Need advice on lawyer conduct

Need advice on lawyer conduct

"@&nospam"	9/22/2004 9:37:32 PM
Can anyone give me some advice. After 3 years of ineefective representation, i finally had a heart to heart with my lawyer and expressed my concerns. He took offense and removed himself from 3 critical cases that he had beem handling for me. The retainer agreement specified that he was to be paid a % at the successful conclusion of the cases. only if i failed to take his advice, would he have the right to bill be ahead of time. In this case, I did not refuse his advice; i simply expressed my concerns and he chose to take the easy way out. he served me with papers to remove himself. he has left me holding the bag and it will be difficult to find a new lawyer., although i am searching for one. Any advice would be much appreciated. I am worried that he may send me a huge bill and demand payment. Anything I can do?



"McGyver"	9/23/2004 9:03:46 AM
"@&nospam" <songwriter@netster.com> wrote in message news:xNp4d.1232$Xh4.643@read1.cgocable.net... Can anyone give me some advice. After 3 years of ineefective representation, i finally had a heart to heart with my lawyer and expressed my concerns. He took offense and removed himself from 3 critical cases that he had beem handling for me. The retainer agreement specified that he was to be paid a % at the successful conclusion of the cases. only if i failed to take his advice, would he have the right to bill be ahead of time. In this case, I did not refuse his advice; i simply expressed my concerns and he chose to take the easy way out. he served me with papers to remove himself. he has left me holding the bag and it will be difficult to find a new lawyer., although i am searching for one. Any advice would be much appreciated. I am worried that he may send me a huge bill and demand payment. Anything I can do? 1. Relax. 2. If you get a bill, ignore it until he sues. If he doesn't sue, forget it. 3. If he sues, hire an attorney to defend. If the facts proved in court are as you stated them here, you will win.



nospam@isp.com	9/23/2004 4:23:23 PM
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 "McGyver" <Greyprof@msn.com> wrote: "@&nospam" <songwriter@netster.com> wrote; 1. Relax. 2. If you get a bill, ignore it until he sues. If he doesn't sue, forget it. 3. If he sues, hire an attorney to defend. If the facts proved in court are as you stated them here, you will win. Change "ignore" in #2 to "promptly write to object to it" lest you and he are in a jurisdiction in which receipt of a disputed bill in a liquidated amount followed by retaining it without objection or correction for an unreasonably lengthy period may create an "account stated" liability. Also, answer for yourself whether, if/when carefully read in light of your jurisdiction's requirements, the motion for leave to withdraw warrants raising the fee entitlement issue (even if for the purpose of obtaining a ruling that that a decision of that issue be deferred for whatever you contend the time should be in light of what you and the lawyer agreed). In other words, make an informed decision whether #3 may become moot (or worse) if you don't address these issues now. Meanwhile, #1 makes special sense especially since the gist of your stated fear appears simply to be that the lawyer in question may send you a bill.



"McGyver"	9/24/2004 10:46:42 AM
<nospam@isp.com> wrote in message news:4152f83e.47985693@news.east.earthlink.net... On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 "McGyver" <Greyprof@msn.com> wrote: Change "ignore" in #2 to "promptly write to object to it" lest you and he are in a jurisdiction in which receipt of a disputed bill in a liquidated amount followed by retaining it without objection or correction for an unreasonably lengthy period may create an "account stated" liability. That is correct. McGyver

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