I've lost total confidence in my lawyer. He scheduled a case conference without my knowledge and neglected to tell me the date. He only sent me a vague e-mail weeks prior suggesting I should consider settling the outstanding issues to avoid a case conference. I asked him in a followup e-mail to explain a few things about the remaining issues with the seperation agreemnent. He ignored it and did not reply.
One week later he shows up in court without me, with my ex and her lawyer, and the judge wondering why I failed to appear. Then I get billed for all his time preparing for this. When confronted by me to explain himself, the only thing he could say was that his secretary left a phone message on my answering machine a week earlier. I obviouly did not receive it. I saw no court briefs and was not asked to sign one. He never even bothered to phone me to have a talk about the upcoming case conference. I was left in the dark.
Now I am geting a large bill for his services which I don't want to pay. I don't want to pay him for his negligence. I am going to ask him to reconsider his bill in light of the fact I received no written communication from him about the court date. Do I have to pay him if he doesn't budge? I will lodge a complaint. I have since settled privately with my ex and no longer require his services.
One week later he shows up in court without me, with my ex and her lawyer, and the judge wondering why I failed to appear. Then I get billed for all his time preparing for this. When confronted by me to explain himself, the only thing he could say was that his secretary left a phone message on my answering machine a week earlier. I obviouly did not receive it. I saw no court briefs and was not asked to sign one. He never even bothered to phone me to have a talk about the upcoming case conference. I was left in the dark.
Now I am geting a large bill for his services which I don't want to pay. I don't want to pay him for his negligence. I am going to ask him to reconsider his bill in light of the fact I received no written communication from him about the court date. Do I have to pay him if he doesn't budge? I will lodge a complaint. I have since settled privately with my ex and no longer require his services.
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