What is the name of your state? FLORIDA BUT ACCIDENT WAS IN PA.WHERE I WAS APART TIME RESIDENT.MY NAME IS STEVE AND I HAD AN ACCIDENT AT A HOME I LIVED IN IN 10/O1.I HIRED A SUPPOSED GREAT ATTORNEY THAT LED ME DOWN A PATH OF DISASTER,TOO MUCH TO MENTION.IN THE END AFTER MANY CHARGES TO MY BILL THAT I WAS NOT ADVISED OF EVEN AFTER ASKING,I WAS PUSHED INTO A SUMMARY TRIAL AFTER WE WERE GIVEN AN OFFER THAT MY ATTNY FELT WAS UNACCEPTABLE.HE WAS AWEFUL ,IT WAS A DISASTER AND WE LOST AND THE ORIGINAL OFFER GONE.I HAVE ALL HIS LETTERS SAYING THAT I WOULD WIN THEN THE NEXT LETTER WOULD SAY I WILL LOOSE EVERYTHING.I MADE HIM GO TO TRIAL AND AFTER YEARS OF PERSONAL PAIN AND TROUBLES WE MADE IT.HE GAVE ME HORRIBBLE ADVICE AND EVEN LIED TO ME GIVING ME FALSE INFO THAT HE SAID WOULD BE USED AGAINST US.THE DAY OF TRIAL JUST PRIOR TO JURY SELECTION HE TOLD MY MOM AND I THAT I WAS TOO ILL TO GO THRU THIS AND WE SHOULD GO TO MEDIATION AND WE HAD MINUTES TO DECIDE.WE FOLLOWED HIS ADVICE AND WAS NEVER TOLD OF THE HIGH COST OF THIS PROCEDURE.WE HAD MANY DISAGREEMENTS,HE WOULD NOT LISTEN TO ME AND I WAS PASSED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 2 OTHER ATTNYS IN THE OFFICE..HE IS KNOWN TO BE CONDESENDING AND RUDE.....HE SAID THAT IT WAS A COO TO HIS CARREAR TO GET E MEDIATION ESPECIALLY SINCE HE WOULD PICK THE MEDIATOR..ALL THE WHILE TELLING US THE JUDGE AND THE MEDIATOR "WAS GOOD FRIENDS,GREAT GUYS"**************..MY MOM WAS WITNESS TO HIS HOSTILE BEHAVIOR AND WAS THERE WHEN I WAS PASSED TO ANOTHER ATTORNEY WHO TOLD US THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T GET ALONG WITH HIM...NEEDLESS TO SAY SHE DID NOT SHOW UP THE FIRST DAY OF COURT AND THE VIDEOGROPHER (SPELL) WAS NOT THERE(AT THE SUMMARY TRIAL) EITHER......HE TALKED OF A HIGH/LOW.???MANY MONTHS OF NO RETURN CALLS AND THE LOSS OF THIS CASE WITH A 100K SETTLEMENT OF WHICH HE SAID HE WOULD GIVE ME ALL BUT THE COSTS BECAUSE HE FELT WE LOST PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF HIM......IT TOOK MONTHS TO GET 20K OF THE 35K THAT WAS LEFT AFTER 65K IN EXPENSES**************.....15K WAS BEING HELD IN ESCROW FOR MY PROTECTION AND IT TOOK MONTHS AFTER HE GOT THE CHECK TO EVEN GET THE 20 K MONTHS LATER,NO RETURN CALLS OR LETTERS I GET A 9K CHECK WITH A 5K+ DEDUCTION FOR FEES (35%) THAT HE SAID HE WAS NOT GOING TO TAKE..I HAVE THIS IN MANY LETTERS......AFTER SENDING FAXES AND LETTERS,FOR WEEKS I GET A REPLY TELLING ME HOW I AM THE MOST UNGRATEFUL CLIENT THAT HE EVER HAD**************HE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE CASE OR ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT WOULD LET THEM KNOW WHO I EVEN WAS OR MY HISTORY. I EVEN SAT IN THE BACK ROW DURING THE SUMMARY TRIAL AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN UP FRONT.ALL HE TALKED ABOUT WAS $$$$ AND HONESTLY THAT WAS NOT MY PRIORITY..HE CALLED NO EXPERTS OR PEOPLE WHO KNEW ME**************...I AM AN EMOTIONAL WRECK AND HE CHARGED ME $200 FOR THE FILES (I TOLD HIM I BETTER GET MY 65K WORTH) AND STILL HAVE NOT RECIEVED A THING..I BELIEVE HE HAS BEEN STAULING SO IMPORTANT DATES THAT WOULD PROTECT ME WOULD PASS...I NEED A TRUE, REAL GREAT ATTORNEY TO HELP ME TRY TO GET FROM HIM WHAT I LOST..THERE HAVE BEEN MANY WITNESS'S TO HIS BEHAVIOR TOWARDS ME AND GOT VERY UPSET WHEN I WOULD CORRECT HIM (HE HAD ANOTHER ATTNY.DUE ALL THE WORK AND I BELIEVE HE REALLY DID NOT KNOW ALL THE DETAILS..HE JUST IMPLIED THAT I WAS A LIAR AND SAID THAT MANY AGREED (JURORS AT THE SUMM.TRIAL THAT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ALL THE TRUE INFO) ALTHOU I WAS AWARDED 75k FOR ONE PART OF THE CASE THEY COULD UNDERSTAND**************......THE TRUTH IS ALL THERE,HE JUST DID NOT KNOW HOW TO PRESENT, ONLY TO SAY HOW GREAT HE IS,WHAT A COO THE MEADIETION WAS FOR HIS CAREER AND THAT WHAT I HAD TO SAY WAS NOT IMPORTANT AND THAT I WAS NOT AN ATTORNEY**************HE WOULD YELL AND SWEAR AT ME AN AT ONEPOINT THIS 46 YEAR OLD PROFFESIONAL MAN WAS ON THE FLOOR CRYING.(AT A BREAK DURING THE MEDIATION IN PHILLY)
****************************...WHO CAN HELP...I KNOW LIVE IN FL.,BUT AT THE TIME HAD AN APT. IN NYC AND A COUNTRY HOUSE IN PA.WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED THRU THE NEGLIGENCE OF A HOME DEPOT PRO GARAGE DOOR INSTALLER**************....HELP********************************************************STEVE