My lawyer is incompetent.  I paid him over 2 years ago, and he has done nothing. Avoids me. What can I do?
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If your lawyer is part of a firm with other partners, first complain, in writing, via Certified letter, to the firm's Senior Partner about this matter...if you do not get a reply within two weeks, the next step is\n Notify the State Bar Association. Provide the Bar Ethics Board with information about the date on which you first paid your alleged lawyer, a timeline of all the delays and dodges and the case number (The number the courts are using for this case) but DO NOT include specifics about the case itself...providing that information can present the risk of confidential information becoming "discoverable" by the opposing party and is probably not relevant to the matter of the lawyer's derilection of duty, which at first glance certainly sounds like malpractice.
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You going to have to talk to a lawyer on this one. Bring with you a list of all the damage the other lawyer did to you (i.e. stole your money, ruined your reputation, mismanaged funds, poorly prepared your case, etc.). With this list the new lawyer should be able to tell you what your options are. Good luck.
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You have to follow the following step. Immediately contact your local bar association and ask them what grievance procedures they have in place.  If they have a legitimate process in place, than definitely file a complains and see where it goes.  If they have a lax process or no process at all instituted, then you will have to go to small claims court. \n\nYou must prove that you did not agree to the charges.  Please double check and see if you signed any documents that refer to these type of charges or fees.  If you have not in any way agreed or been made aware of these fees, than the judge will award the lawyer "fair compensation" for the service he provided to you.
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talk to your attorney and go back to court........... his wages could be garnished until it is paid in full and his tax return could also be intercepted and paid to you for that debt
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write them an email that says that you are going to have your lawyer contact them.   if that doesn't work, have your lawyer contact them.\n\nbut really, once you put something on the internet, it's out there, potentially forever.  be carefull what you post
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Talk to the Lawyer's Bar in your state/province and see if there are any repercussions about signing a contract and not fulfilling the obligations.  If you have proof that he has filed nothing on your behalf, show this to them.  Does your contract not state that he does SOMETHING for you?  If he hasn't, i would think he is the one who has breached your contract first, giving you just reason for termination of his services...
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If this lawyer is indeed not doing her job, and you believe this to be a true violation of your client-attorney relationship, then you should report your lawyer to your state's American Bar Association.\n\nThere is a two-inch-thick manual of ABA approved rules of professional conduct for lawyers and if your lawyer is violating rules of diligence and competence, then you are more than entitled to get your retainer back. \n\nTechnically, a lawyer cannot spend any of the retainer money until his or her assigned tasks (for which the money was paid) have been completed. Therefore, unless your lawyer has carried out the tasks you agreed on, that money should still be there. \n\nConsider the following questions before you contact the ABA:\n(1) How long has it been since your lawyer contacted you about your case?\n(2) How complicated was the task assigned?\n(3) Does the attorney work for a firm where you could try contacting the firm first?
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I'm going to give you a nothing answer right now, so I'll be able to find this a little later.  Ray\n\nEnough is enough.  You have rights.  1) call the your attorney and ask him why he is not assisting you.  Then tell him that you are going to call the  U.S. Attorney General's office and report the case to them giving them full disclosure of what has taken place.  That your attorney  has been paid, the award was granted. but that he has not followed up on why SS has not paid you.  I am not an attorney, but  a consultant, and will  work on this case for you at no charge, if you wish.  We can use e-mail or phones, whichever you prefer.  So many problems with today's social security, someone needs to do something and do it now.  Local SS offices don't care and won't help much.  We have to go to Washington.  I have my sources for getting things done.  Joyce
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Best advise that I can give you is to fire them.  \nI tried that and in fact I had done most of the research prior to hiring the lawyer and it was never used.\nIf I had to ever hire a lawyer again I would go to the courts where you can sit in the room and watch and listen and find a lawyer that way.\ngood luck.
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You need a better lawyer. Get a female lawyer, they are meaner than heck and can do a lot better than a male. Might cost you more in the short term but should pay off in the long run.\n\nI hope that things work out better the second time around\n\nGod bless you and be with you in your time of need
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If you get in touch with the States Attorney office they will be able to give you the address of the office you need to speak to. Just tell them you have grievance against a lawyer.
784825
You need to get in contact with a lawyer.
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First, find a new lawyer, a good one.  Tell him your story.  Tell him everything, the good and the bad.  If he agrees to handle your case, he will deal with the old lawyer.  He will know exactly how to do it.  If what you say is true, it will probably involve not reporting the old lawyer in exchange for him releasing you from your contract.  But let your new lawyer worry about that.
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Unfortunately, the law works very, very slowly.  Getting a lazy judge to respond or do his judge in a timely manner can be supremely frustrating.  Especially when you're dealing with children. \n\nThat having been said, nine months sounds like a little too long even for the laziest of judges.  Sounds to me like maybe your attorney is not being as diligent as you'd like.  Contact another local attorney and see what can be done.
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I am in the same position. I have talked to several attorneys in regards to this. I was advised the go to the county's bar association and let them know of the situation. they can refer you to a lawyer that is more affordable and perhaps will take payments. the only other option and the one that we have decided to go with for the time being is the public defender. there are a lot of good ones out there. good luck!
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yes you have...You have know way of knowing how many checks or how much money the companies have paid your lawyers. You will never see all of the checks. They will only show you the checks that they have deducted there 33% from. You have probably been shafted for about 35 to 45 thousand. You need to get another lawyer that you trust. He will have to uncover the case with your other lawyer. This will cost you another 33% but might get you a few thousand dollars. It will be hard to find a lawyer to take on another lawyer!! Sorry, sounds like you should have picked a better attorney!
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Your lawyer should have all these details...if he doesn't or won't divulge them to you contact the Courts where the judgement was passed.  Their records will indicate what the judgement actually was.  There may have been legal fees, penalties, bills of all sorts that had to be paid from this judgement so check these two sources before you jump to conclusions.  If you still have no luck, contact the Law Society in your area and explain your situation.  They can then contact the lawyer and request he disclose this information to you (of course why he wouldn't anyway I don't know).  If he chooses to avoid this he is risking being stricken from practicing...this can be considered fraud or misappropriation of funds and it carries serious consequences for the lawyer involved if proven.  Keep in mind that this particular situation could end up running a 1-2 year course while the society investigates so it isn't something that can be resolved or straightened out over night.\n\nYou'll  have to have all your documents in order to prove your case so anything that the lawyer presented you with regarding this suit should be copied and forwarded to the society if this is the route you go.  If it happens the lawyer was not as anal about correspondence with you as he should have been...document this fact as well...there are several key areas that lawyers are to conduct their business under and failing to do so correctly can show up as detrimental marks on their permanent record.\n\nGet onto it quickly however ... and don't back down if you think you've been had...\n\nGood luck