Ginger, this firm is brilliant at billing people but not the best at thinking critically to advocate for someone.
I am forced to pay the bills within 41 days. Right now my papers are signed and completed. They have not submitted them to the court. I notice that they time things out...visits with court, emailing me paper work very late etc to ensure that the client pays the bills.
I think I am going to pay them and then either take them to arbitration, or perhaps seek consultation with a consumer advocate lawyer. Once you arbitrate, you cannot claim malpractice. But I can still argue legal bills.
It's not a huge amount in the scheme of things (6 grand over the 10,000 retainor fee so far and more to come) although a lot for me and a lot considering my case was ptobably as simple as yours. but there should be protection against this for other people who are vulnerable during this time.
