We hired a counsel to paint us in a justice box which an ex filed per modifcation of kid await as well as visitation. Our counsel overcharged us as well as when you questioned him, he private him self as being upon jot down as a counsel with a courts as well as is right away suing us for payment. We paid 75% of a bill, though have questions upon a little of a superfluous charges.
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Request a hearing and make the judge aware of the discrepancies. Then report him to the Ethics Committee in your state.
It is quite rare that an attorney sues a former client for payment because the counterclaim is ALWAYS malpractice.
Contact the local bar association and the State Bar and request arbitration of the attorney’s fees.
If he actually filed a lawsuit against you… you should counterclaim if he made even ONE tiny mistake. That should back the attorney WAY off.
I am sure he didn’t sue you righ away – three must have been a period in which he explained the charges, you disputed them and three was a period of negotiation.
While lots of people may not be satisfied with the often unpredictable outcome of a case, it is in fact pretty easy for an attorney to keep track of charges – hours and actual expenses.
My guess is that unless you have solid evidence of discrepancies in actual hours billed or charges billed through, you are wasting your time while running up additional expenses defending yourself.
Even if you are not satisfied with the outcome of the original case, negotiate a settlement and a payment plan as it will be cheaper then defending yourself only to have the judge impose a payment plan, while incurring additional costs.