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charlie
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Sounds like an opening line of yet another attorney joke, but for us it's no joke.
In September of last year, my brother and I engaged the services of an attorney in Watkins Glen, New York, to handle the estate of our dead father.
After months of trying, we are unable to get accurate updates on the status of the process and amount of attorney fees accrued.
This attorney won't return phone calls and has failed to perform as he initially said he would.
The simple solution is, of course, fire him and get someone who wants to work. However, it is a modest estate of several thousand dollars and a small parcel of land, which means we could be paying more in attorney fees than we would receive in return.
To further complicate the issue both my brother and I live too far away to personally confront this attorney.
Question: To whom do we lodge a complaint against this guy? And is it likely to do any good?
Sincere thanks,
MP
In September of last year, my brother and I engaged the services of an attorney in Watkins Glen, New York, to handle the estate of our dead father.
After months of trying, we are unable to get accurate updates on the status of the process and amount of attorney fees accrued.
This attorney won't return phone calls and has failed to perform as he initially said he would.
The simple solution is, of course, fire him and get someone who wants to work. However, it is a modest estate of several thousand dollars and a small parcel of land, which means we could be paying more in attorney fees than we would receive in return.
To further complicate the issue both my brother and I live too far away to personally confront this attorney.
Question: To whom do we lodge a complaint against this guy? And is it likely to do any good?
Sincere thanks,
MP