Kimberly J Trupiano

Kimberly Trupiano

To Ms. Ercanbrack - Hi Angela, I can tell you really feel upset, and for that I am so sorry because I really try hard to earn and keep the trust of my clients. In your case, your daughter was my client and you were the co-signor on the contract. At any rate, of course you were very involved with your daughter’s case. As you know, I have tried to sit down with you and Ashley to talk with you both about the case, but Ashley has not communicated with me since that first week she came in with you and you had stopped responding to emails after I had asked for the missing evidence. I offered to speak to another attorney that you wanted me to talk with as well, but I needed Ashley’s waiver of confidentially, and she never responded to my emails to allow it. You stated you were upset that I did not file “something” within “a few weeks.” The thing is, without going in to confidential material, you do understand that the case required considerable thought and care and involved a very important issue for your daughter and for your family. I had never said I would have this done in a couple weeks, and you certainly would not want to hire an attorney to slap “something” out and just get it filed on such a case that is so important to your family unity. We kept you regularly updated on my progress as well. You stopped by once a week without an appointment, and our paralegal April would take the time to go over the case progress with you. I had offered and would still be happy to sit with you and Ashley to show you the work I had done. I had substantially drafted the petition with argument for attorney fees (to try to get attorney’s fees back) (all about 19 pages in content) along with the itemized Table of Exhibits (almost 2 full pages) and organized exhibits and the motion for temporary orders (about 21 pages in content). I had listed for you the pleadings I had drafted so far and their Table of Contents to show the breakdown of the facts and arguments so you could see the strength and complexity of the work I had done. So this was never just a matter of filing “something” quickly and this was never a simple case. That would certainly have been a waste of your money to have had an attorney just slamming something out to file in such a case with these sensitive and complex facts and law to present – because I doubt that something like that would win. You and Ashley and I had all discussed these issues at our initial meeting. If you will recall, it took you a few weeks just to bring me the evidence you had based on a checklist we had developed together. Then I needed time to go through it and continue to develop and organize the evidence and facts and legal arguments. I had focused on certain records first and when I realized your affidavit had missing parts and Ashley’s was not there at all I contacted you both by email. By then I was substantially done with the preparation. Since then, which was about seven weeks after you brought me that evidence and draft affidavits, you have refused to talk with me. Open communication is really the best thing and most healing so I encourage you to set a time for us to all meet and go over the work I have done and your concerns. I was excited to win this case and was really surprised with the sudden wish to stop the case. I think if we sat down and talked openly, you would be happy to see the work I did and to know what could be accomplished for your family. Either way, I wish you and Ashley and your family the best. Please let me know if there is anything you need from me. Kim Trupiano