Lawyers are such scum I had a visitation case that my lawyer screwed up on plus he swallowed up my 2k retainer
817757
Write out a timeline of everything that happened, attach any documentation you have supporting this information and send it with a letter of complaint to the state bar association.  Follow up on a weekly basis by phone & in person.  Eventually, if you make enough of an nuisance of yourself they may bring all the lawyers involved up on charges, either suspend them for a length of time or disbar them, and make them reimburse you the amount of money you lost.\n\nI went through this same type of thing in Louisiana with an attorney who barely got me divorced and never followed up on the property settlement or child support.  He ended up being suspended for two months and reimbursing me half of the $1000.00 I'd paid him.  It took me two years of being persistant with the Louisiana bar to finally get some satifisfaction in this situation but it worked.
649467
Your state will have ethical canons or disciplinary rules to deal with this. \n\nUnless you gave him settlement authority, he can't settle on your behalf -- so read your enagement letter again and know what it says. If everything is as you say it is, he has run afoul of his duties as your counsel and fiduciary.\n\nStart with your local bar assocation, which should be able to give you a referral to (i) an attorney who can look into your situation and (ii) the proper state bar agency or committee to which you can report this misconduct (and, possibly, take this guy's ticket).\n\nGood luck.
1141205
I agree with Bambi.  This is unethical (and he should be disbarred for it) and illegal.  Contact the bar association for your state and file a complaint.
793339
1) Document everything \n2) Write a letter to them with the information detailed with dates - requesting to meet with them to resolve the matter, with a deadline for the meeting, note in the letter that you have consulted a lawyer would like to resolve the matter with one if possible.\n3) Check into small claims courts\n\nOr you can take the pissed off aproach and send them a letter and tell them if they don't pay-up, the unethical treatement of you will be reported to the BBB, show up in papers and you might decide to picket as well. \n\nEither way the letter with details is the most important as well as consequences if they do not follow-up with you.  Make sure what ever consequences you set - you follow-up on.\n\nGood Luck!  Go get your Money!!
933011
He is trying to play games and you should report the attorney that told you not to contact the office again . you can report them to the bar association they might also be playing games. good luck and god bless you.
284001
First get a good lawyer
910928
I hate to say this, but you are probably up "sheep's creek without a paddle"!\nI am presently going through the same ordeal. My mom passed away and left a will, so we thought! Sometime in her last days my brother managed to coerce her into doing a new will that left him as power of attorney, executor of the will, and recipient of all her bank accounts! I knew for a fact that my mother was not capable "mentally" of doing this due to her condition! I protested to no avail and the court refused to budge unless I hired an attorney. The attorney wanted a $25,000 retainer fee that would "begin" the objection and more than likely result in a law suit against my brother that would have cost far more! It just wasn't worth the effort. However, with all said, the man above sees all and punishes those who go against his word! So in my heart I know his day is coming and we can all celebrate when the moment arises!!!!
209859
i hope yopu have an attorney!!!!! if not get one that specializes in this you want to be sure to get as many breaks as you can
1029522
Sorry for your loss.  Best bet is to find another attorney.  And if you first attorney seems to have done something unethical, report him to the local bar.  You may want to consult with a new attorney before you do that.
245947
To me your description makes him sound very unprofessional.\nYour could file a complaint concerning his behavior with your local or state bar association.  Good luck.
474911
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
957497
Get a lawyer before you screw things up so bad it will sink you.
359192
You need an attorney. Is he not fair just because you don't like his rulings or his he violating or misapplying the law? If it's the 1st case, that's too bad. If it's the 2nd case, your attorney will file an appeal to the next highest up judge who will review his rulings..
169158
Sounds like you need a lawyer.
786422
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!
169429
No! The case has been SETTLED. What you can do is try to sue your lawyer for negligence or something to that effect. :)\n\nGood Luck
43194
all i did was go to the court house, pick up the "divorce packet" and went to the family law facilitators and they helped me fill out the paper work, i filled out every thing, made the copies my self, filed them my self and then had the sherriffs office serve him, he didn't contest a thing, and it's been over a month that he was served now i'm just waiting for it to be final. it will take a total of 6 months and 1 day from the day he was served.  i didn't pay anything beacause they had me fill out a fee waiver because of my income and i qualified. there were other options, this one place was going to charge me $350.00 but i went the free way. i didn't have a lawyer and we don't even have to go to court weather he signs or not i will for sure be divorced by june 2--open up those yellow pages and look under divorce there should be somebody who you can call that will help you out. you may not have to pay a penny.