Michelle Ann Roller

Michelle Roller

As Mr. Jones said, he had a child support issue and we discussed different options. There were issues in his divorce decree which had not been resolved. We discussed all of this and Mr. Jones wanted to change the property settlement on a 15 year old divorce. A property settlement cannot be modified by statute. I explained this to Mr. Jones. He would say he understood, but would call me the next day or week and he had reverted back to his previous thinking. I would then explain that I could not change a property settlement 15 years after the case. Mr. Jones would continuously drop into my office or call, running up his bill. I give a 30 minute free consultation, he stayed for well over an hour and a half. I explained this to him, but once again, this was another one of those things where he had a selective memory lapse. I typed the documents as we agreed (as I said I would after I explained the law to him). I thought everyone was fine and that he appeared to understand. But between the time we met and the next time I saw him, he would then go back to his erroneous thinkin). He came to my office and picked up the documents. We discussed them at length. I once again explained the law to him. He then called me and fired me. At this point, because Mr. Jones did not seem to understand what I had explained to him ad nauseum, I was relieved. He demanded his money back. I reminded him that we had a contract where I explained that office visits, phone calls, text messages, etc. were charge for and that he in fact owed me money. He then went to two other law offices and complained about me. I spoke with the other attorneys and explained to them what the issue was. When that proved unfruitful, he filed a bar complaint. Once again that proved unfruitful, because I had earned my fees. I did not steal his money. I earned it. I wish I could explain more than that in this forum, but I believe it infringes upon attorney / client privilege and that to explain myself further would be to violate that. Let me just say that my conscience is clear.