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Montehall

01-14-2013, 12:14pm

and/or the ability to complain to the Bar association regarding the actions of an attorney?

C5SilverBullet

01-14-2013, 12:17pm

State Bar of Texas |*Filing a Complaint (http://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Filing_a_Complaint)

Montehall

01-14-2013, 12:21pm

thanks, but it's for Indiana.

found this: http://www.in.gov/judiciary/discipline/2373.htm
I guess this is what I need.

Bill

01-14-2013, 1:19pm

Your IN attorney ended up sleeping with the girl you were trying to evict, so he botched the case and now she has clear title to your rent property?

Montehall

01-14-2013, 1:29pm

no, I can't get into specifics, mostly b/c I don't know that much about it, but my wife's friend filed bankruptcy and the lawyer "forgot" to actually file her case.

lspencer534

01-14-2013, 2:35pm

and/or the ability to complain to the Bar association regarding the actions of an attorney?

Every State has a Bar Association. Call them, and they will have the papers you (actually the client, of course) can fill in. They will do an investigation. Despite what the public thinks, State Bar Associations are hard on attorneys. The client can also file a lawsuit against the attorney for malpractice.

ZipZap

01-14-2013, 2:38pm

The client can also file a lawsuit against the attorney for malpractice.

Sorry. Client has no money to file:rofl:

lspencer534

01-14-2013, 3:05pm

Sorry. Client has no money to file:rofl:

Contingency fee.

repo

01-14-2013, 3:07pm

no, I can't get into specifics, mostly b/c I don't know that much about it, but my wife's friend filed bankruptcy and the lawyer "forgot" to actually file her case.

She never got a Docket number?

Did she pay him in full?

How long did he forget?

Montehall

01-14-2013, 3:29pm

She never got a Docket number?

Did she pay him in full?

How long did he forget?
I dunno, like I said, I'm not privvy to the details, I was just asked to see what I could find out.

repo

01-14-2013, 3:31pm

I dunno, like I said, I'm not privvy to the details, I was just asked to see what I could find out.

I would "find out" more info from her end before wasting your time.:slap:

Montehall

01-14-2013, 3:38pm

I would "find out" more info from her end before wasting your time.:slap:
... All i did was find the info. That's the extent of my involvement in this.
Rest of it isn't my issue, i have enough of my own pending legal actions to worry about.