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Pamela Koslyn
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You can file a CA State Bar complaint, linked below. Disclaimer: Please note...
John M. Kaman
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Ms. Koslyn gave you a correct answer and showed you the way. It is now up to...
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Robert Smead Hogan
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I'm not sure what you mean. You don't give enough information to answer your...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Usually the lawyer or the client makes it very clear when the lawyer-client...
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Steven Alan Fink
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If he is on an hourly, you can terminate him and not owe him anything after the...
Henry Daniel Lively
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Your lawyer is entitled to the reasonable value for the services he has...
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This is state dependent. In some jurisdictions, such as the District of...
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Henry Daniel Lively
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Typically a lawyer cannot if he or she is practicing tax law. If he is not...
Michael J. Helfand
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It's likely that the ARDC doesn't know about this, but it's up to them, www....
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Carlos Gonzalez
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Many attorneys work from home offices, and this is not information that is...
Dana Howard Shultz
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Quite a few lawyers have home offices; there is no reason to try to hide that...
Steven Alan Fink
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Unless the settlement offer expired before you could accept, there has been no...
Andrew Daniel Myers
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Communication of essential matters regarding a client matter is required. Call,...
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Laura Mcfarland-Taylor
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You should have spoken up at the time and told them that you found their...
Jonathan H Levy
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Respectfully, I do not think you can do anything other than complain to their...
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Carlos Gonzalez
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usually hiring a new lawyer is usually enough, and letting the new lawyer make...
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Richard Forrest Gould-Saltman
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How is it you know that a "judge or judges" did this, as opposed to anyone else,...
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The fact that a lawyer finds it hard to believe what has happened to me in my...
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Brian J Waid
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Rule 2.8 of the Washington Rules for Enforcement of Lawyer Conduct, states: "(...
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Herbert J Tan
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Difficult to comment on being granted the relief but unless you have another...
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Steven Alan Fink
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Contributor Level 8

Yes. You had the opportunity when she offered. You refused. You cannot let...
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Steven Alan Fink
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Send him a certified letter demanding a refund within 7 days. If he does not...

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