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Steven Alan Fink
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Contributor Level 8

Unless the settlement offer expired before you could accept, there has been no...
Andrew Daniel Myers
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Contributor Level 7

Communication of essential matters regarding a client matter is required. Call,...
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Richard Forrest Gould-Saltman
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Contributor Level 7

Send your attorney a letter, by certified mail, asking that he give you a...
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Brian Richard Dinday
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Contributor Level 8

A general observation about AVVO.COM. They compile data on hundreds of...
Matthew Edward Williamson
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Contributor Level 7

I think you have a good question and would add that it appears that AVVO doesn'...
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Steven Alan Fink
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Contributor Level 8

The attorney is required to give this notice: NOTICE OF CLIENT’S RIGHT TO...
Matthew Edward Williamson
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Contributor Level 7

I agree with Attorney Fink's answer and would add - do you owe the money and...
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Jonathan H Levy
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Contributor Level 9

The California State Bar requires written fee ageements in most cases. Contact...
Matthew Edward Williamson
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Contributor Level 7

Hello, If there was nothing in writing signed by your and/or your son, then...
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John M. Kaman
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Contributor Level 10

Depends on whether you signed up for binding or non-binding arbitration. If it...
Jonathan H Levy
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Contributor Level 9

The correct thing to do is to file an appeal. If that is uneconomical then you...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Please file a State Bar complaint against this lawyer. He's giving the rest of...
Steven Alan Fink
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Contributor Level 8

The money shoulld have been returned 5 months ago, in full, from his trust...
Jonathan H Levy
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Contributor Level 9

Sounds like an interesting case. You meant on contingency which is not at all...
Matthew Edward Williamson
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Contributor Level 7

Is your question - Would someone be willing to sue another attorney for free?...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Personal inkjury lawyers often do a huge volume of cases, and don't spend much...
Steven Alan Fink
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Contributor Level 8

In addition to my colleague's excellent suggestions, you can go to the...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

If you didn't respond to the 30 days notice to arbitrate within 30 days of...
Henry Daniel Lively
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Contributor Level 7

Attorney Koslyn is right on target. Once you answered the complaint you also...
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William Edward Shapiro
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Contributor Level 5

Typically, legal malpractice occurs where an attorney does something that...
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Gerald Gould Knapton
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Contributor Level 5

I do not fully understand the basis for the arbitration in your matter, but the...
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Guy Scott DiMartino
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Contributor Level 6

I do not practice in California so I can provide you with general information...
Michael Hassen
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Contributor Level 7

There are two approaches that you could take to your brother's situation....
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Okorie Okorocha
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Contributor Level 9

You are legally entitled to fire your attorney any time for any reason. So...
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Alec Scott Rose
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Contributor Level 7

1 year from the end of the representation.
James William Low
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Contributor Level 3

California Code of Civil Procedures section 340.6 provides that: A. An...

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