Do whatever you need to do legally to protect yourself. Do it without contacting him in any way.

So are you saying go ahead and hire an attorney and initiate a counter settlement proposal? I am not sure yet which attorney to go with either. I like the first one I met with but she is not a D specialist like David's is and I'm not sure how good she is at negotiating or going to court. I wish I had a lawyer friend. It just seems such a big step to go in and sign a contract or whatever to hire the A and pay the retainer fee. I guess it makes the D a lot more real and a lot closer than it seems before I take those steps.

I have also wondered how he would view my hiring an A and sending a counter proposal back to his A, I was afraid to him that would say I have totally given up.

I do see you are trying to help. And I wish I weren't so fuzzy.

Pam

"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned
so as to have the life that is waiting for us"