I can prove violations of professional conduct, 8.4 (c), and also a breach of our retainer agreement. What can I do?:
If I can prove my lawyer violated Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 8.4 Misconduct, (c) engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation;
AND
A very clear breach of our retainer agreement, with subsuquent further violations of the standards above...
AND
I have a $3600 outstanding bill, which I've disputed directly, which appears to be heavily inflated, under-explained, and very unreasonable, and am receiving zero communication back on...
Can he collect or sue for the disputed balance? I read that he possibly lost his right to collect the fees, after the breach (true?) Does he have an obligation to further explain the bill if I asked?
Landon’s answer:
There is not sufficient information to make a determination either way. So the answer is "maybe?"
Can he collect or sue for the disputed balance?
Maybe, depends a lot on the details of what happened.
Does he have an obligation to further explain the bill if I asked? Maybe, depends on what has been provided so far, what the retainer says, and the ethics rules.
Am I wrong for parking here?:
I was stopped by a cop today because I was supposedly parked in the grass on a “fire lane”. I have always parked in this particular spot for a maximum of 10 minutes waiting for my child to get out from school. I walk up to the school, get him and we walk back to the car to leave. Yes there is a sign up for no parking, but it doesn’t have a fire lane sign up. There are no clear markings of it being a fire lane.
Now during conferences and events at school there are 50+ cars parked in that exact same area and I believe they don’t call the cops on those cars.
I am super frustrated because the parking lot is super small at this school and they have 100+ cars lined up in front of the school on a busy street waiting in line to get their kids but I can’t park on the opposite street in the grass out of the way to get my kid and get out of there quickly.
Am I wrong for parking here or do I have reason to be upset? I want to contact the principal to ask him if he has called the cops for the people at conferences. It is a residential street and the people are parking on both side of this particular street.
Landon’s answer: There is not enough information. If you parked in violation of Minn Stat 169.34, or similar laws, then that would be improper.
Do I have to pay $2000?: Last night a girl I met on POF a dating website wanted to text so I gave her my number. We were talking getting to know one another I asked at the beginning of the conversation if she was 19 like her profile stated she just told me “did you read my profile”. She turned the conversation sexual and I said “you are 19 though right? I would like to know before we talk about stuff like this” she sent me a picture in response to this which I deleted then she said she wasn’t 19 and sent me a video which I deleted when I got it said she would call and explain I told her to not send me anything like that if she wasn’t 18+ and blocked her. I got a call from the st.Paul PD today saying her parents were going to press charges and to “be a man and call the parents” to see if we didn’t have to go through legal action. I called the parents and they told me she was in the hospital for slitting her wrist and we won’t press charges if you agree to three conditions 1) have no more contact with said minor 2) delete all things she sent 3) pay for half her medical bill which would be $2000 he texted me an agreement and I agreed
Landon’s answer: I changed this to criminal because scam isn't an option. This is a scam, record everything, don't contact them, return calls, pay them. And it wasn't the police that called you, it was a scammer.