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post #11 of 17
3/5/12 at 11:14am
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Especially if Em gets involved.roll.png



 

Hey! I resemble that remark! old.gif

You might have noticed, I'm not all there myself. 


"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living." -Dr. Suess

 

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You might have noticed, I'm not all there myself. 


"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living." -Dr. Suess

 

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post #12 of 17
3/5/12 at 11:15am

I meant more that it's something better discussed with an attorney, not that random subjects don't fit here.

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post #13 of 17
3/5/12 at 12:00pm
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Well not to get in to the details but basically I hired a lawyer (on a contingency) to do collections for my business. He did not collect anything and handled my case in violation to the code of ethics and now is saying 8 months later I owe him money.  We have no payment agreement or schedule and I have never been billed in the 3 years this has been going on or received a statement.

 

I asked here if anyone had experience suing an attorney not for legal advice I would leave that for a lawyer.

"Guns don't kill people abortion kills people."

 

The human will is too powerful for philosophy or science.

 

 

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton agreed on little publicly, but they did agree that when the public treasury becomes a public trough and the voters recognize that, they will send to government only those who promise them a bigger piece of the pie

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"Guns don't kill people abortion kills people."

 

The human will is too powerful for philosophy or science.

 

 

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton agreed on little publicly, but they did agree that when the public treasury becomes a public trough and the voters recognize that, they will send to government only those who promise them a bigger piece of the pie

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post #14 of 17
3/5/12 at 12:10pm

To seriously try and answer your question;  (1) yes, attorneys sue other attorneys for a variety of reasons, including mal-practice, fraud, etc.  In fact, there are attorneys who do nothing else but sue other attorneys.   (2) The bar association will not sue an attorney, however, if you have a complaint about an attorney that is a good place to go. Usually you can go online for the state bar association and there are forms that you can fill out to start and institue the complaint process.  Generally to sue anyone, including a lawyer, you need to establish that you have suffered damages of some kind.  I will assume that if your arrangement was on a contingency that you did not pay him anything unless there were results.  You say that he is billing you, but you do not say what he is billing you for and in any case you have not paid any money and you do not seemed to be harmed in any other way (unless in his attempt to collect he did it so bably that it caused your debtors to not pay) so I do not see what the dames are and what you would be suing him for.  Right now it looks like you have a complaint that you should make to the Oregon State Bar association.  Probably www.oregonbar.org.  

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post #15 of 17
3/5/12 at 12:27pm
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Thank you Capvin, I did pay for filing fees but he would send me the bills for transcripts but they were the actual bills. He basically did not work my case in a timely or professional manner and he made some bad reccomendations that caused damage to perishable goods and in the end when he seen his mistakes he suggested I turn it over to my insurance company.

 

The battle became over the other side's lawyer fees eventually and my insurance company offered them a settlement to drop thier case against me.

 

I think I will consult the Bar.

 

They never have sent me a statement or a bill for services but his wife asked me to start making payments verbally about 8 months after my insurance company settled.  That seemed odd.

"Guns don't kill people abortion kills people."

 

The human will is too powerful for philosophy or science.

 

 

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton agreed on little publicly, but they did agree that when the public treasury becomes a public trough and the voters recognize that, they will send to government only those who promise them a bigger piece of the pie

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"Guns don't kill people abortion kills people."

 

The human will is too powerful for philosophy or science.

 

 

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton agreed on little publicly, but they did agree that when the public treasury becomes a public trough and the voters recognize that, they will send to government only those who promise them a bigger piece of the pie

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post #16 of 17
3/5/12 at 2:41pm
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Originally Posted by Capvin View Post

I think you should start a class action, you, Royd and Cubalaya,  What a taste of the real world you would be in for!!


 I would suffer injury and pain before I'd enrich some lawyer.
 

 

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post #17 of 17
3/5/12 at 4:23pm
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 I would suffer injury and pain before I'd enrich some lawyer.
 

 

We here at your friendy Florida Bar Association feel your pain also and just want you to know that when the pain does become unbearable you will be pleased to know that the fee will only be double.  Yours, resting in the lap of luxury, your neighnorhood lawyer.

 

 

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