will look for it but I am pretty sure it is just for Texas...

      Complaints About Lawyers

      Lawyers Complaint Lawyer Complaint

      Here is Texas Grievances: State Bar of Texas | Client Assistance & Grievance
      Patrician, Thanks for the links. I got some ideas from following those too.
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      • Profile picture of the author ThomM
        Kim if she tried anything after the BAR gets involved she could lose her license to practice law there.
        ThomM, The info I got at the site above basically said the same thing,the problem is we are in the middle of the case and consider her previous actions, I am very concerned she could and possibly would jeapordize the outcome of my case when I do that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sheila
    That's a tough situation to be in . . . but I'm sure that if you get another lawyer to represent you, the first attorney cannot do anything to jeopardize your case or she will be in jeopardy herself - and I'm sure she knows that you could sue her for it, so I wouldn't worry about that. I know that's not much help, because I'd bet you don't want another lawsuit on your hands . . .

    I was in a situation like this once and was told by the second attorney that a competent attorney (ie. your opposing counsel) would immediately take the case into court once they were notified you switched attorney. Opposing counsel would do that because they'd know the second attorney wouldn't be able to have enough time to adequately prepare for the case, and your chance of losing would be greatly increased. So, it would be in the best interest of opposing counsel to do this.

    My (potential) second attorney was really good - and he told me that is what he would do if he was opposing counsel. So, you might want to consider finding a way to work it out with the first attorney if you don't want to almost guarantee that you'll lose your case. That's what I did - bit my tongue and was on my most "diplomatic" behavior when I spoke to my first attorney - it was hard, because I had to come up with my own defense and present it to the attorney, rather than the other way around, but at least I eventually won the case.

    Best of luck to you.
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