Q: Oppose Atty Withdraw falsely alleging outstanding fees & alleging irreconcil diff w/o risk to atty-client privilege?
Hired atty who did not represent me in lower court, made mistakes in Notice of Appeal and then billed me to correct her errors, I paid, but in dispute. I also informed her that she needed to start responding timely to my communications and suggested 2-3 days if even to inform me when we could talk; on multiple occasions, I did not hear back from her for over 10 days. I also informed her that she needed to give me an idea what she was doing. Although I retained her in May 2024, she hadn't looked at a single of the 102 filings by November 18th, 2024, and did not anticipate doing so until the beginning of December 2024. When the Court scheduled mediation for December 18, 2024, and informed her that mediation information had to be presented by December 11, she cut and pasted a few places from my Complaint, tossed then off on me, and then told me to amend her mistakes, which were so voluminous that I spent 10 hours correcting them and changing my plans to do so.
A: You probably will need to hire a new attorney to review the case and see if you have a legal malpractice claim against your former attorney.
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