Q: What is an acceptable amount of time to have a return email or phone call from your criminal attorney you hired?
I have been sending emails to my son's Attorney Hired and there was a mixup with emails, so they say.
(This is false because they used my email to send the monetary payment contract to me)
They told me they didn’t know they were coming from my email and thought they were from my brother in law who made the initial payment to them and sent me the same thing?
We both agree. This is ridiculous that we need a power of attorney created. The lawyer was supposed to bring it to my son to sign and return to me but he never answered any of my questions by email or phone.
He does have my phone number. How long is Long enough, I’m getting a little disgusted to say the least they’re paid right away, so how long should they have now that my son‘s hearing is three days away?
This was another question we asked him will you be there for the hearing or on video,
again no answer.
Whats the proper way to handle your clients case and my son gave him 100% to talk to me.
A: You should get a response within 24 hours during normal business hours M-F, if you hired a good lawyer. Are you sure the lawyer still has permission to talk to you as the client can take this approval away from the attorney and that may be the reason the attorney is not responding to you.
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A: It definitely depends on the attorney, but anyone who is worth the money you spent should get back to you within 24 hours. Since you are not technically the client though it is possible your son told him not to speak with you. In either case drafting a power of attorney should not take very long.
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