Hi, I live in CA and I have a little dilemma.
i have a court order but the other party recently served me with OSC papers asking to modify the court order. I wrote a response and my attorney wrote the response as pro per, saying that I could handle it myself. The other party secured a very well respected attorney and I don't feel confident going up against an attorney by myself. I left a mesage with my attorney asking if he could please come to court with me. As a backup I spoke with several other attorneys who I could have possibly retained in case my attorney didn't go with me. I met with one who is on the bar register of preeminent attorneys in Family Law, and seems to really know what he was talking about. And, due to my income, he even offered me a lower price than my current attorney. I was thinking of using him, but then I received a letter from my attorney saying that he would come with me to the trial. The problem is this new attorney seems a lot more adept at family law since his specialty is family law, and family law is only a small percentage of what my current attorney practices. My question is: Is it not kosher to switch attorneys when he's already reserved that date for trial? If I do switch, how do I go about telling my current attorney? Is it bad "ettiquette?" Are there papers to file? Would you be upset if you were my current attorney? Your thoughts are appreciated.
i have a court order but the other party recently served me with OSC papers asking to modify the court order. I wrote a response and my attorney wrote the response as pro per, saying that I could handle it myself. The other party secured a very well respected attorney and I don't feel confident going up against an attorney by myself. I left a mesage with my attorney asking if he could please come to court with me. As a backup I spoke with several other attorneys who I could have possibly retained in case my attorney didn't go with me. I met with one who is on the bar register of preeminent attorneys in Family Law, and seems to really know what he was talking about. And, due to my income, he even offered me a lower price than my current attorney. I was thinking of using him, but then I received a letter from my attorney saying that he would come with me to the trial. The problem is this new attorney seems a lot more adept at family law since his specialty is family law, and family law is only a small percentage of what my current attorney practices. My question is: Is it not kosher to switch attorneys when he's already reserved that date for trial? If I do switch, how do I go about telling my current attorney? Is it bad "ettiquette?" Are there papers to file? Would you be upset if you were my current attorney? Your thoughts are appreciated.