Q: Can I sue my attorney for not doing anything on my behalf in my child custody case which resulted in lost of custody?
My sons father took me back to court over child custody. We were never married I had full custody. Him and his lawyer knowingly and deliberately lied in court. My attorney never called a witness that I suggested to him or presented evidence that I had given him or told him he could obtain that would prove the lies wrong. He actually just kept telling me they will probably throw our the case. He would never address things my sons father was doing that was violation of custody orders. He mainly just sat in court silent. Am I able to sue him for failure to represent me cause it seems that is what he did. He choose not to but took my money and sat there.
A: Best advice would be to contact another family law attorney to review everything. You could certainly talk with a malpractice attorney, but some of what you write concerns trial strategy, which is difficult to show malpractice.
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