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Washington.
Ethics / Professional Responsibility.
Posted 4 months ago in Ethics / Professional Responsibility.
3 answers posted
A recent very stressfull divorce case was even more so due to the misconduct of my ex's attorney. He sat on requested documents for several months. Refused to answer ...
Posted 3 months ago.
I am not licensed in the State of Washington so I can only answer if the question was for the State of Texas. There is in Washington, the Washington State Bar Association ("WSBA") and if you go to that website, you will find helpful information about lawyer conduct and how to file a grievance against an attorney in the State of Washington. I am curious as to why this has not been discussed with your own attorney? Does your own attorney support you going forward and filing a grievance against Mr. Divorce? Your question was as to the downside of reporting him. If the litigation is still going on and if Washington is like Texas, notice will be given to Mr. Divorce even if your complaint is dismissed. So he will know that you fled the complaint. If the WSBA prosecutes the case, you will be a witness and will be involved in the litigation as a witness. Again, in Texas there is no liability for filing a complaint and you could not be sued. Besides discussing this with your own counsel in the divorce, I would discuss it with the Bar Association, and ulitmately if you do go forward with the complaint, it would be beneficial if you found several other citizens who have been likewise attacked by the shark and would support your opinions and attempt to protect others from this attorney.
Miami (FL).
Ethics / Professional Responsibility, Litigation.
Posted 3 months ago in Ethics / Professional Responsibility, Litigation.
5 answers posted
I have an attorney that was reccommended to me from a friend. I asked him to file suit against a major corporation and their sub-contractor company. I have been able ...
Posted 3 months ago.
You are in Flordia and I am not licensed in that jurisdiction but let me answer as if the same problem arose in Texas. Thus, this information is given for discussion purposes only and is not to be relied upon as applicable to your situation or valid under Flordia Law. First, if you are having problems communicating with your attorney, in Texas there is the Client Attorney Assistance Program ( CAAP) with the State Bar of Texas that will write and call the attorney, CAAP in Florida is called the Attorney Consumer Assistance Program and you need to call the Florida Bar Associaiton to get help or go to the Florida Bar website and make contact with ACAP. All the questions that you are asking should be answered by your attorney and if not, you have every right to retrieve your file and try to find another attorney to represent you. If you want to find out if the suit has been filed you can go to the District Court Clerk's Office in the County where the lawsuit was to be filed and ask one of the deputy or assistant clerks to help you look up the names in the lawsuit to see if it has been filed. If the attorney is not keeping you informed on a monthly basis, something is wrong and you need to be aggressive it determining what happened.
Atlanta (GA).
Ethics / Professional Responsibility.
Posted 4 months ago in Ethics / Professional Responsibility.
2 answers posted
My sister and I recently had to obtain a lawyer for my 80-year-old father who was injured in a car accident for which he was not at fault. The lawyer presented himself ...
2 of 2 users found this helpful.
Posted 4 months ago.
I can only answer this question from the perspective of Texas Law and it may or may not have application in Georgia, and based only on the facts as you presented them ( probably no recording was made of the conversation). To answer you questions: First, an abusive or disruptive or angry attorney is not acting in an ethical manner; so the behaviour is not ethical. Second, such behaviour is not an excuse for an attorney to fail to communicate with you. It is unethical for him not to answer you in a manner that insures you will understand. Third, in Texas if you terminate an attorney without cause, he can still maintain an interest in your case, and another attorney may not be interested in taking your case if the previous attorney is still claiming a 1/3 or more interest. Thus, if the attorney continues to improperly discharge his responsibilities to you and your family, you need to ask him to withdraw and relinquish any interest he has in your family's file. His failure to do so may become the subject of a grievance and you should consult with an attorney in Georgia about filing a complaint with the Georgia Bar Association.
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