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[Meowmee]

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[Lochloosa]

1. Call the State Bar Association. That will get his attention.

[rsdsharp]

7. Exactly. The most common reason for attorney discipline

is being unresponsive to clients. It’s possible he has a substance abuse problem or is experiencing depression, or is out of his depth. None of those excuse failing to respond timely to client inquiries, or to adequately represent a client.

You said you’ve already paid him. In my state, attorney fees for an estate’s attorney are fixed by statute as a percentage of the estate value. The probate judge in my county literally had a calculator, with a paper printout on her desk. When you brought in an application for approval of attorney fees (near the time the estate was due to close) she would start pounding the keys to come up with the statutorily allowed amount. Only then would she approve the fees.

[rsdsharp]

9. Check with the county bar association, and/or Legal Aid.

[Tetrachloride]

2. Document everything. Type everything you can think of.

Go see another attorney some distance away for a
consult.

[Shrike47]

3. In my state, Oregon, the State Bar Association would be the way to go.

They will follow up with you and the lawyer and, if necessary, get somebody else to help.

[Bev54]

11. I would go to the court house, to the clerks, find out who the probate judge is

and I would write a letter directly to the judge. I am not sure how it works in US but in Canada, we have separate probate judges and they deal directly with the clerks because so many people handle probate on their own. I did for both my Aunt and Uncle (who died within mos of each other) and I connected with the clerks and they were extremely helpful.

[Fla Dem]

13. Is he local or reasonable driving distance?

If so I would go to his office. If part of a firm, would also go to the office and either see him or the administrator of the firm.

Assuming you are calling or corresponding via email.
Does anyone answer the phone when you call? If so I would insist on speaking to him.

If none of these actions are feasible, then I would write him a registered letter giving him 3 days to respond to you, if he doesn’t, you will report him to the state Bar and demand a refund of any fees you already paid.

Goodluck!