Where can I find info. on the rules and regulations of being an attorney?
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 at
10:24 pm
offroadr asked:
I recently had to appear in court for a serious traffic violation and the attorney that I had hired (and used previously) recently had been appointed to a political seat. I feel like I was misrepresented in the case and dont feel like I was tried fairly. His politcal seat seemed to take presidence over my court case.? How do I know that he did his job and wasn’t to busy on his newly appointed power trip?
I recently had to appear in court for a serious traffic violation and the attorney that I had hired (and used previously) recently had been appointed to a political seat. I feel like I was misrepresented in the case and dont feel like I was tried fairly. His politcal seat seemed to take presidence over my court case.? How do I know that he did his job and wasn’t to busy on his newly appointed power trip?
Contact the bar association in your state and let them know what happened. Good luck.
Was there some kind of conflict of interest? You may check with the state bar and file a complaint if you think there is a case. You could also talk to him yourself and express your concern. If he is politically motivated and if you are polite and reasonable, he may even give you some credit (towards future case??) just to keep you happy and quiet.
If the judge did not rule in your favor, perhaps you can appeal. Get yourself another attorney if you feel this one did not represent your case well. You could probably sue the first attorney for incompetency, but it would be hard to prove, and end up costing you more than you started out with. You can go to the local Bar Association to check the credentials of attorneys in your area, or report any breach of conduct on the part of an attorney. But just because you didn’t win your case does not mean that your attorney was at fault or preoccupied with other things. And you can’t fault a doctor because his patient eventually died. Some things can’t be prevented no matter how qualified or incompetent the professional is.
In order to practice law in your state the attoney you had must be admitted to the state bar. The state bar has a code of ethics that all attorneys are bound by. Your state may also have a process of filing a complaint against an attorney, which would be investigated by an independent panel/person and decision rendered. Call or vist you state bar website for more information on attorney ethics.