My attorney received a check in December, 2013 and now my medical bills are in collection. What can I do now?

You need to have a heart to heart with your attorney and find out what is going on. if you don't like the answer, seek out other counsel.

Do I have any legal recourse for a old friend destroying my car and saying he wont pay to have it replaced or fixed?

If he destroyed your car, you can sue him in small claims court if the car was worth less than $7,500 or in county court if the damage was $15,000...

Am I being 'poached' if I am offered a job from a non-competitor?

"Poached?" I am unfamiliar with that concept in this type of circumstance. I know of poaching of eggs and poachers shooting deer off-season. It...

Proper service. Do you owe the debt or not? If you don't file an answer, then they get a default judgment for the full amount. Can you make a lump...

The current power of attorney is for financial purposes only. How do I go about extending it to cover medical issues.

You don't. Most medical powers of attorney are totally different from financial powers of attorney In all likelihood, you will need to petition to...

Does a CLR have to submit a report? I had settlement today and have hearing in March, no report has been submitted yet.

I take it that you don't have an attorney. I am a little confused about your post. How and why did the CLR also become the GAL for the child? The...

Wrongful eviction

Did you sign a rental agreement with the landlord? Who wrote the note on the door stating that the locks were changed and you are out? The...

I had gotten both favorable recommendations from my home country's embassy, and DOS. Both forwarded to USCIS.

Use the Avvo Find a Lawyer to find an immigration attorney in your area

Have mentally ill brother. Episodes of relapse have caused me to have power of attorney. Need access to medical records. How?

I assume that you mean that you have a durable MEDICAL power of attorney instead of a durable financial power of attorney. Big difference. You can...

I would like advice on how to set up monthly payments to debtors because of my low income.

Talk to them and set up a payment plan. Oftentimes, they are happy to get something instead of nothing. If they think that you will file bankruptcy...