''Hero'' Beaten By PA State Police

On 2/13/08 my DH, 44 yr old disabled vet, went to get our mail. He heard a lady across street screaming for help. He went to her screened porch & saw an older man punching her about the head. He yelled at him to stop & the guy told him to ''get the 'F%#K' outta here or I'll kill you''. DH suggested police or lawyer if he had a problem w/the lady but the guy went to screen & tried stabbing DH thru it w/an icepick! DH yelled for lady to go in, lock the door & call 911 ~ she did but the guy kicked in the door & went in icepick raised. DH entered porch, grabbed guy by back collar, pulled him back on porch, got him down & hit guys arm on ground til he dropped icepick. Then DH held him down w/guys arms behind his back til PA troopers came. Guns drawn, they ordered DH off - he did, sat w/hands open in front of him. W/no ?'s, troopers threw DH face down, cuffed him. One trooper then ''stomped on his head'' (broke nose, split lip). Another kicked him (broke rib) to ''move him out of the way''. IA invest. confirmed, trooper being prosecuted. Atty took case (against State) NOW says DH CAN'T sue State, just the trooper. Atty dropped ball on other items (i.e. witness dep. B4 she got ''amnesia''). New law? Did he screw up case? Do we have recourse?

I'm looking for legal malpractice help in Jax

I'm in need of legal malpractice help in Jax Fl. Know anyone?

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Can I get retainer fee back?

I paid $3500 as a retainer for a lawyer to help me file a restraining order. When i contacted him next week I was told he was hospitalized and wouldn't be available for months. The substitute associate lawyer was a very young woman who said the restraining order couldn't be done the way the first lawyer assured me it could and that I must have misunderstood. I eventually asked her not to proceed as things were not going the way I wanted and would she return part of my retainer fee. She declined as did the original lawyer who apparently wasn't as ill as I was told. do i have any recourse

ethics and/or malpractice

Is it illegal for a person who passed the CA bar to use to title ESQ without being a licensed Attorney in the state of CA when handling business transactions, including but not limited to, International? Thanks

fee arbitration

I prevailed at my fee arbitration. It was non binding. Today I received a settlement offer from the attorney, less than I was awarded. I see this as concern on the part of the attorney. It is my plan to wait and follow the ruled for collection the Bar has outlined. I am wondering if the lawyer sent the letter because, if settled prior to the 30 days, his loss at the hearing will not go on his record. Am I correct ? Also, am I doing the right thing ? His offer was to pay a lot less than I was awarded. Should I respond or just wait the 30 days and proceed? Thank you.

deceived in order to get referrals

i hired a prominent law firm 2.5 yrs ago to sue a drug company. at the time he had a handful of clients and after he agreed to handle my case, the attorneys convinced me to refer clients to them through my popular website and extensive personal contacts. at first, they agreed to pay me a finder's fee but said they couldn't call it a finder's fee because i am not an attorney. they said at the end of all the cases in the multi-district litigation, they could donate to my website because i was serving the public. but when pressed to put it in writing they said they didnt want any suggestion of impropriety. they assured me to trust them, and if they couldn't donate for some reason, there were other things they could do, including reducing their contingency fee. 2.5 yrs later, 2 weeks before the mdl started, and after they got hundreds of clients from my website - they got 27k hits from my site - they dropped me as a client. the first trial went for the plaintiff for over 8 million dollars and they stand to make 100s of millions, much of which i handed them. and im left with nothing, not even a case. can i sue for legal malpractice?

law firms insurance

I requested my lawyers insurance information and have not received it. What is the legal term that requires him to provide me with that information.

Lease question

My condo association voted to change a bylaw of the condo documents to cease yearly rentals of all units as of a given date. Existing leases were grandfathered . If a lessor leaves a unit that is grandfathered and doesn't renew the existing lease, can the lessor move to another unit in the condo complex, enter into a new lease and claim their grandfather privilege? Is that considered to be new lease, therefore subject to the new leasing rules?

manditory overtime

can an employer in massachestts force an employee to work 13 day without a day off?

