notdumasilook
Junior Member
North Carolina here
Due to an incident I had some property seized by local law enforcement but no charges of any kind were filed. Consulted an attorney about how to get my property back. He painted a huge horror story about what I had gotten myself in to and went in to great detail about all the steps he would have to go thru to try to retrieve my property. It broke my heart... being worth 6000-8000 to me. Knowing the value of my property he told me he would do what he could to help but it would be costly with no guarantee... $3000.00. Told me he had to do a lot and file for a "disposition of property" with the courts. He asked for $$ down and said he would not do a thing until I handed him the rest owed... Gave him $100 for consultation and 1000 down on fee so now I owe him 1900 before he will begin. Fishy things started happening ..which I didn't realize at the time. I called his office a few days later telling them I ran across paperwork that changed the odds on getting property back ... telling them there was no need to proceed and requested at least part of the 1000 back. He called me back telling me he was already working on it and spent considerable time already. Then he told me not to stop now... property was too valuable!!. Again I said no... again he argued with me saying it was in my best interest to continue and to at least think about it a while and get back to him. I agreed so long as he stopped doing any more. He agreed. A few days later I get a letter and # to call from local PD concerning my property retrieval. I called.. and the PD told me there were a 2 steps that would happen then my property would be returned by a judge automatically, no attorney needed.
Im shocked!!!!!! Contacted my "lawyer" to ask WTH is he up to and before I get it out of my mouth he tells me he has another "update" on my case. Says he discussed matter with police and he has to file a disposition order with a "judge" to try and get my property back right away and wants the rest of the 3000. Told him that was BS... that I had spoken to the PD as well and no Disposition order was needed... and that I want my 1000 back. He told me he had done lots of work on this already and would not return my 1000. So Im contacting you. Methinks I got me a crook. What do I do??
Due to an incident I had some property seized by local law enforcement but no charges of any kind were filed. Consulted an attorney about how to get my property back. He painted a huge horror story about what I had gotten myself in to and went in to great detail about all the steps he would have to go thru to try to retrieve my property. It broke my heart... being worth 6000-8000 to me. Knowing the value of my property he told me he would do what he could to help but it would be costly with no guarantee... $3000.00. Told me he had to do a lot and file for a "disposition of property" with the courts. He asked for $$ down and said he would not do a thing until I handed him the rest owed... Gave him $100 for consultation and 1000 down on fee so now I owe him 1900 before he will begin. Fishy things started happening ..which I didn't realize at the time. I called his office a few days later telling them I ran across paperwork that changed the odds on getting property back ... telling them there was no need to proceed and requested at least part of the 1000 back. He called me back telling me he was already working on it and spent considerable time already. Then he told me not to stop now... property was too valuable!!. Again I said no... again he argued with me saying it was in my best interest to continue and to at least think about it a while and get back to him. I agreed so long as he stopped doing any more. He agreed. A few days later I get a letter and # to call from local PD concerning my property retrieval. I called.. and the PD told me there were a 2 steps that would happen then my property would be returned by a judge automatically, no attorney needed.
Im shocked!!!!!! Contacted my "lawyer" to ask WTH is he up to and before I get it out of my mouth he tells me he has another "update" on my case. Says he discussed matter with police and he has to file a disposition order with a "judge" to try and get my property back right away and wants the rest of the 3000. Told him that was BS... that I had spoken to the PD as well and no Disposition order was needed... and that I want my 1000 back. He told me he had done lots of work on this already and would not return my 1000. So Im contacting you. Methinks I got me a crook. What do I do??