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kmsfla
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What is the name of your state? Florida
Two years ago I was falsely accused and arrested on 4 felony charges. I wanted to take my case to trial, so I interviewed some lawyers at the jail and decided on one who claimed that after hearing my whole story that I had a "great case" for trial.
He then scheduled me for a bond reduction hearing at my request. He did a lousy job on that and lied to me about how we would prepare for the hearing.
The next time a saw him (at the jail) he came to me with a plea agreement which included 8 years in prison. He said that the state attorney "told" him that they have a good case aginst me. When I asked him if he went through my file to see if everything I told him in our meeting was true he told me that he didn't have time yet to look at my file.
I fired him shortly after that through the mail, after he refused to speak to me on the phone. I asked him to send me an itemized list of the time he spent on my case, and to return to my family the balance of the $10,000 fee that he agreed would "take me through trial". My family also sent him a certified letter asking the same. He has yet to respod to either.
Last week I went to trial with my replacement attorney and was found not guilty on all charges.
My question is, am I entitled to and money back from this lawyer who seemed to never have an intention of taking me to trial as he originally agreed? And if so, what is it that I need to do next. I do have a copy of the certified letter that my mother sent to him along with the signed return receipt. We had a verbal agreement with nothing in writing except the cancelled check for the $10,000 fee.
Thanks for your time in reading this
Ken S.
Two years ago I was falsely accused and arrested on 4 felony charges. I wanted to take my case to trial, so I interviewed some lawyers at the jail and decided on one who claimed that after hearing my whole story that I had a "great case" for trial.
He then scheduled me for a bond reduction hearing at my request. He did a lousy job on that and lied to me about how we would prepare for the hearing.
The next time a saw him (at the jail) he came to me with a plea agreement which included 8 years in prison. He said that the state attorney "told" him that they have a good case aginst me. When I asked him if he went through my file to see if everything I told him in our meeting was true he told me that he didn't have time yet to look at my file.
I fired him shortly after that through the mail, after he refused to speak to me on the phone. I asked him to send me an itemized list of the time he spent on my case, and to return to my family the balance of the $10,000 fee that he agreed would "take me through trial". My family also sent him a certified letter asking the same. He has yet to respod to either.
Last week I went to trial with my replacement attorney and was found not guilty on all charges.
My question is, am I entitled to and money back from this lawyer who seemed to never have an intention of taking me to trial as he originally agreed? And if so, what is it that I need to do next. I do have a copy of the certified letter that my mother sent to him along with the signed return receipt. We had a verbal agreement with nothing in writing except the cancelled check for the $10,000 fee.
Thanks for your time in reading this
Ken S.