Current Attorney is delaying process

My current attorney is delaying my property settlement dispute by not responding to me and not moving forwad with contacting the opposing attorney. Do I have any rights or means to make this move forwar?

My lawyer's conduct and errors at hearing

I was fired without ''cause'' from the firm I founded 40 years ago. This was when the company had gone private after being public for some time. It was my responsibility to draw up the ''going private'' employment contracts and operating agreement for the new private LLC. I assigned an employee to be the go-between between myself and the attorneys. I did not know it, but all of my partners were involved with the go-between person and they all knew that the contracts were not being written as I had said. Rather, without my knowledge, they were writing the contracts with a lawyer on the side who was helping them write contracts in which they could fire me without ''cause and immediately be granted my 40.5% of membership shares. They fired me and wanted the stock. I went to arbitration. My lawyer refused to listen to anything I said, came up with two flimsy reasons for why I could not be fired without ''cause,'' was abusive to me throughout our prep time, refused to tell me what issues he was arguing. Did not call one witness to defend me, did not have a shred of evidence that I was not the way they were portraying me, and did not do any cross-examination on important issues. After hearings, he swore we had won. We lost terribly

Is this legal malpractice

Would this be considered legal malpractice if a legal assistant quits 3 days into trial (during the trial) leaving the attorney to have a trial consultant(only hired to do the technical aspects of the trial) step up and help because the attorney is now kind of stumbling around the preparations?

Attorney group lies to client to settle

What can a client do when an attorney group lies to the client to get the client to sign a settlement agreement, then tries to force the client to sign other agreements.

Can opposing attorney fax unrelated docs

invovled in civil lawsuit over a corporation dispute with another owner of the same company, his lawyer has faxed my wife's lawyer ( I have different lawyer myself). These documents are baseless and not verified, but; they are creating problems for my marriage. They are e-mails opposing claiming to my emails to prostutes. These documents are not related to this case at all, and here lawyer said he don't know why they would sent it to him, my lawyer said the same thing. This case is about stock purchase and has nothing to do with my personal life. Did the attorney that faxed it (opposing counsel) broke any kind of law?

birth injury

My daughter is developmentally delayed, possibly from my doctor not performing a c-section when I had a torn placena during birth. Can I do anything legally?

file mal practice law suit

where & how to search for CA Attny specializing in mal practice against other attny located in Los Angeles, CA area

Continued by Stipulation

I have a custody case in progress with my ex and my attorney has said that he continued it twice and keeps charging me ridiculously (350/hr) when I have asked him if there is any way possible to stop the continuance. After the last one my ex didnt even do anything (declaration) so there is no good reason to keep draggin it out. He called today and said that it was continued again by my ex (from sept 17 to Oct 23) and I was just extremely frustrated, he said the only way to stop it was to go ''ex party' and that would be even more expensive for me. I went to the clerks office and they said that there is NO continuance as of now, it was still Sept 16 and there should be no lag time in thier system. She also told me that the last two continuances were ''continued by stipulation'' which she said was both parties agreed. I did not agree at all. actually the opposite, I have been praying for all this to be over. What does this mean? Has my attorney been lying to me? What should I do at this point? Thank you so much :) :)

Motion to Dismiss

Just received a Motion to Dismiss from the lawyer that I am suing. What should my next move be and how long do I have to answer this motion?

legal malpractice

in a custody issue - the child became kidnapped after custody oredered to me - but the lawyer apparently did'nt know what to do so he withdrew alleging nonpay

turns out - we needed proof of service (obtained months prior) in order to pursue criminal charge - int with custody

when complain to fl bar - fl bar also acused of nonpay despite cancelled check prior to his withdraw addressing bill alleged as nonpay - in fact, I always overpaid to defuse any possiible problems with $$

then I complain to superior (or supreme) court who respond indicating ''they dont go around correcting the Fl Bar''

is this how our system works

wage decreased

my boss lowered by hourly pay $3 and hour, she stated it started thet day she told me, is that legal?