critterperson
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What is the name of your state? Illinois,
I have already sent my complaint to the ARDC but I was looking to see what you guys thought. Some of you may remember about March of this year I logged on and was asking about a "blank" agreed order that my attorney had given to the judge for child support (by blank I mean no signatures except the judge). Most people I talked to felt it was odd that a judge would sign something like that with no signatures...Fast forward
On August 1st 2006 (mind you I have a new attorney that also had only the "blank" No signature order) while preparing for our trial on August 9th 2006, I pulled up this order and it is not only has signatures of the other party, but a different attorney in the firm that I hired signed on the line meant for my signature??? I was fuming, as I had never talked or met this person and NO ONE at that firm has my power of attorney...I immediately went to my former attorney that had NEVER told me there was a ("settlement" is what the judge called it at our trial) as she had written me over 15+ letters indicating that we are working on correcting the order entered by the judge. Her comment was "I have NEVER seen that document"
My question: How serious of a problem is it for an attorney when they sign a "settlement" for another attorney's client when they have never met the client or spoken to them EVER? And no one at the firm has a power of attorney or any other type of consent?
Also, how much trouble can my attorney be in for covering it up for two years by sending letters indicating that the judge put in a "temp order" and that it didn't need to be signed by me as it was only temporary, and it was going to be fixed just as soon as I paid her for discovery, motions to compel, letters to the other attorney and on and on?
I have already sent my complaint to the ARDC but I was looking to see what you guys thought. Some of you may remember about March of this year I logged on and was asking about a "blank" agreed order that my attorney had given to the judge for child support (by blank I mean no signatures except the judge). Most people I talked to felt it was odd that a judge would sign something like that with no signatures...Fast forward
On August 1st 2006 (mind you I have a new attorney that also had only the "blank" No signature order) while preparing for our trial on August 9th 2006, I pulled up this order and it is not only has signatures of the other party, but a different attorney in the firm that I hired signed on the line meant for my signature??? I was fuming, as I had never talked or met this person and NO ONE at that firm has my power of attorney...I immediately went to my former attorney that had NEVER told me there was a ("settlement" is what the judge called it at our trial) as she had written me over 15+ letters indicating that we are working on correcting the order entered by the judge. Her comment was "I have NEVER seen that document"
My question: How serious of a problem is it for an attorney when they sign a "settlement" for another attorney's client when they have never met the client or spoken to them EVER? And no one at the firm has a power of attorney or any other type of consent?
Also, how much trouble can my attorney be in for covering it up for two years by sending letters indicating that the judge put in a "temp order" and that it didn't need to be signed by me as it was only temporary, and it was going to be fixed just as soon as I paid her for discovery, motions to compel, letters to the other attorney and on and on?