What is the name of your state? Arkansas. We employed an attorney for our son 5/01.He represented him in an appeal,which the conviction was affirmed.He then filed a post conviction relief.the problem he filed in 62 days after the appeal was affirmed.The trial court dismissed for failure to file a timely appeal.He managed to get the dismissal set aside as the time limit fell on a weekend.The trial court,then had aproblem because the post conviction appeal was 13 pages long,and the inmate {my son}did not sign it.As the time limit had expired for a request of more than 10 pages the trial judge refused a hearing.The appeal went to the Arkansas Supreme court-but they refused to look at the merits since the trial judge had made his position clear.The appeal was affirmed on 3/5/05.I learned all of this by going to the court house and on-line!!I have called,e-mailed,left messages for this attorney for a year and have NOT got any answer from him.I called and e-mailed when I learned this and he answered my e-mail.He has not got a reasonable explanation why he failed to notify me or my son of the ruling!Now,we fear that all possible options are out of reach due to "timely"limits.Is this not a legal malpractice suit in the making?