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answered on Oct 26, 2025

Your attorney is lucky he has a patient client.

Your attorney is obligated to give you a FULL accounting of all the money related to your settlement or trial of a personal injury case.

To be sure, if your case was settled for $10,000.00 and your final medical bills, that were... View More

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answered on Oct 2, 2025

Once you enter a plea to a criminal charge, as part of a global deal which wraps-up all charges, you are stuck with that plea. You could have attempt to open up the plea, within 30 days of your plea. But it would be too late now.

The only other thing that may help is if your... View More

A Texas attorney could advise best, but you await a response for a week. I'm sorry for the upheaval in your life this case has caused. No one here is really in a position to pass judgment on your attorney. But the short answer nationwide is that clients are free to change attorneys, and... View More

You should contact your attorney's office and speak with his paralegal or your case manager (if your lawyer uses case managers) to find out what medical bills they still need. You then need to contact your medical providers to secure those bills and provide them to your attorney. Make sure... View More

Yes. Texas does not allow hybrid representation. You either have an attorney, or you represent yourself.

You firing him isn't immediate and self-executing. If you fire your court-appointed attorney, you will have to wait for him to file a motion to withdraw and wait until the judge... View More

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answered on Jul 9, 2025

Yes, you can BOTH be charged with possession of the gun as you both were within arms-reach of the weapon.

You can escape criminal charges if your friend acts like one, and takes an official position of ownership or control of the weapon.

There are a lot of different ways to... View More

You can either hire a private investigator or attempt to do the legwork yourself. With respect to the house, there should be deed records, tax, records, and possibly probate records which you can obtain. If you were named as the beneficiary of an insurance policy, the insurance company will... View More

It is too early to tell. May 15th was only a very short time ago. The attorney may be in trial or otherwise occupied.

You might want to communicate with the other parent to whom the child support is owed. If they are trying to negotiate a release of the child support lien for less than the amount you owe, the other parent may be the stumbling block.

You likely cannot dispute the divorce settlement at this time.

Within two years of the conclusion of your divorce case, you can file a legal malpractice case against your former attorney. In order to recover damages for legal malpractice, you must prove that you would have more in your... View More

"Using" the state E-Filing system, not "suing."

The misfiling of a subpoena by a clerk will not void a case. Worse case, it will prevent you from having a court issue a capias for a recalcitrant witness until you correct the misfiling.

You can obtain a new or amended return of service of the subpoena from the officer, process server, or... View More

I further note that the filing of an appeal does not stay whatever judgment the trial court entered against you. Unless you post a supersedeas bond, or cash in lieu of a supersedeas bond, the mere filing of your appeal will not stop the other side from garnishing your bank accounts or seizing any... View More

First and foremost, you should file a motion to extend the time to file your brief for an additional 30 days. If this is a first extension, it will likely be granted. You can cite errors in the Clerk's record as good cause for the extension.

Second, you need to retain a lawyer who... View More

If your son plead guilty, he cannot appeal his conviction based upon the claim of self-defense. None of the evidence supporting such a claim will even be relevant. He would need to appeal on the ground that his plea of guilty was not voluntary. For example, he theoretically could show that, at... View More

You need to hire an attorney like F. Lee Merritt who has a lot of experience in civil rights cases against law enforcement. Most attorneys do not handle this type of case due to the very low probability of success and the limited damages available.

You may have a claim for compensation... View More

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answered on Apr 8, 2025

You have a lot going on here. There are two different avenues for you to overturn your conviction. You didn't say what your exact conviction was, but I will assume it was for a Felony in Texas.

Avenue 1: Dash Cam: New Evidence can be used after the Statute of Limitations, if it... View More

Most likely, from what you say in your question, the lawyer is your son’s lawyer and you and your ex-husband agreed to pay $7500 each for the lawyer to represent your son.

It is important to understand that, in this situation, only your son can fire his lawyer. Your son’s lawyer may be... View More

You should contact your lawyer's office to schedule a time to review the discovery and to discuss your case in greater depth with your lawyer. You should send your lawyer's office complete contact information for your witness including the witness's physical residence address, work... View More

When an attorney withdraws, "ineffective communication" is often used as the reason instead of the "real reason" particularly when the "real reason" may be prejudicial to the client. Generally, attorneys should avoid prejudicing their client when they withdraw from a... View More