What did the retainer agreement say on the matter? Follow the instructions there.
There was no retainer agreement and no contract (unless he forgot to give it to me!)
I simply signed a sheet of paper saying that I would retain him as my attorney.
You haven't answered the question in # 2 ?
See above.
Did the attorney take on your case under a contingency basis ?
There are two different fee agreements. He gave me the one where he collects a flat of 25% / $6000. Not the per hour agreement.
I don't know. He sent in my paperwork (which I had begun filling out separately on my own) for the SSDI Appeal.
What was/is the written agreement ?
I DON'T KNOW! He won't return my calls or emails.
If you 'hired' the attorney, it means you signed an appointment of representative form...
I hired him less than 6 days before my original post above. I did find out that the actual 'appeal' (the yellow form) he filed did not include any of the new medical information I had with me (which he kept a copy of).
Also, if you hired him a few weeks ago and he already missed your appeal deadline, it sounds like you didn't give him much time since the appeal period is 60 days. And you better make sure the new attorney knows that you are calling the shots and determining what happens when and that you want updates (daily, weekly, monthly?).
I have a mental illness and physical problems, trying to get help with an attorney's help. I go to a bad one, who won't return my correspondence.
I shouldn't have to do what I'm going to say, but I can't let him get away with this. What about the next person he tries to ***** over?
Now, the only thing I can think of is filing an ethics complaint with the state board and running his *** through the gauntlet. He's really upset me! Does he really expect he's going to collect (if he wins) without even talking with me.
This is NO way to treat a client. Perhaps he thinks I'm mentally retarded or something!?