What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Florida
During my divorce and custody issue, my (now) ex-husband was in contempt on several issues. I directed my attorney to file motons of contempt, which he always said he was going to do - but never did. I believe that a record of contempt would have benefitted my case greatly.
My attorney first quoted me $8,000 for the case - which ended up being over $45k. I am now out of money and he is refusing to do any of the contempt filings that HE failed to do during the trial.
During the trial, opposing counsel made a point of accusing my attorney and the court-appointed psychologist of workign against his client / my ex-hsband. This was because they were having private meetings during the trial and opposing counsel was not privy to these meetings. This did NOT sit well with the judge and I believe this prejudiced her against my case as well.
Finally - one of my ex-husband's witnesses was did not attend her scheduled deposition. My attorney chose to deposition her during a courtroom break WITHOUT a court reporter present and she was not under oath. Based on this "deposition," he did not object to her being a witness and she completely changed her story from the one she told my attorney 30 minutes before. Her explanation? "I changed my mind." I feel that this was sloppy and also worked against me in my case.
There are other issues that I have with my attorney, but really would like an opinion - does this sound like malpractice?
Florida
During my divorce and custody issue, my (now) ex-husband was in contempt on several issues. I directed my attorney to file motons of contempt, which he always said he was going to do - but never did. I believe that a record of contempt would have benefitted my case greatly.
My attorney first quoted me $8,000 for the case - which ended up being over $45k. I am now out of money and he is refusing to do any of the contempt filings that HE failed to do during the trial.
During the trial, opposing counsel made a point of accusing my attorney and the court-appointed psychologist of workign against his client / my ex-hsband. This was because they were having private meetings during the trial and opposing counsel was not privy to these meetings. This did NOT sit well with the judge and I believe this prejudiced her against my case as well.
Finally - one of my ex-husband's witnesses was did not attend her scheduled deposition. My attorney chose to deposition her during a courtroom break WITHOUT a court reporter present and she was not under oath. Based on this "deposition," he did not object to her being a witness and she completely changed her story from the one she told my attorney 30 minutes before. Her explanation? "I changed my mind." I feel that this was sloppy and also worked against me in my case.
There are other issues that I have with my attorney, but really would like an opinion - does this sound like malpractice?