Very difficult lawyer

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Aurora

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midwest USA
I am finishing an estate work with a lawyer who clearly does not like me
or want me as a client. He is not a nice man. He has been difficult all along, going slowly,
misleading me, making important mistakes I discovered,
and general BS. Mostly through email and the phone. I fired
him a few weeks ago then other lawyers told me that I needed him to
officially close the estate in court, since there was little to do. But he takes
his time with doing the job,sometimes does not answer emails or the whole email, etc.
I really don't know why he is like this. Maybe I am too pushy...he tells me
constantly how busy he is. As if my work doesn't matter much. If I report him
he will become super mad. I don't even trust him to do as he says.

I don't need any legal advice. I just want to know how to handle him.
I will not go in to see him and I am leery about calling. Meanwhile I don't have
much peace of mind.
 

You could talk to the local bar association. They may have some advice, even if you don't report him. You could also threaten to report him and see if that gets him to move his butt.
 

Ever think of telling how he makes you feel? Lots of folks need to be told how their behavior effects people. Better yet, if he has a secretary, ask he nicely if he's always grumpy or is it just you and explain how he makes you feel. Bet your bippy she'll run and tell him.
 
He does not care how I feel. Eventually, I could use Yelp and he may never know it.
But I could see him suing unless the review is very vague and brief.
Meanwhile he probably won't answer my emails now.
I get aggravated even thinking about him.
This whole experience is a huge regret.
 
I'm sorry, your problem isn't hurting the poor darlings feelings by a bad Yelp review. Your problem is finishing the estate. You said you "fired" him. I don't understand why cannot hire another attorney to finish your estate.
 
Aurora said:
He does not care how I feel. Eventually, I could use Yelp and he may never know it.
But I could see him suing unless the review is very vague and brief.
Meanwhile he probably won't answer my emails now.
I get aggravated even thinking about him.
This whole experience is a huge regret.
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You're right, he probably doesn't give a flip how you feel. He sees you as a "peanuts" case and I'm sure you don't matter at all to him. I used to work for lawyers.
 
Be kind when he finally resolves everything tell him what an ass he is. I'm sure many people already have.I went thru the same thing, fired one went to another
he wasn't much better. Their all asses, an I can't figure out why their so nasty.
 
Contact your local Bar Association for advice on how to handle the situation; especially if he is holding up any distributions from the estate. If all distributions have been made and only closing the estate in Probate Court is the issue, let him sit on his ass til doomsday as you have nothing to lose.
 
All but one distribution has been made and I am holding the money in an account. I was urged to rehire him after
3 lawyers told me to because he is the attorney on record and would have to withdraw himself in court. I went against
my feelings and intuition. There is only some small paperwork and going to court to finish it. However, he does not do
what he is supposed to do quickly. He tells me when he will do something and then delays it. At least he is not charging me for
every phone call and the final bill is not very big. He is like a sore of regret in my mind.
 

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