Leonardo Abueg Canseco

I hired Mr Canseco in 2011 to represent us in the US Tax Court. After getting his retainer fee, he only filed a 1 or 2 page petition in Court and then waited 8 months to surrender my case. He tried to settle my case without my express knowledge and consent with the IRS. He made a mistake when I found... out about this so I fired him. I took over the case and I found out several things he never did that was his obligation to do as my counsel. He never responded to IRS request for documents which I already gave him. After months of request, the IRS had to file 2 motions in court to get this and the Court rendered an order to make him produce the docs and interrogatories. He never complied with it. His game plan was to surrender my case in the hope that I will go along with him to compromise it for just a small amount (15 cents to a dollar), But he was sloppy and I found out all what he did to my case. I wrote him thru emails and demanded a written apology and return of my money but he never did nor even bothered to directly reply to my emails. He never had the intention to prepare for trial since he advised us that our presence is no longer needed and we can leave for the Philippines and retire.