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What is the name of your state? Ny
I have been having an extremely difficult time with my attorney's lately. so much so that i let one go about 4 months ago and hired a new one. The reason for leaving the old one was that i could not get him to communicate with me, for whatever reason he was entirely too busy to actually handle my case. and then when i talked to him about my concerns he told me that "if i didnt like it i should seek other representation", so i did.
I found a lawyer with ample experience and was told by him that i would be a priority to him. that was 5 months ago, and nothing, and i literally mean NOTHING has happened since then. i have met with him a few times in his office, and every single time is exactly the same. he reads the same notes that he wrote when i first interviewed him and then he asks me the same questions and then says we will talk about it the next time we meet.
The reason behind this rant is that i received a bill today for the NOTHING that he has done to my case and the bill was for $1800 he charged me for 3.5 hours of time to "review entire file" and he literally knows nothing about my file. we just met on thursday and he was asking me for all types of information that is already in my file. i know it is, i just saw it there with my own eyes. he charged me for an hour to review a case file that i did not ask him to review since i hired him.
So being that i am under retainer with him, and he already has my money, how do i go about fixing the errors of his ways. Before you give the quick answer of "you have to talk to him" i already know that. and i am quite certain that he will merely say, well i spent the time on the file so too bad, and then he will charge me for the call as well. so at that point what recourse do i have against the overages?
I have been having an extremely difficult time with my attorney's lately. so much so that i let one go about 4 months ago and hired a new one. The reason for leaving the old one was that i could not get him to communicate with me, for whatever reason he was entirely too busy to actually handle my case. and then when i talked to him about my concerns he told me that "if i didnt like it i should seek other representation", so i did.
I found a lawyer with ample experience and was told by him that i would be a priority to him. that was 5 months ago, and nothing, and i literally mean NOTHING has happened since then. i have met with him a few times in his office, and every single time is exactly the same. he reads the same notes that he wrote when i first interviewed him and then he asks me the same questions and then says we will talk about it the next time we meet.
The reason behind this rant is that i received a bill today for the NOTHING that he has done to my case and the bill was for $1800 he charged me for 3.5 hours of time to "review entire file" and he literally knows nothing about my file. we just met on thursday and he was asking me for all types of information that is already in my file. i know it is, i just saw it there with my own eyes. he charged me for an hour to review a case file that i did not ask him to review since i hired him.
So being that i am under retainer with him, and he already has my money, how do i go about fixing the errors of his ways. Before you give the quick answer of "you have to talk to him" i already know that. and i am quite certain that he will merely say, well i spent the time on the file so too bad, and then he will charge me for the call as well. so at that point what recourse do i have against the overages?
