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I settled a product liability case in mediation in July of 2003. In reviewing the statements of my account provided by my attorney, I found some discrepancies such as multiple billings, lack of invoices and/or check requests, lack of cancelled checks, incorrect interest percentages used in calculations, as well as a live check (that I was being charged for) in a box of documents. After at least six months of communications attempting to resolve these issues, and repeated promises for answers that never materialized, I filed for a Binding (required in my Retainer Agreement) Mandatory Fee Arbitration hearing. In my filing, I listed five specific items (questionable/unsupported payments to third parties) that I felt had not been satisfactorily explained.
Now that the hearing is done (11/2004), and the arbitrators have made their award (2/2005), my attorney no longer feels it is necessary to provide the information I have been requesting for over 18 months (3 cancelled checks) - and he is still charging me for the live check I have in my possession.
Does Arbitration eliminate my attornies responsibility to accurately account for the expenses of my account?
What options do I have - especially with the live check I have in my possession? Can he legally charge me for something I can prove beyond a reasonable doubt he didn't pay?
Thank You
I settled a product liability case in mediation in July of 2003. In reviewing the statements of my account provided by my attorney, I found some discrepancies such as multiple billings, lack of invoices and/or check requests, lack of cancelled checks, incorrect interest percentages used in calculations, as well as a live check (that I was being charged for) in a box of documents. After at least six months of communications attempting to resolve these issues, and repeated promises for answers that never materialized, I filed for a Binding (required in my Retainer Agreement) Mandatory Fee Arbitration hearing. In my filing, I listed five specific items (questionable/unsupported payments to third parties) that I felt had not been satisfactorily explained.
Now that the hearing is done (11/2004), and the arbitrators have made their award (2/2005), my attorney no longer feels it is necessary to provide the information I have been requesting for over 18 months (3 cancelled checks) - and he is still charging me for the live check I have in my possession.
Does Arbitration eliminate my attornies responsibility to accurately account for the expenses of my account?
What options do I have - especially with the live check I have in my possession? Can he legally charge me for something I can prove beyond a reasonable doubt he didn't pay?
Thank You