Bikram Singh

Bikram Singh

This individual is a business owner who retained our firm to file an action against his commercial landlord for certain repairs. We immediately filed an action in court with a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and resolved the TRO in his favor pursuant to a stipulation of settlement. The landlord failed to completely comply with the stipulation of settlement. In order to conserve the cost of litigation (which he complained about a lot), we engaged in settlement negotiations and sent a notice to the opposing attorney warning him that if his client did not comply, we will make a motion to compel. While I was drafting the motion to compel, this individual would literally call 3-4 times a day questioning our legal strategy, complaining about the billing and several other irrelevant issues. It got a point where he was harassing us with phone calls and text messages everyday. In total, within two and half months of attorney client relationship, he made close to 200 phone calls and sent over 349 text messages. His conduct was so irrational that we didn't have a choice but to discharge him as a client. He then filed a fee dispute with an arbitrator, the arbitrator substantially ruled in our favor. He then rejected the arbitrator's decision and filed a small claims action. At trial, the judge admonished him for bringing this action and ruled that we performed competent services and that the amount billed was reasonable. The judge was also shocked to learn the number of phone calls and the number of text messages sent to us. We had all the phone call and text messages record printed as evidence. The judge dismissed the case in our favor. He then frivolously filed a petition to reconfirm the arbitrator's decision, which was clearly vacated and dismissed by the judge when she dismissed the case. This was also dismissed in our favor. He then again, filed a small claims action alleging defective services. This was also dismissed in our favor. He then filed an appeal, which was also dismissed in our favor. Undeterred, he again filed a motion with the appellate term to reargue, which was denied in our favor. He then filed a motion with appellate division first department for permission to file an appeal, which was also denied in our favor. His conduct throughout the process of very irrational and the court at every juncture saw it. It is clear he was abusing the judicial process.