Q: I am presently being sometimes respected sometimes not by Rubinstein in law. The whole firm has ignored my injuries
My rights I am on SSDI they have been ignored. I went to college for paralegal studies. I am undergoing so many surgies. He put on public record that Megan paradis is suing Publix with no representation. My injuries have been ignored. Now supposedly him and Irwin ast and Leo are my co consuls.bthate have made me so much worse. And now I have done all the work have the case in a bow and they have let me get evicted go without gas not offer me ubers. Told lie after lie. He called me 8 times Fredrick grunsyein and begged me to come back to their firm. Be ause of the money. I have nothing I have been forced to let people take advantage of me to get to all the drs.wjat do I do. They are getting away with giving meental anguish o have a awful huge bad traric brain injury I have to go to so much treatment and my jaw is being replaced with a new titanium one because I hit my face four feet straight down onto the hard tile. I am having discs in my neck replaced and most likely thoracic spine s
A: You have the unconditional right to discharge your lawyer at any stage of litigation. Once you hire a new attorney, the old attorney will have a lien on the new attorney’s share of the disbursement once the case settles. (For work done by the old lawyer). In other words the Lien will not attach to your share of the settlement. You should call to get a second opinion about your case from an attorney here in the state of Florida.
A: This isn't a question. If you have a question, please revise and edit your post to make it a coherent, clear, and answerable question.
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Though you asked no question, you perhaps are wondering if you should fire you current lawyer and hire another one - or maybe you already fired him, as you say he is begging you "to come back". Mr. Black's prior answer is correct that, in that event, your current lawyer would have lien on your case, but his answer is probably NOT correct regarding that lien being only on the new lawyer's share of the recovery. Your retainer contract with your current lawyer likely has a lien clause entitling him/her to impose the lien on your share of any recovery. But regardless of which share of the recovery is subject to the lien, the lien may scare off other lawyers from taking your case unless some kind of deal can be struck with your current lawyer to limit the dollar amount of the lien to something that will work for the new lawyer.
From your description, another potential issue is: Should the current lawyer be entitled to any lien because misconduct leaves the client with absolutely not choice but to fire him/her? There are appellate court decisions that address this issue. There first would have to be an analysis of whether the lawyer's conduct is truly that kind of egregious misconduct according to professional standards.
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