Re: Wolpoff and Abramson --court TOMORROW!

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If the lawyer blows a court appearance and a default
judgment is entered he will be in big trouble with the court
and eventually you. Don't worry--part of the advantage of
having a real lawyer is it is a sort of insurance. If he
misses a court appearance and it costs you -- you will have
a great malpractice claim for at least as much as it costs
you and probably more.

On 12/17/07, Val wrote:
> Hi!
> I posted a month and a half ago about a 3 year outstanding
> credit card debt with MBNA (now FIA card services) who is
> taking me to court on Dec 18 (tomorrow ) to confirm an
> arbitration award (one that I was never able to respond to
> as they were sending it to the wrong address).
> I have hired a lawyer and filed an opposition, and my last
> minute question is this...........I had assumed that this
> needed to be a court APPEARANCE but apparently in
> California neither the lawyer nor myself needs to go, this
> is argued by my lawyer over the phone? Is anyone able to
> confirm that this is the case? It is not that I do not
> trust my lawyer, but he is in court today and unable to
> confirm this information, which is what his legal
> assistant is telling me.
> I just don't want to be a no-show for anything at this
> point, or get bad information at the wrong time.
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> Thanks for your input!
> Val Vigil
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> vvigil@stanford.edu
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