Can a lawyer change his signed and committed to retainer contract after the fact via email telling the client that now he's decided to charge for his time "perhaps something we should have done already." This sounds as though he's disobeying or conveniently forgotten his Ethics classes. This lawyer is of the impression I don't keep records (which I do) and has told me as much. He actually had the audcaity to write that I should consider better housekeeping. Very patronizing. Is he bending the rules?
2006-10-02 13:20:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If you've got a copy of the agreement, you should show it to him, and hold him to it for the life of the contract.
Then get a new lawyer.
2006-10-02 13:22:27 · answer #1 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he can't change a signed contract. Tell him you have his email and you are going to report him to the bar assoc. Then do it. He is a slimeball.
2006-10-02 20:35:55 · answer #2 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he cannot do it because he is lawyer.
2006-10-03 05:08:57 · answer #3 · answered by Sh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