Q: What can I do when my assigned criminal lawyer will not do her job and I cannot file? Grievance already filed.
If my attorney will not file actions and act on information I have given her that is crucial to my defense and if I cannot file in my own behalf then what are my options to bring my attorney's incompetence and neglect to the attention of the judge and the court and assure myself a fair and proper defense? I have already filed a grievance but do not have time to wait on the results. The information I have given her is all legal and pertinent. She has even admitted it to me, she just won't take the time to do her job properly. She has too many assigned cases.
A: You can fire your current attorney and 1) ask the court to reassign your case to a new attorney if you are indigent, 2) hire a new attorney on your own, or 3) tell the court you want to represent yourself (which I advise against if the charges against you are not relatively minor misdemeanors)
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