Re: Lawyers giving false information to client

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Thanks for your reply, PolecatBay, I'll look into our state's
supreme court and check the bar again. I had personally asked,
by email, why we were getting this false info from some
lawyers, and asked for clarification. No one ever replied.
I'm not sure what method of contact others have used with the
bar. I can see it's time to do some research, write the
complaint, decide who it must be copied to, and use certified
return receipt mail if I'm to go any further with this. When
we first needed legal help, we did so because everyone
said "get a lawyer" as if that would solve everything...hah!
Now we have to fight the lawyers too.

On 9/27/02, PolecatBay wrote:
> On 9/13/02, SCH wrote:
>> We have had numerous attorneys jeopardize our case,
> risking
>> it going past the statute of limitations, by giving us
>> false information that delayed our decision to sue. The
>> state bar association has refused to reply to my inquiries
>> as to what the real facts are, and why we were so badly
>> misled. We only found an attorney who was straight with
> us
>> by going outside the area of specialty/practice that we
>> were continually advised to stick with. Has this happened
>> to anyone else
>
> My experience at going after an attorney was to retrieve my
> fee from him in Texas. The State Bar Association of Texas
> takes the complaint and ONLY IN WRITING. An investigator is
> assigned the complaint, and if it meets the threshold of
> incompetency, then, it is elevated to a registered
> complaint. The Bar and the Supreme Court of Texas handles
> going after attorneys for malfeasance, incompetency and all
> the other matters of malpractice.
>
> Volunteer specialist attorneys are assigned by the Supreme
> Court of Texas to handle the area that you are complaining
> about. It is very important that the complaint be well
> written and in lawyerly fashion. If you are not specific,
> then it will be determined to be vague they will not pursue
> the case. The Supreme Court of Texas is your advocate in
> Texas for going after an incompetent lawyers, malfeasance,
> the unofficial practice of law, etc. When it becomes an
> Official Complaint, the Bar/Supreme court WILL investigate
> the case, serve the lawyer with notice and a hearing will be
> scheduled.
>
> The lawyer has to respond. All complaints are permanently
> kept in his file for future inquiry also, so they don’t like
> this at all. The Bar also allows them to settle with you and
> thereby ending the case before it goes to a hearing, the
> appellate process, etc. You can research and get a copy of
> statutes on this process, etc., You can obtain a copy of the
> statutes from the bar or get a copy from any Law Library.
>
> In conclusion, it may be possible that you only telephoned
> someone at the Bar, and they don’t respond to telephone
> calls.
>
> If did get to speak to an investigator, they are very busy,
> and do not try to help anyone over the phone. They only
> work on written complaints, and don’t give much credence to
> phone conversations. Also, in your complaint, you need to
> express very susinctly what you are asking for (the specific
> issues ) and the remedies you are seeking. You may not be
> able to obtain damages from "bad lawyers" other than the
> fees you paid them for their "poor advise". Also, I don’t
> think an attorney is liable for money damages to you for
> remedies you may or may not have recovered in the cause of
> action that you sought their counsel on.

Re: Lawyers giving false information to client, 9/28/02, by SCH.

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