junechilde
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? NY
A very long story … in brief, I hired an attorney in a landlord/tenant matter and he kept dragging the case on and on with pre-trial agreements even though I specifically told him I never wanted to sign one at all … he frequently rescheduled in Court for no reason … he charged me for things that had to be done in Court because he didn’t do them in advance as he should have, like requesting an interpreter … he frequently showed up late to our court dates, causing postponements … etc., etc. A case that should have wrapped in six months took over a year and is still technically not finished.
I have gotten no more result than if I had gone to Court without an attorney --- only now I owe one thousands of dollars.
Since our last court hearing, my attorney has stopped taking my calls and will not release my escrow account money. I had to go to the bank to get more money to pay my landlord so as not to be in breach of the last stipulation I signed. I am lucky I had the extra money or I would've ended up in the street. I presume the lawyer is holding my escrow account because I haven’t paid him. (I have no intention of paying him, but I never told him that -- and he never sent me a final bill, either).
I want to dispute his charges, and I also want my escrow money back. What can I do?
A very long story … in brief, I hired an attorney in a landlord/tenant matter and he kept dragging the case on and on with pre-trial agreements even though I specifically told him I never wanted to sign one at all … he frequently rescheduled in Court for no reason … he charged me for things that had to be done in Court because he didn’t do them in advance as he should have, like requesting an interpreter … he frequently showed up late to our court dates, causing postponements … etc., etc. A case that should have wrapped in six months took over a year and is still technically not finished.
I have gotten no more result than if I had gone to Court without an attorney --- only now I owe one thousands of dollars.
Since our last court hearing, my attorney has stopped taking my calls and will not release my escrow account money. I had to go to the bank to get more money to pay my landlord so as not to be in breach of the last stipulation I signed. I am lucky I had the extra money or I would've ended up in the street. I presume the lawyer is holding my escrow account because I haven’t paid him. (I have no intention of paying him, but I never told him that -- and he never sent me a final bill, either).
I want to dispute his charges, and I also want my escrow money back. What can I do?