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Re: Wolpoff and Abramson --court TOMORROW!
Posted by -- on 12/17/07

    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.
    >
    >
    >
    > Thanks for your input!
    > Val Vigil
    >
    > vvigil@stanford.edu
    >
    >
    >

     
     

 
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