I Should Be Able to Fix What My Attorney Missed
I wish I could hire a Pittsburgh malpractice lawyer or something to sue my attorney from where I used to live in Colorado. I know that that’s not really what they do-sue each other. But my attorney here sure missed a lot of stuff, and it’s too hard to go back and change it in the divorce agreement now.
There should be attorneys who specialize in going back and fixing messed up settlements, or else specialize in going right after those other attorneys and getting back some of your money anyway. They specialize in everything else; where I live now we have everything from Pittsburgh personal injury lawyers to trial lawyers, of course. Maybe there actually IS a list somewhere of every type of lawyer, and on it is just the type of lawyer who could help me with my former divorce lawyer.
I suppose it’s no different from any other place; my husband had to go to a high priced attorney to finally find out that his original guy was an idiot. What I’d like to know is, where are all of those attorneys like on the old LA Law tv show who do all that pro bono work for free?
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Tags: LA Law, Pittsburgh malpractice lawyer, Pittsburgh personal injury lawyers
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:24 pm
What exactly were the types of things that were missed? You actually might have some recourse if the things that were missed were kind of negligent. But if it’s just an angle you missed, tough luck.
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Yeah, I’m afraid that whatever you both agreed to and had signed and notarized, you’re stuck with. The only thing that’s changeable–and only if one party’s circumstances have significantly changed–is child support.
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:33 pm
You might be able to do something. Isn’t there some way if your lawyer was a real loser who didn’t know what he was doing? Have you checked if he was even a real lawyer?
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Sometimes, you just get what you pay for. And then you have to really weigh if it’s worth the effort and the money. I don’t think you’d get anything accomplished anyway.
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:36 pm
There’s no such thing as malpractice attornies who go after lawyers. It might be called something else, but don’t look under “malpractice” in the yellow pages. It’s not the same thing.
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:37 pm
My attorney really screwed me over, too. He just seemed to put everything into a computer program without thinking of any angles or advantages for me. It was like assembly-line divorce.
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:41 pm
There ARE such things as assembly-line divorces. You can see ads for like $200 divorces on tv. I assume that means that nothing’s being contested, though.
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Well, no matter what you do, make sure you get something filed with the court. Otherwise, one party or the other can hire a lawyer later and come after you for more.